Glad to see that the new Creation Kit allows the creation of Magical Effects, and Shaders associated with them.


This gives us the ability to create our own Custom Made Detect X effects.

In Oblivion, we were unable to make new Shaders, only replace old ones, meaning a Vampire Oriented Detect Life, would affect the Vanilla Detect Life.


I've got ideas in mind for this new power.
Detect Enchantment etc (Makes Magical Items nearby glow through walls - Treasure Hunters dream come true)

lol sweet! now maybe we can have different versions of night eyes.

1 for kajiit
1 for vampires
1 for argonian (yeah i wont argonians to have heat sensing abilities like a snake!)
1 for magic cast

ohhh and the possibilities for new detect spells like in the op!

A thermal vision night-eye spell would be amazing!!

Im testing it out right now with an Amulet that gives 125% Magicka Regen between 8pm and 4am (Night), as well a Passive Detect life, with my own shader.
So far, not having much luck with the Detect Life, cant figure out what settings I need. When I apply the amulet, I see the screen flash for a second... As if it had activated, and then vanished...
Think I need to work out duration or find a way to set constant effect.

I'm fiddling around with the magic in Skyrim too right now, trying to get the darned master destruction spells to be worth something by making them standard charge spells (or concentration spells, for Lightning Storm) that let you move while casting and/or charging. Of course, I'm a total new player and have never modded any game, so it isn't going well for me .

Can anyone try adding new actor values? It seems broken for me

Concentration - I would imagine being the spells that require continuous button holding - which is what you want.

However, there is another setting called Cast Delay, and Casting time.

Maybe these are hard-coded to cause the Immobility.
Try adjusting them.

I noticed those and was playing with them (I have been looking at the reference http://www.creationkit.com/Magic_Effect). I am working on Fire Storm first. As of right now, I have changed the spell to be equippable in either hand and able to be dual-cast. I have also changed the animations to be like that of fireball while it is equipped in hand. The spell also correctly charges in half a second. However, whenever I press the button to cast, I get the standard animation and am unable to move. I thought it might be the 'Equip Ability' under the Magic Effect, but disabling those didn't work either .

More on the subject of this thread, what other detect spells would be really useful? Could we make something to detect alchemy ingredients to help people harvest more efficiently?

Im looking at the structure of the Detect Life system.
They use the new Condition structure, which means you can specify what condition the actor must meet, before being 'glowed'

They do things like

ActorType == Undead must be 0 (Detect Life doesnt detect undead etc)

its weird though, they do a different version of detect life for indoors and outdoors.

Note- Im loving the 'Create Duplicate' context option.

aND the preview system for items.

Couldnt get the Life Detect amulet to work - so started a new project from scratch, and have got a 'Vampire Sight' Amulet working - Applies the Hunters Sight while worn....
That being said - I never found any real need for Hunters Sight, as it is never dark enough to warrent it.


But now that I have it applying correctly, as a constant effect, I can modify the effect, as needed, to make it into a Detect Life effect.

i really want to do this, but im not experienced.... does anyone have an idea how?

Im still working on it - I have managed to get an Amulet that does the Aura Whisper - only problem is, its applying the effect to me, and not to the rest of the world....
Might be a radius issue?

These are in SkyEdit(I don't know if they are editable yet, if not, we'll just have to wait).

It doesn't sound like you can - according to the http://www.creationkit.com/Actor_Value, there are a bunch of undefined actor values that sort of fill that role, but you have to be careful using them because a lot of existing stuff already relies on them.

I was trying to create an Unlock spell, as there is an Open effect already coded, but I must be doing something wrong. I can get the spell to appear in my inventory and be equippable, but when I try to cast it nothing happens. I assigned animations and stuff to it, and the spell does have a model "in the hands", but I can't actually cast it.

I've tried using both Aimed and Target Actor. Wonder if it's the effect itself that's broken. Do not relish having to learn the scripting language just to make a set of unlock spells.