just wondering if this was a universal thing,
i found that serana doesnt display the dialogue that allows you to ask her to do stuff. for example she cant be commanded to sleep or sit on a bench etc.
any ideas???

This is true.... But - and I don't know if this is universal - but I can recruit a second follower when I have Serana. If they didn't program it this way, I hope they leave it alone.... Right now I have Aela & Serana.... So far no fighting between them.... I've been lucky!

She'll still carry your gear though - and I really never expect more than that. Oh, when followers were overburdened, I did ask them to pick gear up....

Enjoy her while you can!

Serana is not like the other followers, she will amaze you when you least expect it. Not to spoil anything, but her command menu will change over time depending on who you align with. She can carry more weight than any other follower, and her attacking abilities are fantastic.

Hope this helps you.

i found out how to do it
if you hold the action button on her you automatically go into the follower command section of her dialogue however she wont loot dead bodies or pick to much up for you
thanks for the help though

Although you can have another follower, I believe (haven't tried it myself) that she does have an "issue" with Shadowmere. Perhaps someone can confirm this?

A sad update.... The second follower I have had with Serana has ended.... It was a glitch no doubt, and I went and broke (fixed) it. I had Aela as well as Serana as followers, and was able to have them wait and be dismissed without issue. The other evening I finally had the vampire conversation with Serana, and when we meet up again - curses!!! I can't pick up Aela again...

It was a short period of time I wasted.... I guess I'll reload and keep her as a Vamp.... I like the added company. Aela and my character are perfect matches, and Serana, well 'nuff said there.

out of curiosity do followers other than serana get freaked out if you transform into VL in front of them?

I was kinda jealous of you when you posted having them both. That's a bug I would welcome. Anyway's now you get Serana all to yourself. She problably will appreciate your time together and buy you a gift:)

PC users with the follower mod such as myself can take Serana and other followers. Been doing that myself.

However for console players, I believe if you have a follower with you when you find Serana, you get two followers until you return her to her father and she leaves your company for a time.

she keeps trying to turn me into a vampire every time I take her questing now the main plot is over.

just look at her as if you are going to speak to her, only instead of pressing e to talk, hold it down then you go into command follower mode.

This makes sense. I guess the three day separation when you cure her does it. I guess if I want the benefit, she stays vamp. This particular trio works well, as they prefer ranged attacks and stay out of each other's way and avoid friendly fire. In character, I would rather see her cured, she seems to welcome the change, but I will be selfish and take the two followers. (it would be nice to have Serana oddly classified, and allow you to have a second follower with her. Console users can't get the, well -you know....)

Off topic, it's about time that I give you kudos.... Your screenshots are, quite simply - amazing - as is your 'wrecking crew'! Though I'm stuck with an Xbox, I applaud the pc community on what they have accomplished. If I ever det the disposable coin, I may build a rig that I can hook up to the big flat screen with all the benefits of hi-rez!

I can totally confirm this. Any time there's any outdor action, Serana invariably hits me and Shadowmere with friendly fire (as well as her own Thralls). Now, I can take it, and the thralls just turn to ash, but Shadowmere is effectively immortal, as is Serana, so the two of them will just go at it until you fast travel, dragging them both along. I'm trying to kind of see it as me being peacemaker on a long journey, but it's getting a little tiresome. Don't know how you'd work around it, tho. Serana will not stop attacking even if I mount Shadowmere. NPCs *should* get on one another's nerves and this kind of thing *should* happen. Maybe a "yield" (one NPC on his/her/its knees) should reset the hostility flag IF both are player followers?

Has anyone here noticed that when you stay as a werewolf and complete Dawnguard and have Serana as a follower for a while. I asked her about being cured of vampirism and she said she had to go away for a while. A few days later (in game) I found here at the Dawnguard fortress and she was no longer a vampire. Too bad you can't have her as a marriage prospect.

I had the same bug/glitch with serana and mjoll

I also noticed you can have another follower. When I first recruited Serana I had the assassin from Whiterun as a follower; and they continued to act normal.