Hey gang, I need some help with figuring out Collect Player Weapons and Gear feature, because I can't seem to get it to work.
Collect Player Weapons and Gear:
Make sure you have Collect Player and Horse Combat Values activated first, then you can toggle this on. This will collect the information for your Sword, Shield, and other things. You must first be in COMBAT mode where you can control your character in battle before trying to engage this option! This option may fail unless your equipment has taken damage. Best to toggle on when you see the sheild or some other meter dropping for equipment.
What I've done is turned off all options, then get into a fight with some guys, block some attacks with shield and weapons, take some hits, then kill the enemies.
Before leaving the fight, I then turn on collect "Collect Player and Horse Combat Values", followed by "Collect Player Weapons and Gear".
I then go to the editor tab, and I don't see any values being collected, they all still say ??
Am I misunderstanding the instructions? If so, what am I doing wrong?
You are indeed misunderstanding the instructions, though this one is rather easy to misinterpret if you're not a native speaker. Options 1-9 are combat specific. They are all linked to one another and no others. The naming is similar to the options at the very bottom, which allow you to do things in the editor. To summarise, options 1-9 are combat specific, the rest are everywhere else specific, except the XP multiplier. Haven't been able to crash the game with that one yet.
You also have to be OUT of combat to edit weapons, as you need to be able to access your inventory to do so.