Certainly everybody is aware of this extraordinarily particular frustration: a recreation expects you to accompany an NPC whereas they lead you to the following a part of the hunt, speaking the entire manner, however they journey slower than your working velocity and sooner than your strolling velocity. It’s a must to alternate awkwardly between a stroll and a jog the entire manner, as a substitute of simply with the ability to stroll alongside them like a standard particular person.
Whereas some video games allow you to match the tempo of NPCs when it’s good to, Skyrim doesn’t. Which generally is a actual trouble when Esbern or another mouthy plot-related character has to information you to the following little bit of story. This is modder wSkeever with the answer: Simplicity of Stalking—Mechanically Observe NPCs.
It is a easy mod. Merely maintain shift and mouse over an NPC to make the “observe” choice seem. Press E to activate it, and you will observe them wherever they go—even via loading screens—whether or not they’re a quest NPC or a courier you simply really feel like following to see the place they go. I examined it by doing precisely that, and it labored like a appeal. To cease following them, press any motion key or assault.
In the event you’re questioning in regards to the uncommon title, it is a part of a sequence of extraordinarily particular mods with names that abbreviate to “SOS”. It started with Schlongs of Skyrim, however going out of your strategy to title your mod so it has the identical abbreviation has been a development amongst Skyrim modders for some time now. Simply wSkeever’s work, there’s Safety Overhaul SKSE, Sidequests of Skyrim, Sweeping Organizes Stuff, and Subtypes of Snowberries, amongst many others.
To put in Simplicity of Stalking, you will first want to put in PapyrusUtil and powerofthree’s Papyrus Extender if you have not already, then obtain it from Nexus Mods.