Regarding the Aura Whisper dependencies

[galagast]

I Duplicated the Aura Whisper shout and modified it so that it will color Friendly and Enemy NPCs differently (Much luck a Detect Life spell)..

 

So far so good, the modification seems to be working OK.

 

I just have a few concerns:

• Under Magic > Spell > Voice Power
  I duplicated the VoiceAuraWhisper# shouts so that my versions won't overwrite the originals.
• Then under Magic > Shout
  I replaced the 'Spell' entries with the new ones I created.
• But now, looking at the 'Use Info' of the original VoiceAuraWhisper# shouts, I can see that they are being used by the ff objects:
  FLST: WICastDragonBornShouts
  FLST: ShoutsFormList

My concern is that do I need to modify those lists or can I just leave them be since my modifications seems to be working so far?

 

So far I've only tested it on my character with the first Word. I have yet to test the 2nd and 3rd words, I'm curious if my mod would show errors once I get the chance to learn the new words.

 

If I seem to be overcomplicating things with this setup, I would go ahead now and just modify the original VoiceAuraWhisper#s instead :)

[steve40]

I think those formlists are used by "WI" type of quests, which make NPCs react to the Player's actions with particular random dialogues etc.

If you don't modify the formlist, the NPCs will probably not react to your new shout with any random dialogue, eg. telling you to be careful etc.

[SalazarDrago]

do you want to use the shout itself ? or do you just want a lesserpower that displays enemies and friendlies? i created a mod like that for personal use but i have never uploaded it it also makes dead bodies glow

[galagast]

@steve40: Thanks for the info, very insightful, I'll keep those in mind :)

@SalazarDrago: I wanted to use the shout itself. But yeah, it would seem to be more ideal to just create a lesserpower instead.. I'll probably do it as an exercise to practice making mods. Thanks for the idea :)

 

As of now, I just modified the original VoiceAuraWhisper#s, working like charm so far.