Difference between revisions of "Version control"

When ''Checking In'' forms, the Creation Kit changes the formID's of those forms if necessary to prevent duplicated formID's in the ESM. It also changes the formID index to match the index of the ESM file. Any references in forms to other forms are adjusted to match the re-assigned formID's. On merging, all the re-assigned formID's get listed in a *.CID file in the SNewVersionBackupPath folder defined in the SkyrimEditor.ini.  

When ''Checking In'' forms, the Creation Kit changes the formID's of those forms if necessary to prevent duplicated formID's in the ESM. It also changes the formID index to match the index of the ESM file. Any references in forms to other forms are adjusted to match the re-assigned formID's. On merging, all the re-assigned formID's get listed in a *.CID file in the SNewVersionBackupPath folder defined in the SkyrimEditor.ini.  

CID files can come in handy when merging Plugin A and B into an ESM, while plugin B depends on plugin A. Let's assume plugin A is merged into the ESM first. Plugin A's forms get new formID's, which breaks any references in plugin B to forms originating from plugin A. When merging Plugin B into the ESM, the CID file created in the merging process of plugin A should be selected when asked for. That way all broken form references in plugin B get changed to the re-assigned forms of the data originating from plugin A.

CID files can come in handy when merging Plugin A and B into an ESM, while plugin B depends on plugin A. Let's assume plugin A is merged into the ESM first. Plugin A's forms get new formID's, which breaks any references in plugin B to forms originating from plugin A. When merging Plugin B into the ESM, the CID file created in the merging process of plugin A should be selected when asked for. That way all broken form references in plugin B get changed to the re-assigned forms of the data originating from plugin A.

====Trick to check out Skyrim.esm forms====

====Trick to check out Skyrim.esm forms====

Now load Skyrim.esm in the CK. You'll get a good number of errors about strings and such, ignore them and press Yes to All. Now it's possible to Check Out forms that belong to Skyrim.esm. Merge any changed Skyrim.esm forms from your ESP into your own ESM, then exit the Creation Kit and revert the flag change.

Now load Skyrim.esm in the CK. You'll get a good number of errors about strings and such, ignore them and press Yes to All. Now it's possible to Check Out forms that belong to Skyrim.esm. Merge any changed Skyrim.esm forms from your ESP into your own ESM, then exit the Creation Kit and revert the flag change.