Companion comment frequency

[Guthrog]

Howdy.

To me, having companions around to comment on things and locations should be the coolest aspect of exploring. They're well written, with cool things to say. However, I find that to get them to comment on places, I need to do all sorts of weird things like waiting around a LOT, pacing back and forth, etc, all sorts of sad attempts to avoid missing out on content.

I remember in the earlier versions of the game, I was so glad to have Cass around, because she always had things to say. Then they changed her bark script and now even she doesn't say anything for me anymore. Like if I visit Novac with her, I know she's supposed to comment on things, but to get her to use just ONE of her lines, I seem to have to do entire in-game days of waiting and walk by whatever I want her to comment on a dozen times.
When I see how difficult it is to get her to speak when I know she's supposed to, it makes me think I may have missed out on a lot, both with her and other companions.

I tried to figure it out how it all works, and failed, totally. All the stuff about bark scripts went right over my head. The only mod related to any of it I was able to find is to remove barks. Definitely not what I want. Hell, a lot of people seem to want something that would make it possible to make the barks less frequent rather than remove them altogether.

Anyway, as I said, I don't know how any of it works, but it'd be great to have some mod to adjust the frequency to suit different people's needs.

[Buzzerker1775]

This would improve the game greatly!I really wish someone would take this over.It doesnt sound too complicated to do...

 

[Buzzerker1775]

I dont get how little interest people show in this kind of stuff.It would add so much depth to the whole game!

I just hope Bethesda makes it possible for the companions to talk to each other on the next installment,kind of like Dragon Age,for example.