In Skyrim, the console command to set a follower as essential is not working. What am I doing wrong?

Question

I am trying to change my companion to essential so they don't keep dying on me. However, the console command is not working for some reason.

The code:

setessential <baseID> 1

should work (it has worked before with others), but when I type

isessential <baseID>

it comes back to 0. I can confirm it's not working, because my follower is still dying, which would not happen if they were essential.

Why is it not working? What am I doing wrong?

Asked by gameaddict

Answer

I discovered that if I have them selected, and do this, then it doesn't work. However, if I make sure that nothing is selected, then if works. What I mean, is, in the console, when you have something selected, you can see the refID. If you can see any refID, then setessential will not work. It works if you have nothing selected.

Answered by gameaddict

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