Exactly. You just need to also configure it's AI package correctly to play animations. It is also possible to set the animation play chance differently via scripts and dialogResults, so you can force-play some animation when you want to.

creatures can only have a limited number of idles and i assume the same is true for npcs. if we were to do a new idle it would have to take the place of one of the current idles i think, and every npc with a % chance to play that idle in the CS would do it. and randomly. I think this is why vivec, ...

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I actually thought about creating some of the smaller islands around Tamriel. Problem is that there is not much lore to be found about them (getting even just name is actually pretty hard for some of them), so one would have to make up all the lore.

AFAIK they were made using stuff from Shivering isles. I do not know it for sure, though.

Gargoyle and Harpy - I believe Westly has been working on these, but it's been long since he mentioned some progress AFAIK Lamia - S:HotN just finished their model, so perhaps they would allow it's usage in HR427 pic Spriggans - There is very nice retexture and mesh improvement by Melchior Dahrk, wh...