I've just recently started using the Construction Kit and I am able to locate what I believe to be the player's Whiterun (black) horse in the actors list (WhiterunPlayerHorse -- 00109e3d) but it is not giving me the ability to rename the horse. Seeing as setActorFullName does not work as freely as it did in Oblivion, I hoped the CK would be a nice way to just rename my horse but the Name box is grayed out and doesn't allow any editing.


Any help is appreciated.

You could make a ReferenceAlias, then fill it with the horses ACHR and make a Message form with the name you want and set it as the display name. Alternatively, SKSE's SetName should work.

GenericHorse.SetName("Mr. Ed")

Edit: Greyed name box means it's a template actor. You can untick the "Use Base Data" template flag and the field should become editable.

Uncheck "Use Base Data", that will let you rename the horse.