Firefox84 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Hey Everyone! I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to get started with enchanting arrows with (DoT) poisons such as the Frostbite poison. I have tried several ways to do this, but for some reason my arrows always have no effect. I made arrows enchanted with DragonRend, but I can't do a simple DOT. Not sure if I'm making the proper enchant or what but I thought it would be FF contact and the arrow acts as if it doesn't know what ff contact is. Maybe this is for the weapon enchant only? I can do this effect just putting it on a sword, but how would you apply it to an arrow without having to apply poison every time? On another note, I've used the Effect: ChaurusBiteFFcontact on a weapon and seen that the effect can stack and tear down a dragon in no time. Would love to put it on an arrow for those pesky deer that run off and disappear. Edited April 12, 2012 by Firefox84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiernenDeveneux Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Hey Everyone! I would greatly appreciate any advice on how to get started with enchanting arrows with (DoT) poisons such as the Frostbite poison. I have tried several ways to do this, but for some reason my arrows always have no effect. I made arrows enchanted with DragonRend, but I can't do a simple DOT. Not sure if I'm making the proper enchant or what but I thought it would be FF contact and the arrow acts as if it doesn't know what ff contact is. Maybe this is for the weapon enchant only? I can do this effect just putting it on a sword, but how would you apply it to an arrow without having to apply poison every time? On another note, I've used the Effect: ChaurusBiteFFcontact on a weapon and seen that the effect can stack and tear down a dragon in no time. Would love to put it on an arrow for those pesky deer that run off and disappear. This may sound obvious but um, aren't weapons enchantable to begin with? Like for example, I have an Orcish Longbow that has an ice effect to it. It needs constant refueling of Soul Shard though. You can also try mods that add elemental effect to an arrow, they're here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox84 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Yes I know they are out there and this is an Arrow Specific enchant, not a Bow enchant, thanks anyway. What I need help doing is attaching the ChaurusbiteFFContactEffect to an arrow that works with any given <mag> and <dur>. There are no other mods out there that have it, I've checked all the arrow and magic arrow mods. They use poison gas because its pretty much given to them in the CK. I however tested this and it doesn't last like a "bite effect" would on a dragon. Poison gas stays in the are you shoot it in, kinda redundant to use it on a flying dragon don't ya think? Still anyone reading this please refer to my OP. Edited April 12, 2012 by Firefox84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fg109 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I don't know how you're enchanting arrows in the first place... So this is just what I would do if I wanted to create poisoned arrows: 1. Create custom explosion.2. Custom explosion should have the poison enchantment.3. Create custom projectile.4. Custom projectile should explode on contact, with the custom explosion.5. Create some custom ammo.6. Custom ammo should use the custom projectile.7. Give player the custom ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox84 Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) I wish it were that easy for me, I know how to duplicate or create a new explosion but I don't know how to set it up or why others are setup the way they are. Where can I learn this information I need? So far I do what you said, but I am getting mixed results. Arrows miss the target when I know I clearly hit them and the enchantment never works when adding the custom enchant to the Explosion, it worked for others, just not me, may be my understanding is a bit off on how explosions work and what each individual property box is for. I've seen some with an impact data set and others don't, do I know what this is for? Not at all, I'm assuming it has something to do with telling the projectile what to do when it reaches a target or how to act. Best guess not sure. I duplicate an Iron arrow, Rename it, and duplicate the iron arrow projectile and rename the duplicate projectile to my own version. I change nothing except the references. Like which Explosion to use ans which projectile to use instead of their defaults. If i need Impact data sets or Imod's (there is another something I know nothing about) what is an Imod? and why use the MAGShoutAnimalImod for an arrow explosion? Wouldn't PoisonHitImod be more of what I would be looking for? Its just Overwhelming, and all I want is to understand it better so I can make my own in that respect. Again thanks for the help and support. Edited April 13, 2012 by Firefox84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELPER93 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I am also trying to do similar stuff with arrows and creating my own effects for a Green Arrow type mod.I can create my own Iron Arrow and adjust the damage etc. I can add it to the Smithing list. I can create my own Explosive enchantment but I can't get the enchantment onto the arrow. Do I need to edit the arrow or the "projectile" that the arrow uses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fg109 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzsZhkf7XA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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