Followers bugged

[Derpidyderpderp]

Is there a common fix for unbug followers. I dont even know exact trigger but i was completing dawnguard side quests until the last one repeated itself, already had ring and quest was to get ring. After this i noticed my wife was bugged stuck in place sometimes slightly moving, and serana is just gone, i told her to wait in my house and gone. So im thinking saves broken :( i went and hired my fav follower marcurio and hes fine. This bug is either vampirism i put on wife causing bug, or telling serana to wait and using another follower.

[vee-kay]

Vanilla follower behavior in Skyrim is that they won't wait forever. They'll leave after waiting for some days (I think it's 30 in-game days). But if your follower is missing and not at home after you had told her to wait there, then you can most likely find her again in the location you found her originally because the followers tend to return to default location.

If follower is stuck, it means either their AI is glitched or they are stuck unable to return back on the path (navmesh). If you move away further or do a fast travel out of that cell, they'll typically teleport behind you.

Please use follower framework mods (I recommend NFF or EFF mods) to manage followers. Such mods have functions to track and summon followers, but you can also use dedicated mods to track named NPCs/followers/creatures using mods like 'CS Tag N Track' or 'Where Are You'. Some utility mods like Skyrim Cheat Engine also have option to summon NPCs/followers.

Alternatively, you can use the console command MOVETO to summon your wife or follower or to teleport to them. Console window can be opened in-game using the Tilde (~) hotkey. Make sure you don't use PLACEATME command for such purposes, because it creates a copy of the NPC/follower/object instead.

To summon Serana, use these console commands:

type: prid 04002b74
type: moveto player

Assuming your wife is Lydia...

To go to Lydia, use this console command:

player.moveto a2c94

If your wife is another named NPC, then find her RefID and use it instead in the commands above.
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Marriage

[Derpidyderpderp]

Thank you for commands, It is legit bug, i have over a thousand hours on original skyrim, se is only one thats ever bugged for me. Original maybe bugged once at end of stormcloak questline. But se seems very buggy looking at other comments.

[Hiochi]

this game only bugged to me in like xbox 360

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by Derpidyderpderp:

Thank you for commands, It is legit bug, i have over a thousand hours on original skyrim, se is only one thats ever bugged for me. Original maybe bugged once at end of stormcloak questline. But se seems very buggy looking at other comments.

To fix the bugs on SE/AE, install the mods:
USSEP, SKSE64, SSE Engine Fixes, SSE Engine Fixes - Save Corrupt Fix, Bug Fixes SSE, powerofthree's Tweaks, SSE Display Tweak, Scrambled Bugs, Vanilla Scripting Enhancements, Actor Limits Fix, Recursion Fix, Papyrus Tweaks, Private Profile Redirector, Vanilla Script Microoptimizations, eFPS Exterior FPS boost, SCROTE, Mannequins Behave, Equip Enchant Fix, OnMagicEffectApply Replacer Effective, NPC Infinite Block Fix, Skyrim Landscape and Water Fixes, FISSES, Floating Ash Pile Fix, FixNotesForSkyUI, MfgFix, MfgFixNG, Animation Queue Fix, XPMSSE - Nemesis - Script Fix, Animation Limit Crash Fix, SMP-NPC Crash fix, Dual Casting Fix, Misc. SMIM fixes, Comprehensive Attack Rate patch - SKSE, Sprint Sneak Movement Speed fix, Hearthfire Houses Building fix, SSE FPS Stabilizer, Shadow Boost, No Silly Physics Damage, First Person Sneak-Strafe Stutter fix, Lightened Skyrim, Media Keys Fix, Auto Input Switch, Achievements Mods Enabler, Base Object Swapper, Shadow Boost, Skypatch, Skyrim Priority, Skyrim SE - Project Optimization.

As you can see, there are lot of bugs and lot of fixes needed to make the game run better. But there can still be bugs encountered that may or may not have any fixes or solutions, so you can reach out to this forum for help.

[Derpidyderpderp]

helllllllll no. But thanks for taking time to list mods. I dont play "some assembly required" games. GG skyrim

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by Derpidyderpderp:

helllllllll no. But thanks for taking time to list mods. I dont play "some assembly required" games. GG skyrim

News flash, my dear...

Skyrim IS a game with LOTS of assembly required.
Starting with its UI itself.

[Derpidyderpderp]

Your condescending comment helps alot, thank you :)

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Derpidyderpderp:

Is there a common fix for unbug followers.

Short answer: No!.
There are Dozens (if not Hundreds) of ways for a follower to be bugged, and while the fixes fall into a few dozen methods, they vary a huge amount.

What's needed is knowledge of how they are bugged, what triggers or locations it happens with, and what mods (if any) you have..... From there you can research how to fix the follower, although there is a lot of incorrect information out there.

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by Derpidyderpderp:

Your condescending comment helps alot, thank you :)

Then stop whining and start doing some useful steps to tackle the problems you're facing with the game.

Or stop creating bait posts like a bored troll if you ask for help about Skyrim (a game infamous for being buggy and unwieldy out of the box, especially on PC) and then proclaim "I dont play "some assembly required" games",

All I've done is to help you here.
Start by reading my comments from the top of this thread.