Numen - AI NPCs for FNV

i get a message when i try to recruit companions through numen saying i use the vanilla follower system and numen cant recruit the follower. i use jip CCC with unlimited companions turned on is this why? is there a way to patch this at all?

new update is pretty good with the voice cloning

they still cant pronounce lead right however (as in what bullets are made from) and think its lead as in to lead someone somewhere despite context. only thing that really gives them away as being AI.

also voice to text seems to not like using plural words for cancel. Will interchange use of a ' depending on the sentence making them unreliable as it will have a 50/50 chance of using a ' cancelling out your cancel regardless if you have one in it or not. I made the cancel word "lemons" and it turned into me screaming into my mic "lemons" for like 15 min before i noticed the problem. (i would say it and it would print "lemon's" instead of "lemons")

whole neighborhood probably thinks i have some weird obsession with lemons right now.

also unrelated but it would be cool if there a way we can re-define the PC somehow, like a backstory for your player character that can override everybody's opinion of you to a degree. Like for example put in there "i am god of the wasteland and everyone praises me as lord" and it adds to the conditions everyone you talk to has to obey.

can i add subtitles for the ai somehow?

I keep getting crashes when exiting a conversation, but have no issues when chatting to the NPC. The llama server stays running after the game crash.

Is there anything that could be causing this? I'm using a local model and seem to have decent headroom when it keeps to vram and ram consumption. If I can provide any info over to help figure this out let me know. Thanks

Got another question.

If I've got a NPC who I end up having a lot of conversations/history with. Would you recommend moving some of the history into the backstories file? Or just use the memory files and leave the compression system to do it's thing?

Looks like you've been busy! 😄 I took a quick look at the changelog and noticed the "Improved NPC instructions" entry. That immediately caught my attention because it's very close to the reinforcement-loop discussion we had before. I'm downloading the new version right now to run the same stress tests again and see how the behavior has changed.
Also... my goodness, I look away for a moment and you've already updated the mod three more times! 😅 Keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new NPC instructions affect conversations and personality consistency.

Thanks again for the great mod, been having a great time playing around with this.

I've got a feature request if you are taking them. I was thinking sometimes when something happens in the environment you want a comment from a companion you are travelling with. Instead of having to ask them you could press another keyboard shortcut when hovering over them and it would prompt the NPC to ask for a reaction to the current situation. This can help conversation flow better as you are not having to ask them for their thoughts all the time.

I guess this feature has quite a lot of overlap with the locational comments functionality, but it would be a way of the player being able to control the situation.

Just an idea I had, let me know if you have any thoughts. Thanks.

Hi! First of all, I'd like to say that I'm really impressed with what you've built. Numen is one of the most ambitious AI companion mods I've seen, and after spending quite a few hours testing it, I wanted to share an observation that might be useful.
I think the memory and social evaluation system may currently be a little too sensitive when interpreting player intent.
During my tests with a custom companion (Ada Wong), I noticed that even with a detailed authored backstory and an established shared history, the AI frequently interpreted ordinary concern or affection as a violation of autonomy.
For example, if the player says something like:

"If you're tired, let me know and I'll take you back to the room."

the companion often interprets it as:

• treating her as fragile,
• being patronizing,
• not respecting her independence,

which then produces trust penalties such as:

• "Treating her as fragile"
• "Insisting on taking care of her"

instead of simply recognizing it as genuine concern.
This creates a feedback loop:

• Companion reacts defensively.
• MemoryAgent records a conflict.
• Trust decreases.
• Future conversations become colder.
• Even neutral interactions are increasingly interpreted negatively.

After inspecting the plugin (including the DLL symbols and prompts), I noticed that the MemoryAgent contains detailed instructions for detecting conflict, trust violations, disagreements, romance, goals, journal updates, etc.
However, I could not find equivalent guidance encouraging conservative interpretation of ambiguous social interactions, such as:

• assuming good faith,
• distinguishing sincere concern from condescension,
• using mood for temporary irritation instead of reducing trust,
• requiring repeated or meaningful boundary violations before decreasing trust.

Similarly, the BarkAgent appears to encourage spontaneous complaints with prompts such as:

"tease the player or air a gripe that's been nagging you"

combined with

"Stay quiet only if nothing genuinely fits."

This sometimes produces unsolicited hostile remarks during otherwise calm moments.
My impression is that the AI is excellent at remembering conflict, but a little too eager to infer it.
I think the companions would feel even more believable if ambiguous interactions defaulted to a neutral interpretation unless there is clear evidence of manipulation, disrespect, coercion, or repeated boundary violations.
This wouldn't make NPCs "nicer" or "yes-men"—it would simply make trust feel more proportional and allow relationships to develop more naturally.
Overall, I think Numen is doing something genuinely innovative, and I hope this feedback is useful. Thanks again for all the work you've put into the project.

will this work with player2?

Hey Eddoursul, This is really impressive and Its something I dont think I'll be able to play FNV without now! I had one request/question, is there any update in the pipelie to do with the voices? I saw Chasm for FNV was able to replicate the default fallout voices, so I was wondering if this is something that could be done for Numen... Literally the only crticism i have, Great Mod!