Companions are way too overpowered and kill most things before I get a chance to fire a shot off, even when I set them to passive.

I was curious how difficult it would be to make a mod that would just allow them to follow you, but not participate in combat whatsoever.

I'd like them there for company, but not to make me look bad or miss out on the combat in the game.

Cheers.

I'd like to be able to tell companions to enter a 'do not engage in combat no matter what' mode, too - would be helpful in getting Boone and ED-E to not run off and attack every last enemy they spot even though I'm trying to avoid them for one reason or another.

Well, I downloaded the GECK and changed their weapon damage value to 1. Enjoying it more now, and my companions look like they're helping at least.

I tried changing their aggression or whatever in the GECK to cowardly, but they failed to run out of the way properly, they just ran towards me and got in my line of fire.

Couldn't figure out how to make them duck and stay put whenever I entered combat since I'm completely unfamiliar with the GECK, but I guess this will do for now.

If anyone has a better idea of what I could do, please let me know.

Cheers.