How can you possibly know what IDs other mods might be using? Well, you can’t. Now, doesn’t just mean you can’t use the ID of something that already exists in Skyrim – it also means you can’t use an ID from mods that potentially might get used with your mod. By all means experiment feel free to experiment and muck about, but perhaps wait until you’ve got a basic follower working first?) (Yeah, I know that sounds harsh, but if you mess about with too much you could break your actor. I purposely don’t mention things that should be left as default.
If you put your sticky fingers all over something you didn’t need to, you might cause unnecessary conflict with a mod that actually wanted to tweak that thing. Certain things, once created or modified, cannot be easily undone. Treat it like a game of Jenga, only touch what you need to. That’s when you know the Creation Kit is ready.
The exception to this rule is if you’re certain an item contains something your follower needs. Should you mark other items, if other items exist for you? In general, no, you shouldn’t.Ensure both of these items are marked – they are official game content. You should at least see Skyrim.esm and Update.esm. We want to select just the base game files, without any custom mods. Now, before we can do anything we need to tell the Creation Kit what “base” to work off. It’s adding the voice that’ll take up most of your time. In this first part of the guide we are simply going to make a follower, one without a unique voice.
We may need to install more stuff later, but this is all we need for this part of the guide. Once the Creation Kit is installed, repeat steps 1 through 4 to launch it.There is a drop-down near the top that defaults to All Games.Next, do you have the Creation Kit installed? It’s free for owners of Skyrim. (This guide will show a few ways you might get these.)ĭo you have Skyrim installed? If not, do it now. Sounds for your follower’s unique voice.
This guide will show you, step-by-step, how to make a uniquely-voiced follower.Įdit: This guide is getting old now. I don’t want my knowledge to go to waste. I was well into work for a uniquely voiced NPC from Skyrim when a legal take-down notice stopped it dead. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Extras Making a Unique-Voiced Follower in Skyrim - Part 1