mimaef Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Everything I add is working correctly in-game when added to the workshop, except for a set of lights. I grabbed the Christmas lights from Diamond City and added them in through FOMOD by copying and changing the created object of the strobe light into my esp. I made a new light item in the CC to do this while I was playing around in it. No matter what I seem to do, it won't let me in-game select the christmas lights once I put them in place to move them around. They're permanently stuck where they're initially put. Is there something I'm missing that's an easy fix or is it an issue with the .nif used? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdunlap Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I would have to see how you set it up but i suspect you either did not create the recipe correctly or you have missed a keyword or an AVIF that is needed. Even nifs that do not have snaps and such behave in mostly predictable fashion in the workshop as long as they are set up correctly. That is where you should look. Grab a small mod to open as a learning lab and see what they did to set up a recipe and what keywords and AVIF's are used. robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimaef Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 I would have to see how you set it up but i suspect you either did not create the recipe correctly or you have missed a keyword or an AVIF that is needed. Even nifs that do not have snaps and such behave in mostly predictable fashion in the workshop as long as they are set up correctly. That is where you should look. Grab a small mod to open as a learning lab and see what they did to set up a recipe and what keywords and AVIF's are used. robert I just gave that a try with both Homemaker and Lightbox Floor and Ceiling Pieces by DDProductions. From what I can tell between the two I haven't done anything wrong initially. I even tried just replacing the .nif used on the hanging lights in Homemaker and the ceiling Lightbox, but I still get the same result. Shows up in the correct area in the workshop, is placeable, but can't move it. Or I might just be an idiot. I really appreciate the help, though. I think I'm going to give this bit a tiny break until tomorrow to see if fresh eyes will see something I don't right now. If anyone wanted to play around with it on their own: .Nif location for the one I'm trying to use specificallyInteriors\Vault\SetDressing\VltXmasLightsLine04Half.nif Under VltXmasLightsLine04Half in the creation kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissaryOfWind Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Does your nif have proper collision? The workshop mode selects objects based on their collision, so objects that have none will be impossible to select once placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimaef Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Does your nif have proper collision? The workshop mode selects objects based on their collision, so objects that have none will be impossible to select once placed. That has to be it. I think I tried everything to get it to work. I've never edited nifs before, but there's plenty of tutorials floating around. Once I figure it out hopefully that's the problem, since I've had no issues with anything else in the CK. Appreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimaef Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Alright, so I did figure out that the item in question has no collision. I tried to add it in Nifskope via this copy/paste method that was very vaguely mentioned in an old Skyrim thread and a few other places, but no dice. I can't seem to find any tutorials on adding collision either, so I feel sort of stuck if anyone could point me in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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