Hi there,

while I was trying to decorate a house of mine, I noticed an issue with weapon racks I didn't experience before. I can put any weapons in them without trouble and they all work as intended, but occasionally a weapon just falls off (immediately after placing, not talking about re-entering the building or anything) and then becomes impossible to place on another rack. It only says something like "You cannot place this weapon on a rack." or something similar to it. This can happen to basically all weapons and the weapons can't be placed on any weapon racks afterwards anymore, although they could before. It does not happen when I remove them manually, then I can just put them back without trouble, it only happens if they fall off. Dropping, deleting or even spawning new weapons of the same type doesn't fix this issue. The weapon, for example "Dwarven Sword" can no longer be put on any weapon racks. Reloading a save only helps if it was before the weapon became that way, otherwise it keeps being impossible to put them on another weapon rack.

I don't know if this is a common issue, but I never had that happened to me, although I experienced other issues with weapon racks, as probably most players did, when the weapon racks themselves bugged out etc., which isn't the case here, since I can continue using the weapon racks as before, I only need a different weapon now, because the old one doesn't work anymore. I am only using the Unofficial Patches and I have no idea how I can fix this issue, I already tried disabling/enabling the weapon racks etc., but they don't seem to be the problem as I already said.

Does anyone know more about this, how to fix or at least how to prevent it from happening?

You mentioned unofficial patches so I believe your on the PC.

It can depend on the weapon your trying to place. Is it a vanilla weapon or a weapon from a mod? I have had issues with some mod weapons going on racks. They do just drop to the floor. I believe this is an issue with the weapon and not the rack. I use the unofficial patches as well.

Yes, I am playing on the PC and it happens to all kinds of vanilla weapons randomly, which are vanilla, since I don't use any other mods. The weapons can be placed on weapon racks, as I already said, but occasionally a random weapons falls randomly on the ground instead of being put on the weapon rack and then becomes impossible to place on any kind of weapon rack ever again for no reason.

I've had that happen to me, usually with bows. The worst offender for me is the bow "Zephyr", as I have yet to get that placed in a rack. I am sorry I do not know how to fix this in a sure way. Sometimes, if I exit the house and return, it allow me to place them, then. Sometimes, not.

I have experienced that as well as mannequies (sp?) that move around or spawn new gear that I had removed. Class cabinets that will dump there content on the ground.

I think they are all bugs that never got fixed. I no longer build my own house do to all of these types of bugs.

bows have always been an issue for me.

Some weapons are "unstable" and cannot be place on a weapon rack. the staff of corruption is one such weapon