Sort of Bizarre thing happened on my way to Kynesgrove

[accidmav]

So this is at the same time comical as it is frustrating. So I was following Delphine to Kynesgrove to check out some dragon burial site nonsense with her, when suddenly I hear an explosion in the distance and a Stormcloak's health bar pops up randomly.

 

Delphine turns around, says "I could use the practice," and the straight up just whoops my ass to the ground.

 

That was weird, I think to myself.

Reload last save.

 

Walking around again, I let Delphine take off, I'll just meet her there later. Pitch a tent, take a little nap, eat some sweet taffy treats (they're delicious), pack up my tent, and I'm on my way again. Suddenly, another small explosion sound AND MY DESTRUCTION SKILL GOES UP. I hadn't casted any spells in quite a while, and hadn't left any runes lying around so I found this pretty weird. Once again, a Stormcloak health bar pops up and this time there are several of them shooting me with bows for no good reason.

 

I say to them "Hey dudes, relax. Let's be friends. Here, have some sweet taffy treats," and then I draw my weapon and resheathe it, in an attempt to yield, but my efforts of friendship go unnoticed and they once again, lay a beating on me.

 

This happened a few more times in a few more places, en route to kynesgrove, but I don't know whats causing it. My suspicions are that either Immersive patrols is malfunctioning or perhaps that Skyrim's AI has become self aware and is trying to kill me for my sweet taffy treats, I don't know. Either way, it is a bit of a bummer. Here is my load order, etc.

 

Active Mod Files:

