I give up, where are they?

[Roane]

The Thalmor dragging a prisoner with them, the Imperials and Stormcloaks doing the same thing, farmers going to Solitude or Windhelm, mercenaries who may or may not share info, drug dealers, thieves; in short, the npcs that should be on the roads.

 

After several months absence, I've returned to Skyrim. Started a new game, of course, reinstalled Skyrim, updated mods and didn't install outdated mods like Warzones. After 23.2 hours of play, still nobody on the roads. Well, the courier showed up. That's when it dawned on me, I'd met no one, in spite of going on foot except for a carriage from Windhelm to Whiterun.

 

The game is updated to the newest patch, with Hearthfire and Dawnguard.

 

Is this a known problem? If so, is there a known solution?

 

On the upside, no CTDs at all.

[FiftyTifty]

*Has problem*

 

*Doesn't give load order*

[Roane]

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
SPIKE.esm
WinterholdDestruction.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Dawnguard.esp
CharGen Morphs.esp
Better Dynamic Snow.esp
Rooster At Dawn v1.0.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp
AK- Boethiah Alternate.esp
AK- Namira for Good Guys.esp
Ars Metallica.esp
Ars Metallica - Dawnguard.esp
Ars Metallica - Hearthfire.esp
BirdsHFclean.esp
Birdsofskyrim.esp
BooksBooksBooks.esp
Bring Out Your Dead.esp
CAMP Users.esp
ClamsDropPearls.esp
Cliffracers.esp
FishingInSkyrim.esp
hqsnow.esp
ImprovedFishBASIC.esp
Immersive Battles.esp
Immersive Brigands.esp
Immersive Dawnguard.esp
Immersive Factions.esp
Immersive Mercenaries.esp
Immersive Patrols.esp
Immersive Travelers.esp
Immersive Werewolves.esp
IngredientsOfTamriel.esp
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - RLO.esp
manny Lantern Caretakers.esp
MVABasic.esp
MVAIvarstead.esp
MVARorikstead.esp
Point The Way.esp
Realistic Wildlife Loot - Reduced.esp
Realistic Wildlife Loot - Reduced - Hearthfires patch.esp
Realistic Wildlife Loot - Reduced - Dawnguard patch.esp
Real Wildlife Skyrim 0.1.esp
ShootingStars.esp
SkyrimsUniqueTreasures.esp
Auto Unequip Arrows.esp
Character Creation Overhaul.esp
Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
IMAGINATOR - Visual Control for Skyrim.esp
WetandCold.esp
SkyUI.esp
Cloaks.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
Dragonbone Weapons.esp
Dwemer Goggles & Scouter.esp
Quests-Timing Book.esp
Smithing Perks Overhaul_Remade.esp
Smithing Perks Overhaul_Dawnguard.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul - BS version.esp
CAMP.esp
HouseOfHorrorsAlternateEnding.esp
Immersive Events.esp
Inconsequential NPCs.esp
Radiance.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
When Vampires Attack.esp
SkyHavenTempleEnhanced.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
Morrowloot_nwah.esp
Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp
AchieveThat.esp
ArchmageTolfdir.esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Books.esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Food (Light Weight).esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Ingredients.esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Miscellaneous.esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Potions (Light Weight).esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Soul Gems (PseudoVanilla).esp
Headbomb's Better Sorting - Spells.esp
CCO - Oblivion Carry Weights.esp
CCO - Permanent Birthsigns.esp
DefenderNoSpiders.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
WeaponsArmorFixes_GuardDialogueOverhaul_Patch.esp
Stormcloaks with Sleeves - Fixed Kilt.esp
Bane - Guards have Gauntlets.esp
Diverse Imperial Weapons.esp
ReadIt.esp
SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp
T01DegaineLieAboutStatue.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp
ExpandedWinterholdRuins.esp
Helgen Reborn.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
WerewolfUpgrade.esp
DragonbornAscendant.esp
Eld-combinePotions.esp
DragonCombatOverhaul.esp
Civil War Overhaul.esp
CCO - Dynamic Skill Progression.esp
10XCarryWeight.esp
Beards.esp
3DNPC.esp
EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp
Height Adjusted Races - True Giants and Mammoths - Smaller Giant Edition.esp
CCO - Diverse Races And Genders.esp
WATER.esp
WATER Plants.esp
SkyTEST-Vision-NoHDROnly.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp

Load order by BOSS, except for those it doesn't recognize:

• Realistic Wildlife Loot - Reduced - Hearthfires patch.esp
• Realistic Wildlife Loot - Reduced - Dawnguard patch.esp
• Stormcloaks with Sleeves - Fixed Kilt.esp
• Bane - Guards have Gauntlets.esp
• Diverse Imperial Weapons.esp
• Civil War Overhaul.esp
• SkyTEST-Vision-NoHDROnly.esp

Used NMM to place them.

 

[FiftyTifty]

Haven't a faintest clue. Though, try disabling "Immersive Events". Sounds like something that'd conflict.

 

Though the only for-sure way is for you to disable the mods, several at a time, until the problem is remedied. Then, isolate the problem mod by activating the rest.

[Roane]

I was hoping someone would say "Oh, that's a bug introduced by patch 1.whatever. We're waiting for another patch to fix it." Then, I could grumble a bit and get on with my game. Didn't really expect that, tho', since there was no mention of it online.

 

Experience has taught me to install mods a few at a time, check that the game runs, install more, running BOSS and WryeBash after each installation. Time consuming, but necessary. Since what I was looking for was CTD, and that didn't happen, I thought everything was fine. Evidently there's a mod or combination of mods that won't play nice together in my game. Really, really was hoping to avoid the tedium of getting this straightened out.

 

Maybe I'll just roleplay a plague that's keeping people off the roads. :confused:

 

Thanks, anyway.

[Thath]

Perhaps they -like the dwemer- just vanished.