Forcing a follower to use a particular set of equipment & other qu

[Laufknoten2]

Hello,

 

I like to create my own followers and currently I'm working on a mage follower which is a little more complex. I want him to use mostly his spells and a special sword if it's the best choice in the current situation.

I also want him to wear a special set of armor (robe, gauntlets and boots) which he never changes even if he has better equipment in his inventory. It should be hidden as well, so the player can't take it from him (like Lydia's default steel armor). The same with the weapon, he should use his sword even if he has the most epic warhammer with over 9000 damage in his inventory.

 

So my question is: Is it possible to do this without the use of scripts?

 

tl;dr:

I want to creat a non-customizable pack mule who only uses the equipment I appointed to him in the CK.

 

Another question: Does anyone know a good fighting AI for this kind of NPC? Do these mage AIs only work properly if they have access to their related spells? For example if I gave him J'zargos AI, would that work even if he doesn't know the same spells like J'zargo does?

 

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this.

 

[ArtMurder]

<p>Check out the mod Amazing Follower Tweaks <br />

<a href="http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524">http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524</a><br />

 <br />

You can set his armor, teach him spells you know, set his AI, make them pack mules, have outfits for cities/adventures/etc, stealth mod, posing, and well pretty much everything you could want. You can also have several followers (up to 5 I think) and it's VERY simple in design, unlike UFO (UFO is also outdated, especially if you have dragonborn!)</p>

Edited April 4, 2013 by ArtMurder

[Laufknoten2]

<p>Check out the mod Amazing Follower Tweaks <br />

<a href="http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524">http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/15524</a><br />

 <br />

You can set his armor, teach him spells you know, set his AI, make them pack mules, have outfits for cities/adventures/etc, stealth mod, posing, and well pretty much everything you could want. You can also have several followers (up to 5 I think) and it's VERY simple in design, unlike UFO (UFO is also outdated, especially if you have dragonborn!)</p>

Oh, I know AFT, it's probably the best follower mod out there and I it use most of the times. I really like it.

 

But the point is I want to make him an independent follower who doesn't need any mods to function properly. I want his inventory to work like the backpack menu in AFT. So no matter what equipment you put in his inventory, he will never use any of it. Sounds a bit weird for a follower, but I want him to stick to his own equipment.

[MightyZ0G]

hothtrooper44 did something similar with his custom follower Hoth. maybe he could give you some help or advice on how to achieve this