I have an unknown companion that can't be dismissed

[Sven - I saw Dasein]

I was trying to go to Zion Valley, but they won't let me because they think I have a companion. I don't know who it could be. I have no companion bonuses/perks. I don't remember getting a companion (except for the companions at Dead Money, but I've killed and disabled them in the console, out of curiosity). So, I have no idea who it could be. I can't pick up new companions. I've tried the companion dismissal console. I've tried waiting a couple weeks. I've tried the Vault 22 elevator. I've gone to the Big Empty, hoping it would dismiss any companions.

So far, nothing. Is there some better command to get rid of companions? Or some way to force my way into Zion Valley to do the DLC? (I've tried coc to no avail, I've tried pushing the quest forward, and nothing, it won't let me in the valley without joining Zed).

[jalomas7]

go to the gun runners and use the terminal next to the kiosk, you can dismiss all companionsfrom there. other than that, try dismissing any companions via a console command.

other than that, all i can say is try to coc your way into some area of the zion map and go from there.

[JDC UK]

set "b16d0".bCritterInParty to 0
set "b16d0".bHumanoidInParty to 0
set "b16d0".nCurrentFollowers to 0
set "b16d0".bPlayerHasFollower to 0

[ElPascal]

If none of the above help, you might wanna try using this mod here: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/50017/?
It makes it possible to travel to Zion with companions by removng a part of Jed's dialogue that checks wheter you have companions with you.

[Sven - I saw Dasein]

Originally posted by JDC UK:

set "b16d0".bCritterInParty to 0
set "b16d0".nCurrentFollowers to 0
set "b16d0".bPlayerHasFollower to 0

Thank you so much, this worked. I was starting to lose it after trying the dismissal device at gun runners, waiting, basically killing/disabling every companion that I could think of.

But, I also set bhumanoidinparty to 0, not sure if it was necessary.

Thanks, this is the second time I've cried out for help from the steam forums, and I've once again been quickly helped. This is a great community, and we thank you kindly JDC UK (and the other responses as well, this one just happened to be the first method tried that worked).

[Mr Bork]

kids

[OztinCloud]

I just wanna thank you for this thread. I had Tale of Two Wastelands mod on PC and then I picked up the Steam deck and launched New Vegas and tried the TTW save for giggles and it worked. But I was stuck with an invisible companion from FO3, and couldn't recruit new companions. This fixed it.

[Mike]

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