Yeah I can't find this anywhere on the wiki and it's one of the most complicated things I've ever seen. I tried using Whiterun's player home bookshelves to guide me somewhat but I can't make heads or tails of it.

Anyone able to setup a bookshelf wanna make a small tutorial on how to do so? With pictures if possible, because I really want some for the house I'm making and creating them seems way beyond me at the moment.

EDIT:

Here are the steps I use in creating a bookshelf that seem to be working.

Get shelf, place it etc.
Place PlayerBookShelfContainer
Place PlayerBookShelfTrigger
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfContainer with no Keyword from PlayerBookShelfTrigger menu
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfTrigger with BookShelfTrigger01 keyword from PlayerBookShelfContainer menu
Place PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfContainer with BookShelfContainer keyword from PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger menu
Place DefaultBookShelfBookMarker on Shelf
Link Ref DefaultBookShelfBookMarker with BookShelfBook01 keyword from PlayerBookShelfContainer menu
Do that with each book you place, changing the number on BookShelfBook to 02,03 for each subsequent book you place.

After that I place the ShelfTrigger box on the shelf right in the middle like it is in the player houses
Then I place the ClickTrigger box right on the front edge of the shelf like it is in the player houses.

To make ShelfTrigger and ClickTrigger box appear, you have to copy paste them from a player house. Or try the methods that a few people below have said.

Another user has this method, I'd recommend it as you don't have to copy/paste anything. He also has a video tutorial.

Do you understand loops?

Nope, I don't even know what a loop is.

On a side note, would it be possible to copy past the bookshelves from one of the player homes? Along with the markers and what not?

You'd have to be careful to get it all, and I really can't guarantee anything, but it should work in theory.

I just moved a mannequin that way, of course I got an error having something to do with a specular map. Not sure how to fix it, but the mannequin doesn't show up in game until I activate it..not sure if it stays that way either, didn't zone or anything.

Yeah I'm getting a TEXTURES:PlayerHouseMannequin(020025F0)-> (00089A85 : MaleUnderwear_1 is missing a specular map.

Any clue on how to fix this? I think it's what's making my mannequins not appear unless I activate them, in game.

Ugh. I'm wondering too. Scripting isn't a strong point of mine, but I'd like to get the shelves working. :/

I don't know if it has to do with scripting. I think it's just activators and placing them but it seems really complicated lol having to deal with references and everything.

As a side note, I have successfully put in weapon racks and plaques.

A quick bump because I'm very interested and need this functionality for my library.

Okay I figured out how to do some of it. There's 4 parts you need, 3 of them activators, one of them the DefaultBook, you gotta link them up. Problem is to be able to move them into the right area you need a primitive tab and I have no clue how to unlock the primitive tab on stuff we drag out into the world. I had to copy paste the PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger from a player home to be able to access the primitive tab.

After I get it working I'll try to post how to do it, it's pretty complicated for me though so I might not be the best tutorial maker on it haha.

Ha! I just started a similar topic... I have all the right pieces for the player's bookcase but how do I connect them all?

I'm able to get everything connected, but when I go in game and try to select the book shelf nothing happens. I have everything in the right spot, and it's all connected properly, I checked and made sure like 3 times. But it still doesn't activate, this is too much for my brain atm so I'm gonna wait until a tutorial comes out I think lol.

Maybe I'm missing a step though, from using a player house to find out how to do it it goes something like this.

Get shelf, place it etc.
Place PlayerBookShelfContainer
Place PlayerBookShelfTrigger
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfContainer with no Keyword from PlayerBookShelfTrigger menu
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfTrigger with BookShelfTrigger01 keyword from PlayerBookShelfContainer menu
Place PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger
Link Ref PlayerBookShelfContainer with BookShelfContainer keyword from PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger menu
Place DefaultBookShelfBookMarker on Shelf
Link Ref DefaultBookShelfBookMarker with BookShelfBook01 keyword from PlayerBookShelfContainer menu
Do that with each book you place, changing the number on BookShelfBook to 02,03 for each subsequent book you place.

After that I place the ShelfTrigger box on the shelf right in the middle like it is in the player houses
Then I place the ClickTrigger box right on the front edge of the shelf like it is in the player houses.

But like I said, I press E to activate and nothing happens.

I see the black lines connecting the Container to the Books, Shelf Trigger and Click Trigger too..so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Hopefully someone has made a bookshelf that works and can clue us in here.

Bringing this up to let those who were wondering how to do this know that it works now. I didn't fiddle with it or anything, still had method above in that exact order and when I went into my house I noticed I could activate it and place books on it and yeah everything is working now.

