[Fix for guard weapons bug?]

I am experiencing a bug where guards in Stormcloak allied holds only equip steel daggers, despite having their normal weapons in their inventory. (There are still guards equipping two handed weapons, and it doesn't affect regular Stormcloak soldiers or Imperial guard or soldiers). I'd like to avoid re-installing and testing all my mods to see which one or combination of several is causing this, so I'm wondering if there is a way to safely and permanently go about outright removing steel daggers from every guard in the game. If someone could please provide me with a method or direct me to somewhere I could learn, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Load Order in case it helps:

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Dawnguard.esm
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
HearthFires.esm
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
TouringCarriages.esp
Provincial Courier Service.esp
When Vampires Attack.esp
Cutting Room Floor.esp
AMatterOfTime.esp
Footprints.esp
Rainbows.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
ShootingStars.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-4.esp
vImmersiveBeds.esp
DragonShoutVoice.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
DYNAVISION Dynamic Depth of Field.esp
FixCombatMusic.esp
FollowerWander2.esp
Lock Overhaul.esp
Differently Ebony.esp
Extended UI.esp
Five O'Clock Shadow.esp
Footprints - Ash.esp
FollowerWander2Serana.esp
HarvestingAnimation.esp
PumpingIron.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
SplashofRain.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
ImperialSoldiersEscortFix.esp
IndividualizedShoutCooldowns.esp
DeadlyDragons.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
RealisticHumanoidMovementSpeed.esp
SkyUI.esp
AchieveThat.esp
TakeNotes.esp
The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp
stranger_danger.esp
Thundering Shouts (normal pitch).esp
ViewableFactionRanksBothDLC.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
SkyRe_Main.esp
SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp
Rebirth Monster.esp
SwimmingEnemies.esp
ConcentrativeFireFrostShoutsLastWordOnly.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp
PNENB.esp
HarvestOverhaul.esp
Glass Variants.esp
Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp
SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
Bring Out Your Dead.esp
SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp
TTYM - Think to Yourself Messages.esp
RND_USKP-Patch.esp
RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp
RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp
HarvestOverhaul_SkyRe_Patch.esp
SkyRe_Survivalism.esp
WetandCold.esp
WetandCold - Ashes.esp
WetandCold - Holidays.esp
NoSneakAttackSound.esp
FireAndIceOverhaul.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
AOS.esp
AOS2_CoT3_1_patch.esp
AOS2_SkyRe Patch.esp
AOS2_WetandCold Patch.esp
AOS2_FIO Patch.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Inconsequential NPCs.esp
Inconsequential NPCs - CRF Compatibility Patch.esp
Cloaks.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
Inconsequential NPCs - Enhancement.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
Laundry.esp
Point The Way.esp
SMIM-Merged-All.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp
HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp
HarvestOverhaulCreatures_RND_Animal_Loot_All_DLC.esp
Immersive Patrols II.esp
Chesko_Frostfall.esp
SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp
RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp
SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp
HoldBorderBanners.esp
Riften Canal Exit.esp
Equipping Overhaul.esp
SkyRe_Combat.esp
SkyrimHeartRate.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
Yield 2.0.esp
AOS2_GDO Patch.esp
AOS2_WAF Patch.esp
Unique Unique's_Skyre Patch.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp
AOS2_EBT Patch.esp
Extended Encounters.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
dovahkiinrelax.esp
iHUD.esp
Skyrim Unbound.esp
Warburg's 3D Paper World Map - Texture 2.esp
Pre ReProccer WAFR IA7 UU Patch.esp
SkyRe_HelmlessPerks.esp
ReProccer.esp
Post ReProccer Fixes IA7 UU Patch.esp

 

 

[Guard Equipment Problem]

I have a problem in my game in which guards in Stormcloak aligned Holds that wield one-handed weapons only equip steel daggers. They have normal weapons (axes, clubs, swords) in their inventory that do more damage but they won't equip them. Normal Stormcloak soldiers, Legion soldiers and guards in Empire aligned Holds are not affected by this.

 

I'd like to know if anyone has any idea of what might be causing this issue and if there's any way of fixing it. My thanks in advance.

[Have I hit my scripted mod limit?]

I ran the CH latency test. When I'm simply walking around and doing nothing my latency stays at 39-47ms. I found that it jumped to around 90-110ms when I equipped a new armor piece, followed by an immediate drop back to 39-47. I'm guessing that's because of Frostfall's W.E.A.R. system and has always been happening. It still stayed at the 39-47 level when using horses in CH, and Realistic Needs & Diseases hunger levels changing didn't cause an increase. I will install some more mods and run further tests. Thank you for your help.

[Have I hit my scripted mod limit?]

I recently installed the Locational Damage mod, and within the next 2 hours, I started to notice that some other scripted mods I was using stopped functioning properly, e.g: Frostfall exposure and wetness values wouldn't change, Wet & Cold visual effects weren't appearing, follower wouldn't mount their horse no matter what using Convenient Horses, and Enhanced Blood Textures blood pools stopped showing completely. Those were the four mods I seemed to have problems with, but I'm not sure if more mods were affected, I didn't notice anything else.

 

I have fixed that problem since then by uninstalling Locational Damage and reloading a save that didn't have the scripts on it and playing from there, thankfully without losing too much progress. I'm certain that Locational Damage was causing problems, because of the solution I used, the fact that I didn't install any other mods during that time, and I've never had those sorts of problems before.

 

The whole experience has made me unsure about installing more scripted mods, so I'd like to know if the problems have something to do with Locational Damage, or if they indicate that I've reached the tipping point for scripted mods I can run before the engine starts tripping over itself.

 

I am giving consideration to a few more mods, one of which (I'm pretty sure) is rather large script-wise (Dragon Combat Overhaul). It would be really nice to know if I'm able to run such a mod without problems, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

I apologize in advance if including my load order, computer specs, etc. in this post was necessary for helping people answer this sort of question. I will post them if they are asked for.