Skyrim AE 1.6.1130

[Bluegunk]

I quote from Bethesda pages:

https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/article/4ORD7tshfmHUN8H4ULSgE4/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition-creations-update-patch-notes 

FEATURE: Macro support.

• In your game directory you will find the new file: SkyrimConsoleDefault.ini. This contains the layout and new basic commands. This list may be customized by creating a new file in the same folder named SkyrimConsole.ini.

 

This is for the PC user. Anyone ever get that file? I certainly never did, even after validating the files!  If anyone has a copy they could ship over, I'd be grateful.  It's not busting copyright or anything in asking - we're all supposed to get it as PC users. I'm a Steam user. Thanks!

Edited December 27, 2023 by Bluegunk

[traison]

If in doubt, look up your current manifests and depots on steamdb. It will list the files these packages contain. If its not in the package then either Bethesda did a Bethesda again, or its not actually supposed to be there (yet).

 

Edit: Or if you find any suspicious installer looking things, maybe the file is embedded in it and the installer was made by, you guessed it, Bethesda and it Just Works™.

 

Edit again: Or dump the contents of the Skyrim acf file here and I'll have a look at it.

Edited December 27, 2023 by traison

[Bluegunk]

3 hours ago, traison said:

steamdb.

Thank you again, Traison.

 

I looked at my DB and nothing is synced in it. To be honest, I don't use the DB site nor know how to use it.

Sorry to be so thick.  At my silver gaming age, and being a bit attention deficit, I don't tend to concentrate well. DB has largely escaped me.  Apologies.

 

 

 

[traison]

1. Locate your SteamApps directory containing Skyrim.
2. Open appmanifest_489830.acf in notepad.
3. Look up the appid on steamdb:
   • 489830 on steamdb
4. Locate the InstalledDepots block.
5. Look up each block under it on steamdb:
   • 489831 on steamdb
   • 489832 on steamdb
   • 489833 on steamdb
6. If the manifest number does not match for a depot, work backwards using the files and manifests tabs.
   • Example: 3737743381894105176 added 3 files including "Data/MarketplaceTextures.bsa", and modified several others.

Assuming those ids are correct (remember, I'm on 1.5.97), there does not appear to be a SkyrimConsoleDefault.ini shipped with the install packages. So that leaves a couple of options:

1. Its baked into the installscript.vdf in 489831. Inspect it in notepad.
2. SkyrimSELauncher.exe creates it when it is executed, just like it does with Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini if they're missing.
3. Bethesda.

Edited December 28, 2023 by traison

[Bluegunk]

Many thanks for the tuition!

 

I can't see it downloaded in the lists.  SkyrimSE Launcher does not work from update. It only fired up when I installed the game, and can't be run again.

Clicking on it results in the admin acknowledgement, and then nothing.

 

I can't read the installscript.vdf because it doesn't appear to exist as a file. Only its title is listed.

 

I get the impression the console was left out of the update. Please don't worry about it any more!

[Bluegunk]

I've just done a complete wipe and reinstall of the Steam game. See how it goes now. Still no Console.ini...lol.

Edited December 28, 2023 by Bluegunk

[traison]

I'll see if I can find any reference to that file with a disassembler or something.

 

Edit: Need to figure out how I'm going to get 1130 first without bricking my setup, might be a while.

Edited December 28, 2023 by traison

[traison]

For what its worth, I can tell you that you are not crazy, and the file you're looking for is real:

 

$ strings -t x SkyrimSE.exe | grep -i \\.ini

...

18e6990 SkyrimConsole.ini

18e69c0 SkyrimConsoleDefault.ini

...

 

SkyrimSELauncher.exe however is not interested in this file, it only has references to the other ini files we already know of:

 

Gonna see if I can figure out what SkyrimSE.exe does with those file names. I suspect its only going to read them.

[traison]

SkyrimSE.exe only reads SkyrimConsoleDefault.ini. It reads and writes SkyrimConsole.ini.

 

It appears as if there's a new console command for adding macros to the SkyrimConsole.ini file. I have not found what that command is yet. It may be "macro", presumably taking 2 parameters.

 

The format for the SkyrimConsole.ini file seems to be a standard (Microsoft) configuration file (ini), however I'm not 100% sure:

Spoiler

[Macros]

 

%s = %s

Edited December 28, 2023 by traison