How to make NPC's equip weapon added in GECK?

[ChancellorKremlin]

So I've added a weapon and ammo to an NPC in the game via the GECK, but he isn't equipping it, neither in the GECK nor in the game itself.

 

I also noticed sometimes when a few of them run,t hey hold their weapons, but others holster them. How do I force them to hold the weapon?

 

Thanks.

[Guest luthienanarion]

To make an NPC draw their weapon outside of combat, you can use the SetAlert command in their object script.

 

SetAlert 1

 

You can pass 0 to it in order to restore the default behavior.