hi ther i just thought of an idea that you could implement into your new game that could always be tested out in this one if you are unsure, basically it is a squad system where you point your cursor at a friendly bot and then press a key like G or something, then once that happens the bot will follow you around but also stay at a certain distance from you to avoid them going inside you.
This takes inspiration from the current version of steelraven7's ravenfield build 22 which has a similar but slightly more advanced system.
Thanks for reading this!