skyrim special edition disabling npc protection without mods

[justsomrandomweird]

tl;dw I want to make npc protection stop bothering me when I play a completely non modded version of Skyrim:SE and Google's been the most useless tool ever with that for once, it doesn't seem to get what "NO MODS" is and surely it can be done since the original Skyrim and recently Fallout 4 could have that undone with just adding a simple line of code to a file and that's all it takes. It may be stupid of me to ask how to avoid using mods on a modding forum, but then again since I couldn't find any answers I felt it'd be best to ask the people who rewrite said code all the time.

[iXenite]

I suppose your best bet would be to write a BAT file with a series of console commands that disable the essential status of a number of NPC's. Then, when you get in game you just open the console and run the BAT file once - and then the changes will be applied.

[justsomrandomweird]

I suppose your best bet would be to write a BAT file with a series of console commands that disable the essential status of a number of NPC's. Then, when you get in game you just open the console and run the BAT file once - and then the changes will be applied.

How do I do that then? I mean, isn't there some equivalent of what the original Skyrim had? I have no coding experience so I kinda doubt I'd be able to pull off something like that, the simple copy and paste in Skyrim and Fallout 4 is about as complicated as I can write when it comes to code... I probably would've just asked this on "Skyrim Special Edition Files" rather than here if it didn't just serve as a link to the other forums.

[Deleted3897072User]

You are asking to modify the game but don't want to modify the game by adding modifications? Tricky. The console is your only way into changing things.

 

You can set a target NPC to be Essential in the console but if it is doing anything other than just sandboxing, it will be involved in some sort of quest and it will be that quest that flags it as Essential. In that case, you can't clear the Essential flag in the console because it's a case of "highest wins". You can turn it on, but not turn it off. It was the same in Oldrim.

 

As for "adding a simple line of code to a file", you would have to tell us how that worked, if it wasn't in a mod. Do you mean by editing a script? That might work, but an edited script is a mod ...

 

Is it that you want to do it without a plugin, so that you can still earn achievements? Mods don't necessarily have plugins.

Edited February 9, 2018 by OldMansBeard

[justsomrandomweird]

Yeah I know it doesn't make much sense, it's just that all mods I've actually seen either mess with the achievements or don't do things the way I wanted them to. I guess I just meant to ask if anyone knew the Special Edition equivalent of this:

while this is a video about Fallout 4 I also recall using a similar tutorial for Skyrim, unfortunately I can't find anything of the sort for SE so I'm rather confused.

[Deleted3897072User]

Maybe you're thinking of this? It will probably work in exactly the same way in SSE.

[iXenite]

There is a mod that removes the disabling of achievements if that's what is most important to you.

 

Achievements Mods Enabler:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/245/

 

As for how you would do it, you'd just make a long list of console commands of each NPC you'd like to remove the essential status from. This list will then be made into a BAT file that you can then run from the console, which basically runs all of those console commands instantly. I mean, you could also just do that manually in-game, but the BAT file means you can do this again in the future much easier. The file that OldMansBeard shared though seems like it would be easier though.

 

How to Make a BAT File:

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:CC:Console_Command_Batch_Lists_(Skyrim)

 

Example console command:

 

setessential 00013478 0

 

That command would make remove Delphine's essential status. The middle part is her BaseID. Each character in the game has a RefID and a BaseID, you want the BaseID for this command. The last number is "0" because we're disabling her essential status. Using a "1" would enable the essential status. You would need the BaseID of every character you want to remove the essential status from and then compile a series of lines just like the one I have above to create your BAT file. But like I already said, the option OldMansBeard presented sounds like a much easier solution.