Hey all,
So I've been itching to try my hand at modding a bit because I have some ideas but I'm not entirely sure on how to go about making them an actual mod. I've made some personal companion mods and basic edits through the CS in the past but I've never really learned to use some of the other modding tools like nifskope or blender or anything.

I'm in the process of creating a mod based on psionics use and psychic powers(using all mysticism school) in which the user doesn't use magicka at all but fatigue instead. I started using OBME for this, the new project to let me make my own magic effects and its amazing so far! Allows me to do things I thought impossible before!

So far I've created a few new spells costing no magicka but including a new effect called Mental Fatigue that is uncurable through normal dispel but is more or less Damage Fatigue. Some of the ones I've got so far is a healing Meditation spell, a Charm spell, some long duration Command spells, and a Focus spell that fortifies fatigue, intelligence, and mysticism for nearly 12mins but drains all fatigue for about 2 minutes for concentration.

However, I'm getting to the point where I'd like to combine some other magic effects (namely Damage Health with Demoralize, Frenzy, etc.) together and maybe make a new model to show that the power is different from normal Damage Health. I'll be fine with the normal blast for Damage Health for this but wanted to change the color of the blast to blue instead of red to differentiate, but didn't know how to do this.

I also want to eventually try to balance out the system someway, because for now its pretty overpowered because even when fatigue goes negative you'll collapse for a little while but get back up pretty quickly. I wanted to make it so each time your fatigue goes negative you also gain drain Intelligence and Endurance until you have slept for 8 hrs at least, but I'm not sure how to do that yet either.

If you can help me, give some advice, provide links to helpful tutorials, or anything else, please reply! If you have any ideas or anything I'll take those into consideration too, just remember I'm still trying to get the hand of modding and it'll be a while before I can do bigger things.

Thanks

Leold

Sounds like you will maybe need OBME and custom spell icons (search mod forum)

Yeah I've been using those actually. Very helpful tools for spellmaking, excellent mods for anyone else too. I decided to improvise for now with a telekinesis shader and projectile animation for my modified damage health until I learn more about nifskope and scripting. Looks ok but isn't really unique looking yet.

Leold