Change companions' location in an existing game?

[MacroTofu]

I want to move Tiax out of Baldur's Gate, but I don't want to start a new game, is there anyway to make it happen?

[jastey]

If you didn't visit either of the areas (where he would be usually, where a mod would move him to) then it should be possible to install such a mod and use your savegame.

The problem here is that usually, rearranging the mods' install and continuing with a savegame is often not possible without experiencing funkiness afterwards.

[MacroTofu]

I'll take the risk, I'm still in chapter 1, so it wouldn't be that funky.

 

I want to move him to the zombie village, thing is, I can't find his reference in his original area(AR1100), now I'm stuck. 

[jastey]

You find joinable NPCs in the GAM file.

[MacroTofu]

I set him at the entrance of zombie village, but failed to make him appear, should I also directly place him on that map?

 

Edit: Tiax appeared in his new location in a new game, I guess you just have to do that to make things work

Edited December 4, 2019 by MacroTofu

[jastey]

If you spawn him via script it would work on a running game as well. That of course means you'd need to write your own mod. ..

But did you have a look at Tweaks Anthology and SCS for their possibilities to move Tiax elsewhere (not sure SCS still offers this tweak)?

[MacroTofu]

SCS doesn't offer this tweak anymore, and Anthology also requires a new game.

I think I could write a simple script to spawn Tiax next to my character, but the original Tiax would still be inside Baldur's Gate.  I guess it is a dead end. Thanks for your patient helps

[jastey]

You could just pretend you found Elminster's Great Scroll of Teleportation: cheat into Tiax' area, let him join, cheat back again... Unless, of course, visiting that area was one of the chapter increase triggers.

[MacroTofu]

Well guess what, turns out you can use NearInfinity to edit your save file, and GAM is saved in save file! I found Tiax(showing as *iax), changed his location, and there he is in the zombie village!

Edited December 5, 2019 by MacroTofu