Skyrim Creation Kit Tutorials - Episode 7: Creating A Follower

[@ladyrendarkstrider2398]

Great tutorial! But one thing is that so many comments here are like-"I can't talk to my Follower" "He does not show up in location I set him/her in" "How can you make your marriageable" and so fourth Here are fixes to these issues (I added other things) 1-Certain voice types are not suitable for follower dialogues. Edit it in Voice type (This does not apply to animal followers). Also Relationship tab being empty is the cause as well. 2-Have you not activated your follower's esp file in launcher? Then do so. Or if this was done, re-load your save file. 3-Add PotentialMarriageFaction to list of factions of your follower. But be warned, certain voice types don't have marriage dialogue. 4-Junk comments-They are not needed here as they have nothing to do with tutorial. I hope these helped.

[@TheAbyssalRaven]

THANK YOU

[@captainyods8823]

+Принцесса Люсина When I try to make a goat follower, He doesn't show up when I try to create a relationship. Any ideas?

[@ladyrendarkstrider2398]

Captain Yods Have you ticked Unique box?

[@nihs148]

+Принцесса Люсина I can talk to my npc but there's no menu that pops up and I did everything listed. Added fractions, relationship and loaded it. I can't make them my follower or marry them. Also the race I chose was female nord and the voice is female nord as well.

[@ladyrendarkstrider2398]

NiHs There is Relationship tab in Object window. Add relationship between your follower and Player.

[@DaWarMachine]

Hey guys, the problem of why sometimes it won't work is because not all Voice Types have follower dialogue. You will need to create your own follower dialogue in order to get unique voice followers.

[@CplCoffey125]

You're a lifesaver. Thank you!

[@j.alexander7554]

but wich do work?

[@CplCoffey125]

The only ones I've experimented with is the Nord default and even toned ones for Male and Female.

[@DaWarMachine]

J. Alexander This is a list of Voice Types which have follower dialogue. If your follower does not use any of these voice types, he/she will not have any follower dialogue options available to you. All Voice Types which have follower dialogue: - FemaleCommander - FemaleCondescending - FemaleDarkElf - FemaleEvenToned - FemaleOrc - FemaleSultry - FemaleYoungEager - MaleArgonian - MaleBrute - MaleDarkElf - MaleDrunk - MaleEvenTonedAccented - MaleEvenToned - MaleNord - MaleOrc - MaleKhajiit - MaleYoungEager You can also go under Miscellaneous --> Formlist --> VoiceFollowerAll. And it will show you all voice types that have follower dialogue. Notes: - Bosmer, Beleval, uses the FemaleSultry Voice (Dawnguard only) - Bosmer, Faendal, uses the MaleEvenToned Voice - Dunmer, Aranea Ienith, uses the FemaleDarkElf Voice - Dunmer, Athis, uses the MaleDarkElf Voice - Dunmer, Brelyna Maryon, uses the FemaleYoungEager Voice - Dunmer, Erandur, uses the MaleDarkElf Voice - Dunmer, Janessa, uses the FemaleDarkElf Voice

[@nafnaf1995]

DaWarMachine i cant get any dialogue with any -_-

[@ZuzannaFavesDie]

Something I've learned from creation kit is you have to be really, really patient

[@KB_Grimweaver]

I find it so much easier to put a 0 in front of my created stuff to find it and identify it easier. These tutorials are very helpful! :D Thank you so much!!

[@ncrangers]

When you get to the save part of creating your character, the follower's file should go in your skyrim data folder. That folder is a game folder and will be found as part of your skyrim install.

[@The_Scorpio42]

Just some additional tips (if on special edition): 1) If having trouble importing a character that you have made yourself on SSE, try making the characters face on the old version of Skyrim, then type the command: spf - the name you named them after designing their face 2) When trying to right click for a new "relationship", when nothing happens, just click "ok" on the character window (where you are customising the follower) then go back into the object window and find your follower in the list, once the character window has been reopened, you should be able to add a new relationship. 3) At the end, hit save (under 'file' and type in the file explorer whatever name your want your follower file to be called, like "MyCustomFollower", then hit save. If using a mod manager like NMM, go into the plugins tab and make sure to tick the box on the follower ESP file you just saved. 4) To make the follower an up-loadable file for mod sights, right click the esp in the skyrim directory and add it to an archive with WinRAR or 7z.

