Atronaughts

Solcius · Post by **Solcius** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:40 pm

I have a quick question about these elemental creatures. For about 1 in-game month a flame and frost atronaught have lied in my dining room, dead. Long story... but there they are.

anyways i was wondering how long their bodys will lay there. Most creatures dissapear in a matter of days, but not in this case. they are atronaught familiars. Any idea if or when they dissapear? Cuz their taking up space and im tired of thinking my house is on fire when i walk in

kanga · Post by **kanga** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:50 pm

Thats a funny one

I killed some thieves in Anvil at about level 9, at level 23 there is one still in front of the gate to the sea front. The others disappeared so I think his presence isnt eternal.

Maybe get another house.

Solcius · Post by **Solcius** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:03 pm

well im actually think bout using them as containers

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:15 pm

Solcius wrote:well im actually think bout using them as containers

I wouldn't advise it! What's the longest period you've been away for at any one time? The game doesn't respawn cells until you've been away for three full days.

LeoStarDragon1 · Post by **LeoStarDragon1** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:30 pm

If you don't want to keep them, and you don't want to let them linger until the Cell resets. If you are on a PC, open the Console Command Window with the ~ key, then click on the bodies and enter the command, "Disable", but without the quotation marks. Or use the command "Resurrect", have them follow your character outside, kill them again, loot them again. Then disable them there or let them rot there.

Solcius · Post by **Solcius** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:25 pm

eh ive already decided against using them as containers. And i hadnt visit the house in forever when i came back they were still there. imma make them ornaments to impress my poor servants :laugh: YAY ENVY

Belthan · Post by **Belthan** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:46 pm

What house are you in? I had a similar thing happen in the Shivering Isles. I killed several Dark Seductresses in several parts of Sheogorath's palace during one part of the main quest. Most of them I killed in other parts of the palace on the same mission disappeared after about 3 days as usual, but one I killed in the throne room never disappeared. This was on 360, no mods. After a few weeks of game time I did exactly what you suggested - tried the body as a container for a few low-value items. A few more weeks of game time later, they were still there. So I dragged the body close to the entrance where it was super-convenient, and used it as a container from then on.

A bit disturbing maybe, but hey, it's the realm of madness after all...:mischief:

Anyway, the persistence almost has to be some attribute of the cell the body is in and not the body itself, because the body that didn't disappear was just a generic palace guard, not a named character or anything. Which is why I was wondering what house it happened to you in.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:28 am

I was about to say there was a 'Corpse Persists' check box in the construction set creature/NPC edit form, but thought I'd beter check first. Just as well as I couldn't find one, although it does exist in the Morrowind CS, hence my confusion.

I'm wondering if the same facility does exist in the Oblivion, but just not enabled (or I simply couldn't find it) in the public construction set.

I had a look at the Cell dialog box and couldn't find any way there to make a corps persisit either. 'Curiouser and Curiouser' quoth Alice!

LeoStarDragon1 · Post by **LeoStarDragon1** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:40 am

A Curious......

...... (fill in the blank) indeed! For Oblivion, there is a mod that makes corpses stay around, so you know what happened to them, etc. and another one that helps you get rid of them because they linger too long. So that tells me that modders are indeed confused as to what the intended state is supposed to be.

OOPS! There's one that makes the corpses decay in a slow state until they eventually become skeletons, and then individual bones and skulls. The other involves a spell called "Disappearing Act".

I use the one that keeps the bodies around, for I may find a use for them. I also used Disappearing Act to cast on them and make them vanish. It also worked on storage units like barrels, chests, etc. But I lost it and I can't find it. Looking for it, is one of the things that made me find forums like this one. I get caught up in reading threads and soon find myself joining in on them.

Solcius · Post by **Solcius** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:31 pm

they are actually in several homes of mine. but the two i am bothered with is in my skingrad home...i usually use atronaughts as followers when i go dungeon hopping. i summoned them using the frostcrag add-on.

LeoStarDragon1 · Post by **LeoStarDragon1** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:47 pm

Solcius wrote:they are actually in several homes of mine. but the two i am bothered with is in my skingrad home...i usually use atronaughts as followers when i go dungeon hopping. i summoned them using the frostcrag add-on.

Hi, Solcius! So they are friendlies then?! Well in that case, learn the "Resurrect Spell" and bring them back to life. That's how I keep mine alive.
But now I just leave them on post as sentries, so that I don't have to keep bringing them back alive so often.

P.S.: I was using my best impression of TV's Greg Ferguson when I wrote that, by the way.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:08 pm

I had a look at the Atronach's that are created by the alters in Frostcrag in the CS and interestingly they all have the Quest Item check box ticked. Maybe that explains why the corpses persist.

Solcius · Post by **Solcius** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:04 pm

Hmm ill have to look in on that.