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→Trick to check out Skyrim.esm forms
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Checking out forms that belong to Skyrim.esm doesn't work by default. This can be problematic if you have your own ESM file and want to merge ESP files into your ESM. You won't be able to check out any Skyrim.esm forms that the ESP file modifies, and are thus unable to merge such changes. | Checking out forms that belong to Skyrim.esm doesn't work by default. This can be problematic if you have your own ESM file and want to merge ESP files into your ESM. You won't be able to check out any Skyrim.esm forms that the ESP file modifies, and are thus unable to merge such changes. | ||
The fix for this is to temporarily turn off the 'Use Localized Strings' flag in the Skyrim.esm header. You can do this by opening Skyrim.esm in a hex editor, and changing the ninth byte from 81 to 01. First make a backup of Skyrim.esm just in case this goes wrong! | The fix for this is to temporarily turn off the 'Use Localized Strings' flag in the Skyrim.esm header. You can do this by opening Skyrim.esm in a hex editor (such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frhed frhed]), and changing the ninth byte from 81 to 01. First make a backup of Skyrim.esm just in case this goes wrong! | ||
The start of the file looks like this by default: | The start of the file looks like this by default: | ||
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Save the change and 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. | Save the change and 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. | ||
==Perforce Integration== | ==Perforce Integration== | ||