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So at some point you are going to want to run the CK using MO.

 

Surprise, it does not work out of the box! Some assembly required. No warning sticker and just enough information, but missing the important parts, to lead one astray.

 

This is not Mod Organizer fault.

 

Running it outside of Mod Organizer and you will still have to do the following.

 

*** Mistake on my part. Correct file is as follows. ***

 

You will need to edit '....\steamapps\common\Skyrim\SkyrimEditor.ini'

 

And add the following:

 

STEP 1
Under the [General] section add the following if it's not already there.
bAllowMultipleMasterLoads=1

STEP 2

 

*** Add the BSA's for the DLC content that you have. ***

Under the [Archive] section change 'SResourceArchiveList2=' to

 

SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa, HearthFires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa

DONE!

 

A NOTE OF CAUTION!

 

If you are opening up an esp from a mod that includes a BSA you will either have to unpack the BSA or, and I have not tried this but it makes sense, add the BSA to the above.

 

If you are switching things about constantly having to change the above will become a pain and mistakes will happen.

 

Unpacking the BSA has it own risks. 

 

END OF NOTE

 

You should now be able to run the CK and load more than just Skyrim.esm.

 

The CK is a rather buggy piece of software in my opinion. It crashes when you look at it funny.

 

Thanks to TechAngel85 for the following links.

 

Helpful Links:

 

CK Basics Lessons

https://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/6838-ck-basics-lesson-1/

Series of lessons to help newcomers learn the CK.

 

Darkfox127 YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/DARKF0X127/playlists

A lot of video tutorials on various subjects for the CK.

 

Creation Kit Video Tutorials

https://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1343653-creation-kit-video-tutorials-merged/

Large list of links to various video tutorials.

 

Notepad++ & Creation Kit

https://ck.uesp.net/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B_Setup

How to set up Notepad++ for use with the CK. Great for scripting.

 

CK Keyboard Cheat Sheets

These are some printable cheat sheets for the keyboard shortcuts in the CK.

Excel Format: https://copy.com/68aECtHqnAFHsZLo

ODS Format (Open/Libra Office): https://copy.com/y21OZj1cjtaDUchw

 

SkyUI and CK

 

For MCM you will need the following Sky SDK.

 

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echo451 Thane

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What the problem looks like.

 

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I did a search and did not find anything for CK and MO. If this or something more useful is posted let me know.

 

I am curious. Googling and reading some other forums it appears some folks think that MO has problems with script compiling? Fact? Fiction? Posts were a year or so old and then stopped. 

 

The CK is bad. Any piece of software that you rush to use because it will crash for no reason is frustrating. I wonder how they managed to put Skyrim together in the first place.

 

Any other nuggets of wisdom about the CK out there?

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n0mad23 Thane

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This is helpful stuff and personally timely.  I've been wrestling with whether or not to look into this side of things and this is the info I've needed to take the challenge.

 

"Challenge Accepted!"

 

Cheers.

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echo451 Thane

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Yes, I was able to load a esp that had multiple masters. The record type was one that TES5Edit could not display detailed information on. Drilling down with CK seemed the only choice.

 

*** I have not tried compiling a script yet. ***

 

 

Learning how things work is always fun. But the frustrating 2 hours I spent even after a detailed google search was maddening. 

 

I wanted to spare other that experience and lets us all move on to something more useful. 

 

Once I found the solution, in a few places, it came down to a mistake that I made. Adding the SResourceArchiveList2 in the wrong section. Adding it in the first place as it already exists.

 

Just missing a few keyword and my own rush to get it working lead to a sad late evening state of frustration.

 

This YouTube video finally clued me in.

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echo451 Thane

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Me, me, me 

 

Yes. This is the kind of thing I am looking for. Other have bravely gone before. I but wish to follow and ill head off into the woods to get lost when it makes sense.

 

Thanks Tech


Is there a CK forum on STEP? Always hate when I search for something and miss it because I used the wrong keywords. 

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DoubleYou Akatosh

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In case anyone wants less messy INI files (ones that aren't all mixed up alphabetically, etc.), I have rearranged them below. The only modification I've made is I've added bAllowMultipleMasterLoads=1 to the [General] section of SkyrimEditor.ini and any changes that automatically occur from starting it up and moving the windows to a less irritable location on my screen.

 

BTW, are those edits supposed to be for SkyrimEditorPrefs.ini?

 

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echo451 Thane

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Humm, where did you add the DLC bsa's or are they loose packed?

 

Your right! , I think. I may have listed the wrong file. I was so excited that the sucker work!

 

Any chance of getting the above added as a download? 

 

Thanks for the feedback DoubleYou ::):  always helpful.

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