Better companion formation when following player?

[ChancellorKremlin]

Does anyone know a way to make multiple companions follow you in a more organised manner, or a mod that does this?

 

I know the game engine wasn't designed to allow for more than 1 human companion at a time, and I frequently ignore this by having multiple human companions following me (around 10 or so) but its really annoying that they kind of follow a long, imaginary line behind the player, with them all spaced out like 2 meter from the next one. Is there a way to make their following more sensible? The annoying thing is that a lot of these companions interact with each other and have overlapping things to say, but many times I don't hear them because maybe the conversation takes place 50 meters behind me where the two companions are. It's also annoying when visiting locations where they say something and if it triggers I don't hear everything. I really don't want to have to trawl through the wasteland one companion at a time just to see everything they have to say.

 

And on that note, how do I stop them running away in combat to pursue enemies that may be way way far ahead? I have AWOP installed and its annoying as hell that rather than sticking with me and going in room by room they just scatter into the dungeons and all get killed piecemeal because they decided to pursue some enemy four rooms down. I have them on stay close to me and all that, but it doesn't seem to work that way in combat, unfortunately.

 

Thanks! 

[ChancellorKremlin]

Gentlemen, please, you can't Skyrim in here! This is the war Fallout room!

[Arhon]

Aye Fallout room.

[Nickolos1818]

So your looking for a tactical overlay/overhaul mod that say lets you set your followers to be at your side / front/ front right or left / and possible further ahead of you like they are scouting for you or so?

 

For now though have you tried setting your followers tactics to where they only engage with an enemy your fighting?

[ChancellorKremlin]

So your looking for a tactical overlay/overhaul mod that say lets you set your followers to be at your side / front/ front right or left / and possible further ahead of you like they are scouting for you or so?

 

For now though have you tried setting your followers tactics to where they only engage with an enemy your fighting?

 

Essentially, yes, although at this point I'd just like a mod so that they follow the player in a group or scattered around the player rather than in a beeline 2m apart from one another. 

[KainsChylde]

The creator of XRE CARS! and the Flyable Vertibird mod made a companion control mod that allowed formations, scouting, targeted attacks, and other companion control options. It's an older mod, doesn't make great use of NVSE so the menus and hotkeys are kinda clunky.

 

Edit: Link for you http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/46495/?

[Loogie]

Gentlemen, please, you can't Skyrim in here! This is the war Fallout room!

 

What are you? Some sort of deviated prevert?