How to make NPC protected or essential

[Youth in Asia]

So i know that there is a command to do it but im not sure how to use it. By that i mean do i have to use other commands with it for it to work? Or nah? I have a mod that transforms PA's into companions. They are usefull finally. Just the problem is they are not essential and just buying 3 new frames every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hour is just too much for meh.

[Emmote]

setessential NPC_ID 1

Just be aware the id has to the their original ID, not the one the console shows when you click on them. To find it you have to use:

help "npc_name" 4

Keep the quotes.

[Youth in Asia]

If thats different ID what console shows when you click? Isnt it ID? It wont work? Plus it might be hard to get ID because its name is literally Power Armor. :/

[Emmote]

NPC's have a base id and a reference id. The one the console shows is the reference id and setessential uses the base id. The base id of an npc can be found using the help command I gave.

[Youth in Asia]

It Works! Even kill command kant kill him! THANK YOU!

[Youth in Asia]

Originally posted by Emmote:

NPC's have a base id and a reference id. The one the console shows is the reference id and setessential uses the base id. The base id of an npc can be found using the help command I gave.

And Power Armor suits aren't NPC's, so you can't make them essential.

And basicly the mod im using is putting invisible npc inside of power armor and thanks to that the power armor can move on its own and act as a companion. And i guess the npc that the mod is putting inside is called power armor because it worked

[Emmote]

Seems odd that the mod author didn't make them naturally essential to begin with. Non-essential companions are basically useless.
Perhaps you should let them know and see if they can add it.

[Youth in Asia]

Well author decided it would be overpowered to have non dying PA. And you can have three of them and none of em count as a companion(so you can also have any other companion with you) so you could have 5 person army with you and none of them would die and that would be OP. Even on Very Hard. But i decided that if im using only one at a time i dont see the point that i should waste money constantly

[Lailani01]

Thx Emmote, this will help me with my little problem aswell. somewhere near Concord there's Little Girl and her Father, living in the open. Gonna make them essential so that random Raiders that spawn there cannot kill them :)

[Youth in Asia]

Originally posted by Lailani01:

Thx Emmote, this will help me with my little problem aswell. somewhere near Concord there's Little Girl and her Father, living in the open. Gonna make them essential so that random Raiders that spawn there cannot kill them :)

Well technically as long as you are not near them any raider wont spawn. And if you will be near you can just protect them i guess. There is no need to set them essential. But whatever floats your boat

[Dovahlord90]

Originally posted by Emmote:

setessential NPC_ID 1

Just be aware the id has to the their original ID, not the one the console shows when you click on them. To find it you have to use:

help "npc_name" 4

Keep the quotes.

what I wanted to know is say i summoned minuteman soldiers to back me up and they are random Npc and i dont want them to die. I literally had one of them ripped apart by a death claw and other one also died somewhere i cant find his body cause i gave both of them 2 powerful guns and armor and only from one person i wasnt able to retrieve and other one i never found the dead body.. So how do i find their base id? the guy who i coudnt find dint have any name but was called minuteman and so are others who came