Companions not appearing/following.

[Bandwidthbob]

I've had a couple of reports that Dogmeat won't leave my level with the player, and a console command is needed to get him out/back. Fast travelling somewhere else seems to resolve the issue.

 

I did notice that my companion didn't appear immediately in my level, although I'm pretty certain I've done the navmesh correctly.

 

Is this a known bug, or is there something obvious that I've done wrong? The issue can be seen right at the beginning of my level, in the Vault Tec Office.

 

My mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17206/?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah]

Do your door markers have yellow navmesh tris under them, both outside and inside of the cell entry door?

 

If they do not, finalizing the cell navmesh should fix that (provided the door markers are placed correctly).

Edited August 22, 2016 by BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah

[Bandwidthbob]

Do your door markers have yellow navmesh tris under them, both outside and inside of the cell entry door?

 

If they do not, finalizing the cell navmesh should fix that (provided the door markers are placed correctly).

I will check that. I never noticed before to be honest, thanks for the reply.

[Bandwidthbob]

Do your door markers have yellow navmesh tris under them, both outside and inside of the cell entry door?

 

If they do not, finalizing the cell navmesh should fix that (provided the door markers are placed correctly).

I checked, and there doesn't seem to be yellow navmesh at all, only red. Also, if I remember correctly, I tried finalising the navmesh before, and it broke more than it fixed, so I've been doing it manually. Any other ideas?

[BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah]

This won't stop you from doing the navmesh itself by hand, Finalizing ("Finalize Cell Navmeshes"...iirc) is just telling the Creation Kit that the navmesh is finished after you've laid it down. It *shouldn't* really break anything, in and of itself.

It is required for Cover, Door Markers, npc's traveling between cells...all that good stuff.

[Bandwidthbob]

Thanks, I'll take a look again this evening. Appreciate the feedback, thank you.

[Bandwidthbob]

This won't stop you from doing the navmesh itself by hand, Finalizing ("Finalize Cell Navmeshes"...iirc) is just telling the Creation Kit that the navmesh is finished after you've laid it down. It *shouldn't* really break anything, in and of itself.

It is required for Cover, Door Markers, npc's traveling between cells...all that good stuff.

Looks like that did it. I finalised the navmesh, and a yellow tri appeared, which I definitely hadn't seen before. My companion appears now, immediately after entering and exiting the level. I'll get a couple of other people to test it first, but looks like that did the trick, so thank you!