Issues with dialogue after placing NPC in cell

[Deleted4626711User]

So, I'm making a companion mod for myself and have a decent amount of the dialogue put together, voiced, etc. I put the character in the Sanctuary worldspace to test them out and it worked great. I went back and worked out a few kinks in the dialogue. Awesome.

 

The problems started when I put the companion in the cell where I wanted them to be encountered. I deleted the original from Sanctuary and then drag/dropped them into the new cell from the Form ID list as usual. But when I'd go into the game their dialogue simply would not trigger.

 

I went into xEdit to check it out and seems like what's happening is that I am creating a duplicate with a new FormID rather than placing down the original? I guess that means my quest alias doesn't point to them anymore?

 

How the heck do I put them in the cell in a way that doesn't do this? For some reason the simple drag and drop doesn't seem to be working :/

[LarannKiar]

 

I deleted the original from Sanctuary and then drag/dropped them into the new cell from the Form ID list as usual. But when I'd go into the game their dialogue simply would not trigger.

 

I went into xEdit to check it out and seems like what's happening is that I am creating a duplicate with a new FormID rather than placing down the original? I guess that means my quest alias doesn't point to them anymore?

 

Yes. You need to fill the reference alias with your new reference. Or, if you haven't use the mod yet, you can change the FormID of the new reference in FO4Edit.

[TheFirstEnD]

Use the console command to stop the quest and restart the quest.

 

And a little advise, when you are creating/testing new quests it's better to uncheck the box "start game enabled" and start the quest manually.