A while ago I had someone make some assets for me. He was super helpful and turned everything in several months ago, and I've only just finally gotten to implementing it. Anywho, I figured I'd ask here, instead of bothering him further, since hopefully these are easy fixes. (DISCLAIMER: I'm a complete Nifskope noob and know nothing further then pointing texture paths to my new textures, so please dumb things down a lot) So, I have two problems that I hope to fix in nifskope:

1. He made a static object for me. It's a pedestal of sorts. I'm trying to create a static for it in the game so I can place it in the world, but whenever I select the nif in the browser and click 'Okay' the CK crashes instantly. Any ideas what would cause this or what I should look for? He made two versions of this (One is empty, one has some stuff on it) and both crash the CK instantly. I've tried with my mod loaded, and without anything loaded, same results.

2. He also made several necklaces for me. The problem is that by 'default' they are oriented 90 degrees towards the ground, and I fear (Haven't gotten a chance to test in game yet) that when the player picks them up, if they look at them in their inventory that they'll be pointed downward 90 degrees instead of facing the 'camera'. Can I rotate the mesh within the NIF easily?

Thanks for any help!
AJV