Hi DarkRider
Since just thinking about doing this made me uncomfortable, I'm going for broke with the Release Option! <Ya gotta swim upstream.> This is my first mod released upon an unsuspecting world. The world, for its part, is allowed to be unimpressed.
Pinewatch Smithy in Version 1.0 (URL http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=12319). To make this mod, I took over cell (-2,-19) which is across the road from Pinewatch. The mod consists of a Farm/Smith building with a smelter, smith crafting on the side porch, an illegal basement Shrine to Talos, a simple horse shelter, and a roadside 7-11 stand.
If anyone isn't familiar with them, a "7-11 store" would be a small drink, snacks and food items store next to a well-traveled road for fast refreshment of travelers. At present, I consider the roadside stand as my "creative contribution" to the world of Skyrim. In my experience such simple roadside stands are relatively common sights in undeveloped areas around the world, but never seen until now in the un-modded world of Skyrim. But correct me if I'm wrong and I'll remove this comment! I tested this by walking the area, going indoors, upstairs, and down through the trapdoor,.. then in reverse. This showed some early problems with the "green triangle" at teleport entrances. Not sure my screenies show the earlier or later versions, but it works now.
Since I saw a stated concern on TESA that mods shouldn't give too much loot, I minimized the clutter and left very few valuables laying around. The inside chests and barrels (basement, 1st floor, and 2d floor) are non-respawning, so it could be used as a player home, but there are probably fancier ones out there! Working on a two-direction slope proved to be more challenging than expected for even the simplest of structures. I can report that the choice of terrain complicated landscaping and navmesh. After this course, I realize how much I don't know, but it's been a lot of fun, so many thanks to you, Scholar DarkRider.
Selected Screenshots:
Overview of the cell showing building, horse shelter, and 7-11 stand:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995086039371474
Front of smithy showing smelter, smithy work areas, some front porch clutter and rain barrel.
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995100844513330
Close-up of the 7-11 roadside stand:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995114379180802
The simple horse shelter:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995175609195026
Exterior Navmesh from above:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995147701811170
Exterior Navmesh from below:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995191408174722
Interior view of upstairs with eating/sleeping/storage:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995124763739186
Interior view of main floor with safe storage chests:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995231433530450
Interior view (reverse) showing "kitchen" area:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995261293664850
Interior navmesh main floor:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995242750018466
Interior navmesh upstairs:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716998974285604322
Basement Talos shrine (yes, those vague greay shapes are benches for the congregation):
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995135154694690
Basement storage hallway:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995207406350834
Basement navmesh -- it looks like it goes under the walls, but really was set back...maybe it's the slant of the walls?:
https://picasaweb.google.com/113749661565315137909/ModPinewatchSmithy#5716995219643251090
DarkRider, please let me know if you want closer views of anything. Thanks again for being the Scholar for this course. This was a very helpful launch into modding and I appreciate it.
Old Grizz