[@battlebunnylazerswag9857]

go to each of the tabs you previously edited for you character and make sure the 'unique' and any other boxes you checked, like 'essential' or 'protected' are filled for each tab. Click okay, then go back in and go back to the relationship tab to do your stuff. It should work then.

[@bandkamp123]

i know this is a decade old but thank you. You just helped me out quite a bit

[@StrayPaolo]

@@bandkamp123 @battlebunnylazerswag9857 lol same, thank you random dude who had the same problem as me 1 billion years ago.

[@FelixIakhos]

Awesome tutorial! Finally a good quality/audio commentary tutorial that doesn't take half an hour!

[@meEVIL1000]

I'm doing everything exactly like you are, and whenever I try to talk to him, no dialogue box pops up.....Help?

[@QuietRage]

Thanks! I watched a lot of other tutiorals but I could never figure out why my follower wasn't working. Then I watched this video with the relationship segments. You're the best, litterlay!

[@onepieceguy2659]

Anyone 2019 XD i guess im alone, my mind is lost in 2012...

[@xnovablud2497]

One Piece Guy nah 👋🏾

[@jasonkhoi3572]

Does anyone know how to bring mỏe follower??

[@xnovablud2497]

Jason Hoang there’s A multiple follower mod, it lets you have 5 followers.

[@onepieceguy2659]

@@jasonkhoi3572 UFO and AFT, I gathered all my 15 custom followers with it

[@gabrielgonach6330]

Nah, i'm here too haha Starting with Skyrim Modding

[@Icetemm]

Thank you so much! You're the only one so far who has said to make sure the skyrim.esm is active... I didn't even know that was a thing since I'm completely new to creating custom mods. Most people probably think it's a given but I was stumped for a while until I came across this video.

[@smartbluecat]

hey! Fantastic tutorials! I've been going through them with you and they've been really helpful. On a side note - I've been voicing my own follower and I've been trying to work out how to get them to remark on an enemy they've just killed. Any ideas? I've been messing with target conditions and functions but can't quite get there. Don't think I've ever seen it done but I have a feeling it's possible. Any ideas? :o) Keep up the great work. G

[@ysgramorssoupspoon]

AWWWWWWW I’ve been using Inigo for about 5-6 years now and seeing this old comment makes my heart burst, you’ve come so far with him!! 💕💕

[@gatau8391]

This comment aged like wine

[@wakmindo]

To anyone having their follower seemingly not appear, if you place them in your previously created dungeon: It's because they fall through the ground, as we haven't created a navmesh yet (the thing that serves as a "ground" for AIs which is built from the ground's collision boxes). So if that's what you were trying to do, place them somewhere else for testing, such as just outside your dungeon, and wait for the navmesh tutorial before placing any actor in your dungeon

[@AerisShenlin]

goshdarn it how did I overlook that. I totally haven't navmeshed my place yet! Thanks! Even five years later! :)

[@thedarkfaegaming]

I tried to make Lena Duchannes from the Beautiful Creatures book series but she won't talk. (Dammit, Lena! I get enough of that from real girls)

[@episodeemerald3500]

MAAAATE HAHAHAHA

[@Thisistimshandle]

Fantastic video, extremely more helpful than most and not as confusing as alot of other 30 minute videos hahaha

[@samuelf80]

-==TO EVERYONE WHOSE FOLLOWER DID NOT RESPOND, Do what he does, but then go and RE-EDIT the character, then click the Relationships tab - 4th one, then right click, new, and fill it in again :D

[@thedaymarezcatz4313]

Wait I cant do the child npc to player D;

[@wakmindo]

@@thedaymarezcatz4313 That's because deleting the relationship on the follower's edit menu won't delete the relationship object. You have to go and delete that if you want to recreate it that way

[@Unfiltered_Garbage]

Thanks 👍 got it fixed

[@gentlemanjester637]

I'm about to try this. I've already made my character an NPC using your first video and am currently going to follow this video to make him a follower. Thanks a bunch!

[@RyusukePrudence]

I believe the -1 means that he is not currently one of your followers

[@joeyhuard720]

In order to make your follower level along with you go to the stats Tab when your editing a follower and check the box that says PC level multi, once thats done you can set a minimum and maxmum level in the cal min and cal max sections for your follower. :)

[@TrayFTN]

The "Follow me, I need your help." option doesn't come up no matter what. I've watched and followed this video like eight times.

