Modding Tips

This is a growing link list for me personally with issues I had to deal with while delving into Creation Kit's functions.

Issues und Solutions

1. NEVER load master files into CK you don't want to be master files for your mod. If you just want to look at stuff, load these masters alone. Otherwise you may get dependancies under odd circumstances.
2. I want light sources to be dark at night / enhance natural sky light / according to the time of day
   Chiaro's Corner:  Day/Night emittance from windows (CK)
3. Godrays drove me crazy. They just didn't show:
   - If you put the lightsource (like DefauktLightWhite01SpotGR) to close to your window, you only get a glow effect. Put it a bit farther away.
   - Reminder: You don't need a dustbox for godrays to show. GS are set on the lightsource
   - To get godrays right (In my case I want distinguisable section of light cut by the boarded-up window and also reach up to the opposite wall) play with the following variables: Distance to window, Intensity of the GR lightsource, Radius of the GR lightsource
    

   It's a game of trial and error to get it right to your situation and what you want to achieve. Keep the radius at the size of just the window or you risk leaking even through solid walls

Ressources that helped me:

• Greslin's YT channel: FO4Edit and Mod Reconciliation Basics
• Greslin: Lessons From a Lifetime of Scripting
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