In regards to poor AI pathfinding, can I make a follower appear before me using the console?

Find the NPC's RefID (usually by clicking on them) and type, without quotes, "moveto player"

There's a similar command, "placeatme", don't use that one, it creates a brand new copy of the NPC, like a clone. "moveto" just takes the existing one and automatically moves them from wherever they are. I've had to use it a few times with Serana, myself.

Hm, the moveto player isn't working.

I tried moving Hul in balmora, who's refId is Hul00000000. I typed "moveto playerhul00000000" and just moveto player, and moveto player00000000. ????

That's because Morrowind doesn't use that command. And no ID looks anything like Hul00000000

PlaceAtPC "hul",1,20,1
That will place Hul a few feet in front of you. But as mentioned, it creates a duplicate which is not good.

In MW, most NPCs use the same ID as their name.

Thanks, so is there no way of moving an NPC without making a duplicate?

It's not easy, but it is doable. Basically you'll need to find your x,y, and z coordinates and then apply those to the NPC:

In the console, type:

Player->GetPos x

Player->GetPos y

Player->GetPos z

And write those numbers down.

Next, open up the console and click on your targeted NPC and type:

SetPos x

SetPos y

SetPos z

Note that this will put them right on top of you, so you may want to back up a bit first.

placeatpc worked, thanks