Anyone know if theirs a mod that allows you to tell your companions to run away? It irritates the hell out of me how I can't run from any battles because my companions just sit there and fight to the death...

I was just about to post an idea similar to this, mainly since I've seen the detonators and C-finders used as laser sights for things like bombings and such.

Perhaps someone could use that idea as a general and simple companion control. The "gun" would simply force your companion to stop what they are doing and move to the location you "pointed."

I felt its something that most people could use for both tactics and easier gameplay.

• It could also be good for tactical players, such as when your sneaking you simply use the gun to keep your companions far enough away to not blow your cover but close enough to help if you get overwhelmed
  
• Perhaps you want your companions to walk in-front of you for once....perhaps to draw fire while you cover them from a corner or something. (Instead of you having to run out so they attack then trying to hide.)
  
• It could also be modifed I'm sure for uses in making screenshots or altered to somehow pose vanilla NPCs in unique ways.

Perhaps a seperate "menu item" for the gun to allow different uses like switching it's function. Other functions could be:

• Force pose, then when fired it brings up a pose list (with some idea of each pose instead "pose 1, 2, 3, etc." more like "Dual gun pose" "sixy pose #4" etc.)
  
• Companion Throw Explosive, perhaps you companion CAN throw better than you, then just point and click and they throw a grenade to that general area.
  
• Changing behavior in combat, so if you have 2 melee companions just about to run into flamethrowers you can click and make them switch to ranged weapons.
  
• etc.

I'm sure there are many other ways that it could be adapted to fit players demands.

I'm not even sure its plausible but I thought it was an idea worth mentioning, since it could be modified to fit mods like Enclave commander, as well as normal and modded companions.