Here's the tutorial I followed on how to make Real Shelter Patches.


http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52612/?tab=5&&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fcomments%2F%3Fmod_id%3D52612%26page%3D1%26sort%3DDESC%26pid%3D0%26thread_id%3D2213939&pUp=1

To summarise:

1. Esmify (RealShelter.esp and your mod (if it's large - see below)
1a. (Esmify = convert plugin to esm or master file, I do it in Wryebash, can also do it in Tes5 record/header/flag/master)
2. Load up both in CK. Do not set as active.
3. Save new plugin MyModRSpatch.esp which will be your real shelter patch.
4. Navigate to your mod in CK, make shelters etc, save, espify masters and test in game.

To make a shelter
A/ Add a triggerbox, select 'getshelterTB' in the dropdown and shape triggerbox accordingly.
B/ Add a standard xmarker, mark as initially disabled
C/ Right click your triggerbox, edit properties/script to reference that xmarker
D/ In object window, type rs_d whilst selecting "all" and add rs_default rain statics surrounding your shelter.
E/Enable parent each rain static to that xmarker. You can speed up the process via batch reference.
F/ save plugin, test in game via fw rain like fw c8220

Snow shelters also currently only work with vanilla snow.


The only thing that tripped me up was " Link that xmarker to the "rainsoundfx1" property value that is found on the getsheltertb triggerbox created in step 3, leave "rainshelterfx2" and everything else alone

To do that you right click the triggerbox and go to edit/scripts/properties and link rainsoundfx1 to your xmarker via 'pick reference in render window

'The other thing that really speeds the process up is batch reference action via highlighting your added rs_defaultRain statics in the cell view right hand column, then clicking the render window and pressing the "-" key. Then you can select enable parent/select reference in render window and it will hook  all your rain statics up to the window in one go
It's not 100% though so if you go into a shelter and the rain stops, but the statics don't activate, they could be hooked up to another real shelter x marker close by.


Re esmifying etc, I esmify both the realshelter esp and the mod.esp for larger mods like city overhauls, etac, tes arena, solitude reborn etc so i would suggest you do the same if its a larger mod that crosses several cells.
It's not a requirement but it helps prevent xlcn errors when building merges in merge plugins.

Finally backup your progress frequently as you may well have to roll back to an earlier version of your patch

Reasons why it doesn't work when it should.

1. rain statics linked to incorrect xmarker
2. getsheltertb trigger-box not linked to correct xmarker
3. rain statics placed too close to trigger-box. I put no more than 10% of the rain static inside the trigger-box.
4. bad shelter - roll back to a previous version of your patch and rebuild that shelter and its statics etc. Do not delete it and rebuild it in the same CK session, as it leaves null un-repairable references in your patch.


Any more questions, leave a comment etc...