[LE] My flora mod has a huge problem

[greyday01]

I thought I found a way to turn ingredients into respawning flora by editing the coinbagsmall nif. It seemed to work. You can harvest it and it disappears, go away for 10 days and come back and it is back and can be re-harvested. So I thought great everything is working. The problem is if you save at that point after harvesting and waiting, then close the game and reload the save the custom flora is gone again as though it was harvested still.

 

If you harvest these they change to their harvested appearance. If you wait 10 days they go back to their pre-harvest appearance. If you save at that point even if the camera is pointing at the flora so your save picture shows the unharvested flora, Once you reload that save the flora are all harvested again. I can not understand why or how to fix this.

 

Please, can anyone say what is causing this and how I can fix it?

 

The mod is GD Clutter As Flora at Skyrim Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

 

The method I used is:

 

1. Open coinbagsmall with Nifskope then in the Block List

expand BSFadeNode

expand bhkCollisionObject

expand NiSwitchNode

expand the two NiNodes below the NiSwitchNode

2. Open giantstoe then in the Block List

expand BSFadeNode

select the NiTriShape (the Giant's Toe) - R Click - Block - Copy Branch

close giantstoe. Don't save.

3.In coinbagsmall

R Click top NiNode below the NiSwitchNode

Block - Paste Branch (On the NiNode, not below it)

There will be 2 NiTriShapes in that NiNode now

R Click the Origional NiTriShape (the coin bag) - Block - Remove Branch

4. Now change some settings

In Block List select BSFadeNode then in Block Details

R Click Value column on Name line and Edit String Index to GiantsToe

In Block List select NiSwitchNode then in Block Details

R Click Value Column on Name Line and Edit String Index to SwitchNode

In Block List select the NitriShape under the top NiNode then in Block Details

R Click the Name line and Edit String Index to Toe

{I understand its important to have unique names for each block to prevent crashes}

In Block list select the NitriShape in the lower NiNode (Invisible Marker)

R Click - transform - Edit - change scale value to .5

(Probably not needed but I prefer it smaller)

5. Now to make it a Static object

expand bhkCollisionObject in Block List

Select bhkRigidBody. With that highlighted go down to it's Block Details

A. Expand Havok Col Filter

Double Click Layer line, using the drop down change value from Clutter to Static

B. Scroll down and expand Havok Col Filter Copy

Double Click Layer line and change value from Clutter to Static.

C. Scroll down to Motion System, double click and change value

From MO_SYS_SPHERE_INERTIA to MO_SYS_BOX_STABILIZED from the dropdown.

D. Scroll down and Change Solver Deactivation from

SOLVER_DEACTIVATION_LOW to SOLVER_DEACTIVATION_OFF

E. Scroll down and Change Quality Type from

MO_QUAL_MOVING to MO_QUAL_INVALID.

6. Now to clean up and save

In the menu bar at the top

Spells - Optimize - Remove Unused Strings

If Nif vanishes, repeat this step

Spells - Optimize - Remove Bogus Nodes (Just in case)

Spells - Sanitize - Reorder Blocks

Spells - Sanitize - Check Links (Just in Case)

File - Save As - GiantToeFlora in meshes

Now just make a new flora in the CK and edit the mesh path to this nif.

[NexusComa2]

Hmmm. Wild guess here but I would assume flora has it's own category within the game. With it's own triggers. You may have missed one simple switch/setting.
I've seen other growing plants made by mod makers and they always seem to be pulling data from a hidden source or scripted actions.

But, I myself really have never tried to do this. so ... My 1st step would be to take a look at how others have done it.