Acquisitive Soul Gems: What does it do? : V

» Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:00 pm

I am confused by this description:

This plugin will fix soul gems such that, when they are filled with a correctly-sized soul (e.g. a common soul in a common gem, as opposed to a petty soul in a common gem), the charge will 'stick' from that point, so you can drop it on the ground, or put it in a container, and you don't have to worry about it losing its charge.

What does it mean for the charge to "stick" in the gem? To me, it sounds like the gem holds the soul permanently and you never use it up, so the gem is reusable. I doubt this is the case, because another feature of the mod is that it only traps the proper type of soul in each gem (grand in grand, etc.). So what does the above description mean?

Thanks.

» Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:24 pm

It's a fix for an occassional bug where a soulgem removed from your inventory will spontaniously decharge, leaving you with an empty soulgem.

Basically, without the mod, there's a chance of "Whoops! I just dropped my filled grand soul gem. I'll just pick it up and- DAMMIT! I need to get it recharged now!"

» Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:37 pm

It's a fix for an occassional bug where a soulgem removed from your inventory will spontaniously decharge, leaving you with an empty soulgem.

Basically, without the mod, there's a chance of "Whoops! I just dropped my filled grand soul gem. I'll just pick it up and- DAMMIT! I need to get it recharged now!"

Ah thanks! I wasn't aware of this bug. I guess I need to go check the soul gems in my wardrobe!

I was thinking the mod added some kind of new functionality to soul gems.

» Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:56 pm

It also makes sure that they stack properly.