I don't have the expansion packs but I managed to find a set of companions (hippolyta and decius) that even include hand scripted support for every vanilla weapon and armor in the game so I can upgrade thier gear. I also managed to edit the scripts of CM companions 3.0 so that everything works except companion share obviously. I was wondering if someone could help me find a way to geth Hyppolyta and Decius's scripted item support working for the CM companions. If not then can someone help me figure out a way to use the bartering system as a workaround like in http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=44 packguar mod? I have a working knowladge of the construction set and scripting so I'm really to give anything a shot.