What it does:

Extensible Follower Framework is a great follower mod, however it does not always play nice with other mods. These are patches designed to work around some of the issues. If you know of other mods which need similar patches let me know in the comments and I might take a look.

Here is the list of patches:

Wet And Cold:

W&C is a common cause of EFF followers spontaneously taking off their clothes and armor. The cause of this is that when an item is added or removed from an NPC via script (or console, for that matter), everything that NPC had equipped is unequipped unless it is part of their outfit. Since in EFF they have a 'naked' outfit, when W&C adds or removes cloaks and hoods to dismissed followers, they will strip off their clothes. This patch is to the W&C scripts, which will now build a list of already-equipped items on NPCs before adding or removing the W&C stuff, then reequip everything after.

Note that this is a common cause, but not the only one. It won't, for example, fix followers stripping if they leave your party after you perform an action they disagree with. That would require a patch to EFF itself, which I'm looking into.

You should be able to install or uninstall at any time as long as the weather is not changing at that exact instant. To be extra safe, go indoors before installing or uninstalling this.

Convenient Horses:

Was made incompatible by the EFF rewrite which, among other things, changed the plugin filename to 'EFFCore.esm'. So, followers will sometimes not ride horses added by CH. It seems to only happen after dismissing and re-recruiting followers actually, which I find a bit odd. Anyway, if you have the newer EFF you'll need this patch. Only change is to check for the new filename and quest record, and initialize CH accordingly.

You should be able to install or uninstall this whenever you want. To be safe, unmount first. To be extra paranoid tinfoil safe, dismiss all your followers first.

Auto Unequip Ammo:

Was made incompatible by the EFF rewrite which, among other things, changed the plugin filename to 'EFFCore.esm'. As a result, sometimes followers will not unequip ammo after unequipping a bow, even if you have the option for it checked in MCM. If you have the newer EFF you'll need this patch. Only change is to check for the new filename and quest record, and initialize AUA accordingly.

As with the CH patch, you should be able to install or uninstall this whenever you want. To be safe, sheath your weapons first, and ensure your followers have as well. To be extra paranoid tinfoil safe, dismiss all your followers first.