Silent NPCs and few compability questions

[zwierz]

First of all, I'll start this topic by pasting my actual compilation and load order of Oblivion mods:

 

Oblivion.esm

AWS-Core.esm (Atmospheric Weather System)

CM Partners.esm

HorseCombatMaster.esm

ShieldOnBack.esm

cssBase.esm (Companion Sound Sets)

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp

AWS-ShiveringIsles.esp

Natural_Vegetation_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Better Water.esp

Real Lava 1.3.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Cyrodiil + SI.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Knights.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Mehrunes Razor.esp

xulCheydinhalFalls.esp (Uniques Landscapes Compilation - all files with 'xul')

xulBlackwoodForest.esp

xulImperialIsle.esp

xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp

xulRiverEthe.esp

xulPantherRiver.esp

xulRollingHills_EV_withoutWheat.esp

xulCloudtopMountains.esp

xulAncientYews.esp

xulArriusCreek.esp

xulPatch_AY_AC.esp

xulAncientRedwoods.esp

xulLushWoodlands.esp

xulBravilBarrowfields.esp

xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp

xulChorrolHinterland.esp

xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp

xulFallenleafEverglade.esp

XulEntiusGorge.esp

xulTheHeath.esp

xulStendarrValley.esp

xuldarkforest.esp

xulAspenWood.esp

AliveWaters.esp

AliveWaters - Koi Addon.esp

AliveWaters - Slaughterfish Addon.esp

PCSoundValygar.esp (Player Sound - Valygar)

cssSafana.esp (Companion Sound - Safana)

MIS.esp (More Immersive Sounds)

MIS New Sounds Optional Part.esp

MaleBodyReplacerV4.esp

EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp

EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp

All normal clothes buyable.esp

300_Brocade_Outfits.esp

ACCCGR.esp (All capes, cloaks, gloves etc.)

ACCCGR SI.esp

RenGuardOverhaul.esp

RenGuardOverhaulShiveringIsles.esp

personality_idles4.esp

ShieldOnBack_1C.esp

ChaseCameraMod.esp

Portable Campsite.esp

Harvest[Containers].esp

ZumbsLockpickingMod - OBSE.esp

actors_in_charge.esp

ActorsInMadness.esp

CM Partners.esp

DARaewyn.esp (Companion for CM Partners)

Chargeable Spells by grmblf.esp

Lich King's Helm v1_0.esp

New Frostmourne Sword by Jojjo v1_0.esp

Warglaives by Jojjo v1.0.SoB.esp

Adonnays Elven Weaponry.esp

Armory of the Silver Dragon.esp

BlackLuster.esp

Dread Knight Armor.esp

rdweaponpack1.esp (Art of War weaponry)

tda_Armoury Beta v1_2.esp

tda_ScytheModv1.2.esp

tda_WitchKingHelm.esp

Tyrael Armor.esp

Thieves Arsenal.esp

Akaviri Imports.esp

Silverlight Armor by Jojjo.esp

Knights.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

mythsandlegends.esp

Assassins Creed - Altair's Gear.esp

MidasSpells.esp

Telekinetic Mastery.esp

ArcaneArchery.esp

Dwemer_Skyship_1_1_0.esp

AncientTowers.esp

MountainShack.esp

FarmAnimalsofCyrodiil.esp

Cheydinhal Petshop.esp

BravilSeaDomes.esp

mrSiikas_DwemerTechnology_DwemerSubway.esp

DLCfrostcrag.esp (with Frostcrag Reborn mod)

DLCSpellTomes.esp

DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp

BHC_Expanded.esp (Black Horse Courier Expanded)

The Lost Spires.esp

Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp

Beautiful People.esp

DeadlyReflex 5 - Combat Moves.esp

 

And my problems are:

 

1. Silent NPCs in cities.

 

I've discovered an annoying bug in my Oblivion.

 

In clean version of Oblivion (without mods) when I'm walking near NPCs in cities, they are sometimes talking to each other.

 

But when I have activated all my mods (load order posted on top of this topic) people stopped talking to each other. Cities are silent...

Only when I am very close to NPCs they are starting to talk.

 

Which of my mods could cause that problem? Maybe 'Personality Idles v4'? Or maybe something else?

 

I know that this is minor bug but I'm just curious what could cause it.

 

Compability questions

 

a) I want to download some new mods that will change weather effects.

Actually I'm using 'Atmospheric Weather System' but I'm curious if this mod will be compatible with mod 'Weather - All Natural'. I'm also using 'Natural Environments' atm.

Are these mods compatible with each other? Which one of these will enhance my game mostly in your opinion?

 

b) I was thinking about downloading 'Common Oblivion (COBL)'. It's awesome mod but I'm not sure about one thing - COBL will be compatible with mods like 'Beautiful People' or 'Xenius Race Compilation' (which I want to download soon) and FCOM?

Where should I put COBL in my load order list to make it working properly with mods listed above?

 

 

I know many of these questions are really noobish but I need help. I want to apply major enhancements into my Oblivion and I'll really appreciate ANY helpful information :)

 

Sorry for this wall of text, but I've wanted to describe my problems as good as possible :P

 

Thank you for reading :)

[slygothmog]

I can answer your first question but not the others.

 

cssBase.esm (Companion Sound Sets)

 

Thats the cause of your sound problem, i had this as well and although the lack of sound with the NPC's didn't bother me, it was the fact that my characters battle sounds were completly gone that made me remove this mod from my list, a shame as the sound sets are really very good.

[Maigrets]

The silent NPC's problem is the Cheydinhal Petshop. It accidentally edits the multiplier that enables NPC's speech at the correct time, so they never seem to speak at all.

 

There's a fix for it if you have the CS and doesn't require any particular knowledge of the Editor to use.

 

Instead of me typing it all here go to this page where I outlined how to fix it. You only have to make one change and save the mod.

http://savageartistry.darkbb.com/tes-iv-ob...utions-t132.htm

 

As far as the weather mods you shouldn't be using more than one at the same time. Natural Environments works fine for me, but you just need to check out the Readme's to see if the others suit you.

 

COBL is compatible with pretty much everything including FCOM. I don't use the Race Balancing part of it since I have my own custom races that aren't included in COBL.

 

Get BOSS (Better Oblivion Sorting Software) to sort your mods for you and Wrye Bash which is an essential if using FCOM, COBL and any other mod that alters leveled lists and loot tables, adds NPC's and items etc.