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( I apologize if this was already posted, but I did a cursory search and did not find it mentioned elsewhere.) I use the Settlement Supplies Expanded mod by TroyIrving and Ploppable Houses by Jyasu. However, I found it extremely difficult to place large objects like the BOS walls in my settlements. After a few very frustrating hours trying to get a BOS wall outline to turn green, I devised a method for placing any large object by using the console. Enter the Workshop build mode and move the object you want to place. Do not worry about the red outline, just move the object where you want to place it. Enter the console and click on the red-outlined object to get its reference ID. It should appear above the command line in the center of the screen. With the ref ID selected, type the following commands to get the object’s position in the world: GetPos X, GetPos Y, GetPos Z, GetAngle Z. Now type the command SpawnDupe. This will spawn a duplicate of the object you are trying to place. The position and angle of the spawned object are semi-random. Exit the console to allow the new spawned object to be drawn, and exit the Workshop mode (or just cancel the object placement) Enter the console again, and click on the newly spawned object to get its RefID. Use the command SetAngle XYZ 0 to reset its orientation. Use the commands SetPos X, SetPos Y, SetPos Z and SetAngle Z, with the values you’ve gotten from step 3. This will place the object to the location you wanted.That’s it. Hopefully this will save you from some of the frustration I experienced. Maybe someone can turn this into a BAT script. Unfortunately I do not have the knowledge to do it myself. Another tip I use a lot: to force-move an object, I use the ModPos and ModAngle commands in the console. When I want to move something by small increments, I type the command (e.g. ModPos X 10) and after I press Return then I press the up arrow which repeats the command (you have to press Return again). This way you can incrementally force-move objects without much typing.

Hi, I'm a noob in Skyrim, but I was fascinated with the possibility of modifying the houses. I especially like Breezehome, mostly because of its location. The other towns are kinda bleak or don't have enough merchants close by. Using information from this thread I already managed to add an enchanting table. Very cool! I'd like to ask, is there a way to add more interactive bookcases (the kind that automatically places the books on the shelves) via console commands? I'm an avid reader, and I'd like to have all the books I collect in the game in a library, so I can read them at my leisure without having to load them in my inventory.