So all the sequencing plays out perfectly. All three characters do their thing. Serana functions as a follower until her scripting takes over when Vyrthur blows up the roof. Then, everyone plays their part, I go talk to the guy, I get the bow, the quest is completed in the journal and a new one starts, Serana comes and chats me up about Harkon, and bam - she wants to go home as if I dismissed her. Takes a stroll straight out of the cell into Darkfall Cave. Wanders around the Fort. Does not follow me to Castle Volkihar when that quest begins. Has all her normal options available. Cannot be dismissed. Can be told to wait or follow. Even "setpqv DLC1NPCMentalModel LockedIn_var False" does absolutely nothing.
#After grabbing Auriel's Bow, Serana walks off and hangs out at Fort Dawnguard as if dismissed.
ripe jay
ripe jay
I feel like it has something to do with her scripting after the chapel fight. Am I defeating Vyrthur too fast?
I kill him in two hits.
resetai also does nothing
ripe jay
tried some other setpqv options
ripe jay
okay wtf, so:
when i tell her to follow and she responds that she'll follow me from a distance... she follows me
but when i tell her to come with me... she continues walking in that random ass direction - i don't get it
it still doesn't fix my problem
theoretically, i can complete the questline this way
but i tried running thru it before to see her behavior after
it's the exact same pretty much - walking off
difference is that when the questline is over...
waiting won't tell her to follow further behind
it'll tell her to wait
so she'd no longer follow
i also don't wanna take a broken script that far
ripe jay
HORSES FOR FUCKING FOLLOWERS WHYYYYY
lament sable
ripe jay
this can be marked as resolved