Everyone's Best Friend (Dogmeat and Companion At Same Time - No Console - No Hack)
⚪ Last updated 2017⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 77 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Everyone's Best Friend
(Dogmeat + Companion; no console)
Description
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Premise
- Live and Love doesn't apply to Dogmeat.
- - Dogmeat doesn't disable Lone Wanderer perk benefits.
- - Dogmeat has reduced carry capacity and DPS compared to other companions.
- - There are Companion affinity interactions for healing Dogmeat, which would require you to have him present with another companion.
- - On the technical end, the FollowerScript script uses 2 different variables for PlayerHasCompanionActive and PlayerHasDogmeatCompanionActive to store whether you have a companion and/or Dogmeat.
- - Then there is this comment in the script directly from a Bethesda developer regarding Dogmeat and companions:
- ;Originally there were two slots for companion types, you could have both Dogmeat and a single human companion.
- ;That is why there are two aliases and two seperate functions.
- ;Now we are only letting you have either dogmeat or a single human companions.
- ;Rather than risk breaking everything by trying to unifying everything into a single alias/function call
- ;I am going to just put hooks in SetCompanion and SetDogmeatCompanion to auto dismiss the otherHowever, after making the decision to only allow either dogmeat or companion, Bethesda didn't go the rest of the way and make Dogmeat a true companion by affecting Live & Love, affecting Lone Wander, etc. There have been quite a few 'bug fixes' that have come out to try to turn Dogmeat into a true companion. Instead, I say that the 'fix' is to let you have Dogmeat and a standard companion at the same time as originally intended by Bethesda (before they changed their mind).
Installation
This Fallout 4 mod lets you travel with Dogmeat alongside a standard companion without console commands or hacks, using in-game functionality. It's a highly popular quality-of-life mod with over 81,000 endorsements and 3.3 million downloads, last updated in 2017.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 81k endorsements and 3.3M downloads—this is a must-have for many.
- No console commands or hacks, so it feels like a natural game feature.
- Simple concept that solves a common annoyance for players who want Dogmeat plus another companion.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2017—may have compatibility issues with newer game patches or DLC.
- Only works for the base game companions; may not support mod-added companions.
For Fallout 4 players who want to bring Dogmeat along with another companion without breaking immersion. If you're tired of choosing between Dogmeat and a human companion, this mod is for you. Skip if you're fine with the vanilla limitation or use mods that already do this.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Install via your mod manager (like Nexus Mod Manager or Vortex) to keep load order clean.
- Make sure to load this mod after any companion overhaul mods to avoid conflicts.
- If you're on PC, you can still use console commands for other things, but this mod removes the need for them for this feature.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- Valdacil
- Version
- 3.0.0
- Downloads
- 3,283,665
- Endorsements
- 81,415
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 5/13/2016
- Updated
- 1/27/2017
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