Can you swap HouseCarls via esp ?

[Syeeb]

I was looking through the esp file for the housecarls. I am assuming (I know that's usually bad) That the game reads the formid when spawning your housecarl, so I was curious if there is a way to reasign Lydias form id to the carl from Windhelm and his to her, so when the game thinks its loading him, it would instead load Lydia...

 

Any chance that makes since? and would it be possible?

[Sunnie]

Even if you could/can, Lydia is specifically called out by name as the Housecarl for Whiterun by Balgruuf. Would seem really odd and screwed up to have the Jarl of Whiterun say Lydia, and you find Carl standing behind you ready to set off for adventure. :mellow:

 

But, if you are ok with that, you may have to wait for the toolset next month to do that right (since modifying NPCs in TESSnip breaks their name strings).

Edited December 10, 2011 by Sunnie

[Syeeb]

Even if you could/can, Lydia is specifically called out by name as the Housecarl for Whiterun by Balgruuf. Would seem really odd and screwed up to have the Jarl of Whiterun say Lydia, and you find Carl standing behind you ready to set off for adventure. :mellow:

 

But, if you are ok with that, you may have to wait for the toolset next month to do that right (since modifying NPCs in TESSnip breaks their name strings).

 

Its looking like I will indeed have to wait for the CK. But I don't actually want to swap the housecarls when they are spawned, I simply want to be able to assign Lydia to live in the house I am currently living in (which is no longer whiterun). If I could find out what is assigning her to whiterun (and thus choosing her as the one that spawns when she is assigned) and what assigns the other carls to their city, then I could figure out how to reassign her to my new house.

Edited December 10, 2011 by Syeeb