Invisible chair tutorial

[Zenmuron]

I am working on an update for one of my mods and I put in a bunch of invisible chair markers. They do not get a "use" or "sit" when you move up to them. They are marked for player. I am pretty sure I need to link a activator to them but I can not find a tutorial for this.

 

Making something similar to the Darkwarter Crossing hotspring where the npcs are in the spring relaxing. Would like to have it so you could sit down at the edge of a dock or pool.

I could use a laydown activator as well. Relax not sleep.

 

Links to tutorials or some info would help out. I did some searching around the net and came up empty.

[r1de]

I am working on an update for one of my mods and I put in a bunch of invisible chair markers. They do not get a "use" or "sit" when you move up to them. They are marked for player. I am pretty sure I need to link a activator to them but I can not find a tutorial for this.

 

Making something similar to the Darkwarter Crossing hotspring where the npcs are in the spring relaxing. Would like to have it so you could sit down at the edge of a dock or pool.

I could use a laydown activator as well. Relax not sleep.

 

Links to tutorials or some info would help out. I did some searching around the net and came up empty.

I made myself a hotspring in my "homebase" I created, I have those sit (sit cross legged, lie down, etc...) markers all around for the NPC's (and they seem to use them in "sandbox" mode just fine) but I don't think they are for the player to use at all. The way I made it so I (the player) can sit down in the spring too is to put a bench under the water, or sort of embed the bench into the cliff edge. Just be careful not to "embed" it too much or you wont be able to activate it as the player. The Nordic Ruins benches seem to be ok for this, they kind of look like smoothed out rock already.

The NPC's have real issues pathing around these if you stick them into a step or something like that, but other than that it seems to work just fine.

 

Only other way I think is to use the Dovakiin Relax Too mod.

 

I hope that helps somewhat. :)

 

I did just take a screen shot a few minutes ago that may help illustrate this.... let me see if you can see the bench. I'll edit this post if it is any good as an example...

 

yep you can see it just fine, this is my idea:

http://r1de.net/~ride/pics/skyrim/cliffbench.jpg

Edited April 5, 2012 by r1de

[Zenmuron]

I made myself a hotspring in my "homebase" I created, I have those sit (sit cross legged, lie down, etc...) markers all around for the NPC's (and they seem to use them in "sandbox" mode just fine) but I don't think they are for the player to use at all. The way I made it so I (the player) can sit down in the spring too is to put a bench under the water, or sort of embed the bench into the cliff edge. Just be careful not to "embed" it too much or you wont be able to activate it as the player. The Nordic Ruins benches seem to be ok for this, they kind of look like smoothed out rock already.

The NPC's have real issues pathing around these if you stick them into a step or something like that, but other than that it seems to work just fine.

 

Only other way I think is to use the Dovakiin Relax Too mod.

 

I hope that helps somewhat. :)

 

I did just take a screen shot a few minutes ago that may help illustrate this.... let me see if you can see the bench. I'll edit this post if it is any good as an example...

 

yep you can see it just fine, this is my idea:

 

Yeah did pretty much the same thing. Works with the dovakin relax and what not. I was just trying to figure it out so I did not need dependency on an other mod.

I actually have the stone steps in my pool to sit on but they are set up default for 3 seats. I wanted them as two and for cross legged. I put a stone dwemer table at a slight angle in the water with a laydown marker and it works just not with out going into relax or sandbox. They lay down and are partially out of the water.

I did notice NPCs have a very hard time sitting on an edge or steps.

[r1de]

Yeah did pretty much the same thing. Works with the dovakin relax and what not. I was just trying to figure it out so I did not need dependency on an other mod.

I actually have the stone steps in my pool to sit on but they are set up default for 3 seats. I wanted them as two and for cross legged. I put a stone dwemer table at a slight angle in the water with a laydown marker and it works just not with out going into relax or sandbox. They lay down and are partially out of the water.

I did notice NPCs have a very hard time sitting on an edge or steps.

 

I also did not want to have to use another mod, I made my cave before the relax too mod came out.

But... now that I think about it, and having looked at the way dovahkiin relax too works, there may be a way to do it with papyrus, there's lots of ways to do lots of things with it... but I do not know for sure. It'll be fun to screw around with and try though. :)

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[Zenmuron]

Yeah not a problem man. I was just seeing if there was a tutorial out there. I have been tweaking and working on it most of the day. When npcs are set to idle they are using the entire house now. I even have them going and standing under the fountain and they are sitting around the pool with their feet in the water now. Just a few more adjustments and I think I am ready to repack and upload. I will just make this part of the house optional since I did not edit anything else in the house.

 

If players choose to upgrade, it just adds a new hallway and large bath house style room. I moved 2 wardrobes and tested them and my stuff was all still in them.

Now I just need trigger script for them to strip down when they go in the pool. Which I could figure out how to have the steam FX only be visual and have no sound. I did not see a blank sound to choose from when editing the base.

 

But going by half of the screen shots on the Nexus most female followers are pretty much in naked already.

I have not played around with papyrus much yet. I am sure there is a way to to have npcs walk to a wardrobe and change into something then get in the pool. Do not know if I will bother getting that far into it. Most players just pose and dress followers how they like.

 

I tested out the house with 3 followers on sandbox everything seems good other then 1 or 2 lean markers need to be scooted out a bit.

[knappythrappy]

1. Hmm, no fix for player invisible chairs then :(... if that were fixed it would make things so much more appealing. Guess I will try yalls solution. Thanks! :)