[@opiumultra]

TruTh same here

[@Sphoxros]

Just finished my 1st follower using this tutorial and em now working on my 2nd one, this had to be the easiest and most well put together *How To* tutorial for making new followers lol, Great Job keep em coming :D.

[@thomasrevill7723]

Oh my god thank you. Also, how would I link a custom voice for a follower to use?

[@MushiMusashi]

Hey did you ever figure that out Thomas?

[@johnsven878]

yeah, I'm intereted too

[@BlaBla-lt8id]

You have to make a voice type, then add it in followers stats... after that, You have to pretty much go to Quest, that's where you write your dialogue ( dialogue views)... Create a new branch, topic, write down lines You want, SET CONDITION '' getisid'' SELECT YOUR follower, and then You can just record it right in CK by clicking on the dialogue that a follower is going to talk about, there is a button to '' record'' and that's pretty much it.. Save it, create a lip file and you are good to go. MAKE SURE TO CREATE SEQ file in TESSEDIT or dialogue wont show up.

[@SaioTV]

Oh yeah. Figured that out yesterday too. If you play around with the voices you have to re-choose the race and do the appearance again to make it working. Thanks for your respond.

[@MsKittenLips]

Yay! I made a super, sexy hunk of a man to follow me... Now to make a tutorial to do this in RL!

[@Ilovecats1989]

lol I know your comment is old but I'm doing the same haha. I wish rl was that easy too!

[@digitalx8460]

Thanks a ton for this, just made my follower in Elven Gear in the Sleeping Giant Inn, ready for battle!

[@femthingevelyn]

OK, so ive made the NPC, and im trying to set the relationship, but it isnt in the parent search function thing

[@keatonoldham3416]

Ishidoro-0002 the parent function is the characters ID name. There is no “NewFollower” unless your characters ID name is “newfollower”

@@keatonoldham3416 under Child NPC "player" isn't showing up, only "PlayerInventory" is...

[@filledb]

Might interest you to know that 9 years after posting, folks still use your tutorials...

[@tedbundy6798]

it doesnt work,i dont have skyrim.

[@comanchekidrs]

+ted bundy funny

[@argumentativelysound2001]

That's not your only problem.

[@joeyhuard720]

Depending on the voice you chose for your follower they may or may not have the dialog, try using Male eventone or female eventone and try that out see if it resolves your issue then it will just be finding one you prefer for your character.

[@osmowen]

How do you change his stats

[@lenol0315]

In game just open console click character type “mod av____” google the stats

[@Orb_Pilot]

I spent three days figuring out how to make a follower. You make it look so easy. :

[@LoadedFPS]

Okay, somebody please help here this is driving me crazy. I'm trying to make a follower, (obviously) and when I choose the relationship, I create the ID (NewFollowerRelationship) then I go to parent NPC and it doesn't exist, none of the created relationships I have, show up. Any ideas? I have no clue what is wrong here, but I'm losing my mind.

[@mrkickthat]

I'm having same problem.

[@CharaSomtaaw]

Same

[@adventurekitty1016]

If I'm reading this correctly(I hope you have figured this out 5 years later) the parent NPC is your follower, not your relationship so that's why the NewFollowerRelationship isn't showing up. You are assigning the relationship to your follower via the Parent NPC so you need to find your follower, not the relationship.

[@DuoXCity]

FYI! To everyone having 1 of these 2 issues: Your NPC follower will not talk to you, or your NPC Follower will not appear in the parent box of the relationship tab: Check to see if you clicked UNIQUE! If you did not tick them as Unique, then these things will happen. I fixed both by checking the box, hope this helps.

[@tuxydonth1]

Follower dialogue doesn't pop up on mine

[@tuxydonth1]

Thank you

[@ConvivialGuru]

@Agamashi Ofc you can... Magic/Shout/New and you select your 3 words. It works, it just has a sound issue, there is no listening to the words "player" says but you can hear the sound of the shout. I think it might be like the whispering lady, which is actually a dresser talking...

[@jackwillerton1183]

the follower is there but i cant have a conversation with him and recruit him.

[@Tbonedoesfsx]

set disposition to 75

[@Oldviec7]

When i try use that anything was changed. Still cannot talk with him.

