kristofersage

Ah, current boss version is 2.1.1. However, opening Skyrim and typing "GetSKSEVersion" (as shown in one of Gopher's vids on SKSE) affirms I am using 1.6.16 of SKSE. I use a special launcher for Skyrim due to SKSE -- attempting to run the game from Steam will not work due to mods reliant on SKSE. I basically memorized Gopher's tutorial vid in order to install that silly script extender. >.> I just Googled SKSE and went to the author homepage to affirm 1.6.16 is the latest version.

I do have SKSE. All SKSE based mods work fine. All flagged mods except the ESM's were cleaned -- I operated under the assumption that the unofficial patches were basically there to handle the ESM's, and no one category under the ESM folders was highlighted for any one issue. To be conservative, I avoided cleaning those files. However, I did not realize that BOSS failed to place unrecognized mods. How do I organize mods unrecognized by BOSS?

My main quest won't fire off, which appears to prevent numerous other quests in official DLC's from firing off as well. There are potentially other quests being prevented by this as well. Previously had Random Alternate Start enabled. A great, fun mod, however, it did not have Hadvar or Ralof in the prison as advertised. I did read through the issues, and no one else in the thread on that mod authors page seemed to have this issue. A secondary issue that happened further down the line was that after completing Bleak Falls Barrow and killing the Dragon, its soul would not be absorbed. For this quest (MQ104) absorbing the soul of the dragon by walking near it is an actual quest stage and the quest will not progress until this happens, which in vanilla occurs automatically but due to my mods does not seem to occur. I can force it by using the console 'setstage MQ104 90,' which fills in the quest flag saying I've absorbed the soul and unlocks the Unrelenting Force dragon shout, but does not actually make the body of the dragon disappear. Any further dragons encountered will not have their souls absorbed. I can go to High Hrothgar afterwards, but the doors are locked and I have to use COC codes to enter. Speaking to the Graybeards at this point only causes them to grunt -- I have to use setstage commands again to get the quest to pursue the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller. I decided to isolate this mod by disabling and then uninstalling it, then starting a new game and attempting the main quest. Hadvar worked fine, but the Dragon soul is still not absorbed and all related issues are still had. I am unsure if the way that the Jarl of Falkreath refuses to give his favor quests (Hearthfire) or the way that cultists are never sent after me (Dragonborn) is related, but I would suppose so. Miscellaneous issues that arise include Amren (Whiterun) not asking me to find his family sword and the sole Dunmer in service to the Jarl of WInterhold having no dialogue related to stealing Nelacar's staff. I have used BOSS to sort my load order and run TES5Edit and perused a variety of topics for more general common issues since new games started without Random Alternate Start still showed this issue. I would dearly love to avoid creating a clean install but have located step-by-step guides to do so. Still, I would adore taking the path of least resistance. Any help is wanted. My BOSS log shows the following (Worth noting that the following list of mods does not appear in Boss log, Skyrim Data folder, OR Nexus Mod Manager load order, but under mods tab on NMM are -clearly- installed and in game work fine. Most of this appears to be skins, so I'd guess that something about skins edits the ESM instead of adding a file to load order, but if that's the case... ...then why is Apachii Skyhair & Eyes of Beauty in my load order? And Unread Books Glow? 1) Lifts-Her-Tail Argonian UNP Texture2) Ethereal Elven Overhaul3) Ethereal Elven Equipment4) SkyRealism - Portable Crafting Kits5) Glowing Ore Veins6) Casual Bow Animations7) Dimonized UNP - UNP Base and DIMface2 :cool: Coverwomen Seamless UNP