Companions are very far away...

[whitewolf87]

Alright, so this first started when I was playing through the Dead Money DLC...

Basically the title...any companion(s) I have are always following me at an extremely long distance away. I had to use console commands while playing Dead Money to "push" them to me so they could be positioned properly for various sequences in DM that require that.

Now it's just annoying. They're so far away that they are combat-useless and it's really kind of immersion-breaking. I have absolutely no idea what's causing this.

Load order attached. Thanks in advance.

loadorderwhitewolf.txt

[EssArrBee]

How many active plugins do you have? That list just tells me which ones are installed, but not active. Starting Wrye Flash usually tells you how many are active on the bottom bar.

[whitewolf87]

114 active plugins.

[EssArrBee]

Okay, this has always been a bit of a problem with DM, but shouldn't be as bad as you are experiencing. I'm guessing that you are still outside the hotel if they are following you. They aren't companions anymore when you get to the hotel. Maybe try bringing them to the fountain and dismissing them so they don't move from that spot. Then leave the area and return to recruit them again. That might reset the AI. 

[whitewolf87]

Oh, I already completed Dead Money. I managed to work my way through the problem with console commands. I'm still having the problem with my other followers (Arcade, Raul, Veronica) in the Mojave Wasteland. I can't access that fountain again because I can't access the DM casino again.

[EssArrBee]

So, you're regular companions were lost in DM? They aren't supposed to be in the DLCs. If they do try to go to those DLC, then bad things can happen. Mostly navmesh bugs.

[whitewolf87]

I'm sorry it took me so long to get back. We had internet problems this past week and just got them fixed.

No, I didn't bring my Mojave companions to any of the DLC locations. The only reason I'm bringing up Dead Money was because it was when I started that DLC that the problem started. I was having problems with Catherine, DOG/GOD, and Dean Domino as companions.

The only thing that I can possibly think of in regards to "bringing" Mojave companions to DLC locations is that I had Willow waiting in the bungalow in Novac. However, I was under the impression that Willow's mod was done in such a way that I could just leave her to "wait" anywhere and that I couldn't "dimiss" her to the Lucky 38. I've left her there for all the other DLC packs with no problems, so I don't see how it would affect me in Dead Money. In other words, even though she wasn'te physically present in the Sierra Madre resort, she was still listed as an active companion off to the side becasue I hadn't fired her (as doing so removes her from the game permanently).

 

 

Edited March 16, 2015 by whitewolf87

[Nozzer66]

You only lose her forever if you fire her a second time. 

 

Though to be fair I'd not fire her at all cause it's annoying to get her back after firing her.