Editing Creating Custom Master Files (section)

==Creating the Master File==
In order to create a Master File, you must convert an existing Plugin. The following is a step-by-step procedure detailing this process:

# Simply rename the ".esp" extension of the Plugin file, that you want to convert to a Master File, to ".esm"
#* ''I ended up using an FTP program known as FileZilla for this, but you can do so through a variety of other means such as Command Prompt.''
#* ''To use Windows Explorer to do this, go to Organize > Folder and Search Options > View > Hide extensions for known file types.  Uncheck the box.  For more details and for pictures, follow this link:  http://www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/windows/extension-change.html
# Open the Creation Kit and load the ".esm" data file you have just created and then save it.
#* ''This in order to have the Creation Kit recognize it as a true Master File.''