[@duko1154]

is near the voice type of the char

[@yoyobanana9183]

Thanks, your a lifesaver, now I need to fix his damn audio

[@jhonbollockshire8765]

You'll need to redo the navmeshing inside. Navmesh is what lets the npcs roam around in an area. Foradventure did a tutorial on it in the dungeon section.

[@Taevarth]

I have some questions: 1) What if I wanted to give my custom follower an armor from a mod that wouldn't require the mod itself? 2) If I would like my follower to be custom voice acted, how would I do that? Also, how does the whole voice acting thing work? how can I get voices from others (as in, how does someone send me their voice)? and how can I make him a follow after you o a certain quest? I recently got Skyrim for PC and I would like to make my skyrim character as an additional follower for everyone else to enjoy. (He's an Argonian, and I would like to do this since there aren't many good and non-generic argonian followers) also would anyone be interested In possibly helping make/voice act him? I have never done anything close to making my own mod for any game ever, and i'm 16.

[@TheDotdotdot0]

well i cant answer the first one, but the second i can. You need to record your own voice for your follower if you want custom dialogue. You need to record it, create a new voice, make dialogue, and link it up. I did it once by following a youtube video. I forgot it though. Also Im currently trying to figure out how to make a quest.

[@ElKemosabe]

***** To answer number 1 I'm pretty sure that's impossible

[@dom_9462]

id like to help with the making of the follower. I made about 30 different followers that I use and made

[@Taevarth]

Chase Vulcan can you show me and of these followers?

[@cosmicwagner6204]

Dylan McGlamry It's possible cause other mods have Custom Armor.

[@Germany2Australia]

yes, ingame you use the command "SPF charactername" it creaters the data charactername.npc in your data folder in the kit, when you create an actor you can import it, its under facegen, top right corner

[@MildMannerLep]

i made a sprinngan (sorry if i misspell it) but i cant talk to him any helpfull ideas

[@logansniper2164]

Hey BestIn Slot, Rusheeda 4.0 is Posted in the nexus Thank you so much for your Tutorial's on create a follower. Rusheeda is a Wolf Follower Tribute To my Real Life Wolf, I made the in game Rusheeda AI as Close to the Real Life Rusheeda as Creation kit allows, I'm very proud of the outcome of her she is my first mod to create and I did get help along the way from some other very knowledgeable modders but she is like no other animal follower that the nexus has seen, as I have spoken to so many that have her now she looks like anyother on the surface but under the hood she is a well tuned racing engine extended beyond the normal dog and Wolf and any other animal follower So for yourself and others I invite you to download her, and for those that want to see under the hood I left everything in her so you can learn as I did in the past 3 months how to put her together to the point she is now, there is a german translated version ESP as well, I'm working on try to get it to translate auto but that more learning LOL, hopefully soon though!! Thank you again for your wonderful tutorials which with out these to learn from I could never have been able to make Rusheeda what she is today.

[@Zagreus717]

Just like the others: my Follower isn't following me! There's no "Follow me, i need your Help" option when i press E, he just says "Need something?"

[@ChaseUbito]

I have the same problem.

[@Caboose40000]

ChaseUbito Mine just say "hmm?" over and over.

[@ChaseUbito]

Try using the default voice. I found out not all voices will have the right dialogue to follow

[@SunnySplosion]

TO EVERYONE WHO CANNOT FIND THEIR FOLLOWER'S DIALOGUE BOX: Your character voice selection does not have pre recorded follower sayings. Google a list of voices that support follower mode, and set it to one of these (Traits tab). You may be an female Orc with a nordic voice. But that's the only way to make it work.

[@Zagreus717]

Ok, that KIND of helped me Sunny, thx

[@UltimateDarkSim]

Oh, excuuuse me. I'm so sorry I wasn't born KNOWING how to use Creation Kit like you my good sir. I guess we can't all be that fortunate. -.-

[@samuelf80]

00:34 Describes me

[@conductorPhil]

SabreCat Race is what your looking for...

[@hentertainment233]

5:32 new follower wont appear

[@iswordlogici7760]

Because the setting you click to make him 'unique' unchecked. you have to save it or it will uncheck when you go to different tabs.

[@hentertainment233]

***** Yeah that didn't work.. I managed to work a way around somehow.. Regardless of what happen unique was checked

[@Rajnaik57449]

can you tell me how i have the same problem

[@douglasfulmer5483]

Thanks again, your tutorials help me with Fallout 4 a lot!

