Making a Centurion a Follower/Thrall

[bukmoo]

Is there any way in which you can console spawn a centurion, and then turn in into a player friendly AI that follows the player and attacks threats like a "Dead Thrall" or follower would?

 

I've tried to use "addfac" and "setplayerteammate 1" and "sifh 1" and "setav Aggression" tags, but what I end up with is a centurion that follows me around and seems to move up towards enemy threats, except it never attacks anything. Any ideas on how to get it to use combat abilities?

 

Is there some tag that defines if an AI can be summoned with "Dead Thrall", and a centurion could be tagged to be ressurected?

[Krawll]

Use one of the Mods that improve the dead thrall spell. There are a few out there .

 

Right now i'm using the ( More powerful Necromancy mod) I know i can reanimate a dead centurion with it and so far anything i've reanimated were acting normaly and were attacking my ennemies but to be honest , you'll grow tired of your centurion fast enough trust me .

 

At first i wanted an army of Draugr to follow me around which i finaly got and about 5 minutes after getting them i decided to keep only one of them. An army following you is simply annoying as hell. They keep blocking your way, some of them will take forever to start moving and actualy follow you. They'll end up scattered allover the dungeon and only a few of them will be next to you all the time . Even in the wild , this game simply isn't made to support armies of followers.

 

As for your centurion, you will experience annoying issues with him i assure you. They are too big to fit in most doorways, they will keep blocking every single doorway you come accross , making it difficult for you to come back out of a room , they won't follow you everywhere in a dungeon because of the many very narrow passages or doors.

 

Having a centurion as a pet is mostly something you'll want for a one time use , eihter to make a video or to attack a town out of boredom but trust me if you're planing on keeping it as a normal follower, you'll be changing your mind quickly after you actualy succeeded.

 

Right now i'm using Erandur ( Priest of Mara from Dawnstar ) as my regular companion and 1 Draugr Death Overlord as my Thrall . Most of the time i don't even need to intervene during battles but i'm slowly starting to consider releasing both of them from their duties and simply traveling alone since having followers means having to keep losing LOTS of time waiting for them to catch up with you . They keep setting off every single trip wires and pressure plates in every dungeons , they won't always follow you when you have to jump down an edge .

 

I can't even count the amount of times i had to re-run a whole dungeon just to get my followers back with me because they got stuck somewhere .

 

And the irony in all of this is that i don't even need anyone to help me fight, my character can take on anything on his own lol.

 

So anyways just be prepared for a dissapointement once you got your centurion pet but the More Powerful Necromancy Mod will definatly make it possible . As long as your conjuration skill is at 100 and you have enough Magicka to cast the spell.