So I've been looking for a mod that makes Vigilance repeatedly hireable in the event of its death, after a few days delay, much like horses already work. Since nothing of the sort seems to exist, I decided to make my attempt at it.
So far I've already figured out the following:
- Vigilance goes by the name of TrainedDog in the creation kit.
- Horses have a "Respawn" checkbox ticked on, which Vigilance has set to off.
- If Vigilance is killed in-game while following the player, and manually resurrected via console, it seems to head back towards Markarth Stables. Additionally, Banning (the NPC you buy Vigilance from) will regain the dialogue option to hire the dog.
Essentially, it seems Bethesda already did most of the work for me. Would it be as simple as just ticking that Respawn checkbox to ON? And how many days would Vigilance take to respawn, is there a standard respawn timer?