So, this is probably my dumbest question ever, but I can't seen to figure it out. Probably missed the function/whatever right under my nose? How do you transfer an Objreference to an inventory/container, like when you pick up stuff? I mean transfer the actual ObjReference, not deleting one and creating another in the container to simulate it being picked/moved like i see usually.

I am not completely sure about this, but I would expect that behaviour to be determined by whether the item in question can be considered 'generic' or 'unique' in some sense. If the item is 'generic', it will be deleted, and an inventory counter incremented for the container.

You could try attaching a script to the object in question to make it a 'unique' instance. Depending on the specifics of your situation, there may be other ways to achieve 'uniqueness' (like being a quest item), but perhaps someone else knows more about those.

It actually isn't so much the uniqueness as the persistence. Look up persistence on the creationkit wiki. Basically an easy trick is to register the reference for an update that happens once every eternity or so.

The basic function is Activate. Use it on the object to be transferred and pass the container reference as the first parameter. If the original object is unique or special (enchanted item with charges used) it will be moved into the container, if it's not then it will be cleaned and a counter updated in the container. If your item isn't really unique then it shouldn't matter whether it's a copy or not.

Just wildly speculating, but I wonder if this behaviour might be influenced by having an objectreference variable in whatever script pointing to the item in question? If persistense has an effect, that might be almost the easiest way to achieve it.

Fill a ReferenceAlias with the REFR. It'll persist as long as it needs to and retain its FormID thus remaining its own, unique, script referenceable entity.

Guys I know how to make them remain unique. That's not what I need. As I said before: I want to move the unique ObjRefs into an inventory or container via script. Activate() could work for misc stuff, but it doesn't work for me because my ObjRefs are books and they open when activated. Thanks for the answers, though.

Just a crazy thought but try having the book activate the container.

Or here's another thought. I assume the "container" in your case is really an actor right? If so what happens if it's an actual container object trying to pick up the book? If a true container can do it then you could have a "collector" container to pick up the book then use RemoveAllItems to transfer it to the actor you wanted to get it.

http://www.creationkit.com/AddItem_-_ObjectReference does not work in that manner?

if it does, I can only agree with your initial statement

AddItem can take object references? That should solve everything without silly work-arounds if it actually works. Nice find Inki.

Well if the item is in the player's inventory you could do something like:

Actor Property PlayerREF AutoContainer Property MyChest AutoObjectReference Property MyREF Auto(PlayerREF).RemoveItem(MyREF, 1, akOtherContainer = MyChest)

This removes the ObjectReference from the player and moves it to a chest of your choice. You of course need to add an OnEvent if you want the script to fire.

Try: SomeItem.Activate(Game.GetPlayer())