How do you get two NPCs to share a bed?

[GetTheJojDone]

Currently, the best I can do is get one to sleep in the double bed and the other to stare jealously at them all night.

 

I tried it out in the Jarl's Longhouse in Winterhold (bedding there has always been an issue). I set the Jarl's bed as being owned by a new faction (WinterholdJarlAndSpouse), which Thaena is a member of, and Korir (and Kraldar, should the Empire take Winterhold) becomes a member of the faction through the Jarl alias in DialogueWinterhold. I watched them one night, Thaena went to bed first. Korir came in with Assur a bit late (at midnight), and after they had a chat about their racism, Assur went to bed. Korir just stood in the main hall all night.

 

Is there some trick to getting two NPCs to sleep in the same bed that I'm unaware of?

Edited June 3, 2014 by GetTheJojDone

[ripple]

Check your conditional check for determining when Korir is added to that faction? Since he's (according to what you are saying) is only added to that faction after the Empire is defeated, it seems likely it's not working properly since he is the one who refuse to use the bed.

[GetTheJojDone]

Check your conditional check for determining when Korir is added to that faction? Since he's (according to what you are saying) is only added to that faction after the Empire is defeated, it seems likely it's not working properly since he is the one who refuse to use the bed.

No, he's in the faction whenever he is Jarl. Same applies to Kraldar.

[ripple]

Oh, I misread, it's Kraldar that is added to the faction later.

 

I don't know then. Some screenshots of the CK setup you are describing?

[GetTheJojDone]

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Makao/Skyrim/longhouse1.png

 

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Makao/Skyrim/longhouse2.png

 

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Makao/Skyrim/longhouse3.png

[ak0d]

Bringing this back from the dead because I didn't see a solution anywhere and figured somebody might want a workaround.

 

Here is how I did it.

Instead of having just the one furniture object, I placed a Static version of the bed that I wanted to be visible.

Then I duplicated two single bed objects -- a Left variant and a Right variant.

These I placed on top of the Static bed, so that the blue mannequins line up with the Static bed in a way that looks believable.

Then I edited the base objects of the Left and Right beds and ticked 'Is Marker'.

One NPC was given ownership of one of these markers, the other NPC was given ownership of the other one. Both beds were given the HouseBedRefType under Location Ref Type.

Now it looks like both NPCs are sleeping in the same bed. This also has the advantage that you can move the bed markers if you want the NPCs to be sleeping closer together for example.