How do I enable the follower faction on an NPC once the quest has began, so the follower line (''Follow me, I need your help'') show up after, and not before I start the quest?

Thanks.

Don't enable the follower faction and then Start your quest. Start your quest and have that quest enable the follower faction.

[CODE](pDialogueFollower as DialogueFollowerScript).SetFollower(Alias_Follower)

Thanks for the reply, but where to put the script? ie, in the quest stage, in a quest script or as a fragment script of a dialogue?

edit: I managed it by putting the code in the dialogue fragment script, and it all works out.

;BEGIN CODEGetOwningQuest().SetStage(10)(pDialogueFollower as DialogueFollowerScript).SetFollower(akspeaker);END CODE

I substituted the Alias_Follower to akspeaker since for some reason the CK doesn't recognise my Alias even though I set it as a property.

But when I dismiss the NPC and again want her to join me, the follower dialogue doesn't show up. The quest is still not completed though. Help?

Also is there a way to make a follower permanent ?

it seems that the above code doesn't work with a RefAlias because it's incomplete.

(pDialogueFollower as DialogueFollowerScript).SetFollower(Alias_Follower.GetRef()) 

works.

But thanks anyway, jediborg, for setting me on the right track!