Brutal Flora Harvest Fix

Implementing a simple brute force method to fix Skyrim's harvest respawn bug.

Non-SE version

These files should actually work in original Skyrim.

Require

Requires SKSE64:

usage

Harvest plants as usual.

Additional Information

Skyrim has an annoying bug where harvested plants don't respawn when loading a save game.

The following mod page details this:

Flora Respawn Fix by bluedanieru

Phytoremediation by wiseman303 (OG Skyrim only?)

wiseman303 wrote a technical details article explaining in more detail how these fixes work.

Brutal Flora Harvest Fix takes a different approach - attaching a script "hook" to an ObjectReference.

The modified ObjectReference script inserts a single function call into each of the following events:

OnActivate - stores our last harvest time (to a new float value).

OnCellAttach - Fix any reference harvested more than 3 days ago.

The inserted call first checks SKSE's native IsHarvested function to see if any work is required.

This has some advantages:

It is universally compatible with any harvestable object in the game, vanilla or modded.

It can retroactively existing saves and can be safely uninstalled at any time.

It is lightweight and any referenced OnCellAttach hook will only fire once per load save.

It's very friendly since it doesn't register any references to any other events.

Like other harvest repairs, it decouples harvest regeneration from cell reset.

There are also some disadvantages:

It only works after the cell has changed (due to the nature of the OnCellAttach event).

It adds (negligible?) scripting overhead to otherwise empty hook events in ObjectReference.

If SKSE's ObjectReference.pex script has changed (it hasn't existed for years), it will need to be updated.

The OnCellAttach hook may fail on references using null form, dumping errors to the Papyrus log.

(This seems harmless since the default OnCellAttach event will be null anyway)

In some rare cases, updating a referenced mesh may be missed (see script source).

It's still not as clean as the native SKSE plugin...

The regeneration time (defined as 3 days) can be changed by editing foxHarvestFix.psc and recompiling the script.

(Sorry, it's not easy! Trying to support adjusting this in-game feels a bit too complex)

compatibility

Should be compatible with anything that does not replace SKSE's ObjectReference.pex script.

Uninstall steps

Just replace the following with SKSE's original file:

data\script\objectreference.pex

Data\Scripts\Sources\ObjectReference.psc

and delete the following:

data\scripts\foxHarvestFix.pex

data\scripts\sources\foxHarvestFix.psc

Safely uninstall from save at any time; save clearing not required.

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Non-SE Version

These files should actually work in original Skyrim as-is.

Requirements

Requires SKSE64:

Usage

Just harvest plants as usual.

Additional Information

Skyrim has an annoying bug where harvested plants don't respawn when loading a save game.

This is covered in great detail on the following mod pages:

bluedanieru's Flora Respawn Fix

wiseman303's Flora Fixes (OG Skyrim only?)

wiseman303 wrote a Technical Details article explaining in more detail how these fixes worked.

Brutal Flora Harvest Fix takes a different approach - attaching a script "hook" to ObjectReference.

A modified ObjectReference script inserts a single function call into each of the following events:

OnActivate - to store our last harvest time (into a single new float value).

OnCellAttach - to fix any references last harvested more than 3 days ago.

The inserted calls first check SKSE's native IsHarvested function to see if any work is required.

This has some advantages:

It is universally compatible with any harvestable object in the game, vanilla or modded.

It is retroactive on existing saves, and may also be safely uninstalled at any time.

It is lightweight, with any reference's OnCellAttach hook only firing once per save load.

It is bloat-friendly, as it does not register any refer …