Dragon Aspect causes all powers to become Major Powers bug- affects mods

[skullsridge]

Hello everyone. I have a rather strange issue that requires some explanation.

I ran into a bug that causes my powers to be immediately used from the magic menu, without activating them with my spell/shout key in-game. The result of this in-menu activation causes the power used to become greyed out, deselected, and unusable for some time. This sounds like how Major Powers work, but here's the problem: this affects every power even Lesser Powers meant to be used multiple times, and even Lesser Powers tied to mods. This is especially concerning for mods like Undeath, wherein this bug, deselecting Assume Lich Form power, prevents me from changing back.

After some digging, I discovered the culprit was not, in fact, a result of mods, but Dragon Aspect. See, I had activated it in a recent fight, and since then this bug has persisted across all saves; no matter how far back I load, all powers are treated as Major Powers, by activating Dragon Aspect once. Dragon Aspect unblockers rescind the major power status on the shout itself, but not modded powers, and thus, the bug persists.

While yes, I am very much aware Dragon Aspect shouldn't cause this issue, in theory, this is supposedly a semi-documented bug, and I can trace the bug's presence only after using the shout, not before.

Archive Invalidation has proven unsuccessful, and SSE Engine Fixes is updated to the current version. At this point, I'm running low on options to resolve this problem. Any and all advice given would be greatly appreciated. If you require my mods list, I'm willing to provide it, but this appears to be an issue endemic to the game itself. All the same, I will provide a list, if necessary.

Thank you all for your assistance and time.

Edit: It is possible that, given the nature of automatically using powers from the menu, and nothing else, this may be an issue with Grimy utilities, except I have not touched or tampered with it; I've had this mod installed for years, and this bug has never happened before. I'm certain that the dragon aspect shout is behind this, but I am open to alternative possibilities. No other spell mods have been recently installed.

EDIT 2: Disregard the topic header, I found my culprit: Goddang Spellsiphon decided to sporadically start messing with my powers. I think one of its obscure functions is to automatically use powers from the menu, then "re-equip" itself. The end result ends up breaking certain mod spells. Disabling fixed it, so I know that was it.

My apologies for wasting your valuable time. I'd delete the thread, if I could, but alas.

For anyone stumbling in with similar problems: try disabling Spellsiphon if you are experiencing any bugs related to powers. Its options menu is archaic, and has functions that are finnicky, and easy to forget about.

Edited November 8, 2021 by skullsridge