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Why is Aiden following me?

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I'm currently on the quest to recruit a nightengale for HQ. Aiden, for some reason, is following me like a companion, but I can't dismiss him, or really do anything.

Beginning to get annoyed... I also can't reassign him to security @ hq.

Is this expected?
 
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BUUUMMMP!

I am loving SS2 Chapter 2 but this is starting to annoy me, I rarely use companions unless I am unlocking their buffs. After doing some of the HQ quests and assigning Aiden to Security, he has started following me every where. Which is annoying as it's always hard to steath or feel like you are playing fair when you have a tank that rushes in and soaks all the damage and flushes all the enemies from hiding.

Is there any way to dismiss him, or any console command to reset him.

Thanks.
 
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Argh my brain! If I hear "A storm is coming" one more time!

I have tried console commands tried killing him, nothing works. I am loving the SS2 quests, but its being hampered by Aiden as I normally do everything solo.

Please tell me someone is at least aware of this.

My sanity is depending on it.

Thanks
 
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Aiden's last quest where he may be "following you" is End of the Beginning, and that should only happen if you picked Aiden's plan.
Nothing sets him as a follower after that, so I can't explain why this is happening.
Also, I doubt that I'd be able to replicate this in a test game.

I can understand when players report that an NPC is still following them after a quest that involves the NPC ends. That usually means that things didn't get set as done in the quest stages, but this one..... I'll ask and see if I can get a proper console command so that he isn't broken afterwards.

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@Behemothrex, I'm told that the only way to figure out what's going on with Aiden is to investigate a save file, so If you can share a save file on google drive with this issue, and make it available to people with the link, provide a link to it here in this thread.
No console command was provided in answer to my question.
 
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I remember having issues with that exact quest I believe. I listened to Jakes plan, then I wanted to listen to Aiden plan so I selected that option, but instead of Aiden telling me his plan Jake just said he was happy I picked his plan and off we went. So maybe the quest bugged out thinking that I had selected Aidens plan since I clicked on it.

But as they say, I've gone too far to turn back now!

I will try to upload a copy of my save file tomorrow. I am not sure if using a console command to complete Aidens plan part of the quest would work or not, or how I would even find that. But at least it looks like we may have pinned down what triggered it.

Thanks!

Okay this should do it for google drive links I think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Dd55xUGbDBO3zH6Pla5eVFjD__BFZYu/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mlPl20P7Dm_yA9AFwLFs4fsexVgSY3G/view?usp=sharing
 
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Hi . I had this, I just continued with the main quest upto gunner plaza, and he just vanished to where he should be for the next quest.
 
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Behemothrex said:
I remember having issues with that exact quest I believe. I listened to Jakes plan, then I wanted to listen to Aiden plan so I selected that option, but instead of Aiden telling me his plan Jake just said he was happy I picked his plan and off we went. So maybe the quest bugged out thinking that I had selected Aidens plan since I clicked on it.

But as they say, I've gone too far to turn back now!

I will try to upload a copy of my save file tomorrow. I am not sure if using a console command to complete Aidens plan part of the quest would work or not, or how I would even find that. But at least it looks like we may have pinned down what triggered it.

Thanks!

Okay this should do it for google drive links I think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Dd55xUGbDBO3zH6Pla5eVFjD__BFZYu/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mlPl20P7Dm_yA9AFwLFs4fsexVgSY3G/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks @Behemothrex. I've reported this issue, but have to say that I can't guarantee or estimate when it will be investigated.
 
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Cessori said:
Thanks @Behemothrex. I've reported this issue, but have to say that I can't guarantee or estimate when it will be investigated.
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Kinggath picked this up on another post in jan ,for which I replied too. He asked for my save but unfortunately my save was to heavily modded. Aiden does move correctly once the next quest starts , Twice Auden was stuck with me as a follower when I reverted too a an earlier save .
This was kinggaths reply

Sounds like maybe the scripts didn't fire correctly. Do you have a save from close to after you finished the conversation in Vault 81 so I can check and make sure this was a fluke and not a bug in the quest setup?
 
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I think I do have a save before, I usually don't overwrite saves unless I have been doing things for a while and I am afraid of loosing all my progress.

I will go back an check it out and see when Aiden starts following me.

NOW......as far as moding goes, pushing it to the edge for me on the modding front was about 2 miles back that way. I am rocking 364 active mods! :cool:

I don't really run into any problems besides the random graphical glitch, but I can imagine that scripts could be messed up rather easily.

I will see if I can find a save.

Thanks!

EDIT3: Deleting previous, I found my save right at the beginning of the meet Jake to plan the assualt quest, playing through it now after only selecting the do Jakes plan option, will let you know if the bug is gone when done.

EDIT4: Okay I went to recruit Mansfield, Aiden was not with me. After leaving vault 81 and taking the message from Jake over the Pip Boy I was still alone. I fast traveled and Aiden showed up, so I reloaded my save and just started running away from vault 81, and Aiden just appeared. Is he supposed to be with you at this point?
 
