Hey everyone,

I have no idea to use the CK. What i am interested in learning with it is how to make new spells for the game. I have no idea how to do this, and i would play around with it, but im deeply afraid of completely breaking the game. Would anyone mind giving a short tutorial or something? And also, if you make something, as soon as you make it does it upload to skyrim, or is there an upload button or something.

Thanks

There are tutorials on the Wiki and some video tutorials on Youtube. It might help you get on your way.
Althoug must be said that most tutorials I've seen are more for creating dungeons and such than creating spells, but it might help you get familiar with the CK

I looked into the tutorials by Beth, but they had nothing yet. Thanks for the reply, Ill just wait for the next 7 tutorials to come out.

Nothing you make will be added to your game until you activate your mod in the data files section of the Skyrim launcher, so don't worry about breaking the game just by messing around with stuff in the CK.

Have a look at existing spells. I just had a short look at them because I'm focusing on something else for my own first project. But as far as I've seen the Spells are a Form as most other things. So you can safely duplicate one of them, then edit it (fiddle around with it) save the changes to a seperate esp and see what happens in game.

As to your last question: You should be safe aslong as you remember not to change any of the already existing scripts. If any existing script needs changes to a function use Papyrus' "extend" function (look it up in the wiki). If you want to use it as template for something new copy it's content into a new script with another name. Any changes you make apart from scripts are saved into an esp file when you click on "File->Save" (If that also applies to new 3D Objects, like new Weapons, and compiled Scripts I'm not sure of, I guess these are what the "Create Archive" button is for), That esp file will be selectable when you click on Data in Skyrim's Launcher. Only if it is selected there the changes will be applied to the game. In order to have your changes uplaoded as a Mod to the workshop, that only happens when you use the "Upload Plugin and Archive to Steam" button.

Some more, which I've gathered from various threads in these forums (I'm a learning noob as you so this is all only hearsay): The graphical Spell Effects should be editable aswell. Again for this have a look at an existing spell it should mention somewhere which animation/effect it is using. For ways to get that out of the master esm/bsa files of skyrim and load it into a tool that can edit it you should visit the forum search. Hope this helps at least a little bit. If all else fails, try to get in touch with the person that did the midas magic mod or get that mod and have a look at t using the CK.