Arcane University:Software

This is the main page of the software tools being used for Beyond Skyrim.

Level Design & Implementation

• Creation Kit
  • TES V: Skyrim Creation Kit: cannot be linked to, but can still be downloaded via Steam
  • Skyrim Special Edition Creation Kit
  • Papyrus Compiler (included with Creation Kit)
• Scripting tools (text editors)
  • Notepad++: (How to set up for Papyrus)
  • Sublime Text: (How to set up for Papyrus)
• xEdit: Editing .esm and .esp files with more flexibility, resolving plugin conflicts
• xLODGen: Generating terrain LOD
• DynDOLOD: Generating object and tree LOD
• NifTools
  • NifSkope: Opening, viewing, and editing .nif files
  • NifUtilsSuite: Contains ChunkMerge for transferring collision, and other useful tools
• Sniff: Batch operations on .nif files
• Octagon: Batch operations on .dds files

Writing

free

• [1] Google Docs (used by Beyond Skyrim teams by default)
• [2] Open Office
• [3] Libre Office

commercial

• Microsoft Word (as part of the office package) [4]

2D Concept Art

• Graphics tablet with pen pressure.
• Drawing program, f.ex Gimp, Krita, Photoshop, Clip Studio.

3D

• 3ds Max: Modeling, animation
• Blender (free): Modeling, sculpting, texturing, rigging, animation
• Maya: Modeling, animation
• Mudbox: Sculpting
• Quixel Mixer (free, in beta): Texturing
• Substance Painter (free with a student license): Texturing and baking
• xNormal (free): Baking
• ZBrush: Modeling, texturing, sculpting

2D Texturing

• Arcane_University:CrazyBump_for_Skyrim
• Arcane_University:Gimp_for_Skyrim
• Arcane_University:Material_Editor_for_Skyrim
• Arcane_University:MindTex_2_for_Skyrim
• Arcane_University:Paint.Net_for_Skyrim
• Arcane_University:Photoshop_for_Skyrim

Music Composition

• Abelton Live 10
• audacity (free and basic)

Sound Effects

• [5] Abelton Live 10
• [6] audacity (free and basic)