Scripting with Notpad++

[Pellape]

This is most likely old news but I wanna add how I do when I code with it.

I did install the very nice newer *.tes4 extension for Notepad++ as there are a lot of them at Nexus , at least 10 different but this one is best I guess. I am very impressed by it really.

 

I do not start CS until my scripts are finished and how do I know they do not have errors? Well it do correct the mistakes you type by suggesting words you already used, which also makes it so damn fast as I can make scripts much faster with it than with any other editor I used or tried, inclusive the one in CSE, which is good but not as good as Notepad++. Well bugs will be created sometimes but then it is not Notepad++ that should be blamed as it is my own incompetence... :wink:

 

When we make more complex scripts that points to each others, using split windows helps to copy and paste stuff between them and I do like the pink colors... :wink: I LOVE colors!!!! :D

 

When I am done with the scripts, I start CS and do a copy all and paste them, compile and then I run the game and test it. Mostly... :wink:

 

If you did not knew about this and wanna try it out and you fail to get it work, I will of course try to help you to make it working. It is not hard to fail it if you do not follow the instructions provided as they are not so pedagogic written really as so many other instructions. :wink: Many dev's are so damn good in making cool stuff but when it comes to documentation... I do not say it is bad but I do have some previous experiences of Notepad++ that did help me sort this out easy.

 

The hardest part was to figure out how to invert the background and text as that one is not obvious in Notepad++ and to get a feeling how hard it was, is to google it and see all questions about that issue as it is a bloody issue that gave me some gray hairs... But I succeeded against all odds... Lets hope I do remember how I did it...

Edited February 9, 2021 by Pellape