Papyrus Log Help/ Odd Script Error

[Layia28]

Hi everyone. So here is my problem. I'm in the process of stabilizing my Skyrim game and working out all the kinks so I can just play it and enjoy. I'm pretty much there, with the exception of testing out a couple mods. Then, the other night I ran into a papyrus log error that I've never seen in all the time that I've been working on and playing Skyrim.

 

My papyrus log is filled with these, but here is an example:

 

[_WetQuest (43000D63)]._wetquestscript.OnInit() - "_WetQuestScript.psc" Line 454

[06/18/2013 - 07:45:39PM] Error: File "Chesko_Frostfall.esp" does not exist or is not currently loaded.

Basically, I have a lot of lines and errors in my log all saying a certain esp like Frostfall listed above or Cloaks.esp or Dragonborn.esm don't exist or are not currently loaded. The problem is that I don't have a single mod installed that relies on any of these. I haven't purchased Dragonborn so that's never even been in my system. While I have had Frostall and Cloaks of Skyrim installed before, the game that these errors are showing up on is a completely clean game - one that I've cleanly uninstalled and re-installed. And on the fresh, re-installed version of my game I've haven't installed any of the mods that the papyrus log is giving me an error for. Also, every time that an Error: File missing esp appears on my papyrus log it appears after the WetQuest Script, but I don't know what that means or why it's associated with all these missing files.

So I'm totally confused. I believe these errors are what is currently causing my random crashes since it seems to be missing a lot of esp files, but it just doesn't make sense since I haven't installed any of those mods or a mod that relies on them in my new game. I was under the impression that when you completely uninstall Skyrim and re-install everything from scratch that any old files and scripts associated with the previous install are gone and should no longer cause problems, hence the reason why people uninstall and re-install the game to start clean without any corruption.

If anyone has any ideas of has heard of something similar I would really appreciate any advice you could offer.

Thanks in advance.

[IsharaMeradin]

With patch 1.6 the papyrus function GetFormFromFile was added. This function allows authors to look for specific forms from mods or dlc without needing to create compatibility patches for each and every mod or combination of mods possible. However, there is a catch. If the mod or dlc does not exist in the user's system, there will be an report created in the papyrus log.

 

This is what you are seeing with regards to the WetQuestScript.

[Layia28]

That makes sense, but can that cause crashes or it just creating a report?

 

And thank you for replying. I appreciate it.

[IsharaMeradin]

By itself it won't cause crashes as it is just generating a report. However, you indicate that it is happening a lot which means that the script is constantly checking for something and trying to do something. Couple that with other mods which are also script heavy and you could begin to experience lag, freezing and possibly even crashing.

 

I don't know the mod that is using that script. To me it would have been much better to have checked once and if those assets were not present set a variable to indicate that and bypass the checks in the actual work portion of the script. But like I said, I don't know the mod or the script so that may not have been a feasible option for them (or they didn't think about it).