What could cause a follower mod to do nothing with other mods?

[Charles57]

I’ve been trying to get a custom follower mod to work alongside my other gameplay overhauls, but the follower just stands there and won’t interact with anything. I’m not sure if it’s a load order issue or a script conflict, and I can’t tell which of my other mods might be breaking its behavior.

[Steven91]

That sounds familiar. I had a follower mod that just stood there until I moved the AI overhaul lower in the load order and tested again.

[VioletZP]

I spent hours chasing a script conflict only to realize another mod was changing enemy patrol routes and the follower never engaged anything.

[DennisLT]

My tactic was simple then brutal start with a minimal setup. I disabled almost everything except the follower and a couple of essential patches and watched what happened.

[Brian43]

Could it be that the follower is waiting for a quest or a script to start before it acts?

[JoshuaD]

I did a quick test by loading the game fresh with just two mods and a clean save and the follower still did nothing until I touched the mod order again.

[Brian81]

If you have a crash log or runtime warnings try sharing a snippet so someone can spot a conflicting keyword or script call even if it seems harmless