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(CharacterFollowCharacter does NOT result in CharacterIsPlayer returning 1 for the follower character; there's a difference between these "regular followers" and "party followers" :|)
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===== Full Definition(s) =====
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* call  '''CharacterFollowCharacter'''(''(CHARACTERGUID)'''''_Character''', ''(CHARACTERGUID'')'''''_ToCharacter''', ''(INTEGER)'''''_Running''')
 
===== Description =====
 
Makes '''_Character''' start following '''_ToCharacter'''. '''_Running''' indicates whether '''_Character''' should walk or run.
 
===== Notes =====
 
* Preferably use [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterFollowCharacter|ProcCharacterFollowCharacter]] from the Shared mod. This will ensure that '''_Character''''s following behaviour gets suspended when it enters combat, and resumed afterwards.
 
* Use [[Osiris/API/CharacterStopFollow|CharacterStopFollow]] to stop the following behaviour (or [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterStopFollow|ProcCharacterStopFollow]] if you used [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterFollowCharacter|ProcCharacterFollowCharacter]]).
 
* Make sure to stop following a previous character before starting to follow a new one. [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterFollowCharacter|ProcCharacterFollowCharacter]] will automatically take care of this.
 
* Note that this call does ''not'' turn '''_Character''' in a so-called "party-follower" or minion, which is done via [[Osiris/API/CharacterAddToPlayerCharacter|CharacterAddToPlayerCharacter]]. The difference between "regular followers" (as created by this routine) and party followers/minions is that regular followers simply follow any other character around (you can have one NPC follow another one, if you want), while party followers/minions always follow a player-controlled character and can be partially controlled by the [[Osiris/API/CharacterGetReservedUserID|user]] that controls this player character.
 
===== See Also =====
 
* [[Osiris/API/CharacterAddToPlayerCharacter|CharacterAddToPlayerCharacter]]
 
* [[Osiris/API/CharacterStopFollow|CharacterStopFollow]]
 
* Helper [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterFollowCharacter|ProcCharacterFollowCharacter]]
 
* Helper [[Osiris/Shared/ProcCharacterStopFollow|ProcCharacterStopFollow]]
 
 
[[Category:Osiris Calls]]
 

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