I'm currently creating a custom follower in Skyrim; he's pretty damn cool.
I've hit a dead-end though: When he rejects you (if you already have a follower) or if you dismiss him, talking to him doesn't open up the recruit option at all, he just says hello. What I've done is have the player ask him a question and then he replies, which then branch links to the recruitment branch. It works fine, it's only a problem when he needs to be recruited again. For clarification: the opening dialogue is marked as top-level and the topics are only said once, then they branch off to the hire option that is marked as normal. I don't want to have the opening dialogue to be repeated once it has been said, I just want the hire option to be opened up straight away as a topic after you dismiss him or he refuses to follow you.
Is there perhaps a way to change the recruitment branch data to top-level after he responds to the player beforehand? That way it'll open up instead of relying on something that can't be said again.
Help?
-Jettblack