Absolutely everybody is aware of this extraordinarily particular frustration: a sport expects you to accompany an NPC whereas they lead you to the subsequent a part of the search, speaking the entire means, however they journey slower than your working velocity and quicker than your strolling velocity. You must alternate awkwardly between a stroll and a jog the entire means, as an alternative of simply having the ability to stroll alongside them like a standard individual.
Whereas some video games allow you to match the tempo of NPCs when you want to, Skyrim doesn’t. Which generally is a actual problem when Esbern or another mouthy plot-related character has to information you to the subsequent little bit of story. This is modder wSkeever with the answer: Simplicity of Stalking—Routinely Comply with NPCs.
It is a easy mod. Merely maintain shift and mouse over an NPC to make the “observe” possibility seem. Press E to activate it, and you may observe them wherever they go—even by 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 collection of extraordinarily particular mods with names that abbreviate to “SOS”. It started with Schlongs of Skyrim, however going out of your approach to title your mod so it has the identical abbreviation has been a pattern amongst Skyrim modders for some time now. Simply taking a look at 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 may first want to put in PapyrusUtil and powerofthree’s Papyrus Extender if you have not already, then obtain it from Nexus Mods.