[@juggledlotus5431]

He is very good. Straight to the point, and much clarity. :)

[@muyhambre]

OMG! Your name is Jazz Hands??? No freakin way!

[@vTurtleShockZz]

If you have made the wolf, you need to put a new 'Ai Package' called follow, and set the player as the reference for what he is to follow.

[@RBCharger]

This looked exactly like the Godzilla video except for clicking the faction box and adding those two factions. By the way. On the short name, you don't have to shorten it down to Godz or Munch. This is just for those people with longer names like "Mjoll the Lioness" shortened to "Mjoll" or "Vivienne Onis" shortened to "Vivienne".

[@SpacialKatana]

Cheers fella...worked a treat, my first mod is a kick ass ranged girly sidekick. Subbed.

[@GasserNorm]

After a few tries, it's working! Thanks for the guide and you have a new subscriber.

[@wrpub313]

Thanks. I would not be able to mod without your vids. Keep them comming!

[@CausticRKS]

For any of you that have a follower that just attacks everything, even if you didn't set aggression to frenzied... try to get in the habit of setting the Parent/Child relationship LAST. If you didn't, and you made changes AFTER putting the NPC in a cell, they may not take effect. Delete the follower from the cell you put it in, recreate the relationship, and make sure it shows up under the "relationships" tab for your follower. Then put him back in the cell.

[@FearlessCallos]

There are certain outfits with e.g dwarvern armour no helm. This will give him the armour but no helmet! Also you could even just make your own outfit as it is very simple :P Hope this helps!

[@TheMiniGeeks]

Made him (and set the voice to MaleNord) and still no dialogue options... Any ideas?

[@slversrfr99]

This is AWESOME. Totally going to make some custom followers now!

[@TheCoffemaniac]

Ok Dudes I just find out something very cool on "creating a follower". You can see on the left bottom the "Template Data" and the actor base. That thing has almost all actors in the game and its stats,factions etc.. Now say that you want to make an actor as you want, only that he will have the spell list of a Dragon Priest. You can go select the Dragon Priest in the ActorBase and from there you can click the "Use Spell list".Now you have the exactly same spells, it can work in anything..!!

[@queenmackenzie9107]

Thanks for all the Tutorials with out them i would never learn how to use it thanks a lot!

[@LeftoverPat]

Yeah, really handy to use that SavePCFace command :) Love to use the in-game editor, so I just do "showracemenu" command, make my char, and export it with "SPF [name]". Then, just import it for your movies in creation kit.

[@HwarangXia]

@Islandgamers highlight the stat, skill etc..then hit F2. Yes u can edit anything, anyone. The mod for example would then change Lydia's in game when loaded up.

[@___bkpanther.1___699]

see the same follower problem i had which is solved by going into relationship, right click grid and select new, set child npc to player, and set relationship level to ally. and that should fix any problems making the follower dialogue pop up when you chat with them.

[@maurice7326]

Go to "File" --> "Data" and make sure both Skyrim.esm and ApachiiHair.esm are selected/marked. Also make sure Skyrim.esm is set as active file.

[@nicywicy]

I love your accent. It's so calming.

[@ThatGuysPerspective]

In the past I did this no problem. Now when I do it...when I go to my character to talk to them they just say "can I help you with something" and no dialogue box opens up.

[@ZhclTl]

You're not too bright, I never put him down, I simply just stated that it wasn't possible to change the coding unless you're experienced in it. And if you used some sort of program to do it it wasn't out when I posted that.

[@Undriel]

If follower name does not appear in relationship tab, be sure you tick the UNIQUE box and then press OK. If you switch tab, the CK will untick the UNIQUE box and the follower name will not appear.

[@ArthurKannibal]

THAT WAS INSANELY EASY! Now I can make my Dungeons & Dragons characters as followers :O

[@ZyliceLiddell]

I followed this tutorial yet whenever I go to talk to my new follower, she just acts like a 'regular' non-follower NPC with no 'Follow Me' option.

[@ryanclark6655]

Thanks for making this, just finished my first follower :D

[@Stormyse]

Please make a tutorial for adding water, like how to make a nice little pond. Would be awesome! Love your tut´s.

[@CyberQ3000]

wow, this made it way easier than i thought

[@undeadpistachi0]

So I tried to do this twice. The first time, the NPC was where I put her, but I couldn't make her a follower, and the second time she wasn't there at all. In both cases, however, I couldn't find either character file when I reopened the Creation Kit after finishing my work.

