Difference between revisions of "TES5Edit Documentation"

XEdit works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Other platforms or Windows simulators may or may not work and are not officially supported. XEdit is available for download from Nexus, one of the most outstanding sources for Fallout3, Fallout: New Vegas, Oblivion and Skyrim content.

*For Fallout 3: [http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/637 FO3Edit]

A page simular to this one will appear.  You will need to first click on "Files" to display the list of XEdit versions. Once loaded, check the Version number (B) to ensure you download the most current revision (it may/will be different from the screenshot below, which is just an example). Then click on that revision of XEdit in the main Files section (C).

Once you download the program, you will need an archive extraction tool that can handle 7-Zip files (.7z), such as [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip].

Once the archive is open, you will need to extract the XEdit files into the main game directory (where the game's exe application is located) in order for it to function properly. Do not install into the Data directory or the program will not function correctly as shown below.

Note: The XEdit package also contains a special file called "[Game].Hardcoded.keep.this.with.the.exe .and.otherwise.ignore.it.I.really.mean.it.dat" where "[Game]" is the name of the game (possibly abbreviated). This file needs to be in the same folder as the XEdit.exe application. It contains hardcoded game engine records which will show up as false errors in XEdit if said file is absent.

What makes these special is that the records are referenced in the game's main master file (e.g., FalloutNV.esm for Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim.esm for Skyrim) but are NOT contained in the game's main master file (they are in the binary). XEdit automatically loads these hardcoded records at the same load order index [00] as the game's main master file so that these hardcoded values can be used in conflict detection and resolution. These records will display as coming from the game executable ((e.g., FalloutNV.esm for Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim.esm for Skyrim). You should not touch this file unless you are uninstalling XEdit.