As the title says, when I make weapon racks (the wooden ones), and place generic weapons on them, everything is fine in the Creation Kit. But when I go in-game, they are lying on the floor beneath the rack. Usually a couple work, but the rest do not. I do know how to make them a linked reference to the weaponrackmidactivatorplayerhouse. But they fall off. Is this something that is just glitchy as with some of Beth's other things, or is it something I'm doing?

Are you linking the weapon to the activator or linking the activator to the weapon? It only works one way and that is to link the activator to the weapon. It doesn't matter where the weapon is in the CK , as long as it is in the same cell. You don't actually have to put it on the rack. The activator does that when you enter the cell.

I see that can still be a little bit confusing. Double click on the activator to open the activator's menu and go to the Linked Ref tab. Double click in the window (it should already have a link to the weapon rack with the keyword WRackTrigger) and add a link to the weapon you want on it. No keyword is used for the weapon.