Help with adding a Multiple Followers script/function to my mod?

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I'm trying to update my Companion Perks mod to include its own function of having multiple followers.

 

I'm looking right now at FollowersScript. This script points to two other scripts - CompanionActor and Actor, which mostly handle Affinity and basic Actor definitions, as far as I can tell (I can read scripts, I just can't string them together the way Papyrus expects).

 

Anyway, starting with the section of the FollowersScript script that says:

"Function SetCompanion" (should be line 761 in Ultra Edit, otherwise it's 1/3 of the way down)

 

So far I've commented out the section that covers (I believe, from what I can read of it) the auto-dismissal of your current follower (show dismiss message, pick a destination for them, some other related parts nested inside a primary "If" statement).

 

The rest of it looks fairly straightforward - SendCompanionChangeEvent, which changes the Companion's status from ActorToMakeCompanion to IsNowCompanion, and the PlayerHasActiveCompanion bool is set to 1 (true), as well as the parts that move the intended follower into the appropriate Faction(s).

 

There's a completely different section (from what I can see) regarding manually dismissing Companions, which I won't touch since I still need those.

 

I'm unable to copy/paste the section of the script I'm working on for review - something about this editor not playing nice with the function or somesuch, I haven't been able to figure it out.

 

Anyway, if anyone can open up FollowersScript and take a look, or if anyone knows of a modder's resource for a multiple followers script, fragment, or even tutorial on editing the script, I'd appreciate the help.