How Can I Increase Activation Range?

[Madrias]

Wasn't sure where to put this, honestly, but with a recent playthrough I'm doing, I've run into an interesting problem, one I created for myself.

 

Simply put, I'm using Enhanced Camera to make my first-person view be the same height as my character. This particular character is, well, set to a scale of 2.0 (Yes, I know, lots of world clipping does occur, I'm able to put up with that.), and as a result, I've run into a small issue where a lot of activators are just out of reach when standing. Now, many of them are within reach when crouched, so this wouldn't normally be an issue.

 

The issue comes in with a handful of doors that I can't open, even when using sneak to crouch, and talking with any NPC that decides to sit on the ground (like the Khajiit Merchants).

 

For now, I've been 'solving' the problem by toggling clipping so I can get 'closer' to the NPC or object in question, but I'd rather solve the issue by enabling a longer activation range.

 

The problem is, I'm not sure how to do that. I'm comfortable enough with the Creation Kit that I could make the change myself, but I'm not sure where exactly to look. And I'm also comfortable with editing .ini files if it's there instead, but again, I don't know what exactly I'd be putting in as a command.

 

Yes, I know, I'm crazy for wanting to play a character that big in the first place. And I'm even crazier for wanting to adjust a core game mechanic for the sake of not having to reduce my character's height.

 

As I said earlier, I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but I also wasn't sure where to ask about this.

 

EDIT:

 

Nevermind, I found out how to do it.

 

For anyone else looking for a similar solution to this perplexing problem, the answer is an .ini tweak.

 

Open your Skyrim.ini file, head down to [interface] (or if it doesn't yet exist, make it), and add/change fActivatePickLength=180 (the Default value) to a higher number. As I'm playing a character twice as tall, I've doubled the value, and it seems to work just fine.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Madrias