Vanilla lesser creatures running bug

[walshy71]

I haven't any mods that alter the animals behaviour in Skyrim, but when I encounter the lesser prey type animals, foxes, goats, deer, elk and the like, they try to run away from me and get two or three strides away, then the running animation stops and then starts again, like the script is having bother firing and is constantly being reset to begin the whole process again. It's not a smooth running action or animation, it's very glitchy with starts and stops every couple of seconds. I was wondering if anyone has seen this behaviour as well, while not game breaking it can break my immersion in the game. I have the Unofficial Lengendary patch, the predators are fine plus the lesser creatures have no bother running or interacting with the predators, they run away from them just fine. It happens when I get close to them or get spotted by them that this occurs, it's not causing my game to crash or anything like that but it just jars your experience with the story playthrough, immersion that word again, if you will. I use LOOT and have cleaned my master files with TES5Edit. Like I said predators are fine they attack fine, it's just the prey animals that are having this glitch.

 

Here's my mod list.

 

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
Falskaar.esm
Wyrmstooth.esp
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
Schlongs of Skyrim - Core.esm
UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
Ranger Ridge.esm
Campfire.esm
hdtHighHeel.esm
JSwords.esm
RaceCompatibility.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ApachiiHairMales.esm
EFFCore.esm
Silverpeak Lodge.esp
Heels Sound.esm
BeeingFemale.esm
SexLab.esm
RealShelter.esp
RealShelter USLEEP Patch.esp
SkyUI.esp
FNIS.esp
HDTPhysicsWeaponSling.esp
WarmongerArmory_Vanilla.esp
WarmongerArmory_DLC.esp
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
TNFhousesmod.esp
ELFX - Exteriors.esp
RealisticRoomRental.esp
Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
vImmersiveBeds.esp
House Mods Merged.esp
Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp
DawnofSkyrim-AllMajorCities.esp
ELFXEnhancer.esp
Luxury Collection.esp
Rebirth Monster.esp
NPC_Overhaul_V_3_.esp
SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp
Craftable and Placeable Havok-enabled Bedrolls .esp
RAS - Riverwood CharGen.esp
WondersofWeather.esp
Ghosu - Weapon Pack 1.esp
Daedric Dawnbreaker.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
Armour and Clothes.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
WeaponsArmorFixes_ImmersiveWeapons_Patch.esp
aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
High Level Enemies.esp
ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp
Complete Crafting_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp
Immersive Speechcraft Mods.esp
Remove Interior Fog V2 - Full Version.esp
Holidays.esp
Lore Weapon Expansion.esp
RaceCompatibility-Dialog-Legendary.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Weapons Pack.esp
SMTX_Woodcutter.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
Rebirth Patch Merged.esp
WarmongerArmory_LeveledList.esp
Girls of Skyrim.esp
vImmersiveBeds - HFDG.esp
ICMP.esp
Silverpeak Lodge - Respawns.esp
Cloaks.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
Potions.esp
ElderOutfit.esp
InteractiveWashBasinsCOMPLETE.esp
SkyFalls DB + FS Small Waterfalls.esp
haafinheim.esp
SMIM Merged Patch.esp
JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
Eli's Coffee Mod.esp
Dig Site.esp
milklegendaryplus.esp
PrvtI_HeavyArmory.esp
SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp
Random Alternate Start.esp
PrvtI_HeavyArmory_DG_Addon.esp
PrvtI_HeavyArmory_TrueOrcishDaedric.esp
PrvtI_HeavyArmory_TrueOrcishDaedric_DB.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
TreaclemanFalskaarPatch.esp
Race Compatibility - Falskaar Dialogue Patch.esp
