Strange glitch in Vault 112/Tranquility Lane

[AlyxxThorne]

When I entered Vault 112 I noticed Dad doing the smoking animation in the tranquility lounger, but it was broken, since there wasn't any actual cigarette in his hand and he was simply doing the animation repeatedly and constantly. Upon entering Tranquility Lane, the Rockwells were both doing the smoking animation glitch which made it impossible to finish the quest. I tried resetting the quest and stages which worked for a bit but upon exiting TL I couldn't exit the lounger as I was forced back into TL and when I exited again I was stuck in the lounger and couldn't even get out using TCL, and my character was still a child.

I had to restart the game at the save point where I left Vault 101... but I encountered the glitch again in Vault 112 and now I am scared to go into Tranquility Lane again...

 

I have no idea what is causing this weird broken animation glitch. I have the current mods and load order:

 

• main game and DLC
• Lings.esm
• LingsDLC.esm
• CrossRepairWeapons.esp
• project_starcross.esm
• RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
• FO3 Error Fixes.esp
• Ling Hair NPCs.esp
• WeaponModKits.esp
• RH_WMK_Bridge.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
• TenpennyCompanions.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
• gender perks unlocked.esp
• GNRfix.esp
• Level50BrokenSteel.esp
• LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp
• PCIdles.esp
• sunglassescollection.esp
• Armored Vests.esp
• CrossRepairArmor.esp
• EssentialFollowers+Caravans.esp
• RHKFollowerXP.esp
• FollowersHire.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey - Zeta addon.esp
• FPS Knife Hotkey.esp
• BetterBittercup.esp
• Playable Companion Weapons.esp
• Sprint Mod.esp
• Player Animations - Sleeping.esp
• Slumber Party.esp
• mazas_campfire.esp
• makeshiftbed.esp
• NBstoryposes.esp
• Faff.esp
• DarNifiedUIF3.esp

 

Anyone know a fix for this glitch? I think it can potentially screw up the game for me...

- Alyxx

[M48A5]

Please post your entire load order. The placement of the DLCs may be causing a problem. Also, when you have a mod with multiple plugins (RH_Ironsights, WMK), the plugins should be arranged in the same order as the main game and DLCs.

 

Compatibility patches must load after the last mod they are patching (RH_WMK_Bridge). Move the DarNifiedUFI to the top of the .esp load order.

[AlyxxThorne]

My entire load order:

• Fallout3.esm
• Anchorage.esm
• ThePitt.esm
• BrokenSteel.esm
• PointLookout.esm
• Zeta.esm
• Lings.esm
• LingsDLC.esm
• CrossRepairWeapons.esp
• project_starcross.esm
• RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
• FO3 Error Fixes.esp
• Ling Hair NPCs.esp
• WeaponModKits.esp
• RH_WMK_Bridge.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
• TenpennyCompanions.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
• gender perks unlocked.esp
• GNRfix.esp
• Level50BrokenSteel.esp
• LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp
• PCIdles.esp
• sunglassescollection.esp
• Armored Vests.esp
• CrossRepairArmor.esp
• EssentialFollowers+Caravans.esp
• RHKFollowerXP.esp
• FollowersHire.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey - Zeta addon.esp
• FPS Knife Hotkey.esp
• BetterBittercup.esp
• Playable Companion Weapons.esp
• Sprint Mod.esp
• Player Animations - Sleeping.esp
• Slumber Party.esp
• mazas_campfire.esp
• makeshiftbed.esp
• NBstoryposes.esp
• Faff.esp
• DarNifiedUIF3.esp

I'll move around the mods like you suggested and see if it helps.
Edit: I changed the load order to the following and it did not fix the glitch:

 

