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[Renee]

Mod-making thread basically, which focuses heavily on quest-making. The first two tutorials (How to make a fetch quest and how to make a kill quest) are very hand-holdy. They are designed for those who are just starting to learn the art of quest-making. Other tutorials get more advanced, as my wacky ideas have pushed their boundaries.

Just click on any of the links in the post below this one.


Bethesda Units. (How distance compares in-game to real-life).

Xpadder Walkthrough page. Xpadder is a site which allows gaming controllers to mimic the key & mouse functions. Xpadder, or similar programs such as Joy to Keys, are absolutely crucial to get the most out of older games such as Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion, for those who prefer controllers. They can also be used for newer games (Fallout 3/NV or Skyrim) to provide alternate controlling scenarios during times when a game's native D-pad arrangement needs to be shut off.




This post has been edited by Renee: Apr 16 2024, 06:27 PM

[Renee]

Nexus Mod Manager - installing and uninstalling

Yeah I know... why is she posting how to use NMM? Isn't that program self-explanatory? Hey, I get lost sometimes... So this lesson shows how to install entire mods from the manager itself (rather than copy/pasting into the Data Files folder, which was what I've been doing up til now). This can be helpful especially when installing or uninstalling lots of files.

Note that NMM is an outdated program which includes several features which don't work correctly. It occasionally gets buggy. Nowadays THE Nexus uses Vortex, which I believe they had to outsource. Personally though, I prefer the original Nexus Mod Manager.


1). Open up Nexus Mod Manager, click on the Mods tab.

2). There should be an orange-colored icon which is called Unassigned. Expand this icon.

3). Click the large + button on the manager's left side. This is the Add Mod from File button. This should open up our Downloads folder. From here, simply navigate to the archive we wish to add.

4). Single left-click on the archive.

5). Click Open. The archive has been transferred into the Mods folder. Right-click on it and select Install and Activate. There we go. This should install the mod's entire folder path (not just the .esp). Larger mods (overhauls and such) might require a few minutes to install.

If the archive contains several .esp files yet we only need one of these, Open the archive itself and delete any files which are not wanted. There is no way to delete them straight from NMM, not that I've found, anyway.

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Here is how to make different Character profiles. When swapping from one guy or gal to the next, we can make it so all the particular mods in their game automatically switch as well. First step is to create a profile. If a profile has already been made and you just want to learn how to swap from one profile to the next, skip to Step 3.

1). Open the Mods tab. At the very top of the toolbar there should be a button for Launch "X", with X being whichever game, and next to this is the Profile button. Click on the little arrow to the RIGHT of the Profile button. This arrow points downwards.

This is tricky to do. Instead of making the actual Profile name the button, we gotta click on the tiny down-arrow to the right of the button.

2). Select New Profile. Name and address this profile somewhere.

Now let's say I've got two characters: one is an archer, the other a paladin-type. I want an Archery specific mod to show up in my archer's game, but not in my paladin's. I am now switching to my archer's list from my paladin's list.

3). Assuming the mod has already been installed from its compressed archive (see the instructions above for how to do this) left-click on the mod we wish to use for this particular 'toon. Now press the Big Green Check Icon on the left toolbar. The mod should install automatically.

Conversely, if we wish for a mod to Uninstall at the same moment, left-click on it and select the Big Red Cancel Icon. Voila.

4). Switch to the Plugins tab. Now click on the little arrow next to the Profile button, and select Save Current Profile.

5). Assuming a second Character Profile has been added, follow steps 3 and 4 again, to Install and/or Uninstall from that character's world as well.

Double-check that each pertinent .esp or .esm has activated. NMM is a buggy program. It Installs and Uninstalls faithfully, but sometimes it won't activate.

This post has been edited by Renee: Oct 22 2023, 04:08 PM