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Well I think I am stuck with Aiden. I reloaded my save before selecting Jake or Aiden's plan, selected Jakes plan, played all the way through the quest, Aiden started following me as soon as I left Vault 81 and I just completed the HQ tutorial and I am now on the recruit 15 settlers quest. And Aiden is still with me.

Not that I think it will help here are the save files from right before I talk to Jake about the plan to assult GNN.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mlPl20P7Dm_yA9AFwLFs4fsexVgSY3G/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Dd55xUGbDBO3zH6Pla5eVFjD__BFZYu/view?usp=sharing

But please don't waste too much, if any time trying to figure this out, I will just live with Aiden or start a new playthrough.

Thanks!
 
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Well I think I am stuck with Aiden. I reloaded my save before selecting Jake or Aiden's plan, selected Jakes plan, played all the way through the quest, Aiden started following me as soon as I left Vault 81 and I just completed the HQ tutorial and I am now on the recruit 15 settlers quest. And Aiden is still with me.

Not that I think it will help here are the save files from right before I talk to Jake about the plan to assult GNN.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mlPl20P7Dm_yA9AFwLFs4fsexVgSY3G/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Dd55xUGbDBO3zH6Pla5eVFjD__BFZYu/view?usp=sharing

But please don't waste too much, if any time trying to figure this out, I will just live with Aiden or start a new playthrough.

Thanks!
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So have you confirmed when Aiden starts following you now? Before you said he started following you after assigning him to Security.
 
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I can see this being related to some quest where he had to follow you - like Runners and Gunners. Did you go through all of his talk? Like when after the first keycard, he gives an "affinity chat". Or some later quest - Martial Law maybe? Maybe he's going overly obsessive girlfriend mode after you flirt with Jake, idk.
 
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Aiden begins to follow me as soon as I leave vault 81 after recruiting Mansfield. He is not there initially, but if I walk away from the vault or fast travel he shows up.

I thought the glitch started when I selected which plan to use before assulting GNN, because my first play through the dialogue glitched out. But I found my save right before you choose a plan and I selected Jakes plan and did not even click on Aiden's dialogue option.

The assault goes fine and I talk to Jake and Aiden on the roof, then everything proceeds normally, he is not following me I go through all the dialogue and quests with Jake and Aiden fighting etc. Do all the HQ starter quests, up to recruiting Mansfield.

When I exit vault 81 boom Aiden is there, now I don't know if he is suppsed to be there, because you still need to go back to the HQ and assign him and Jake, but once I do that he continues to follow me.

I did find out that if I used the console command disable, I can make him disappear, but I am sure he has more quests later, and I am not sure if he will come back, LOL.

I decided to ignore this and keep playing and when I get to the point of recruiting the Nightengale Doctor, she will not path to Mansfield inside the HQ. Mansfield is in the back by the comm hub, she is in the front lobby, eventually they both start pathing around, but after 2 plus hours of waiting they rarely path to where I think they need to be. I think Mansfield is suppsoed to be standing out by the big GNN globe as he does path out there and stand. But the Doc rarely is there at the globe when Mansfield is. If the Doc does walk close to Mansfield when he is by the comm hub and I initiat the dialouge, both her and Mansfield start to walk to the lobby, and as soon as they are out of range of you the dialouge stops and the quest is broken and I have to start the save over again and hope they path to their proper areas. LOL

I have run into this pathing issue before when you initiate a quest and the quest giver starts to walk away but you are rooted. Normally you can just overcome it by letting the NPC path before doing the quest but this time with two NPC's interacting it has more moving parts.

But seriously it is most likely mods on my end, so don't bang your head against the wall too hard.

Thanks!
 
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Do you have any mods that would change companions behaviour? And I guess it could possibly happen if you never had a companion the entire game (which I assume you would). But that's me grasping at straws, really. Could be anything.
I personally always go with Jake's plan and don't even listen to Aiden's anymore (sorry Aiden, as much as I love killing gunners, story wise I'd probably let them escape. Also Wise is best boy and Algernon is the man. And whoever Victoria Lamont is, from that name alone I wanna meet her)
 
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No companion mods, and I usually do run with companions until I get their perk, then I am solo. I started a new playthrough. I am going to keep things small this time. Normally I stretch the limit and grab as many settlements as I can as fast as I can. This time I think I am going to only get Sanctuary, RR, and Abernathy, and I am going to personally build those so I can get building materials for the HQ fast.

Not sure if my past empire building caused so many scripts to run that things just couldn't handle it.

I will keep my current save with the Aiden problem just in case we can figure something out.

Thanks!
 
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I'd advise to not build a lot of SS2 stuff in all 3 of them. Since they're in close proximity to each other and Concord as well. Though if you already did that before and it was fine, I guess it's fine. Personally I always use Starlight as my "family friendly" settlement, Sunshine Tidings for Stodge and the gang, Vault 88 as a center for everything, County Crossing or Warwick as another big one, Castle for minutemen etc and whatever else for main quest.
 
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