Making slight tweaks to a mod

[TheTraditionalGentleman]

Hello everyone! Iâve started playing Skyrim on PC for the first time this past week (used to play on console), and Iâve become completely obsessed with mods. I havenât been this into a game for ages. Recently, I found an amazing mod that adds a Viking Longhouse as a player home (link at the bottom), and I love just about every thing in it. However, there are two things Iâd like to tweak for personal use. Itâs not something Iâll be posting anywhere or anything.

 

First off, is a chair that the house has that functions like a throne. Itâs at the head of the table, and once I sit in it I canât turn the camera or view in first person. I tried using a mod that unlocks the camera for thrones, but that didnât work, so Iâm assuming it only applies to vanilla thrones. Is there a way I can change the chair to allow me to use first person mode, and to unlock camera movement? As is, if I sit in it I canât look at the table, and if I rotate the camera behind the chair before sitting it gets blocked by a curtain.

 

Secondly, is there a way to make decorative items into storage, specifically named storage? The house is wonderfully decorated, but has a lot of items that are purely cosmetic. For example, thereâs a basket that has various meats in it. I like to organize my things in a house, so Iâd love to be able to make the basket function as a storage container thatâs labeled âCuts of meatâ. I have mods that let you make storage containers, but Iâd like to modify whatâs already there to be one.

 

I have pretty much no modding experience, but would like to learn how to do this, if possible. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I wasnât sure where might be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/10860

[NexusComa]

#0. Make a back up of the mod. Then load the real mod up in the kit.

#1. Some of the thrones chairs allow you to turn some don't. You could try replacing it with one that will. Find one in the kit you want to try. Highlight the one there and to a replace from the pull down menu.

(or just drop one in and remove the other)

 

#2. Anything can be a storage container with a few tricks. Find a chest in the kit and place it in the room. Edit the chest's Base and rename it. Say yes to new object. Now you have a custom made chest.

Edit the Base of the object you want it to look like. Look for the box with the path to the texture being used. Highlight it and use Ctrl+C to copy it. Stop editing that object and go back to editing the custom chest's Base.

Open the part where the texture is and make sure you are in the data folder. Ctrl+V to paste in the new texture path then hit ok. You should be able to now see the object you wanted it to look like.

You can also change the name in the Base to what ever you want it to say. It's your custom chest base so it will not hurt the rest of the game.

But be warned this has to be done right. Make sure your working on your custom made chest by doing the rename thing stated above ...

Edited April 20, 2020 by NexusComa

[TheTraditionalGentleman]

Thank you for the reply! Iâll give it a go. For the chests, just to check, will that change the assets that are already there into a storage item, or will it add a storage item that looks like the chosen asset?

[NexusComa]

It would be adding a custom made one that looks like it. This is also how you do static items that look like other things. For that you just start with a static item not a chest. Then do the same thing. This is one of the coolest things you can do with the kit in my opinion. You're actually changing the mesh of a defined type of object. In this case a chest. When you start working with static this way it really opens up the decor options. The next level to this is to aim it a mesh you have pulled away from the kit. Like you find the mesh for the chest and copy it to a mod folder in the mesh directory. Now you have a custom object with a custom mesh. You can then change what textures the mesh is using. Make it a different color, more intricate or something to match the other decor. The possibilities are endless ... Of course you will need to make a mod .bsa in that case to include the custom mesh and to include the custom textures if you make/edit your own..

Edited April 22, 2020 by NexusComa