woodsman30

My bad its early... you can buy a house but you must have "favor" with that hold usually involves a quests for the Jarl.. once that is done usually a house becomes available I wait till I hear guards talk about a house before I think of buying and as always before buying a house or trying to become thane make a save.

House are not just available for purchase you must become thane of a hold first at least for vanilla homes. As for unofficial patches never used so no help there...

Hmm goes back to having a save prior to deciding to become thane or starting a guild quest.. as with all holds make a save before you want to become thane or guild member. Council commands are a last resort yeah they work but can cause issues down the road.

Dark brotherhood quest line should not be modded with that mod until you find out the sanctuary is under attack. Also consider not finding or helping Cicero I leave him alone and don't even go near where he is and the quest seems to work just fine. When ever I help Cicero the quest line seems to bug out.

Yeah .56.1 for Skyrim don't see the need to update it the game works well and mods install just fine and cant really see a new update coming for Skyrim so no real need. Will do a different folder if i decide to mod fall out 4 but no creation kit yet so not it a big rush. Sorry for your game but think you may have to go with a clean slate clear folders and re-validate skyrim via steam ect.. I don't know of a good solution after your update if those suggestions did not work.....just a thought you did make sure all mods were unchecked deactivating a mod may not uncheck it from active list?

well with no mods active next step is validate the game install via steam to check for errors. The process for updating NMM has been daunting for most including myself new versions come out every other day I still run .56.1 tried updating once took a week to get my game right again went back to the old version I had.

Riverwood is notorious for causing CTD even with a vanilla game ...sounds like a conflict if you cannot even enter Riverwood do you have mods that alter Riverwood not familiar with all your mods?

One more thing loot is a great tool but can put things in the wrong place and will cause CTD. Example my game now if I run Loot and try to play it will CTD I can't get past start menu turn also off FNIS before you start you dont need it as you should have the only above suggestion first and move forward from there.

Ok lets start with no mods at the start of a new game just hair, body textures,skeleton stuff to make your character. Starting a new game with mod heavy load order can and will cause CTD that said only after you leave the cave in Helgan try to start adding mods but before you do make a save that way you can go back to it if issues arise.

I think you purchase property first before you can be thane the only place I know otherwise in Winterhold as it has no property to own. I know it a pain but I think you may have to load a save. Then redo the process taking note of the steps I offered good luck.

Also make sure you have no other Solitude quest active from any faction or person. Give the game time like I stated go do some other short quest in another hold come back to Solitude the guards should say something about Proudspire.

Ok lets start at the top don't assume everyone will give bad responses ask for help see what happens it make people more likely to respond. When you do the quest the order is important also make sure you have all the requirements help people minimum 5 but help as many people as you can because some do not count ect.. After doing wolfskull cave talk only to Faulk fire-beard tell him its done then leave do some other quest not related to Solitude after you come back to Solitude you should here guards talking about Proudspire being a nice home for purchase this seems to be a trigger for that home. Go see if it can be bought from Faulk fire-beard its expensive too then move from forward there. Quest may not fire one after another and sometime when trying to rush through a quest it causes issue. I hope you made a save before you tried becoming thane yes? Before doing any bigger quest trying to be a Thane, thieves guild, dark brotherhood ect... a save should be made it gives the chance to redo if issues arise. Note: Council commands can cause issues down the road it best to leave them alone reload a save try again.

Need more info is your game modded? Is there mods that change the college and or characters ect.. When asking for help people can not help unless people who ask for help give more details.

Not trying to be an a$$ but you have a pirated game messed it up with mods and want someone to help. Best help I can give is go pay for it and do it the right way.

46,000 + mods on Skyrim nexus no nothing to see here at all lol... there are some real great mods from some real talented people. I have no idea how long it would take to try every mod but safe to say there are lots of choices.. bben46 hit it square on everyday something new here and Skyrim gets better everyday :)

I just wanted to try something outside of the box ..Follower dialog overhaul does add to the game. I also use Elisif the Fair for a follow sometimes.. cant go wrong with a queen lol... However I don't recommend making followers if quest are not done with the related NPC.

Loot is a great tool however know that it can put mods in places that can cause conflicts...conflicts=crashes. I don't think there is a perfect set up just understand what your adding cant say this enough Skyrim= scripts scripts over write each other then you have conflicts.

Sounds like conflicts with the dragons do you have mods that alter them? Or quest mods that do? As far as followers do the have good weapons? Some followers refuse to use certain weapons or even better weapons than they originally had check their stats and see what weapons they like to use two hand one hand ect.. and give them weapons to what their perks indicate see if that helps.

Maven Black-briar = surprising but a great follower she uses bows and magic with deadly results great at sneaking and has great comments in combat. Overall one of the best in game "outside of mods" depending on your style of play .. down side = she really don't like talking to you.. you annoy her and are pretty much dirt lol. I did not post in spoilers as she is not a follower and did not discuss quests and only through mods can she be a follower . Anybody else try other NPCS?

The words are a little strong I think but I get the point. I have to believe Bethesda knew modders would change the game hence the CK 46,000 mods on the nexus alone not to mention all the other mod sites. Same as fallout 4 why kill yourself making a world class game when you can release it and let the modders do it for free pure genius. A properly modded Skyrim is a world class game even in today's gaming world My only complaint is the platform but even that can be fixed thanks to modders go figure.

Console commands strike again only as a last resort even then it can really have bad results in the game. Make saves often it helps make cleans saves before mods ect.. Skyrim= scripts ..scripts with console commands = trouble

Council commands should be a last resort at best... have you added new mods prior to things going south in your game? What of clean saves have you tried one of them just for reference?

Uninstalling a mod may not necessarily get rid of all that has been done to your game loading a clean save from before mods where installed does not help?

Well for the most part they are hated in "living world" and I believe would be battle hardened due to that hatred. Fending off arrows, swords, axes, and hatred require a little more than cloth so creatures living for centuries or even thousands of years they would have developed armor based on a need for surviving such encounters.. just my thoughts.

Mods that add food as in people or real food? People for vampires or werewolves to eat? I believe there is a reborn mod called populated cities I have not checked it but it adds like 200 npcs to the game plenty for food lol. If you mean food as in normal food there are some mods that add a few farms and some markets.. So it depends not sure what your looking at.