hi,

I recently noticed that my companion seeemed to have disappeared. I think it happened after I became fed up with the grind and used console commands to spawn crafting materials needed to complete the "Choose Life" quest. I tried to use console commands again to spawn the companionat my location, but he just spawned , but that just spawned a version of him that seems to be identified as a random NPC. He won't follow me, and I can't talk to him like a companion. He just gives me noncommittal responses like "Hmm" or ignores me. I went to Prilladog and picked up Churchill, who still works normally, at which point the game told me that Mountbatten was going back to Hackney, so, apparently the game still considered him an active companion at that point. Upon fast traveling there, I found him on his bench as usual, but still couldn't get a dialogue menu. He persists in responding like any other "flavor" NPC (i.e. the ones who have no specific dialogue). I tried spawning Kiera the same way, and got the same result. She appeared but refuses to interact with me. Could someone please explain how to fix this? I've gone a full 2 days back in my saves, and can't find one with a functional companion. All I have lft is Churchill and Archie, and neither of them are very useful for my close range sharpshooter build. I've gotten used to relying on one of the 2 ranged DPS companions to distract and wear menemies while I pop in the head with my Rapid Covert Pistol. Furthermore, I still have Mountbatten's quest in my log and would like to complete it, but I doubt that'll work without him in my party.


Any help you can offer is appreciated.

Thanks,
Alice