Commonwealth-Online-Public/docs/research/creation-kit-notes.md

Creation Kit Notes

The Creation Kit side of Commonwealth Online should provide controlled test content for multiplayer development.

First Creation Kit Goals

• Create a small test cell
• Add player start markers
• Add remote player placeholder markers
• Add simple lighting
• Avoid quests, doors, hostile NPCs, and complex world state

Suggested Test Cell

F4TTestCell01

Suggested Test Plugin

Fallout4Together_Test.esp

Test Cell Requirements

The first test cell should include:

• Flat ground
• Clear lighting
• No enemies
• No quest dependencies
• No doors to other cells
• A few visual markers to judge movement
• Enough space for movement syncing tests

Papyrus Scripts

Papyrus may eventually be useful for helper systems, but networking should not be handled in Papyrus.

Possible Papyrus uses:

• Debug startup quest
• Spawning helper actors
• Showing messages
• Triggering test events