Hi guys,

I am having a spot of bother!

I have a quest, and on that quest I have an alias (object reference). This object is a note.

The note is given to me by a courier. I can sell it, but for some reason when I drop it, it just floats in mid air and I can no longer interact with it.

I am sure there is a flag somewhere that I am not checking - but for the life of me I cant seem to figure out the problem.

I look at the notes given by couriers in the vanilla game, and the quests that use them - and can see no major differences.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Sounds like you're using the wrong note model. Try a different one and see what happens.

hmm. I am using Clutter\Books\Note01\note2.nif

However if I try to change it it just goes to "my Documents"

How would I go about changing the model? (I am new to this aspect of modding and cant find the relevant part on creation kit wiki to help me!)

Make sure you used a model already used by another note or redo your note using an existing note: change its id and content, chose "create a new item" on saving.

All note models in the folder Clutter\Books\Note01\... have no collision at all. (Seems as if they are not used in the game.)

Use the note models in the folder Clutter\Books\... instead, they have clutter collision and should fall down when dropped.

Yeah I figured that out just now through trial and error.

Thanks all my problem is now sorted!

Anyone know what causes this? I patched the game so you can drop quest items, what happens then is they just hover in mid air (Where your cursor is). I've been curious as to why, but not enough to investigate it further.

Yea, I do. Send me 25c and 75c to Beth/Valve and I'll let you know via PM.

Remember, this isn't a community where we just give each other free information.

If the objects are the unusual gems, that's what they do when you drop them.

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Ah yeah that was it.

He was referencing paid modding/Mardoxx's comments during paid modding.

Ah...

Since things like quest objects aren't supposed to ever be dropped most (maybe all) aren't setup to have proper Havok within the nifs.