NPCs missing or just standing around not doing anything

[master23roks]

hey all! new here, i have a prob. the NPCs in the cities no longer appear much in the cities themselves i.e market district in IC, in the district i no longer see many of the npcs which previously were up and walking from morning to evening. now the market district just has guards and some civilian npcs (about 2-3) whereas before there were up to 10 npcs.. also with regards to this, in Leyawiin im missing "eitar", in the shop "dividing line" where before he was always there during daytime, this is also true in terms of the npcs which are supposed to be present in the leyawiin streets but now are gone. so if anyone knows about this problem and might be of help, thanks!

[Bloodreaper]

Unless you provide some kind of list of the mods you're using we can't really help you, as the problem sounds almost 100% mod related.

 

I would check out any major overhaul mods, or stuff that changes npc routines as well as idle animations and such.

[master23roks]

ok here's my modlist, if you see any probs with this, need help thanks!

 

Oblivion.esm

Cobl Main.esm

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm

TamrielTravellers.esm

Qarls_Harvest.esm

CM Partners.esm

bookplacing.esm

MD_Saddle_Master.esm

Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp

UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp

Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

Knights.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCSpellTomes.esp

DLCVileLair.esp

DLCBattlehornCastle.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp

Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp

DLCFrostcrag_MysticEmporiumPatch.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

Compatibility Patch - DLCHorseArmor.esp

VanityCameraSmoother.esp

gardening.esp

road+bridges.esp

NRB4 Standard Road Record.esp

QTdof.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Arboretum.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Waterfront.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Temple.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Arena.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Prison.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Talos Plaza.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Market.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Green Emperor Way.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Elven Gardens.esp

