How do I get a companion to follow into interior cells in Skyrim Creation Kit?

[Nora_M]

So I’ve been trying to get into making my own custom companion mod for Skyrim, just for fun. I followed a well-regarded tutorial series and got the basic framework and dialogue tree working, but I’m completely stuck on getting her to follow me into interior cells properly. She just stands at the door. I’ve triple-checked the packages and scripts against the guide, and everything seems identical. Has anyone else hit this specific wall with the Creation Kit? I’m starting to wonder if I’ve misunderstood something fundamental about how AI packages link between worldspaces.

[Timothy.M]

Yeah I know that feeling the AI in this game can be stubborn about door rituals and it kills the vibe when your companion just freezes at the threshold

[PaulC]

Interiors often trip the engine when it moves from a worldspace to an interior cell and the follow logic must explicitly cover that transition The usual fix is to adjust the AI package to include an interior target or to use a travel reference that loads the interior cell before the companion attempts the move It helps to confirm the transition is allowed by the companion and that the interior cell is valid for that character

[Tyler_W]

Maybe the tutorial glossed over the edge cases and you are chasing a symptom instead of a root cause It could be something as simple as a naming mismatch or a script that stops when the interior loads

[BrandonPS]

What if the real question is what counts as following inside a scene not just moving into an interior space The problem might be about the action in the game world being queued or about how the game hides the actor when you are not the lead

[KevinR]

From a writing craft angle the moment of pursuit in a dungeon can feel off if the AI never switches its mood or stance when the door opens and that subtle shift can make followers feel more alive

[RobertLL]

Try a tiny sandbox test with a simple AI package that logs a move into any interior when you cross a threshold It removes the noise from scripts and shows whether the core follow logic is working for interiors

[Ella.S]

Could you share whether the issue happens with all interiors or only a subset and whether you see anything in the log that hints at a failed transition