Question about uploading a mod with created static items : V

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:10 am

My mod contains a whole bunch of items (eg food/alchemical ingredients) that I have made static. My question is this - can I just upload my mod to Nexus as is, or do I have to do some sort of special packaging thing in the same vein as packing modders resource items that are also in the mod?

Thanks in advance

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:08 am

Yea everything the mod needs must be included, and filed properly to. So a RAR file with your ESP, a textures folder, meshes folder, etc etc. you get the idea

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:34 pm

Thanks for the quick reply!
Maybe I wasn't 100% clear though (either that or I'm misunderstanding you), with my own static items, all I have done is created a new static item (eg bread) using the existing ingame model. Nothing else was changed, so if I have to find some way to add my static bread into my mod other than zipping the mod in the regular fashion then I don't know where to start!

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:47 pm

It should be ok if you've used the vanilla model. I can't be 100% sure that the ESP will look at the BSA files or will want loose files.

So if you just duplicate a static in game, and rename to your own, it should ok.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:04 am

Thanks again, I suppose once it's uploaded we shall find out if it works as is

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:50 am

Thanks again, I suppose once it's uploaded we shall find out if it works as is

Lol exactly

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:18 am

If you just change an existing models type (Potion01 from Food to Static), then you don't need to upload anything special. Only if you use non-vanilla resources.

» Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:30 am

I agree with SomeWelshGuy, if all you did was create a new static object (in the object Window), and point it to a Vanilla model (by unpacking it and placing it in the corresponding folder you found it in) then you don't need to include it. Only if you changed the path (which I don't recommend for Vanilla resources), or if you altered the model/texture in some way.. for instance, I remove the visible geometry of a column I use for a mannequin pedestal - I have to upload that "new" model, but the Vanilla one I use which that invisi-pedestal replaces by User-option in-game doesn't have to be.

Also, if you changed the collision layer-type in the model from animStatic to just static (to prevent havok movement), you'd need to upload it.