CompanionValfar.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin.esp
SFO - Dragonborn.esp
Wynter.esp
Frostfall.esp
TimingIsEverything.esp
Drinking Fountains of Skyrim.esp
Luxury Collection Vendor.esp
AesirArmor.esp
The Ningheim.esp
TemptressVixen.esp
Hunterborn.esp
The Ningheim - Followers.esp
UniqueBows.esp
Dynamic Dialogue Followers.esp
SeranaDialogEdit.esp
EFFDialogue.esp
Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp
HothFollower.esp
SBF All In One + DLC.esp
ColdharbourDaedra.esp
Recorder Follower Base.esp
Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp
Equipping Overhaul.esp
ELFX - NoBreezehome.esp
lanterns.esp
Brows.esp
AzarHairPonyTail 03 - Havok.esp
KS Hairdos - HDT.esp
DSerArcheryGameplayOverhaul.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
Religion.esp
AHZmoreHUD.esp
SexLab Romance.esp
BeeingFemaleBasicAddOn.esp
richer merchants.esp
HerbalTea.esp
RND_HerbalTea-Patch.esp
DragonboneBarbarianArmor.esp
UnreadBooksGlow.esp
AMatterOfTime.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
BetterShapedDawnbreaker2H.esp
WetandCold.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp
NoSneakAttackSound.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
Bloody Scythe and Soulrender Reborne.esp
Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp
Spousetocustomhome.esp
ToL_Core_by_Brevi.esp
BloodmoonRising.esp
The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp
SOS - VectorPlexus Regular Addon.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses.esp
Tiwa44_Minidresses_Dragonborn.esp
Dr_Bandolier.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
RND_DrinkingFountains-Patch.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
Hunterborn Patches.esp
FalskaarRNDPatch.esp
Wyrmstooth_RND Compatibility Patch.esp
Illustrious HDT Cloaks.esp
Iactivate Patch.esp
JewelCraft.esp
HarvestOverhaul.esp
HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp
Schlongs of Skyrim.esp
HarvestOverhaulCreatures_RND_Animal_Loot_All_DLC.esp
UIExtensions.esp
Saga.esp
bm_SimpleAction.esp
JSwords_Load_Screens.esp
Minerva.esp
S'in Dunestride.esp
RND_AnimalLoot.esp
skyforgedWeapons.esp
0SACT.esp
Bathing in Skyrim - Main.esp
BIS merged patch.esp
Brothers.esp
Duel - Combat Realism.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
towConversation.esp
Order My Items.esp
HonedMetal.esp
FNISspells.esp
Aeri.esp
Bijin Merge.esp
iActivate.esp
WetandCold - Ashes.esp
PerkusMaximus_Master.esp
PerkusMaximus_Warrior.esp
PerMa Expansion 1 - Wintermyst.esp
PerkusMaximus_Mage.esp
PerkusMaximus_Thief.esp
PerMaDefluffedPerkDescriptions.esp
High Level Enemies - Dawnguard.esp
High Level Enemies - Dragonborn.esp
High Level Enemies - Falskaar.esp
Potions - Perma Patch.esp
PerMa-Content Addon Patch.esp
PerMa-Hunterborn.esp
PerMa_USLEEP master patch.esp
iHUD.esp
Wyrmstooth - PerMa Patch.esp
Jaxonz Utilities.esp
PipeSmoking.esp
Pre PaMa CCOR Patch.esp
Pre PaMa WAFR Patch.esp
Pre PaMa CCF Patch.esp
AddItemMenu.esp
Amren´s Family Sword Replacer.esp
SOS - Smurf Average Addon.esp
PatchusMaximus.esp
RSPatch.esp

 

[walshy71]

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[stljeffbb]

I know this is an older thread (but hey not a year old yet!)....I too have had this problem, and I run a few less mods (about 120)....I noticed it after adding about ten mods, but when I removed them, this glitch was still there :(

 

I decided to do a work around that has gone fairly well....the stutter still seems to be there a bit, but when the animals like deer and elk freak, they run away very well and in the end has the same effect as what I recall (basically not being able to finish a hunt, especially as a lower level character)....the mod is SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10175/? It was updated recently (November 2016) so will likely work with most everything out there

 

Good luck!