For example, if I have 2 plates in my inventory, I wish to see them as two separate plates, not a stack with the number "2" on it. The only types of items I have managed to do this with are breakable items (weapons etc.), by modifying their health slightly. Othe items don't have health, so I can't use this method on them. I tried modifying their scale, but they go back to their default scale once you pick them up.

Any ideas?

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You'd have to change something in their attributes so that they're not identical anymore. Perhaps you could tweak the value slightly, or change their name. I have found stuff with a different scale stacks, as you've discovered. I've also discovered that it retains the scale when you drop it again - it is really annoying! Anyway, I'd start looking at the http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Category:Items and start going through the properties to see what you might be able to tweak.