How to force an NPC to use an item?

[mrsiCkstar]

So I'm still tweaking the vertidrones mod.

 

I wanted the scout drone to be a stealthy recon unit that basically just flies around cloaked and observes the enemy. This way I can use the drone camera to observe the battlefield and plan my moves. I made sure it never engages in combat and gave it some modded stealthboys in it's inventory. Problem is it won't use the stealthboy unless it's in combat ie. an enemy sees it. I'm wondering, how do I make it use the stealthboy as soon as I release him?

 

Or is there some other, better way to cloak it?

[JagMaker]

find invisibility effect, pack it to spell (add it as permanent or with timer), then add spell to drone (actor - drone-name - spell/perks tab)

this way it will be always hiden untill some action or untill it get close to enemy )

 

nice idea, btw ;)

[mrsiCkstar]

Thanks for the tip! I think that'll work perfect. I'll go do some tests. I had similar idea yesterday. I thought I'd attach the invisibility effect to an one of the parts that make up the drone. But I think a spell or perk will be a more elegant solution. Thanks!