Companion weapons with unlimited ammo

[Vlazork]

Hello people,

 

I'd like to know how to add unlimited ammo weapons for custom Companions. I already read some threads on this matter posted here but they're mostly 2 years old and they did not solve my problem anyway.

My scenario is the following: I'd like to add a weapon to my only follower (Kelsey) that, like her default guns, uses no ammo. It's just for cosmetic purposes so if I won't manage to add a new one I'll solve just by changing the meshes of one of her 2 default guns, nevertheless I'd like to know why I'm no able to do one from scratch.

 

From GECK I can see that my follower has in her (hidden) inventory the "5.56mm Robot ammo" item and both her default rifles are set to use that ammo. The flag "NPCs Use Ammo" is unchecked on the weapons sheets.

So I duplicate one of her weapons and I only change the mesh and obviously the name/ID. Then I "player.additem" the new weapon in my inventory and trade it to her. She equips the new weapon but, as soon as combat starts, she goes melee like when a normal weapons runs out of ammo.

 

Can anyone tell me what's wrong in my procedure?

 

Thankyou :)

[rickerhk]

Did you try making the weapon unplayable and just adding it to her at the console?

[Vlazork]

Thanx for the hint, no I haven't tried that: I didn't realize that the two inventories, the hidden and the player-accessible, may be separated. I'll try that and then I'll post feedback :)

[Vlazork]

Update: it worked, ty rickerhk. :) Edited February 2, 2011 by Vlazork

[mancika]

Set "Ammo Use" to 0 on the weapon. Make it playable, drop into followers inventory. Note that you need to give him/her a bit of ammo so he/she uses it.