Bug in "in my time of need" - guard missing.

[larsbert]

This is a strange one. Upon entering Whiterun, the two Alik'r are talking to thin air (or rather, not talking at all) - after a couple of minutes, the guard appears. After some looking around, I found out that the guard frantically runs from the castle to start his part of the conversation, but of course, it's too late when he arrives. Now I have quite a lot of mods, but I couldn't find the culprit: When I disable everything except wet and cold and dD Blood (without those I can't load the game), it is still the same. However, if I take a clean save from the nexus, e.g. right after killing the dragon, everything works fine.

 

Ideas? Here's my modlist:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp

2 2 RSkyrimChildren.esm

3 3 Update.esm

4 4 HearthFires.esm

5 5 Dragonborn.esm

6 6 Dawnguard.esm

7 7 Cutting Room Floor.esp

8 8 realistic-voice.esp

9 9 sptdiverseguardsskyrimse.esp

10 a nb-furhoods.esp

11 b CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp

12 c KS Hairdo's.esp

13 d aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp

14 e AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp

15 f Differently Ebony.esp

16 10 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

17 11 DSAMG - Miraak Music Fixes.esp

18 12 MorePowerfulAncientNordArmor.esp

19 13 Ancient Nord Light Armor.esp

20 14 Castle Volkihar Rebuilt.esp

21 15 Book Covers Skyrim.esp

22 16 original opening scene.esp

23 17 TheChoiceIsYours.esp

24 18 SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp

25 19 Bring Out Your Dead.esp

26 1a HH Suite Pool Ext Smithy.esp

27 1b Diverse Horses SE.esp

28 1c Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

29 1d The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

30 1e Gildergreen Regrown.esp

31 1f ClimatesOfTamriel.esp

32 20 ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp

33 21 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-L1.esp

34 22 ApachiiHelmetWigs.esp

35 23 Ars Metallica.esp

36 24 Backshields.esp

37 25 ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp

38 26 BijinAIO_SSE-3.1.1-SV.esp

39 27 Bijin NPCs.esp

40 28 Bijin Warmaidens.esp

41 29 Convenient Horses.esp

42 2a Artifact_Update_SE_v_1.0.esp

43 2b Dawnguard Delayed - Level 20.esp

44 2c DiverseDragonsCollectionSE.esp

45 2d dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

46 2e dD-Larger Splatter Size.esp

47 2f Bijin Wives.esp

48 30 JS Armored Circlets SE.esp

49 31 Maevan2EyeBrows.esp

50 32 MorrowindImports.esp

51 33 NB-Scars.esp

52 34 RSChildren - Complete.esp

53 35 RSChildren_PatchUSSEP.esp

54 36 Serana.esp

55 37 Valerica.esp

56 38 Unique Uniques.esp

57 39 TrueBrows.esp

58 3a Water Special Edition.esp

59 3b WetandCold.esp

60 3c waves.esp

61 3d imperial_outfits.esp

62 3e Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Weathers.esp

63 3f Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Weathers.esp

64 40 Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

65 41 Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp

66 42 Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp

67 43 Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp

68 44 Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp

69 45 Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin SSE Version.esp

70 46 Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

Thanks for any help/ideas...

[wim1234]

well if thats the load order, no wonder...

ussep should be after the dlc.

but the way to solve it , is easy.

you say it runs fine without any mods..well add them piece by piece and you sure are going to find the culprit.

[larsbert]

Well, it is not the "real load order" (or so I hope, I copied this from loot, which somehow messes this up); in the nmm and ingame the patch is at the correct position.

 

Concerning the mods, I tried exactly this - deactivate everything except for db-blood and wetandcold, since the game couldn't be loaded without - and still, the guard was running from the castle. If I use a vanilla save from the nexus, and have all the mods added, the guard is where he should be.