I have taken the iron bow mesh, renamed it and linked it to a new texture for Angie's bow i made. Everything works just fine and it shows up as it should, but here is the problem...if i drop it on the ground it just disappears in the thin air?

I have made several other unique textures for unique weapons, and every one of them works just fine...why is this happening now?

Is something different in game version 1.7 then it was in v1.6 or what??

Isn't it a different texture file or mesh file which shows it on the ground verses on the actor ? I am guessing here but My understanding is there are three basic views... Inventory, Actor holding, and in the world view. I could be wrong but maybe when you changed one the other got removed ?

There is only two (2)...

First person and inventory mesh = 1stPersonIronBowAngis.nif
Third person (and vanity mode) mesh = IronBowAngis.nif

I have already fixed that and have done exactly as i always have done before, but now for some reason the weapon disappears if you drop it on the ground??