following NPCs

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Evatron
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following NPCs

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Hi there

i was interested in featuring a hostage kind of NPC which would follow the player when triggered. so i did some looking around and came accross this thread from 2012 viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33896
the replies suggest it has been done before and that the code is available somewhere which would be great if i could just copy it. does anyone know about it?

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Re: following NPCs

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Blade of Agony has player follower actors... There's some mod-specific code in there, but they could be used as a base.

They have some basic weapon types, Half Life-style "use the annoying NPC to make them stay in place or follow you" handling, and a bunch of other customizable behavior.

These won't be quite plug-and-play for your mod, but would only require a few minor changes to work as-is.

EDIT:
Stripped-down variant attached. Summon 'playerfollower'.
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Re: following NPCs

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perfect! that will do nicely thanks!
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