Hello,

Has anyone seen or maybe working on a mod to tweak the weight of items/amount of weight that you can carry? While, I may not want to remove weight completely, I still wouldn't mind tweaking it so that I can carry enough to get through at least one cell before having to backtrack to town and dump off/sell items. I am aware that stamina increases the amount of weight you can carry by a tiny amount, but it would take an entire game to get to the point that I would feel confident about going into a dungeon and not having to worry about weight until I cleared it. Thanks for all who help.

I'm going to make a guess that this is something that requires the editor to alter (even tho it's a fairly simple line change)....and the editor is not out yet. So it's a waitin' game.

I'm not sure if there's a console command that could alter it (outside of tgm, perhaps, which is totally different if you don't want to be "god", just carry more).

Thanks for the reply, LadyCrimson. Yeah, I was thinking maybe it was an editor-dependent thing, but was hoping not. Well, I guess now it is a waiting game, as I'm sure someone will make one when the creation kit is released. I'm afraid by that time I may have moved on though. Let's not forget, Diablo III is slated for release VERY soon, (Thank goodness, 'bout time)

player.setav carryweight 1000 or whatever other number you want

If you want to increase your carrying capacity, it is a simple line change in the .ini. Or not even a line change. You just edit a number. Google it and I'm sure you'll find it.

This.

Dont foget to give some stuff to your companions.

Thanks guys. I will try the .ini thing if I can find it, because I would like it to be permanent and not sure if console would have to be activated every time I start the game. Now, it's just a matter of finding it. I did search for 'skyrim weight mod' before I posted here and it turned up nothing relevent on the first page, so ill try 'skyrim weight capacity' and see what it turns up. Will post back if I find anything, in case anyone is interested.

Well, couldn't find anything on the ini setting. Just turned up a bunch of links for tweaking graphics settings. Haven't looked into those files yet, but maybe I will and see if I can find it myself. As for companions, I don't ever take any with me for fear that they will end up dying or something. Would like to play this game without a guilty conscience for getting someone killed, at least on the first play through...heh. Call me silly.

P.S. Can anyone confirm if the console command is permanent, or must be activated on every run of the game?

If you use "player.setav carryweight xxx", it will reset itself when you restart the game. (IIRC, when I tried this, it persisted for the remainder of the play session, but reset when I exited and restarted Skyrim.)

If you use "player.modav carryweight xxx", it will be permanent (for that character).

If you can do it via the .ini it seems to be something you'd have to add the line in yourself and hope it works in skyrim (good chance of it).

Not sure about the console command being permanent, never used the console much (I prefer using a mod instead). Might at least have to use it for each new character you make, or save the game before it sets.

What ndervish stated is correct, player.modav will be permanent to your save game for that character.

Also remember, player.modav will ADD whatever you type in to your current limit, so if you type in 5,000 and your current limit is 325, your new limit is 5,325.

LadyCrimson, nothing to be afraid of using the console. In my opinion, using the console is far preferable to a mod for things like this.

Let's say a mod gives you 500 extra weight. But you really want 1,000. Well, now you have to bug the mod author, maybe they'll make another version of the mod with 1,000, maybe they won't.

Let's say you're a real pack rat (like me LOL) and a few weeks later you are just carrying way too much stuff, and for some reason you want to carry even more. Now you want the limit increased to 2,500.

Well, the console command is simple and allows you to do it yourself

And you can lower your carry weight again using a negative number in the future using the player.modav command. The console is far superior to an .esp mod for this change imo.

Thanks a million for all the helpful input everyone. From what I have read here modav console command seems the way to go in my case. This will help a ton. Now if I can get it to quit dropping to the desktop every hour or so, I'll be set.

I'm not afraid of using it. I use it when I feel like/it suits me, and I often have for tech testing reasons. I just prefer a mod that I can check on/off and applies to every chr. and/or companion etc at once.

That's why I am the mod-maker. lol. Most mods like this are really easy to make/change yourself. I tend to combine it with other small changes that I want in one mod (like weight+increase exp. needed to level, etc)
I just need the editor.

Only cheat i use too, so annoyin the low cw.
But effect game a lot since the more item you can sell.