Equipping Enchanted Item Not Applying Enchantments

[Vyxenne]

I got killed by a dragon again tonight, all because the enchantments on my equipped nails did not activate when I equipped the nails. I have read that this is a "known flaw" in Skyrim SE. However, the author of AH Hotkeys has stated that his mod has avoided/fixed the issue and that any enchanted items equipped via his mod WILL have their enchantments immediately applied. So obviously there is a fix available. Sadly, it's in a mod I can no longer use (AH Hotkeys) because it simply stopped working for me and neither my detective work nor the author's diligent reading of my logs can turn up the reason why it doesn't work in my game.

 

I'm currently using the (apparently-abandoned) More Hotkeys Please mod to equip my outfits, each of which includes a tastefully-color-matched  set of enchanted nails to match each outfit, but the enchanted items do not apply their enchantments until I have manually unequipped and reequipped them- by which time, in some cases, I'm already dead. Does anyone know of a mod (or anything else, e.g. ini hack, patch, whatever) that mitigates or works around this issue somehow?

[Just Don't]

46 minutes ago, Vyxenne said:

I have read that this is a "known flaw" in Skyrim SE.

There are forum posts about it since 2012, so it's not SE exclusive.

 

I don't know of any fix for this, only thing close to it is Re-Equip which adds a power/hotkey to re-equip all your gear using equipitemex instead of whatever function is used in vanilla, avoiding the issue after you/ve equipped all your stuff and re-equipped it using the power/hotkey. I'm not sure if it's the best approach or if it's compatible with items in non-vanilla slots. I haven't tested it personally because I'm a simple man who commits to using a single boring set of armor (and I've never used shields), for spells/weapons I use Dual Hand Combo Hotkeys and haven't noticed this issue.

[Vyxenne]

10 hours ago, dontknowdontcaredontask said:

There are forum posts about it since 2012, so it's not SE exclusive.

 

I don't know of any fix for this, only thing close to it is Re-Equip which adds a power/hotkey to re-equip all your gear using equipitemex instead of whatever function is used in vanilla, avoiding the issue after you/ve equipped all your stuff and re-equipped it using the power/hotkey. I'm not sure if it's the best approach or if it's compatible with items in non-vanilla slots. I haven't tested it personally because I'm a simple man who commits to using a single boring set of armor (and I've never used shields), for spells/weapons I use Dual Hand Combo Hotkeys and haven't noticed this issue.

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you. Just installed Re-Equip and looking forward to testing it in my game after I get through SSE foruming for the night. Thank you!

[Fotogen]

More Hotkeys works OK with weapons (right, left hand), but not with any other item slot. It uses SKSE EquipItemEx for weapons, but normal EquipItem for other stuff.

 

If you have CK and know how to compile papyrus scripts, its not that hard to fix More Hotkeys to use EquipItemEx.

 

Re-Equip uses EquipItemEx for everything. It looks like it has proper supports for custom armor slots.

 

There are also mods like:

 - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/76095/?

- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/83347/

 

[Vyxenne]

2 hours ago, Fotogen said:

More Hotkeys works OK with weapons (right, left hand), but not with any other item slot. It uses SKSE EquipItemEx for weapons, but normal EquipItem for other stuff.

 

If you have CK and know how to compile papyrus scripts, its not that hard to fix More Hotkeys to use EquipItemEx.

 

Re-Equip uses EquipItemEx for everything. It looks like it has proper supports for custom armor slots.

 

There are also mods like:

 - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/76095/?

- https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/83347/

 

Sadly, Re-Equip will not work with a controller connected (no hotkey can be set without disabling the controller, then, once a hotkey has been set and the controller re-enabled, the hotkey won't work), and although I use the CK from time to time and have recompiled a few scripts, I don't know how to fix More Hotkeys Please to use EquipItemEx instead of EquipItem.

 

Thanks for the alternate suggestions- one of them is limited to 3 outfits and the other situationally auto-switches between purpose-intended outfits (cold weather, combat, swimming, in-town, etc.)

 

The truth is that nothing really compares to AH Hotkeys, and I still don't know why it stops working after 10 or 20 hours on a New Game for me. But it does, so I have to use More Hotkeys Please.

[Fotogen]

It looks like fixing MHK is not that hard.

 

(if you'll do it, make backup first)

 

Two files need to be changed and recompile:

- Source\Scripts\MHP_MenuDetect.psc

- Source\Scripts\MHP_Read.psc

 

In each file you search for "player.EquipItem" ... (you don't look for ").

 

When you find it, it has to be changed ... it looks like for example:

				player.EquipItem(tForm, false, true)

this has to be change into

				player.EquipItemEx(tForm, 0, false, true)

Another example:

			player.EquipItem(EquipItem, false, true)

			player.EquipItemEx(EquipItem, 0, false, true)

its sort of a "pattern".

- Find "player.EquipItem"

- add "Ex" before "(" so it read "player.EquipEquipItemEx"

- insert "0" between 1st and 2nd parameter. Basicaly you search for "," (comma) and append "0,"

 

Recompile.