My followers are doing this!

I am trying to have captives that can be recruited AFTER you save them.

They have a small quest, and are in an alias with a prisoner sit package which is active until after you speak with them and release them.

I do not want the "Follow me" line to appear until AFTER you release them.

I note that the vanilla method (favor-recruit) is to set the NPC up with the potential follower faction and follower faction -1, but do NOT include a relationship with the player.

Then, once the desired dialogue point is reached, add a script that sets the relationship with player,1.

I have the NPC's alias faction set to captive faction so the bandits don't kill the captive, but I note that if there is no relationship with the player, as long as my weapon is drawn, and the bandits are alive, my summons and followers view the captive as hostile and attack until they bleed out..

If there is a relationship with the player, they do not, but the follow me line appears too early.

>>Anyone know a work around?

NOTE: the vanilla favor-recruit works perfectly with an NPC not in combat.

Or create a faction and have your followers part of that, and when the prisoners are released, add them to the faction.

Problem is, I did add currentfollower faction to the captive faction. It didn't make any difference

Seems that if they are neutral or friends with a faction you are attacking, the red dot appears for them also - even if they are restrained.

If I remove them from a faction friendly or neutral to the hostage takers, the hostage takers go after them.

EDIT: Actually, it is not the faction, it is the relationship that seems to be paramount.

No relationship to the player, followers attack.

Relationship to player, followers do not attack, but 'follow me' is present too early.