diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
index 31183d0761..9466fd9abc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,18 @@ void NpcAnimation::runAnimation(float timepassed){
             //insert->
             //insert->detachObject(hand->getName());
             Ogre::Entity* theentity = *entitypartsiter;
+            /*
+            Pass* pass = theentity->getSubEntity(0)->getMaterial()->getBestTechnique()->getPass(0); 
+            if (pass->hasVertexProgram() && pass->getVertexProgram()->isSkeletalAnimationIncluded())
+                std::cout << "It's hardware\n";
+                else
+                std::cout << "It's software\n";*/
+            //std::cout << "Techniques:" << theentity->getSubEntity(0)->getMaterial()->getNumTechniques() << "\n";
+		    /*if (pass->hasVertexProgram())// && pass->getVertexProgram()->isSkeletalAnimationIncluded()) value = "Hardware"
+                std::cout << "Its hardware\n";
+            else
+                std::cout << "Its software\n";*/
+
            // handleAnimationTransforms(theentity);
             handleShapes(shapes, theentity, theentity->getSkeleton());
             //insert->attachObject(hand);
diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
index a19f5df896..4cfbc3e7f3 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ void NIFLoader::createMaterial(const String &name,
     // will automatically be loaded when needed. If not (such as for
     // internal NIF textures that we might support later), we should
     // already have inserted a manual loader for the texture.
+    if(!mSkel.isNull()){
+    material->removeAllTechniques();
+  
+        Ogre::Technique* tech = material->createTechnique();
+        //tech->setSchemeName("blahblah");
+        Pass* pass = tech->createPass();
+        pass->setVertexProgram("Ogre/HardwareSkinningFourWeights");
+    }
     if (!texName.empty())
     {
         Pass *pass = material->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0);
@@ -276,6 +284,8 @@ void NIFLoader::createMaterial(const String &name,
     material->setSpecular(specular.array[0], specular.array[1], specular.array[2], alpha);
     material->setSelfIllumination(emissive.array[0], emissive.array[1], emissive.array[2]);
     material->setShininess(glossiness);
+    
+   
 }
 
 // Takes a name and adds a unique part to it. This is just used to