• Fallout3.esm
• Anchorage.esm
• ThePitt.esm
• BrokenSteel.esm
• PointLookout.esm
• Zeta.esm
• Lings.esm
• LingsDLC.esm
• CrossRepairWeapons.esp
• project_starcross.esm
• RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
• DarNifiedUIF3.esp
• FO3 Error Fixes.esp
• Ling Hair NPCs.esp
• WeaponModKits.esp
• RH_WMK_Bridge.esp
• TenpennyCompanions.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
• gender perks unlocked.esp
• GNRfix.esp
• Level50BrokenSteel.esp
• LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp
• PCIdles.esp
• sunglassescollection.esp
• Armored Vests.esp
• CrossRepairArmor.esp
• EssentialFollowers+Caravans.esp
• RHKFollowerXP.esp
• FollowersHire.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey - Zeta addon.esp
• FPS Knife Hotkey.esp
• BetterBittercup.esp
• Playable Companion Weapons.esp
• Sprint Mod.esp
• Player Animations - Sleeping.esp
• Slumber Party.esp
• mazas_campfire.esp
• makeshiftbed.esp
• NBstoryposes.esp
• Faff.esp

[M48A5]

RH_WMK Bridge should load after RH_Ironsights.

 

Get your RH_Ironsights plugins in order. It is easier to see what you have.

 

Since your problem is with the idles, you should disable all your idle mods and check if the problem is corrected. You won't need the mods in Tranquility Lane anyway.

 

The first one I would take out would be LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp.

 

Don't forget to toggle Archive Invalidation after you make the changes.

[AlyxxThorne]

Here's my new load order:

 

• Fallout3.esm
• Anchorage.esm
• ThePitt.esm
• BrokenSteel.esm
• PointLookout.esm
• Zeta.esm
• Lings.esm
• LingsDLC.esm
• CrossRepairWeapons.esp
• project_starcross.esm
• RH_IRONSIGHTS.esm
• DarNifiedUIF3.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_VanillaPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_AnchoragePlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PittPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Pitt_NewRifleSights.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_BrokenSteelPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_PointLookoutPlugin.esp
• RH_IronSights_PL_NewItems.esp
• RH_IronSights_Basic_ZetaPlugin.esp
• WeaponModKits.esp
• RH_WMK_Bridge.esp
• FO3 Error Fixes.esp
• Ling Hair NPCs.esp
• TenpennyCompanions.esp
• gender perks unlocked.esp
• GNRfix.esp
• Level50BrokenSteel.esp
• LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp
• PCIdles.esp
• sunglassescollection.esp
• Armored Vests.esp
• CrossRepairArmor.esp
• EssentialFollowers+Caravans.esp
• RHKFollowerXP.esp
• FollowersHire.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey.esp
• FPS Grenade Hotkey - Zeta addon.esp
• FPS Knife Hotkey.esp
• BetterBittercup.esp
• Playable Companion Weapons.esp
• Sprint Mod.esp
• Player Animations - Sleeping.esp
• Slumber Party.esp
• mazas_campfire.esp
• makeshiftbed.esp
• NBstoryposes.esp
• Faff.esp

I tried disabling the following mods (and toggling Archive Invalidation each time)

• LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado_fo3_scratch.esp which did nothing
• NBstoryposes.esp which did nothing either
• Faff.esp seemed to be the culprit as once I disabled it, the problem went away.

It's a shame as Faff helped making the screenshots more interesting by adding facial expressions to my character and the NPC's... any advice on where I can put it in the load order without messing up the NPCs?
I've gotten through Vault 112 and Tranquility Lane now and have re-enabled Faff. Doesn't seem to be causing any more glitches but at least if I encounter something similar I know what could be the culprit...

[M48A5]

Since FAFF is causing a problem with the vanilla game, I wouldn't know where on your load order to place it. If you haven't done BrokenSteel, keep in mind that it did cause a problem and disable it before starting Operation Anchorage.

 

Also, since you are using Ling's and some other mods that effect your character, you will need Custom Race Endings Broken Steel OverRide http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/6240/? You will only have to run this once for the end of the game and then you can disable and delete it.

Edited May 24, 2015 by M48A5

[AlyxxThorne]

Thanks, I'll do that.

I'll disable FAFF again if I encounter any animation glitches like the one I described.