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - The Arcane University.esp

Cobl Glue.esp

Cobl Si.esp

OOO 1.32-Cobl.esp

Cobl Tweaks.esp

Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp

Qarls_Harvest.esp

Living Economy.esp

Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp

actors_in_charge.esp

ActorsInMadness.esp

LoadingScreens.esp

LoadingScreens-OOO.esp

Cutthroat Merchants.esp

Living Economy - Items.esp

TamrielTravellers.esp

ShiveringIsleTravellers.esp

ShiveringIsleTravellersFriendlyFactions.esp

TamrielTravellersFactionAll.esp

TamrielTravellersItemsNPC.esp

hilarity_121.esp

DecoratorAssistant with OBSE v1.1.esp

SamVimes's Feint Death.esp

RenGuardOverhaul.esp

Thieves Arsenal.esp

LTDVampireOverhaul.esp

StealthOverhaul.esp

za_bankmod.esp

OOO-Level_Stock.esp

OOO-Map_Markers_Stock.esp

OOO-Magic_Script_Effect_Fix.esp

OOO-Container_Trap_Instant_Effects.esp

OOO-No_Guild_Ownership.esp

OOO-Water_Weeds.esp

EnchantmentRestore.esp

EnchantmentRestore_Wells.esp

ScriptIcon_Replacer.esp

WCGL - Wilderness Creatures 1.1.esp

P1DanywhereSittable.esp

More_Arrows_Recovered-2169.esp

EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp

EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp

EVE_KhajiitFix.esp

EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp

Abriael_Human.esp

Packhorses v1.esp

300_Combat Sounds.esp

MaleBodyReplacerV4.esp

Harvest [Flora].esp

Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp

Exterior Actors Have Torches 1.3 CT.esp

Dungeon Actors Have Torches 1.6 CT.esp

'Eagle Eye' Realistic Archery v1.0 Fixed.esp

RealisticForceMedium.esp

RealisticMagicForceMedium.esp

btgBloodFix.esp

Blood Potions for Vampires.esp

Cheydinhal Petshop.esp

VaultsofCyrodiil.esp

Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp

Adult_BookStore.esp

WHOOSH.esp

GrabLiveNPC_OBSE.esp

77_Umpa_RadioFx.esp

77_Umpa_Animation.esp

Telekinetic Mastery.esp

Legendary Abilities-Fortify Health MOJ.esp

SetBody.esp

JQ-Fighters_Guild_United.esp

RealSwords - Redguard LO-NPC.esp

Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp

ShaiyaOutfit.esp

Adonnays Classical Weaponry.esp

Adonnays Elven Weaponry.esp

Ethereal - Armor Imperial Legion Edition.esp

HelmetFOV.esp

Dude Wheres My Horse.esp

LockpickMold.esp

Days&Months.esp

ChaseCameraMod.esp

Short Grass V3.esp

Crowded Roads.esp

Natural_Water_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Weather_HDR_with_darker_Nights_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Habitat_by_Max_Tael.esp

Natural_Vegetation_200%_by_Max_Tael.esp

oc_darker_nights.esp

Cities Alive At Night.esp

moDem's City Life.esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp

Better Looking Redguards.esp

Better Looking Wood Elves Vanilla.esp

Beautiful_Women_NiceOnly.esp

Handsome_Gents_SI.esp

Beautiful_Women_SI.esp

Beautiful_Women_DB_Addon.esp

Handsome_Gents_Bonus.esp

Beautiful_Women_NotSoNice_Bonus.esp

Handsome_Gents_Vampires_50.esp

Beautiful_Women_Vampires_50.esp

KT_CustomRaceFix.esp

P1DseeYouSleep.esp

P1DseeYouSleep - DLCVileLair.esp

IlluminationWithin.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Cyrodiil + SI.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Knights.esp

Let There Be Darkness - Mehrunes Razor.esp

MD Saddlebags v3.0.esp

CM Partners.esp

CM Partners Extra NPCs.esp

CM Partners More NPCs NE.esp

CM Partners NPC NE.esp

CM Partners NPC.esp

DAJackSparrow.esp

FineWeapons for OOO.esp

RustyItems for OOO.esp

Vanilla_Oblivion_Skill_Rates-6548.esp

Streamline 3.1.esp

[Bloodreaper]

Hmm..Try to mess arround with the Crowded Roads and moDem's City Life. First, use your OBMM and set them to load LAST on the list...if not disable them and see if you notice and diference. It would be a good ideea to download BOSS and use it to optimize the mod load order.

[MoonElf]

ImpeREAL City Unique Districts - Market.esp

 

This could be bugged, try turn this off and then launch or there is the harder way of turning off all, then one by one testing them to see if they do the problem you have

[master23roks]

it seems to be working now thanks all!

 

although im not sure about this but in the "Dividing Line" weapons and armor shop in Leyawiin the guy seems to be selling no armor at all. instead, he sells weapons and misc items such as dwemer scrap metal, guar hide, and netch leather - are these items supposed to be in oblivion or not? because im pretty much annoyed at not seeing him selling armor and only these misc stuff. btw if ever these items (guar hides, dwemer scrap metal) are a part of the game, what are they supposed to be for? thanks!

[BlackerrR]

Just a tip! ImpeReal City and mods that add more NPCs can 'overwhelm' RAM making NPCs just standing around or missing. Oblivion's system engine seems to have a limit concerning NPCs, but I don't know what kind of limit. They have AI-s which they use ALL THE TIME, even if they're too far away from you, and engine just breaks. I think you should know that :happy:

 

sorry for bad English...

[Bloodreaper]

it seems to be working now thanks all!

 

although im not sure about this but in the "Dividing Line" weapons and armor shop in Leyawiin the guy seems to be selling no armor at all. instead, he sells weapons and misc items such as dwemer scrap metal, guar hide, and netch leather - are these items supposed to be in oblivion or not? because im pretty much annoyed at not seeing him selling armor and only these misc stuff. btw if ever these items (guar hides, dwemer scrap metal) are a part of the game, what are they supposed to be for? thanks!

 

Dwemer scrap metal? I dont think that's part of the original game. However im pretty sure there was a alchemical ingredients mod adding those in game....I cant tell by the names in your list, but if you have something similar, which adds additional ingredients try to disable the mod.