The great Novac exodus

[Fenrir]

So every NPC in Novac just got up and started walking away, sort of northwest.
This includes the companion, Willow. Calling her back with the radio or making her wait in the house doesn't change it, she still follows Boone and Manny and a whole bunch of badly dressed settlers towards god knows where.
Wouldn't be as annoying if it was just the NPCs and not my follower, but since she's joining them instead of saving my ass, it's a problem. Anyone got this one yet?

[neildarkstar]

I guess they heard that a boy named Sue was playing a Tennessee flat-top box guitar at the Tops...

Sorry, I couldn't resist, but I have no idea what would do that...

[Fenrir]

I've about given up on fixing everything wrong with this game. I'm at the point where I'll take whatever I can get.

[Jac]

Some mod you have installed has given every NPC in there an AI travel package somehow, Fenrir. I'd follow them to see where they end up to help identify the culprit.

[Fenrir]

Wonderful, happening again on a new character. At least the dog isn't affected. Road trip then!

[Fenrir]

WAIT
I think I have a clue
In the console, there's a few lines of "dance calling NPC's" followed by "-NPC name- is on there way"
So something about a dance?

EDIT - Armed with that knowledge, I found out the cause.
Animated Prostitution was bugging out.
So, if any of y'all use that mod and this happens to you, disable it.

I regret nothing

[Jac]

I figured it'd be something simple. I've never used AP, so I've never run into that problem.

[Fenrir]

Yeah. Apparently it messes with Willow's AI package specifically and then that spreads to every NPC in Novac. First time it's happened, it worked perfectly fine before I did the delete and reinstall everything bit.