I think it might have had something to do with me leaving my house and then going back in, though I'm not for sure. So yeah guys, try doing it using the steps I laid out above, and then see if it works..if it doesn't, leave the house or place you are in, go back in to it, and then see if it works.

All I know is that it works for me and I didn't fiddle with it in the CK.


EDIT: Just to let you know, you can use any shelf it seems as long as it's enclosed. But you can't put more than 18 books on a shelf. So you could probably have a shelf structure with 3-4 shelves of 11 or 18 books on them, that's pretty neat. However since it takes ages to connect everything I'm gonna stick to chests for the moment.

Awesome stuff Boon!! I will try your method for sure but first I have couple of questions.

I got my bookshelf to work somehow but I don't even have PlayerBookshelfClickTrigger put in. What exactly does PlayerBookShelfClickTrigger do? Instead of the normal Activate Bookshelf I get Search Bookshelf instead but I'm able to put the books on the shelf and browse the books. I'm also able to pick out individual titles by mousing over the bookshelf. I'm also able to take the books back.

Another question... When looking at the bookshelves in Breezehome I can clearly see where the PlayerBookShelfClick Trigger and Player BookShelfTrigger is.. I also clearly see the Collision Markers.. They are yellow. When I try to put the Triggers or the Markers into the room they appear in the cell window but I don't see anything in the render window. Why are they invisible to me?

Hey Thanks! You did a lot of work to come up with this. Amazingly complicated! I am fearful, but WILL give it a shot. Thanks again for sharing this info!!!

They do noy have a defined primitive, apparently. Already-placed collision markers have a tab labeled "Primitive" where their volume is defined. Dragging and dropping a new collision marker seems to place it without the Primitive tab enabled. Or something to that effect.
Maybe copy/pasting a marker that already has a defined Primitive would be best.

Thank you!! Yes, I just stumbled upon this as well. I noticed that the collision markers already placed in the game have Primitive tab which doesn't seem to exist when placing a brand new marker.. Hmmm.. I wonder what's the secret here? Where does this tab come from? It's not as much of an issue if adding more collision markers to the existing room but in case where one builds a brand new room that would pose a problem.

The second question has been answered already. As to the first, that's what it does. Make it say Activate book shelf, at least I'm guessing.

Yeah I don't know how to enable the primitive tab. What I did was copy paste both the ClickShelf and ShelfTrigger from Riften's home so I could see a block and move it around. I did the same with Mannequins, however for the weapon plaques/stands I did that on my own. It's quite a bit easier than making a bookshelf.

What really helps out is being able to see the connecting lines, I really like that feature lol...otherwise the bookshelf making would be way harder.

Thanks Boon!! LOL My brain is fried after trying to get this to work whole day.. You can copy and paste to a different location, yes, I missed that part apparently... You only need to copy and paste one, the rest you can duplicate and adjust the size in the primitive tab... what a relief!! I think I'll have a functioning bookshelf tonight!

Yeah my brain was fried too after this haha. Yeah duplicating is easy enough, but after you do you have to connect each and every book still, such a pain. Especially if you have 18 books per shelf.

I struggled to find the primitive tab too, until I stumbled upon how to make one correctly:

1. Select the object to create the trigger on.
2. Press the "Create Trigger" button on the toolbar (the one with T in a cube, Doh!)
3. Use the trigger you've already found as the template for your trigger
4. Edit the properties as needed

Thank you so much!! Much easier now.

Haha oh man. I hope they make a video tutorial because all of that may as well have been in greek. XD


Gonna see if I can figure it out now.

OMG.. I just spent hours trying to make this work and still something was not working out correctly. It turns out for me (I don't know if for others will) that the triggers generated through the button up on top (with the T on it) are not working properly even thought they have the Primitive tab. Everything seemed to be connected properly, exactly the same as in original Breezehome bookcase but for some reason it wasn't working right.

I was going crazy because things were working better before and all of a sudden they took turn for the worse. Now I realize that at one point I switched the copied triggers for button generated triggers. I have now switched back to the copied triggers and boom! it's all working again..

LOL.. back to square one.. copied triggers work the best for now.

Yeah I'm not gonna even bother switching from my copied triggers, just gonna keep both of them, easier that way hahaha.

Davii, What seems complicated about it? The Container and two triggers can be found under Activators and the DefaultBook is under Book which is under Items if I'm not mistaken. After that it's not as bad as it seems, you'll find the LinkRef tab under the Edit menu for the Container and two triggers, you shouldn't have to worry about opening an edit menu for the DefaultBook unless you need to know it's number code so it's easier to select them out of the references.

I realize that might have made things more complicated, no real easy way to say how to do it lol.