Followers

[tdr1701]

So I have 5 followers but only take 2 out on each quest at a time but have noticed that all the suden Lucy west disappeared from my megaton home (set as hers). I can find her wondering around megaton but when I talk to her all the followers options are not availble in her dialog.

After a guest today I went back to megaton went inside and told Vanessa and Sydney to wait here I turned around put some things away and noticed that Vanessa and Sydney where not inside the house.

I went outside Vaneesawas leaning against the outside Sydney was nowhere to be seen then Lucy walked up and when I talked to her the options where back again I asked her to lets get going she said OK, I then asked Vanessa the same went back inside told them to wait.

Went back outside still no Sydney so I called her with the radio told her to follow me went inside told her to wait and I watched her she turned to the door and disappeared I went outside and followed her she walks over to moriartys goes inside for a minute then comes back out and heads back to the house on the way we pass Lucy I stop and talk to her and again the follower options have disappeared, continued to follow Sydney and she does go back to the house so she appearantly needed a drink LOL.

So anyway I ahve noticed that sometimes even Vanessa will go outside and lean up against the house is this behavior normal.

Not sure about the Lucy thing as I have not really noticed a pattern as of yet.

So I wonder if there is an unlimited followers everywhere like in NV, I had like 6 followres there and tbey would all stay inside stand around talking to each other and even sleep, I ahve searched and looked through many pages in the mods but have not found anything yet.

I thought I would post about this here and see what ideas some of you might have as well as pointing me to a follwers mod.

Any help or ideas id appreciated.

 

PS: I use

FOMM

LOOT

Edited March 10, 2018 by tdr1701

[M48A5]

So I have 5 followers but only take 2 out on each quest at a time but have noticed that all the suden Lucy west disappeared from my megaton home (set as hers). I can find her wondering around megaton but when I talk to her all the followers options are not availble in her dialog.

After a guest today I went back to megaton went inside and told Vanessa and Sydney to wait here I turned around put some things away and noticed that Vanessa and Sydney where not inside the house.

I went outside Vaneesawas leaning against the outside Sydney was nowhere to be seen then Lucy walked up and when I talked to her the options where back again I asked her to lets get going she said OK, I then asked Vanessa the same went back inside told them to wait.

Went back outside still no Sydney so I called her with the radio told her to follow me went inside told her to wait and I watched her she turned to the door and disappeared I went outside and followed her she walks over to moriartys goes inside for a minute then comes back out and heads back to the house on the way we pass Lucy I stop and talk to her and again the follower options have disappeared, continued to follow Sydney and she does go back to the house so she appearantly needed a drink LOL.

So anyway I ahve noticed that sometimes even Vanessa will go outside and lean up against the house is this behavior normal.

Not sure about the Lucy thing as I have not really noticed a pattern as of yet.

So I wonder if there is an unlimited followers everywhere like in NV, I had like 6 followres there and tbey would all stay inside stand around talking to each other and even sleep, I ahve searched and looked through many pages in the mods but have not found anything yet.

I thought I would post about this here and see what ideas some of you might have as well as pointing me to a follwers mod.

Any help or ideas id appreciated.

 

PS: I use

FOMM

LOOT

 

The cause of your problem? "I use LOOT". Never, ever use LOOT to set your load order. It does not now nor has it ever sorted Fallout 3 mods correctly. Problems with LOOT range from the inability to launch to having strange things

happen during the game, if you are lucky enough to get the game to launch.

 

The best tool to use for sorting Fallout3 files is still B.O.S.S. https://github.com/boss-developers

[tdr1701]

So I followed the link and it does not seem to lead me to a B.O.S.S download for Fallout 3 in fact it gives this message - The Fallout 3 masterlist. Unmaintained. use Loot instead.

There is a B.O.S.S. that I found on Nexxus https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17026?tab=files but am unsure about the file,

Thanks for the help.

[blackrat99]

It sounds like you have a mod conflict as regards Lucy West. I've never used the other two. Whether Vanessa going outside your home is normal or not will depend on what the modder set in her AI packages. If, for example, she has a sandbox package with a large radius she may well go outside. I know you said 'wait' but that doesn't mean much. Lucy West's Wait command is actually a sandbox and an awful lot of companion mods were based on the Lucy West/Brianna mods. But it could be also that a mod conflict (or a bug) is preventing the wait package from executing properly.

 

Megaton is known to cause some problems for Companions. Usually that's just them not appearing when you leave. Sydney completely disappearing again sounds like a mod conflict. Having a house mod outside Magaton (Mini Hideout in Springvale is a good one) and setting that as your Companions' home might help with some issues. Other than that, you will need to post your load order.

Edited March 10, 2018 by blackrat99

[tdr1701]

So after some experimenting I found that it does seem normal that they go outside as I set there and watched and Sydney did come back, one time it seems as though she may have been sleeping even though I could not see her she all the sudden came down stairs wearing a nighty.

As for Lucy I decided to just remove her from the Companion list anyway.as I have others I like better.

I changed what I told Sydney to Wait here in the house I have some things to do and she seems to stay inside.

I wish that the Pip Boy showed follower location as it does in NV, does anyone know of a mod for this.

Thanks for the input I will continue to see what happens during play and if problems persist I will post the load order and go from there.

Thanks again will post something soon.

[blackrat99]

Packages can be tricky when you're also allowing the player to set the companion's home. If Sydney has a sleep package set to fire inside her home she may well teleport rather than walk to the nearest bed. Badly set up packages can also cause odd behaviour. But Lucy losing then regaining her companion status shouldn't be happening.