zedit

An integrated development environment for Bethesda Plugin Files.

This project is built off of the xEdit codebase via xedit-lib. The project also uses code from electron-boilerplate and shampoo.

setup

zEdit is a Windows x86 NodeJS Electron application. Install NodeJS 32-bit, then start a terminal/command prompt in the application directory and run node -v and npm -v. The output should be v6.9.5 and 5.3.0 or newer. If you get anything else you probably have multiple installations of node which you'll need to sort out.

Before installing node modules you need to tell NodeJS where Python is so it can build certain native dependencies. Install python 2.7* and add an environmental variable PYTHON set to the full path to python.exe. E.g. C:\dev\lang\Python27\python.exe. Restart your command prompt and test the environmental variable by typing echo %PYTHON%.

Run npm install in an elevated command prompt. This will install required node modules and dependencies. If you run into any errors (indicated by ERR!) contact us and we'll help sort things out.

You can then run the application with npm start.

*Python 3.x may work as well, but I haven't tested with it.

building

You can build a release of the application using npm run release. The application structure is based off of electron-boilerplate.

troubleshooting

• If you get Error: Electron failed to install correctly, simply delete the node_modules\electron folder and run npm install again.
• If you get Exception loading X, *.hardcoded.dat not found when loading plugins copy the appropriate dat file from the base directory to the node_modules\electron\dist folder.
• Fall back to npm run release if npm start doesn't work for you due to a DLL not found error.
• If you run into an error with bindings.js with the ref module you're probably using 64-bit node, switch to 32-bit node and things should work.
• If when running npm install you get MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe"., install the package windows-build-tools with npm as admin (npm install --global --production windows-build-tools).

contact

If you're looking for support or want to contribute, join the Modding Tools discord server.

You can view project progress and user stories on the trello board.