Spellmaking Anywhere (OpenMW Lua)

Description

Open the vanilla spellmaking window from anywhere - no NPC, no dialogue. Through either a keybind or an item. OpenMW 0. 49+ only.

I'm kind of surprised no one else has made this yet for OpenMW that I can see, everything else appears to be a MWSE mod for some reason.

Installation instructions

1. Extract the Zip file somewhere, e.g. `C:\games\OpenMWMods\SpellmakingAnywhere`.

2. Add a data path for it to `openmw.cfg` (or via the launcher's Data Directories tab): `data="C:\games\OpenMWMods\SpellmakingAnywhere"`.

3. Enable `SpellmakingAnywhere.omwscripts` in the launcher's Content Files tab (or add `content=SpellmakingAnywhere.omwscripts` to `openmw.cfg`).

- Bind a key on the mod's settings page: Options -> Scripts -> Spellmaking

Anywhere ("Open Spellmaking Key").

- Or bind a hold + press chord on the same page (keyboard or controller;

unbound by default). When a Hold button is bound, both buttons must be

pressed together; leave Hold unbound to trigger on the Press button alone.

- Or enable the "Tome of Spellmaking" setting: a tome is added to your

inventory, and using it opens the spellmaking window. The tome record is

created at runtime (no .esp/.omwaddon) and persists in your save; turning

the setting off removes it from your inventory. The tome is weightless

and valueless.

- Optionally enable "Free Spellmaking" to make creating spells cost no

gold - even with zero gold on hand. The spellmaking menu still shows a

price and won't update the gold it displays, but nothing is actually

deducted; your gold is unchanged when you close the window. (Internally,

gold is boosted while the window is open so the engine never blocks a

purchase, then restored on close.) It covers all vanilla spellmaking:

via this mod or through an NPC spellmaker.

Only effects from spells you already know appear. Pair with an "all spell

effects" mod if you want the complete effect list.

Requirements

OpenMW 0. 49+