Looking for increase in companion limit with the fewest bugs. 2-3 with dogmeat specifically

[ShadowSonata]

I'm looking for a recommendation that increases the companion limit to around 2 to 3 and having dogmeat along, rather than a small army. Any suggestions that work with the current version would be appreciated.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Personally I use Amazing Follower Tweaks for my multi=follower mod, and I have Heather Casdin as my dedicated companion.
If you use a companion like Heather, who is outside the companion system, you can have a normal companion & Dogmeat giving you 2 humans & a dog following you. That is a good solution for you if you don't want to install a multi-companion mod like AFT.
There are a few companions that work outside the companion system, but personally I like Heather. If you use a companion like Heather and also install a multi-companion mod, never import them into the mod. it will break them.

[Death Approaches]

what do you mean the current version, this isn't skyrim it's not updated every few weeks. :-) Not yet, anyway.

The standard is still Amazing Follower Tweaks. You'll love it, but use restraint. Navigating interior doors is pretty annoying with just dogmeat much less 2 to 3 others... you should definitely consider MOVE! (GOOTW) or Get Out Of My FaceI to help you.

[ShadowSonata]

Considering Bethesda's tendency to "Fix things and make them worse", I pretty much expect them to do a random update on it. Anyway, Got the Amazing Followers Tweaks and so far it's working great. Thanks for the suggestion.

[whocares916]

there is a unlimited companion mod on nexus

[Relic62]

Having anymore than 3 companions it gets too crowded, if you fast travel, it pushes you forward as the companions come in behind you, same as with lifts, companions teleport in so it gets crowded so just be mindful of that when sightseeing :)

[craldark]

I started with Child Shaun Companion, then Everyone's Best Friend (Dogmeat & Companion at same time.) Later I was playing through that Vault 81 quest for the molerat disease cure. Now Curie is particularly intrusive about you taking her as a companion and got in my face a lot as I was trying to do other things in the vault (including another mod that makes Tina De Luca a companion with new voiced dialogue - I failed probably because of lack of Charisma.)

Anyway, while interacting with Curie I got in a tangle of dialogue I can't even recall what was happening but it ended up with a 'team' list and at first I couldn't break out of it. Eventually I did (dunno how) only to find I now had all three - Curie, Shaun, and Dogmeat - as full companions, even though I have no mod that specifically sets that! I'm guessing it's because Shaun is not a vanilla companion?

Anyway, there it is for what it's worth if you want to fool around with it. If I can get Tina to accept me then I'll either get rid of Curie (I dislike all the vanilla companions because of their spamming me with nonsense and she's one of the worst.) Or if that team thing comes up again, maybe I'll accept four companions for a while to see how that works out. (Unlikely, as I've been content with two companions (one silent, the other - Ellie Savani - speaks but doesn't spam me) for a long while on playstation, and now on pc I imagine four will be too annoying.)