A question about animations

[Satyrist]

How feasible would it be to use an animation with an associated animation object .nit to add a visual effect to a character - i.e. all the animation does is add the animation object .nif to the character. How persistant would such an animation be, and what would likely cause it to be removed from the character?

 

[Vaelorian]

It would be extremely easy, and has been done repeatedly in multiple mods.

However, it would not be persistent at all and any animation played would likely overwrite it.

 

But, the good news is that you can rig an animated object to the player, and that will stay with him regardless of what animation plays.