• 00 Skyrim.esm

• 01 Update.esm

• 02 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

• 03 Falskaar.esm

• 04 ApachiiHair.esm

• 05 AzarHair.esm

• 06 Skyrim Project Optimization - No Homes.esm

• 07 JSwords.esm

• 08 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

• 09 LB_MuchAdoSnowElves.esm

• 0A Omegared99-Compilation.esm

• 0B SPIKE.esm

• 0C Chesko_Frostfall.esp

• 0D Better Dynamic Snow.esp

• 0E Rainbows.esp

• 0F RevampedExteriorFog.esp

• 10 SplashofRain.esp

• 11 AOS.esp

• 12 Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

• 13 AOS_ICS Patch.esp

• 14 Remove Interior Fog V2 - Skyrim.esp

• 15 mintylightningmod.esp

• 16 Further Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp

• 17 StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

• 18 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes_HighSpawn.esp

• 19 AMatterOfTime.esp

• 1A Better Towns Textures.esp

• 1B Bring Out Your Dead.esp

• 1C FishingInSkyrim.esp

• 1D Immersive Battles.esp

• 1E Immersive Brigands.esp

• 1F Immersive Factions.esp

• 20 Immersive Mercenaries.esp

• 21 Immersive Patrols.esp

• 22 Immersive Travelers.esp

• 23 Immersive Werewolves.esp

• 24 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - 1_5x Brighter.esp

• 25 manny Lantern Caretakers.esp

• 26 PilgrimsDelight.esp

• 27 Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and BOOZE.esp

• 28 ShootingStars.esp

• 29 skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp

• 2A Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

• 2B WetandCold.esp

• 2C Footprints.esp

• 2D RaceMenu.esp

• 2E RaceMenuPlugin.esp

• 2F SkyUI.esp

• 30 iHUD.esp

• 31 Cloaks - No Imperial.esp

• 32 1nivWICCloaks.esp

• 33 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch-No Imp.esp

• 34 DarkElvesArmory.esp

• 35 Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp

• 36 ExtendedVanillaWeapons.esp

• 37 hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

• 38 Immersive Weapons.esp

• 39 isilNarsil.esp

• 3A JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp

• 3B Newermind Bow Collection.esp

• 3C Omegared99-WeaponSets.esp

• 3D Standard-15Percent.esp

• 3E TCOSS.esp

• 3F True Bound Armors.esp

• 40 Unique Uniques.esp

• 41 UniqueBows.esp

• 42 Dr_Bandolier.esp

• 43 HarvestOverhaul.esp

• 44 buildablehouse.esp

• 45 Elvenwood.esp

• 46 Inconsequential NPCs.esp

• 47 Inconsequential NPCs - Enhancement.esp

• 48 LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_Quest.esp

• 49 Run For Your Lives.esp

• 4A whiterun spruce by revan1199.esp

• 4B Wyrmstooth.esp

• 4C BetterQuestObjectives.esp

• 4D Book Covers Skyrim.esp

• 4E BlockSparkles.esp

• 4F Grass_On_Steroids_SFO.esp

• 50 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

• 51 OpenFaceGuardHelmets.esp

• 52 SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp

• 53 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

• 54 AOS_EBT Patch.esp

• 55 Soul Gems Differ - E.esp

• 56 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

• 57 BetterQuestObjectives-AMBSkyforgePatch.esp

• 58 Realistic Lighting.esp

• 59 Better Vampires - No DawnGuard.esp

• 5A WerewolfMastery.esp

• 5B Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

• 5C Phenderix's Magic Evolved.esp

• 5D DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

• 5E AOS_DSI Patch.esp

• 5F ACE Realistic Fighting.esp

• 60 DeadlyCombat.esp

• 61 Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp

• 62 The Dance of Death.esp

• 63 TKRecoil.esp

• 64 ACE BYOG.esp

• 65 ACE Speech.esp

• 66 ACE Archery.esp

• 67 ACE Armor.esp

• 68 ACE Enchanting.esp

• 69 ACE Magic.esp

• 6A ACE Melee.esp

• 6B ACE Smithing.esp

• 6C ACE Synergy.esp

• 6D LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_ACE_Patch_Light.esp

• 6E Sneak Tools.esp

• 6F Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp

• 70 Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp

• 71 LovelyHairstyles.esp

• 72 MissAniThrope's Mystic Eyes.esp

• 73 TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

• 74 XCEMwW.esp

• 75 3DNPC.esp

• 76 RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

• 77 RND_USKP-Patch.esp

• 78 EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp

• 79 HothFollower.esp

• 7A UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

• 7B HothFollower UFO Patch.esp

• 7C BetterQuestObjectives-UFOPatch.esp

• 7D Misha.esp

• 7E Ysolda.esp

• 7F dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

• 80 ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp

• 81 TTYM - Think to Yourself Messages.esp

• 82 WATER.esp

• 83 WATER Plants.esp

• 84 RND_Water-Patch.esp

• 85 AOS_WetandCold Patch.esp

• 86 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

• 87 Automatic Variants.esp

 

edit: also, apparently I don't know how to use spoilers effectively.

Edited January 31, 2014 by accidmav

[BlackRampage]

edit: also, apparently I don't know how to use spoilers effectively.

 

Your closing spoiler tag should be like this:

 

 

No idea about the problem you detailed though. You could give disabling the Immersive Factions plugin a try and see if that's what causes it.

[accidmav]

I will definitely give that a try, that's what I was thinking. It just seemed so random and bizarre. Hopefully it works.

[Dkboy24]

I wish I could offer up some help to you but sadly I have zero clue what could be causing this issue. I just had to say your post had me laughing so hard! Especially the bit about your game AI becoming self aware.. good stuff mate! And sorry you're having mod problems...

[accidmav]

I wish I could offer up some help to you but sadly I have zero clue what could be causing this issue. I just had to say your post had me laughing so hard! Especially the bit about your game AI becoming self aware.. good stuff mate! And sorry you're having mod problems...

I'm glad you thought it was funny lol The scenario was so absurd that I couldn't help but laugh too. Delphine wasn't having any of my foolishness either. She wasted no time in ending me at the slightest misunderstanding.

[Dkboy24]

That's because Delphine is a raging B***! She pisses me off so much! If I could, I would have ended her wretched life when she first popped off to me in Riverwood and then killed the dragon at Kynesgrove just to spite her. She has got to be my least favorite character in Skyrim haha... but anyway I digress.. I don't want to derail your post. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can lend a hand here. Cheers!

[accidmav]

So I tried taking that mod out, and I am still getting similar results, albeit slightly varying ones. Usually there is the noise of a giant fireball hitting somethings, and then Delphine turns around and starts fighting me.

 

One time while we were running along the path, I saw a fireball come from literally OUT OF NO WHERE and blow up an elk in front of us. Like... seriously. I don't know where these random, game-damaging fireballs are coming from, but it is bizarre as can be.

 

Delphine seems to be having some weird issues navigating the paths too. For the most part she is alright, but occasionally she will randomly stop and respawn about 15 steps back and then continue running. Quite strange.

[accidmav]

Another question while I have this thread with all of my mods up. Anybody see anything in there that could cause save game bloating?

I am about 60 hours in and my save file is about 12 MB. It keeps bothering me because it seemed like it picked up the pace when it got to about 10MB. I was thinking of restarting with a fresh character anyway, but I'd like to get anything out of there that I need to beforehand.