[@jamieprice2897]

I think when you set their relationship value set it to 'lover' and then go to the temple and ( i think) get an amulet which makes them want to marry you or just marry them they WILL accept because they love you!

[@zackfair_og]

you need to place the requested sound file under the skyrim sounds format. I forgot the format, sorry !!

[@billybobthornton1950]

Thanks man, the last follower I made was 2 years ago, a Super Mutant named Mr. Fluffy Pants in Fallout New Vegas. I've forgotten how.

[@curtisgraham1038]

Dude i have been watching your tutorials and i must say you can teach haha. honestly thanks for these tutorials they have helped a shit load bud :D

[@Zionikk]

@WakeUpDummies First off, if you have Steam on your PC you must have Skyrim on it. Then you want to go to your Games Library and from there click on the view tab at the top of the window and then click on tools. After that look for Creation Kit and download it.

[@anthonybozworth5280]

WORKS awesome thanks if you cant talk to your follower then put the id as newfollower

[@SaioTV]

And where can you see which voices covering the follower texts? Do you choose that in the "Traits"-tab? I couldn't find one yet that worked.

[@YouTakeIt92]

This video made me understand how to create a companion. although i think you may have forgotten to tell us to set level on them and combat stance. if they dont got the correct combat stance they wont follow you. And i know you didnt want to go in to details about level and other stuff people can do on their free time. but i followed your intrsructions and still the one i created wouldnt follow. atleast thats the problem i had. still a great video and thx.

[@randomproduction0209]

These are the best skyrim tut.s ever plz make more. Btw What kind of computer do you have :D

[@SporeandLegomaniac]

Your tutorials have been very helpful! Thank you!

[@VarietzHD]

If you cant talk to your follower, set his desposition between 70-75 (70 worked for me) and this will let him follow you.

[@GameCrit]

@xXtheRomanVv It can be done, but it makes using the Creation Kit look like a childs doodling in MS Paint, it requires another program to create the model, then you create the texture, then you add it into Skyrim (Which is the easy bit)

[@Cramblit]

I believe the current follower faction has to be -1, to tell the game, they are not yet, your follower, the 0 is telling the game, they have the potential to be your follower.

[@mahiganti]

@Mistique31 ya, All u have to do is add "potential marriagefaction" in their faction tab, and tthats it.

[@ZOIDGARTH]

For anyone having problems with not being able to get the dialog box, this is probably due to their disposition. go to traits on your created character and set it to 100. this should fix that problem.

[@TheGuyWithWifi]

i think that it has to be minus 1 on current is because the current is a variable that comes after the potetial one so it needs to be of a lower value. if this is true then you would in theory be able to value the potential at 1 instead and it would work in the same way

[@poopingdolphin]

@Kuastoyn I'm pretty sure if you want a NPC to follow you into a cell you need to Navmesh it.

[@lashghost]

Awesome tutorial, very helpful!

[@ScottPA5972]

Thanks for some good easy to understand video's. Going to give it a shot, just would like to know will creating a follower cause any problems if I'm already playing the game? I assume it won't but figure best to ask before I screw up a game.

[@TheRemainingFaithful]

I noticed you used the creation kit for the PC of the game. But I also noticed in the menu you used Xbox 360 buttons such as X and RT/LT. Were you able to transfer the mod to the 360 or did you just have a controller hooked to the computer? By the way thanks for the tutorial. It was pretty helpful. Unfortunatly I was unable to make a female khajiit follower unless I changed her voice to a dark elf voice.

[@dinnerplayte]

Good tutorial ive had the creation kit for a while but i didn't know how to

[@SentinelAntioch]

Very helpful. Thanks for the video, friend

[@slamduncan9]

By options. You mean your follower has no option to follow you? I had that probably too. If that is the case change his voice type in traits tab you can see it above weapons list at 1:10. That made it work for me. Good luck.

[@Justification75]

If nobody has answered you yet, it only seems to be NPCs without the voice acting files for answering your commands, such as "Follow me, I need your help." Just choose a different voice actor for your character.

[@dachoppagunnas]

dude best tutorials EVARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!

[@Gunganboss]

It sounds like you need to make a new relationship. It covers how to do this in the video. If you do that for your custom character, and make sure you've made that character have the correct factions(Also covered in the video), then it should work. Hope this helps. :)