Editor Smoke

Start Up

Select The Skyrim Esm

First Load

• Double Click on Skyrim.esm
• Select Yes To All through all of the warnings
• Press ctrl+S to save
• Save as editorSmoke if you havent saved before

Subsequent Loads

• Double right click on editorSmoke so it says Active next to it

Test An Interior

Duplicate And Load A Cell

• Go to the Cell View window
• Right Click on QASmoke and hit Duplicate Cell
  

Duplicate Cell

• Double-Click on the new QASmokeCOPY0000 to go to it
• You should see this:

Initial Load

Check The Lighting

• Toggle on bright lighting ('A' key) and then turn it off again
• Select the light in the scene (looks like a lightbulb)
  • Duplicate it (Ctrl+D)
  • Move it to the right over the table making sure it lights the new area
  • Press L to view the light's bounds
  • With either light selected, hold 'S', left click and move the mouse forward and back to scale the light
• Press L again to toggle off the lighting bounds
• You should see this:

Both Lights

Interior Navmesh

• Press ctrl+E to enter navmesh mode
• In the Navmesh Menu, select Generation->Object-Based Generation
  

Generation Option

• After it's done it should look like this:

Navmesh Complete

• Select one of the edges, move it around then undo
• Select one of the triangles, move it around then undo
• Select one of the vertices, move it around then undo
• Save (Ctrl+S)
• Press Ctrl+E to exit navmesh mode

Piece Manipulation

• Select a kit piece
  • Duplicate it
  • Move and Rotate it
  • Toggle snap and rotation snap ('q' and ctrl + 'q')
  • Move and rotate it
  • Test the Move, Rotate, and Scale GIZMO by select a level geometry and then cycle between [W] Rotate [E] Translate [2] Scale Keys. Use the handles to test the objects.
• Press 'M' to toggle markers on and off (lights and xmarkers should disappear)
• Note the ladles above the table
• Press the havok button to enable it (highlighted green below) and the ladles should drop

Havok Button

Test An Exterior

• Load the TestSmokeWorld Exterior
• Press 'B' to toggle cell borders
• Press 'Alt+T' to toggle trees on and off
• Press 'Ctrl+E' to toggle navmesh (note the squares in the NE)
• Go to Navmesh->Finalize Cell Navmeshes

Initial Load

• After finalizing it should look like this:

Initial Load

• Press 'Ctrl+E' to toggle navmesh off
• Press 'H' to toggle Landscape editor
  • Left click over the landscape and move the mouse forward and backward to manipulate the terrain
  • Select a texture from the Settings menu and paint some of the terrain by holding down right-click and moving mouse

Initial Load

• • Press 'H' again to turn Landscape mode off

Test A Quest

Quest Creation

• In the object window go to Character->Quest
• Right Click on the empty quest at the top and press duplicate

Initial Load]]

• Single Click the newly created Copy000 and change the name to testQuestSmoke
  • Press 'No' at the first prompt to rename the quest (it seems backwards)
  • Press 'Yes' at the second to accept the change
• Double Click on the new testQuestSmoke to open it

Dialogue View Test

• Go to the Dialogue Views tab in the quest window
• Right Click on the top white line under EditorID and go to new
  • Name the new view ID "testID1" and press ok
• Click testID1 so it is highlighted
• Right click in the large white area and select Create Branch
  • Name the branch testBranch and select ok to name the ID testBranchTopic
• Right click inside the testBranchTopic box and select new info
  • Type "test" into the response box that pops up and hit ok
  • Don't enter anything at the info prompt, just press ok
• Right click in the larger golden square and select Add Topic
  • Name the topic testBranchTopic2
• Right click inside the testBranchTopic2 box and select New Info
  • Type "test" into the response box that pops up and hit ok
  • Don't enter anything at the info prompt, just press ok
• You should see this:

Initial Load

• Mouse over the white box under testBranchtopic, your cursor should turn into a gripping hand
  • Left click and hold, drag the arrow down to the white box under testBranchTopic2
• You should see this:

Initial Load