Yep.

At any rate, I think I've made my case for UFF as best as I can, and explained what the purpose of it is as fully as I can.

Current planned functions:

IsFollower()					   ;True if this actor is a follower; false otherwise.GetFollowerAtIndex()				 ;Returns the follower in the UFF's internal master follower array at the specified index..GetFollowerCount()					  ;Returns the number of followers currently in service.GetClosestFollower()					 ;Returns the closest follower from the given x, y, z position.GetClosestFollowerFromRef()		;Returns the closest follower from the given reference, optionally supplying a radius to search in.FollowerAction()			   ;Send the follower a command like "Wait here", "Follow me", "Trade", "Attack", using that follower's specific implementationFollowerSupports()			   ;Returns true or false, whether or not this follower supports this particular action. This one might be reaching a bit, but hey, I can dream.SummonAllFollowers(bInstant = false)		;Sends a command to all followers registered by the UFF to "Follow Me" and walk / run to the player. Setting bInstant will make them teleport to the player immediately.

Help me expand this library! I'd like further discussion to be towards what sorts of functions you'd like to have available in this API, as that was the primary reason I made this thread. Hint: If your comment doesn't contain a function suggestion, or a question about a function, you're probably not on-topic.

Lol, I had to look up what "succinctly" meant. Glad I could help, only wish I could help more with this endeavor but you guys speak in a foreign language to me. While I understand bits and peaces of the code I have no solid foundation of knowledge with its functionality.

Here are some functions that could be useful:

isRomanceable()		   ; Follower can be romanced/marriedisRomanced()							  ; Follower is in a relationship with the playerisHireling()							  ; Follower must be paid for their servicesgetHome()							  ; Returns the follower's current home base

I don't know if you want to make this with SKSE but I asked in that thread if they can add an event OnFactionJoined/Leaved but got no answer. Such an event may prove useful to this kind of mod (in my case I wanted to find out if a housecarl is made blade/spouse/etc without touching the quests for that). I coudn't make it work with the method described on ck wiki on how to get condition function to papyrus but is posible I abandoned it too early.

I dig it, especially the IsHireling. GetHome, IsRomanced, and IsRomanceable would be suitable for general-purpose NPCs, not specific to followers. But on the whole I'd say that all of those would be really useful.


That would be pretty handy, yes. I can still just get the faction information myself, but it would lend to more of an event-based system, which I'm a fan of.

I have changed the name of this project to the Universal Follower Function Library, as the word "Framework" seems to have sent the wrong message. I have petitioned for the thread title to change, hopefully it will happen shortly.

Edit: And there it goes. Thanks mods!