Certainly 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 hunt, speaking the entire method, however they journey slower than your operating pace and quicker than your strolling pace. You must alternate awkwardly between a stroll and a jog the entire method, as an alternative of simply having the ability to stroll alongside them like a traditional individual.
Whereas some video games allow you to match the tempo of NPCs when that you must, Skyrim doesn’t. Which is usually a actual problem when Esbern or another mouthy plot-related character has to information you to the subsequent little bit of story. Here is modder wSkeever with the answer: Simplicity of Stalking—Routinely Observe 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 will 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 allure. To cease following them, press any motion key or assault.
Should you’re questioning concerning 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 method to title your mod so it has the identical abbreviation has been a pattern 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 may first want to put in PapyrusUtil and powerofthree’s Papyrus Extender if you have not already, then obtain it from Nexus Mods.