I'm trying to make my NPC duel wield 1h swords, but I can't think of how I would do that. I've put two swords in his inventory, but he only equips one of them. What's the procedure for doing this?

Thanks,
AJV

EDIT: By the divines I'm a complete scatterbrain today. Can a moderator move this to the CK forum?

Have you looked into the http://www.creationkit.com/EquipItem_-_Actor function? Not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a shot. Unless you're trying to avoid scripting, in which case, no idea how to do it! I'd check in the CK for anything, but it's being a tool and keeps crashing on load...

Edit: got CK to load, combat styles? There's a flag in there that enables dual-wielding.

Enable dual wield option in the combat style that he use

1. Check RACE allows Dual Wield - check box on Race Form Combat Data Tab
2. Same place ^^^ - Check Equip Restrictions (needs left and right)
2a. Sorry - forgot ... Same place ^^^ Uncheck Shield in Equip Types ...
3. Check Combat-Style (in Misc/CombatStyles) - Checkbox on Melee Tab
4. Make sure one-handed skill is high enough (in Class)

Cross fingers. Pray to . Sacrifice a couple of goats.

(works sometimes for me ... sometimes)

Having just finished (another) hour or so of testing, I can confirm that - using the procedure above ^^^ - my follower decided that it would always dual wield (two ebony one-hand swords), even just to carve up one lonely wolf. That's a bit of a result ... But no doubt it will be back to "sometimes" the next time I test.

Very nice!