Optional Quick Start

Optionally start a new game at the cave end of Helgen Keep (skipping it), done in such a way that Helgen and the main quest proceeds as if the entirety of the game's introduction is played as intended. The vanilla introduction is still available on a new game.

Gear is provided at the cave's exit, as replacement for not being able to loot in the vanilla introduction.

APPENDIX

Editor ID Prefix

is QS_.

Modified Vanilla Script

The fragment script (Script file's name: QF_MQ101_0003372B) of the quest "Unbound" (Editor ID: MQ101) is modified. This makes the mod incompatible with ones such as Alternate Start - Live Another Life without a patch.

Identical to Master records

are cleaned with TES5Edit.

How the Mod Came To Be

The "Quick Start" functionality has already been implemented in the game by the developers, for playtesting purposes. They're just not Optional, and does not ensure continuity with the proper introduction (since this Quick Start is made only for playtesting). Most of the work involved in making this mod is exposing this Quick Start to an interface and making sure world continuity is maintained. Even the story blurb in selecting either Ralof or Hadvar is not mine! I would've struggled to write something as succinct.

For Users of Version 1. 2. 1

Users of version 1. 2. 1 may want to rearrange their load order such that this mod loads first, allowing changes to the player from other mods (stat changes, spell aditions, or faction changes to the player, etc.) to properly take effect.

Items Given in The Skip Can Be Changed

Items given in the skip are done through the following records, and each can be changed by modifying the plugin or another on top of.

• []QS_PrisonersGear (FormList) to set already-equipped items during character creation. In the mod this is the set of Prisoner's Rags and the sword with a flame enchantment.

  []QS_PrisonersInventory (LeveledList) to set items in the player's inventory, but not equipped. Items in this (static) LeveledList are silently given to the player before equipping the items from QS_PrisonersGear. As it is, the LeveledList is an alternative solution to a bug as reported in .

• QS_StarterChest (Container) is the gear chest outside of the cave.

  Please see the bug report "Failure of RemoveAllItems from Container Reference" for context.

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