Category talk:Data Files

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Dragoon Wraith TALK 15:16, 28 April 2008 (EDT)

Mod Isolation

There is absolutely no way to reference objects in a plugin from another plugin? Maybe I'm being overly pessimistic, but that seems to me to be a design choice that will be extremely restrictive for modders. Just as an example, take the Horse Commands mod. It works by adding some new scripts that selectively load and unload AI packages for your horse(s) with some custom spells. The first problem is that the DLC adds new references for the armored horses, so the scripts don't work on them. The second problem is that you can't use any of the new references in the scripts because they're part of a plugin. As far as I can tell, the only way to make the Horse Commands mod work with the DLC would be to merge them together, which makes redistribution completely illegal. Not to mention there doesn't seem to be a way to merge plugins. And the same problem exists for any two plugins that you would like to be interrelated in any way. I realize this is more of a long complaint than anything, but if there is ANY hack or workaround for this I'd love to hear it. --JHunz 01:44, 6 April 2006 (EDT)

There is a tutorial on De-Isolation_Tutorial, maybe add it under TES Files would be a good idea?

Jibsta-Man 13:32, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

First, Welcome to the Wiki! Nice to have you here.

Second, heh, look at the date stamp on the comment you're responding to - JHunz asked about mod isolation four years ago; Oblivion was about two weeks old at that point. The Mod De-Isolation tutorial didn't come around for about two years after that.

Third, the Mod De-Isolation tutorial is linked to from the esp vs. esm page - which seems appropriate. I don't personally feel that it needs to be here as well. Thoughts?

Dragoon Wraith TALK 17:08, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

I know it is an old comment, it was more like a suggestion. It just took me quite a while to find the tutorial (found it via the forums), so I thought it would be good to add it. I don't really mind if it isn't added, since I found it xP and now I made a link in the Discussion section, I'm satified :). Thanks for the reply.

Jibsta-Man 17:33, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

maybe making a master file?

I'm trying to figure out the same horse problem. Is there a way to convert the horse armor plugin to a master file? Or maybe there's a way to combine the files in a way that will still require the user to download and pay for the DLC horse mod. That way Beth will still make their money, and perhaps more if the mod increases the demand for armored horses. --Mkahmvet 12:48, 10 April 2006 (EDT)

For now, it can't be done, but you might want to run that idea by Bethesda and see what they say.—Sam324 15:52, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Can't use voice recorder in Vista

Hi. I can't use the configure button in the dialogue menu of the CS to record my dialogue. It just asks me to specify input rate, but no rates appear in the list. If I click OK (with nothing selected) it just fades out and crashes. Hopefully this is not a driver issue because I am using Vista 64-Bit and have makeshift drivers with no better options. I have tried this with the only two mics that I have, a USB webcam and a line in mic. I am able to manually record with Sound Recorder. Could someone please help?—Sam324 21:11, 19 November 2007 (EST)

Solutions to Vista Issues

I've added what I consider the mother of all solutions to the Vista Headache in this article - disabling UAC. Anyone having any kind of problem with Vista should at least give it a quick try. If it doesn't solve the problem, then I would recommend you re-enable UAC and look for another solution, to avoid any potential security threats. Note, however, that as far as I can see, disabling UAC doesn't create any more of a security threat on your computer than was already present on earlier versions of Windows.

I also removed a suggestion that seemed not only vague, but completely uncertain whether its own advice was correct. I know from experience that it's frustrating trying to configure your computer based on uncertain advice, no matter how well-intended it is.
RedFault 16:25, 4 January 2008 (EST) Talk