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Replied couple of minutes ago in a seemingly identical thread. Try this solution http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3959180-mod-manager-is-saying-access-denied-to-cas03cas-how-do-i-fix-it/?p=37102380 I had a similar problem before and this fixed it. I do not remember the exact text of error message I got, but it was definitely one of those "access denied" types. Good luck, I hope you'll have your problem sorted out soon.

Untick the "read only" box in the properties of your DAI folder.

Just seen the link here on your profile. I'm well late (for half a year, lol), but in case you read this, I want to thank you. I do not know you personally, but I'm aware of your projects, and I'm in awe, because the time and effort you've put in them are immense. I do respect you and all your hard work, as I believe everyone here does. And especially giving a helping hand to the newbies taking time from your own projects and personal life, knowing that you will get nothing but gratitude in return. Yeah, I've been such a clueless noob not long time ago, so I still remember the pricelessness of the information that helps make a gamer's and modder's life easier. You've made a lot for us and you are greatly missed. We all need a pause sometimes though. I wish you all the best and hope for your glorious return in the future. Safe harbors, GrandBulwark.

Try changing your race via setrace command. Change the race to any other (don't mind the messed up face, it'll go back to normal) and change it back via the same command. You can also try re-sculpting your face in showracemenu. As long as you don't change race via race menu (it works differently than setrace command) your stats are safe. I hope that helps. This is just a wild guess, but I was able to fix a horribly messed up character that way once.

Exactly. No one forces you into sth. I'm currently on Bleak Falls Barrow quest. I haven't ever finished it. You can roleplay that you never even found what they sent you for and be on your way and play the game even without dragons and stuff. In Oblivion I save Kvatch and don't even "know" who Martin is. I think the quests are made like this in all games. The main quest is a bit urging, yes, but you can always find a point at which you can pause it.

Let me guess — custom race character? Once upon a time I had exactly this problem with a custom race character. I changed race via setrace command and uninstalled the custom race and voila — floating eyeballs. OR your race might not be compatible with Dawnguard vampirism. Not sure what Dragonborn might have to do with character's face though, lol. If the custom race is really a culprit in your case, I don't envy you. I was tearing my hair out for quite some time before I could salvage my character. If the race is your problem, let me know, I may try to remember what I did (that was few years ago :D )

I see this topic is pretty old, but it's too hard to restrain myself. Talos and moderators, forgive me. Skyrim is beautiful. I played it the first of all three and one of the first RPGs I played ever and I was in awe when I first launched it. It's been years and I still stop playing just to admire its beauty. It has beautiful landscapes, cities and characters. I loved every bit of it, and I still do. The Dark Brotherhood questline was my absolute fave back in times when I didn't know anything about faction's history in Cyrodiil and was constantly wondering about "who the heck is that Matthieu Bellamont that the blue see-through guy is trying to tell me about all the time". Well, to break all the "first-game-nostalgia" stereotype, I can say that while I'm an adoring fan of Skyrim (pun intended, I've put 689 hours into my first char and 8 (gonna be a long journey) into my current one, not counting my long-deleted level 19 Redguard guy and level 23 Dunmer, who probably took at least 200 hours together), I enjoy Oblivion more. I thought that was just a flavour of novelty that surrounds every new game you try, but after 62 hours of playtime with my Altmer Hero I can assume that that is probably not the case. I have ton of mods for Skyrim, nothing immersion (my, how I hate that word) breaking, and I have four for Oblivion, namely water retexture (my one and only huge dissapointment in vanilla Oblivion) and camping mod, and also two mods made by me. I enjoy making mods for Oblivion more as well, but still, even in almost vanilla state as I have it now, it is very enjoyable for me. With all the clutter, clothing, armor and magic variety it has, I don't feel Oblivion needs any mods at all. Somehow it is very special to me. The macabre atmosphere, the feeling that something is about to happen around any corner, the lush grass without FPS drops, a gazillion of vibrant flora types (I felt my horse was looking at me as if I was a loony while I was running around gathering flowers) and its cities. With all my love and respect for Skyrim architecture, I remember how my jaw dropped when I first saw Skingrad. If you take all three games, Morrowind is the most unique. I've started playing it a couple of months ago and I fell in love with it at the first sight. I didn't even have to get used to ugly NPCs. The moment that guy tossed me out of the boat and I looked at Morrowind's landscape and ocean (these reflections, how were they even able to do something like that back then :blink:) I realised that I'm gonna love this game. My Morrowind setup is still in pristine state with only a magicka rageneration mod. Touching a look of it is a no-no for me, I think changing the graphics of such an old game that still looks so great now is blasphemy. :D However, in my opinion, Morrowind is a pure perfection if you play as a peasant, or travelling monk, or pacifist or whatever, because combat system is a huge pain in the butt. All in all, despite I love all three games, Oblivion is my most favourite one, because for me Oblivion is Skyrim and Morrowind meeting halfway. Interesting clothing and armor system (I quite like my pants and my shirt being separate and not a monolith, thank you), beautiful, even though more conventional landscapes, combat highly improved comparing to Morrowind, better-looking NPCs, and skills and crafting that are not yet simplified like in Skyrim. Many people complained about leveling, but I read the article about efficient leveling and abandoned the idea completely, let my character level as he wishes and never had problems so far (no, I don't play on highest difficulty, because I don't see the point in it if the game is challenging enough for me). And one more thing. Shivering Isles. That DLC is a total win. I still haven't decided whether I like Skyrim's Dragonborn or Oblivion's SI more. And Dragonborn is worth a whole separate game for me.

I apologise for raising this topic from the dead, but I was having almost exactly the same issue, except for my Altmer had blind left eye, which glitched and flickered in similar fasion like your Nord's. I've been looking for a solution for a long time, many people mention this bug (or its variations), and no one found a universal fix yet. The only soluion that worked was to change your eyes to another color without the blind eye before you become a vampire. Hovewer, it seems I have found one (tested it several times, worked for me, maybe it'll work for someone else). Probably it's too late, but I would like to share it here in case anyone's still struggling with that annoying eye texture. Maybe it'll fix your problem as well. I see that you have Dawnguard. Good. You need be a Vampire Lord. And play on PC. Open up developer's console and type "showracemenu" without quotation marks. This opens the character creation screen. Don't worry, it won't mess up your stats as long as you don't change your race. Actually, for this fix to work, you don't have to change anything here, so just hit "OK", type your char's name and it'll resume the game. Now change into Vampire Lord and revert back to human form. The eyes now should be ok. It seems CC fixes some texture which is not updated properly once you've become a vampire by normal means. As a proof that it worked in my case, here are the comparison screens of my char.