Also, any idea on how to make the red hand appear? I tried just setting owners, but that didn't work for me, and i haven't seen any options for it yet. Would be nice to have for some stuff i'm adding
I've only had the theft option show up accidentally in my mod, from having an item moved to an NPC's inventory who then drops the item on the floor shortly afterwards. When my character went to pick it up, it showed the red hand cursor.
I'm guessing here, but it could be tied to alignment somehow. Whichever NPC you set as the owner, try giving them alignment 'Neutral NPC' and see if it displays theft. Other than that, I'm not sure.
