Creating Automatron NPC?

[PertNikel]

I am interested in adding Automatron NPCs (like Ada from the DLC) to my mod, but am unsure how to do so.

 

Automatron modifications are unlike armor addons, and I cannot for the life of me find any reference to them within an NPC's properties, outside of connection points listed in the preview window.

 

Does anybody know of how to create Automaton NPCs? o_O

[robotized]

I have helped on automatron parts mod, mostly on edits and additions in the plugin. But I haven't done anything from scratch, so I can barely give you any pointers. I suggest you look at Ada again. You are right about one thing, the parts are not armor addons, they are object modifications. Open the Object Template of the NPC and you'll find them inside. Check what keywords the NPC has, I'm guessing they are important(attach parent slots for sure). Adding new races and parts to automatrons, as far as I know, are done by adding them in FormID lists. I think you need scripts to "inject" you own parts in the lists of the DLC. Also take look at other mods for examples. This mod author here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/users/8720933?tab=user+files

He has some mods for automatrons and in the descriptions he says you can use his scripts, so this could be of help to you.