i wonder if they were/are hung up on idea that they need cutscene animations to do this. if so, too bad. buy steel from town trader, charcoal from charcoal burner (or someone else), buy weapon/armor template from artisan NPC, and pay the artisan to his use smithy. no cutscene animation. just have necessary items in inventory, pay artisan, and then select item to make. cut to black screen like bathhouse and viola… new armor/weapon
… just enable/commission item from artisan. select, pay, wait, receive