Hey guys, is it possible to play effect shaders like detect life on a static object? I'm working on a spell that uses FindClosestReferenceOfAnyTypeInListFromRef() to find an object from a list of statics and activators, and I need to play an effect shader on it.

Now this works fine if the ref is an actor. Is there anything special I need to do for other object types? I've been playing with it for a while now and can't get it to work. It finds a ref, but no effect shader plays.

With these things I usually don't like to ask but I don't have hours and hours to work on it to find out it can't be done

Scriptname HISClueFinderEffectScript extends activemagiceffect  Actor Property PlayerREF  Auto  Formlist Property HISClueTypeList autoEffectShader Property HISClueFinderEffectShader Auto  Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)	ObjectReference closestClue = Game.FindClosestReferenceOfAnyTypeInListFromRef(HISClueTypeList, PlayerREF, 1000.0)String Clue = closestClue.GetBaseObject()	if !closestClue		Debug.MessageBox("No Clue Found")	elseif closestClue		Debug.MessageBox("Clue =" + Clue + "")		HISClueFinderEffectShader.Play(closestClue, 6.0)	endifendEvent

Ok so upon further testing it works on statics just fine, but not invisible activators. I need invisible activators! lol.

How are you making it invisible?

Couldn't you just texture it with something and give it a NiAlphaProperty with full alpha (i.e. transparent)?