How is Lockpicking cooldown or how it works?

[ruthan]

Hello,
i tried to lockpick something, i was able to open some doors, but others not, i wonder when i can try next attemp? That is where game fails to tell anything.. In Morrowind+ you just wasted lockpick if you failed.. There are not lockpicks to destroy, so?
It is one attempt for lifetime?

[Magicono43]

It is one attempt until your skill increases past the point your attempted on that particular door. So practically it is one try and that's it. But remember you can bash doors down with your weapon/fists, which is going to be happening often, lol.

[ruthan]

Thanks,it would be much better add better message for second try to tell how it works.. Like i already tried it, or something like that.
Does this hack and slash way, alert guards?