Hm, done a fair bit of research and not found the solution. I think I've found the thread you mean, which says that you need to type the NPC name as well as the location ID, otherwise they walk around like any other NPC.
However,this is exactly what I've been doing. I'll try and do a bit more experimenting when I've got more time.
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