I have the same problems. It has nothing to do with late rendering. The NPCs spawn next to me and they are not where they are supposed to be, in completely different cells and only from cells I came through before. e.g. a whiterun guard, a bandit, a deer and a snowcrab spawn next to me in the middle of the road or in the wilds Edit: I made a new install and deactivated all mods I added lately. The problem persists. This is my mod list: Yes those are many but mostly small adjustments I made to the game (items, custom NPCs, changes to HF-Homesteads etc.), playerhomes, followers and graphic mods. I also have ENBoost and SKSE installed. (SKSE Plugins: Chrash Fixes, MFGConsole, Safetyload, lipsyncfix) I think something in connection with SKSE - some rogue script or something - could cause it since I haven't experienced it some time ago before installing SKSE. I'll test more tomorrow - need to sleep now. Maybe someone can help with advice until then. EDIT II: It is not anything in connection with SKSE or ENBoost. I tried a Skyrim 1.8 version (no SKSE, no ENBosst) with the same mods I used in 2018 and it worked just fine. Then I updated Skyrim to 1.9 in Steam (no SKSE, no ENBosst) and the random NPC spawn starts to happen at every single possible "random encounters" spawnpoint and even where animal spawn markers are placed in the worldspace. Why the heck is that? Help me, folks.