New to modding - help appreciated

[_spool]

So I decided to being modding on a whim and now I realize why the creation kit sucks. I fixed all of my pathing issues (my skyrim was installed on a seperate drive S:) and fixed the ini settings so the CK would load. I loaded LAL (Alternate start - live another life) after ESMifying it and set out the dialogue for my new start, basing it off of the pre-existing starts. I then went to tie in the quest so that the main quest would begin (its what points you to helgen w/ rumors and the bit of text to set up background info, etc.). So i tried to open the script file for the quest of a pre-existing start and found it would not open. So I grabbed Notepad++ and the compiler included by bethesda w/ the CK and found it too is broken. I am suspecting that it is the pathing of the bat files pointing to my C drive instead of my S, where everything is. I fixed everything but it still did not find my TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg file and of course, it wasnt there. I grabbed it from https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39140/?tab=files and put it in w/ the compiler. When it still didnt work i threw it in my script and script\source folders just to be sure, still didnt work. I am still at a loss and I'm not even sure what to google at this point. This is what cmd prompt returns when i run the bat file with notepad++ on a papyrus (.pex) file to compile it into something readable: 

C:\Program Files\Notepad++>sd
'sd' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\Notepad++>"S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\PapyrusCompiler"  -f="TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" -i="S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\..\Data\Scripts\Source" -o="S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\..\Data\Scripts"
Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...
Compiling "-f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg"...
<unknown>(0,0): unable to locate script -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg
No output generated for -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg, compilation failed.

Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Failed on -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg

C:\Program Files\Notepad++>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Just for reference, my install path is S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\ and this is the bat file I am attempting to run: 

sd %2
"%~dp0PapyrusCompiler" %1 -f="TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" -i="%~dp0..\Data\Scripts\Source" -o="%~dp0..\Data\Scripts"
pause

If you need more info let me know, if you try to help, I appreciate it.

[Guest]

Looks like your bat command to compile is not getting the right file to compile.

 

I use this script, try to adapt it to your case (I already replaced the path)

 

cd "S:\SteamLibrary\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Mod Organizer\mods\"
"S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\PapyrusCompiler.exe" "%~dp2%~nx1" -f="S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\scripts\Source\TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" -i="S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\scripts\source\;%~dp2source;" -o="%~dp2\"

 

[_spool]

Well it ran this time, problem is it didn't do anything... The file (just some random newstart file) still looks like this:

 

https://imgur.com/a/QgAozo1

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, gf00642 said:

Well it ran this time, problem is it didn't do anything... The file (just some random newstart file) still looks like this:

 

https://imgur.com/a/QgAozo1

That is a pex file. It is byte coded. Impossible to have any clues of what is inside.

But if the compilation went well, the PEX contains the compiled code of the PSC.

[_spool]

Well i guess I'm just doing something completely unnecessary then, all I was trying to do was look at the code in order to recreate it with a different start position for my mod. Thanks for the help! Greatly appreciated!

[Guest]

Then look for PSC files.

 

They have the source code, you can modify them, recompile, and enjoy.

[_spool]

Thanks for all the help, I think I'm getting it figured out. Now I'm just running through the files and tracing the quests to see where all i should input my own code to get it working. I'll probably be back but for now I'm gonna sleep on it. Again, appreciate the help!