BlockActivation will make it so that the book can't be read either. Is there a way to allow a placed book to be read but not taken?

Tried the BOOK form's "Can't be taken" flag?

doesn't seem to work. i tried it placed in the world and placed in a container. both can still be taken

All be... Yeah, that flag doesn't seem to do anything. All I can think of is creating an ACTI form with the same model as the book (w/ "Read " as the Activate Text Override) which activates a remote, 0 scale BOOK REFR. If the player takes it, remove it w/ DropObject() and, since it's 0 scale, it'll be invisible. The activator should work repeatedly, I'd imagine.

doesn't seem to work either (wtf?).

i tried it with parent activate as well as scripted Activate(). i dont understand why activation is so messed up. parent activate doesnt work on containers either, and non-3d activators need arbitrary rotation to work properly

also even at 0 scale the thing has a huge collision bound and you are able to see the actual "read book" notification very easily

i think i'm just going to make a forcegreet quest where the owner forcefully takes the book away from the player if it detects it with getitemcount. LOL

He's turning innocent NPCs into thieves!!!

Da Shame!

DA SHAME!!!