Early concept of a Russian Follower - Need tutorials and help to make it happen

[SpadesNeil]

Okay so, this is a bold project, but I am a determined little bastard with way too much spare time and big aspirations.

 

I am in the concept stages of making a follower character who I have been meaning to start building for some time. Any resources of information are deeply appreciated, from the basics like how to make a character appear in the game, how to make them act as a follower, and so on... up to everything as complex as getting them to talk with proper lip flaps, and making them interact with other characters and respond to triggered events in the game--just like the game's built-in followers do.

 

Why do I demand such detail?

 

Well, I just got off the phone with a gentleman named Dimitri Diatchenko. You may know him as the voice behind Vadim Bobrov from the Dugout Inn. Yes, I am literally hiring a former Bethesda voice actor just so he can chatter with my character like they're old family. Why? Because the little added effect of the real Vadim Bobrov's voice saying to my character, "Cousin Voyla! How have you been? Come back for a drink, or just to visit?" and other similar lines add a layer of immersion that no other follower mod has.

 

I am already making arrangements with Mr. Diatchenko to do some lines, and might look into more (if I can afford it because good lord voice acting is expensive).

 

In short, I need everything I can learn about adding a follower to the game. Gimmie all you got. I'm not going to sit here and expect someone else to do the work for me, but I need to learn to do it myself if that's the case. That said, if any other developers want to help me out directly with code, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

The writing and voice lines will be stage one of this project. I'm going to have my unique voice lines, damn it. :U Even if the rest of this takes a long, long time to finish.

 

If/when I complete this project, I plan on posting this to Nexus, and also the Fallout 4 workshop if possible, assuming Bethesda doesn't dick me over with some sort of TOS violation that I can't have both. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I will promise that it will be on Nexus either way.