Object effect not showing up in drop-down menu. Help?

[lordbevan1]

I'm trying to make a custom weapon, but I can't seem to get ANY new Object effects to show up in the drop-down menu in the weapon editing window. Can someone please help me?

[dubiousintent]

You have to define the new "Object Effect" in it's category first. After giving it an EditorID ("ID" field), descriptive name ("Name" field), and "Type" (e.g. "Weapon"), click in an empty row of the "Effect Name" field in the "Effects" pane, and select each specific effect you want to include, along with the various elements.

Take care not to make the classic mistake of beginning the EditorID with numbers, as this confuses GECK. Please see the second paragraph of "GECK Form-ID, Base-ID, Ref-ID, and Editor-ID" section of the wiki "Getting started creating mods using GECK" article.

Once all the desired effects and options have been selected, click the "OK" button and "Save" the "active file".

Now your new "Object Effect" will be available in the "Object Window: Weapon" category for the weapon in question in the picklist for "Object Effect" by searching on the "EditorID" you gave the new effect.

See the tutorials in the "Weapons" section of the "creating mods" article if you need further help.

-Dubious-

Edited August 19, 2017 by dubiousintent