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About this mod
This is a simple tweak to some AI parameters to make them stop lagging behind 20 feet, jogging, then stopping and repeating.
Update - As requested, it now also makes them more likely to interact with furniture.
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Simply tweaks some AI follower parameters to make them stop lagging behind 20 feet, jogging, then stopping and repeating.
Instead, they should now follow you slightly closer, and match the speed (roughly) of the player.
Its nowhere near perfect, but from my testing, gives a far better feeling of exploring with your companions than the vanilla settings.
Update:
As of the new update, an additional setting is present that will increase the AI's likelihood of finding and sitting on a furniture item.
FYI, I believe this is a global change, so will affect all NPCs. It shouldn't have much impact, besides AI walking further than usual to a seat, but I haven't done too much testing on that. Maybe enemies will sit down in combat or something, but I haven't experienced that. I've not seen any issues, but I'll be observing carefully. Please report any you may encounter, and as always, back up your saves.
Feel free to reduce the value - personally, testing with it set to 8 yielded positive results. The vanilla value is 2.143, which may help explain why the follower AI can be so reluctant to take a seat.
Instructions:
In order to enable the tweaks, put the .txt file in your game directory (steamapps/common/Starfield). Then, add:
[General]
sStartingConsoleCommand=bat CloserFollowers
To your StarfieldCustom.ini (Documents\My Games\Starfield)
Uninstallation:
In order to revert the changes, simply remove the txt file / launch command. The game will initialize with vanilla values at next launch.
The changes made by this mod are below - you can simply copy and paste these if you know what you are doing:
setgs fFollowExtraCatchUpSpeedMult 0
setgs fFollowPlayerAlwaysSprintDistance 13.5
setgs fFollowPlayerformationStopNewPathPoint 5.25
setgs fAIFurnitureDestinationRadius 10
The original values are here:
setgs fFollowExtraCatchUpSpeedMult 0.4
setgs fFollowPlayerAlwaysSprintDistance 30
setgs fFollowPlayerformationStopNewPathPoint 8
setgs fAIFurnitureDestinationRadius 2.143
Enabling / Disabling in-game
I've included the vanilla values in a txt file (ResetFollowerAI.txt).
If you put it in your game directory (steamapps/common/Starfield), you can open the console and run "bat ResetFollowerAI" to revert to vanilla without relaunching the game.
You can go back to the modified values by typing "bat CloserFollowers".
I don't plan on improving this or updating it, but anyone else who has any ideas is more than welcome to take over. If anyone makes any good suggestions I'm happy to include them as well.
My Other Tweaks:
Slow Motion During Ship Power Management - https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1939
Longer Spaceship Travel - https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1908
Thanks so much for each and every endorsement, I know how much effort that is for a little commandline tweak!
Instead, they should now follow you slightly closer, and match the speed (roughly) of the player.
Its nowhere near perfect, but from my testing, gives a far better feeling of exploring with your companions than the vanilla settings.
Update:
As of the new update, an additional setting is present that will increase the AI's likelihood of finding and sitting on a furniture item.
FYI, I believe this is a global change, so will affect all NPCs. It shouldn't have much impact, besides AI walking further than usual to a seat, but I haven't done too much testing on that. Maybe enemies will sit down in combat or something, but I haven't experienced that. I've not seen any issues, but I'll be observing carefully. Please report any you may encounter, and as always, back up your saves.
Feel free to reduce the value - personally, testing with it set to 8 yielded positive results. The vanilla value is 2.143, which may help explain why the follower AI can be so reluctant to take a seat.
Instructions:
In order to enable the tweaks, put the .txt file in your game directory (steamapps/common/Starfield). Then, add:
[General]
sStartingConsoleCommand=bat CloserFollowers
To your StarfieldCustom.ini (Documents\My Games\Starfield)
Uninstallation:
In order to revert the changes, simply remove the txt file / launch command. The game will initialize with vanilla values at next launch.
The changes made by this mod are below - you can simply copy and paste these if you know what you are doing:
setgs fFollowExtraCatchUpSpeedMult 0
setgs fFollowPlayerAlwaysSprintDistance 13.5
setgs fFollowPlayerformationStopNewPathPoint 5.25
setgs fAIFurnitureDestinationRadius 10
The original values are here:
setgs fFollowExtraCatchUpSpeedMult 0.4
setgs fFollowPlayerAlwaysSprintDistance 30
setgs fFollowPlayerformationStopNewPathPoint 8
setgs fAIFurnitureDestinationRadius 2.143
Enabling / Disabling in-game
I've included the vanilla values in a txt file (ResetFollowerAI.txt).
If you put it in your game directory (steamapps/common/Starfield), you can open the console and run "bat ResetFollowerAI" to revert to vanilla without relaunching the game.
You can go back to the modified values by typing "bat CloserFollowers".
I don't plan on improving this or updating it, but anyone else who has any ideas is more than welcome to take over. If anyone makes any good suggestions I'm happy to include them as well.
My Other Tweaks:
Slow Motion During Ship Power Management - https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1939
Longer Spaceship Travel - https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/1908
Thanks so much for each and every endorsement, I know how much effort that is for a little commandline tweak!