Object grouping in Creation Kit?

[Guest Messenjah]

I'm not sure how this is being done, and I was wondering if I could get some input on how to do this? I noticed, while poking around for a couple of hours last night that a lot of default references in-game seem to have other references/objects grouped to them? Say, for example I move a lamp and it has several light sources and a fog/mist effect that follow it around. How is this done, how can I ungroup these objects and how can I group them together?

[chucksteel]

you can look up the Hokeys under edit/Render Window Hotkeys. You can even filter the, I just looked up Group and found,

 

• Preview Object combination Groups "Ctrl + o"
• Ungroup References "Ctrl + U"
• Group References "Ctrl + G"

 

Hope this helps

 

edit sorry forgot to give the keys. :tongue:

Edited April 27, 2016 by chucksteel

[ReZiiN]

you can look up the Hokeys under edit/Render Window Hotkeys. You can even filter the, I just looked up Group and found,

 

• Preview Object combination Groups "Ctrl + o"
• Ungroup References "Ctrl + U"
• Group References "Ctrl + G"

 

Hope this helps

 

edit sorry forgot to give the keys. :tongue:

Just to clarify Can I use this method to place some bottles and cups on a table, sync them all and save the group as one single static object to place later?

[chucksteel]

Not sure groups work like that but, there are Pack-in's which are collections of objects that can be placed together. I've never created one but I do use the vanilla ones for the track lights.

 

To be honest I haven't used groups all that much.

 

I do use SCOL's a lot but they only work with statics.

[damanding]

 

you can look up the Hokeys under edit/Render Window Hotkeys. You can even filter the, I just looked up Group and found,

 

• Preview Object combination Groups "Ctrl + o"
• Ungroup References "Ctrl + U"
• Group References "Ctrl + G"

 

Hope this helps

 

edit sorry forgot to give the keys. :tongue:

Just to clarify Can I use this method to place some bottles and cups on a table, sync them all and save the group as one single static object to place later?

 

For that purpose I would either use a SCOL (in CK) or actually group small items using an external program such as Nifskope or Outfit Studio and upload the collection as a single mesh (handy if you want to make it workshop placeable or reuse in multiple mods). Technically though you can copy SCOL's to a new esp file as well using FO4Edit and thus reuse them in other mods.

 

SCOL's: http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=Bethsoft_Tutorial_Static_Collections

[FiftyTifty]

Just gonna chime in for a wee moment. Static Collections are actually another form of static batching in the game; punt all of your level's unscrappable and unmovable objects into a static collection, and you got yourself some pretty damn nice performance gains.