Transparent object in the world appears after trigger condition met?

[Applejaxc]

I have an idea for a mod adventure with a sidequest that involves that recovering a playing card (or similar object) from a dead man, then inserting it into a scanner/repository as a requirement for unlocking a door.

 

I understand how to check the player's inventory to see if the object is present, then remove the object, but how do I make the object appear inside the scanner? Is there a way I can place an invisible, non-interactable object in a cell, and make it visible through scripting?

[BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah]

Have a static of the card initially disabled in the scanner that's enabled at scanner activation ("You put the card in. Good job, player! Have a cookie!"). Probably simplest.

 

Otherwise, there's a lightbulb solution that actually enables a part of the mesh on the fly...but that would be overkill, I'd think.

[shavkacagarikia]

Yes you can. Just place it wherever you want, make sure its initially disabled and you can then enable it from script with thatObjectProperty.enable()

[BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah]

Like Shav said:
Blahblahblahscript extends objectreference
Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)

mycoolcard.enable()
endevent

Or something like that...of course with your inventory checking and such along with it.

[Applejaxc]

Alright, that's way more simple than I was expecting. I don't know why I didn't think to start at "enable" and "disable" (which is, like, my most used console command).

 

Thank you for the responses.