Any way to force a quest item to have weight?

[Belthan]

EDIT: Never mind; I added player.setav InventoryWeight 40 to the activator and put triggers at the possible drop spots to enable the correct REF and player.setav InventoryWeight -40 if the player chooses to deploy the gear at that location. Will leave the question and original script here for reference.

 

 

 

Working on a quest in which the player must retrieve a bulky item and return it to a specific location. Currently implemented as two activators (one at the fetch location and one at the return location). The activator script disables both activators and adds a miscellaneous item to the player's inventory. The miscellaneous item script either enables one of the activators or does nothing, depending on the players location.

 

I don't want the player to be able to drop the item just anywhere (because it might break the quest, and I don't really want to make a havok-enabled version of the NIF). However, if I set the Quest Item flag, the item weighs 0, which breaks immersion. So, I did the following:

SHORT DeleteMe

short AwaitingInput
short button

BEGIN OnDrop

    set AwaitingInput to 1
    showmessage cesHolocameraDropMessage

END

BEGIN GameMode

    if AwaitingInput == 1
        set button to GetButtonPressed
        if button > -1
            set AwaitingInput to 0
            if button == 0
                ; Drop at destination
                cesHolovidCameraLpzREF.enable
            elseif button == 1
                ; Drop at original location
                cesHolovidCameraSLREF.enable
            else
                ; Keep carrying it
                player.additem cesHolovidCameraItem 1 1
            endif
        set DeleteMe to 1
        endif
    endif

    if DeleteMe > 2
        ; In the frame when OnDrop is called, object isn't "real" yet.
        set DeleteMe to 0
        disable
        MarkForDelete
    elseif DeleteMe > 0
        set DeleteMe to DeleteMe + 1
    endif

END

It works, but after the item is disabled a "Take Item" message stays on the HUD until the next time the player comes close to something with collision geometry. So, is there an easier way to either force a quest item to have weight, or to make a non-quest item undroppable?