(a resource for nwn2 builders)

In a conversation between Wayne and Lord Niah over in the FRW forums Lord Niah had some good suggestions for working with companions.

Here are some rules of thumb for dealing with companions and the roster. I don't recall some the exact names for commands and do not have acces to the toolset at the moment.

#1 You should only have one instance of a companion placed within your campaign and you should never spawn that companion using CreateObject.
#2 If you want to destroy a companion, then use the despawn command (not the DestroyObject command)
#3 If you want to spawn your companion back in, use the spawn command instead of CreateObject
#4 If you want to add your companion to the roster, but don't want players to see them in the GUI selection screen, then just mark them as Campaign NPCs. Don't waste time adding/removing the companion from the roster every time they join or leave the party. Once they are in the roster, you just have to add/remove them from the party.

Check out the forum here:
http://nwcitadel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=873