I'm working on a mod to add some new features to companions. These are mostly small things unrelated to combat. Like Companion Sandbox Mode, it'll have an option to have your followers relax somewhere and interact with the environment, but now it's done through (voiced) dialogue so that the original 'wait right here' order can still be used for tactical reasons without causing problems.

I've also considered having ED-E broadcast New Vegas radio when he's in sandbox mode, I had a look and I think it's possible.

Also maybe an option to shut him down, so he drops to the ground. Why? Because I can! But he has issues with falling through the ground when he dies sometimes so maybe not.

Did you have any ideas for companion features? Preferably not combat related, you'll have Phalanx for that. Speaking of Phalanx, I'm not sure if it'll be compatible because the new separate sandbox package added to companions may conflict with edits the companions. We'll see.

My advice would be to do everything in your power to make your mod and Phalanx work together. No point in only doing what Phalanx doesn't if you can't use them together.

People seem to like being able to take away followers default gear, if that helps ... (and I won't go there in Phalanx).



meh..... I am afraid that does not work out, unless we were both working on the same mod. We're both going to change the object definitions on these followers by adding AI packages and such. You load 2 mods together which do that, and, one is gonna take over the whole show (the one which was loaded last).

Yes they do =D (me)

for example...i hate veronicas original gear, same with arcade (lab coats are ugly and veronica looks like shes wearing a potato sack >_<) plus id like to replace her glove.

EDIT: I love the radio idea btw, if its possible to make it play while hes following that would be better though .

Personally, I'd love it if they didn't use their magic spidey senses to run off and get themselves killed in dungeons, regardless of my telling them to stick close/be passive.

That's combat - - -

Thinks I'd like to see

Ed-e able to hack turrets either making them friendly or hostile to everything.

Arcade -- able to hack computers for you

Raul -- able to lockpick

lily -- chance at *smash!* locks

boon -- access to a bullet crafting station via menu

robo dog -- Find me ammo - chems!

I think it would be sweet if ED-E were shorter, though I'm not sure how it could be done. He can't fly through the doorways in my house. Every once in a while, he gets stuck on pipes hanging from the ceilings of places. It's irritating.

I'd definitely like the ability to shut down ED-E every once in a while.

no, that's suicidal, and annoying cause you have to run after them to keep them from dieing.

Well, one thing that always drove me nuts about followers was that they tend to ignore one another like they are not aware that there is another NPC/follower standing next to them. IIRC LLamaRCA did something like this with Fallout 3, I believe conversation is limited to Charon and Jericho there. Perhaps something similar might work here.

When I had Rex with me in-game it occurred to me that it would be cool if his cybernetic parts allowed him to 'speak' with a synthesised robot voice. Think 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxoWHeoYU3g' from the movie 'Up'.

Of course he's still a dog, so he'd think like a dog: calling the player character "Alpha" or "Pack Leader", his entering combat remarks being something like "GET IT GET IT GET IT!", and he'd have an overwhelming interest in juicy bones.


I was actually half-expecting this to happen in the vanilla game once you... get to a certain point in Rex's companion quest, and was disappointed when it didn't.

Although a somewhat bigger idea, I'd like ED-E's "face" to be changed into a regular screen, and then be able to boot different OS's onto her/him/it. Like having Victor, Sercuriton Mk1, Mk2 etc. And have them have different boosts to ED-E.

ED-E should be able to be repaired with scrap metal with sufficient repair.

give them skills like crafting?

in FO2 you could have Myron make jet for you (am i remembering correctly?). so, for example, have cass make alcohol for you. ive only had ED-E so far so i dont actually know if this feature or something like it is in the game.

btw pov, is that you on the Dead State forums? Only joined myself under SonOfCapiz

Well, Cass gives you a recipe for moonshine...

Make them be able to take a dump. And make sure you put a wiping their butt minigame since they can't wipe themselves.

Preferably it'd be as steamlined as possible.. I'm not really into overhauls and I'm not looking for a mod that will preclude ever being able to load any kind of companion mod of any kind alongside it.

No, that's my followers running pretty far away from me and making a big mess of things.
Me, I haven't even noticed there's anything hostile just yet, and I'm sneaking along about to pick a lock on a safe in the corner.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1135191-reqz-companions-enhanced/page__p__16612614__fromsearch__1&#entry16612614

i have some pretty good ideas for features for the female companions but i don't think they're suitable for all those sensitive minds around here.

What I'm saying is, it's a combat related behavioral function, but this mod here's been stated to be geared toward non-combat sorts of things (contrasted with Phalanx which does combat stuff).

This thread exploded suddenly after having 0 posts for 8 hours.


I had another look at the Phalanx thread and it looks like it is already going to implement sandboxing behaviour, so I won't have to add a sandbox package myself if I assume people who want more companion features will also be using Phalanx. So at least that parts avoid actually editing the companions.

Also some companion AI stuff like 'search the area for supplies' might be possible to achieve with a package temporarily added through script.

Shutting down ED-E or making him play the radio should also be possible without altering the ED-E companion itself, keeping it compatible with Phalanx.


Yes, I'm mostly lurking though.

Not this again. :cryvaultboy:

Although, if you use that mod that turns toilets into sittable objects, and make your companions go in sandbox mode near them... :blush2:

I don't think you should draw the line at making combat related changes to individual followers.
Not everyone likes roaming the wastes with a small army following you. Detracts from the game, I think.
I messed around with the Phalanx mod (at least, I think -- did it come with FWE?)
Was the first thing I disabled. Didn't care for any of the features.

Could make a small addition to Veronica's script to detect whether the player is wearing formal wear or not, and force equip hers?
*shrug*
Though something similar could be useful for all of the humanoid companions. Would make them seem less out of place when wandering the Strip.

That which came with FO3's FWE was not mine. They had something of their own going.