tes4skyrim

Complete record-by-record mapping for converting Oblivion (TES4) dialogue, voice, and quest data into Skyrim (TES5) so it behaves the same in-game, not merely so the right records exist. Covers DIAL, INFO, QUST, IDLE, PACK, the voice system (race+gender → VTYP), the condition (CTDA) translation, and the structural pieces Skyrim requires that Oblivion has no source for (DLBR branches, DLVW views, VTYP routing, SEQ files). Use when planning or implementing TES4→TES5 dialogue/quest conversion, deciding how a specific Oblivion field becomes Skyrim structure, or auditing whether a conversion is behaviorally faithful.

Pure reference for how Skyrim's (TES5) dialogue, voice, and quest systems work — every record type (DIAL, INFO, QUST, DLBR, DLVW, SCEN, VTYP, IDLE), its binary layout, field meanings, enums, the condition (CTDA) system, the voice-routing pipeline, and a checklist of everything required for dialogue to fire in-engine. Use when authoring, reading, or debugging Skyrim dialogue/quest/voice records, when reasoning about how a topic reaches an NPC, or when you need the exact structure of any of these records. This is a description of vanilla Skyrim only — it contains no conversion/import logic.

Pure reference for how Oblivion's (TES4) dialogue, voice, and quest systems work — every record type (DIAL, INFO, QUST, IDLE, PACK), its binary layout, field meanings, enums, the condition (CTDA) system, the topic-type and add-topic model, result scripts, and a checklist of everything required for dialogue to fire in-engine. Use when authoring, reading, or debugging Oblivion dialogue/quest/voice records, when reasoning about how a topic reaches an NPC, or when you need the exact structure of any of these records. This is a description of vanilla Oblivion only — it contains no conversion/import logic.