Inventory manipulation in reference to Companions.

[Talonvore]

Hi all. I recently added companion mods for oblivion and had a question about inventory manipulation. For example i have the Vilja companion mod by Emma installed. My issue is the only way to change armour or clothing that i see is that you actually have to remove the items you want her to unequip and place them in your inventory then go back and hand her the things you want her to wear from your inventory. This seems like a very awkward way to equip and unequip several different pieces of gear. So what i want to know is does the mod "Companion, Share and Recruit provide inventory manipulation just like you would do for your onw PC (player character). In other words you would 1) left click on an item you want your companion to switch to in order for them to equip it instead of removing the item from their inventory and placing it into yours 2) you would have to actually Shift click to remove items from their inventory and into yours.

 

I dont really want to go through the hastle of installing CSR if it does not have this functionality.

[Emma]

Hi,

 

As for Vilja, I suggest that you simply use her extra containers in her own inventory, where you can put everything you want her to carry but not use. You can read more about this and other matters of gameplay and companion usage in the "Important Notes on Gameplay"-document that I have enclosed. Please also read the "Vilja dialog manual" to get a broader perspective on what can be done and what can not be done.

 

This does not solve your problem, and I don't know the correct answers regarding CSR. As CSR (unlike Vilja) requires OBSE, it means that CSR has access to scripting functions that we haven't used for Vilja.

[Talonvore]

First off Emma thanks for taking the time to reply!! Never imagined that you would be the one to answer here. Second I would really like to thank you for the time and effort that went itno making the Vilja mod and for sharing it with all of us!! I've barely even begun in oblivion (i've spent most of my time so far trying to get various mods working so that oblivion will be the best it can be on my first playthrough) but I can already tell the quality of the Vilja mod!!

 

I've read all the documentation you've noted and unfortuneately the same things applies with the red and blue bags, you bascially still have to take the items out of her inventory into yours then transfer from yours into her red or blue bag. This is in no way a criticism of your mod but more so with just the Oblivion inventory system in general. I was just hoping that i could equip and unequip items on my companions in the same manner that i would with my own cahracter without having to move things in and out of each others inventories. Its a minor issue but it would be nice to be able to change gear and equipment on the fly like you can for your own player character.

[Emma]

Thank you for your kind words :smile: I do see what you mean about the red and blue bags; it still takes some effort, but at least you don't have to carry the items for her - they'll be safe in her bags. Now, for the next version of Vilja , we WILL look into if there is a way that will let us add an easier way to handle her wardrobe, as well as ways to make her repair her own armor. These functions require OBSE, but CDCooley thinks he can script it so that the feature will be there for OBSE-users but still not force OBSE-dependancy on Vilja.

 

...and unfortunately this reply still doesn't cover your original question. I haven't played with CSR, although it's on my to-do-list, so I cannot tell how it is handled. Hope someone else will be able to reply.

[Talonvore]

Once again thanks for taking the time to reply. I hope it doesnt sound like im complaining about Vilja cause im not. Like i said it's not a matter of your mod per se. It's just the way bethesda designed oblivion. Now i feel bad lol giving you the seed of an idea that may create more work for you :(.

 

As far as answering my question you've done more than enough for the Oblivion community. I have installed OBSE as I found out its pretty much a must have program as well as BOSS and will download and install CSR soon. SOOOOOO many mods to get lol and im pretty much a noob but i've learned a lot these last few days.

 

I just need to get off my lazy butt and check it out for myself lol :). From everything that i've read i dont think CSR has that function either. But if i find out for sure I will be sure to pass the info along.