Can't talk to people

[SonOfDiablo]

Yesterday skyrim ran fine no issues what so ever.

But today when I loaded up my save (I haven't installed any new mods, updated anything or changed my load order) I couldn't talk to anyone.. well that's not completely true I can talk to guards and some modded NPCs but not any vanilla NPCs.

 

I tried to reload the game and the save, still no luck.

I then tried to clean my Load Order with LOOT, didn't help.

 

 

My current load order is as follows:

 

  0  0 Skyrim.esm
  1  1 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
  2  2 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
  3  3 Campfire.esm
  4  4 TravellersOfSkyrim.esm
  5  5 Sneak Tools.esp
  6  6 Update.esm
  7  7 HearthFires.esm
  8  8 Dragonborn.esm
  9  9 Dawnguard.esm
 10  a Cutting Room Floor.esp
 11  b Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp
 12  c YOT - Your Own Thoughts.esp
 13  d Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
 14  e WICO - Immersive People.esp
 15  f YASM_Armor_Weapons_USSEP.esp
 16 10 Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin SSE Version.esp
 17 11 AnotherSortingMod_SSE-2016.esp
 18 12 Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
 19 13 RealisticWaterTwo.esp
 20 14 Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul - Skyrim.esp
 21 15 MoreBanditCamps(SSE Explorer'sEdition).esp
 22 16 BlackthornManor.esp
 23 17 BetterQuestObjectives.esp
 24 18 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
 25 19 SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp
 26 1a Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
 27 1b Populated Lands Roads Paths Legendary.esp
 28 1c more idle markers.esp
 29 1d Point The Way.esp
 30 1e TheChoiceIsYours.esp
 31 1f Ambriel.esp
 32 20 mrbs-uniqueloot-se.esp
 33 21 Better Harvesting.esp
 34 22 Populated Dungns Caves Ruins Legendary.esp
 35 23 Skyrim Better Roads and Bridges - All In One - Merged.esp
 36 24 Run For Your Lives.esp
 37 25 SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
 38 26 Inigo.esp
 39 27 Bring Out Your Dead.esp
 40 28 Sorted - Food_Drink.esp
 41 29 Sorted - Ingredients.esp
 42 2a Sorted - Miscellaneous_Campfire.esp
 43 2b CC'sProfitableHunting.esp
 44 2c Immersive Wenches.esp
 45 2d Populated Cities Towns Villages Legendary.esp
 46 2e Immersive Patrols II.esp
 47 2f CCO - Permanent Birthsigns.esp
 48 30 ForgottenCity.esp
 49 31 notice board.esp
 50 32 ExpandedCarriageService.esp
 51 33 Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp
 52 34 Ars Metallica.esp
 53 35 Dr_Bandolier.esp
 54 36 Character Creation Overhaul.esp
 55 37 CCO - Diverse Races And Genders.esp
 56 38 CCO - Dynamic Skill Progression.esp
 57 39 CCO - Oblivion Carry Weights.esp
 58 3a CriticalCorrection.esp
 59 3b DiverseDragonsCollectionSE.esp
 60 3c SPTDiverseGuardsSkyrimSE.esp
 61 3d Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim.esp
 62 3e dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
 63 3f FaceMasksOfSkyrim.esp
 64 40 Footprints.esp
 65 41 Hunters Not Bandits.esp
 66 42 AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
 67 43 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
 68 44 Killable Children.esp
 69 45 LeftHandRings.esp
 70 46 No BS AI Projectile Dodge (Magic and Arrows) - Immersive Projectiles Nondetection of Enemies.esp
 71 47 dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp
 72 48 Runandwalkpaces.esp
 73 49 PeopleAreStrangers.esp
 74 4a Realistic-Voice.esp
 75 4b dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
 76 4c ScopedBows.esp
 77 4d ScopedBows_EagleEyeTweak.esp
 78 4e ScopedBows_ArrowTweaks.esp
 79 4f ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
 80 50 Simple AUA.esp
 81 51 LrsamwaysExpandedSkyrimWeaponry.esp
 82 52 More Weapons Please.esp
 83 53 Rebalanced Leveled Lists.esp
 84 54 TravellersOfSkyrim - Vanilla.esp
 85 55 TrueStormsSE.esp
 86 56 Unique Uniques.esp
 87 57 VioLens SE.esp
 88 58 VioLens SE - Book Menu.esp
 89 59 WetandCold.esp
 90 5a When Vampires Attack.esp
 91 5b WICO - Immersive Character.esp
 92 5c WICO - Immersive Dawnguard.esp
 93 5d WICO - Wild Hunt Gears.esp
 94 5e YOT - Campfire.esp
 95 5f Map Markers Complete.esp
 96 60 True Eyes SE desaturated.esp
 97 61 Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp
 98 62 Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp
 99 63 Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp
100 64 LeftHandRings_1stPersonView.esp
101 65 Skyrim Sizes.esp
102 66 Open Cities Skyrim.esp
103 67 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
104 68 Immersive Citizens - OCS patch.esp
105 69 Sorted - Ammo.esp
106 6a Sorted - Potions_Poisons.esp
107 6b Sorted - Scrolls.esp
108 6c Sorted - Skill Books_Alt1.esp
109 6d Sorted - Spells.esp
110 6e Sorted - Tomes.esp
111 6f Sorted - Recipes.esp
112 70 RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

 

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[DrEllert]

I know this gonna sound weird - can you try and start a new game? I want to know if you can't talk to people even then.

 

Also, try to disable all mods- if that fixes it, then it's probably a mod. The guys here would probably know what causes it. My guess is the modded NPC thing? maybe? try putting it up or down in the loading order.

[SonOfDiablo]

So I just tried to make a new character and I was able to talk to people.

I tried to load my last save without any mods, I wasn't able to as it said my save file were corrupted..

I tried to load an earlier save and again I was able to talk to people.

 

So good news is I can play the game again.

Bad news is that I still don't know why it happened :/


If anyone knows/has any ideas I would love to know so I know how to avoid it in the future :)

[SonOfDiablo]

Little update..
I feel really stupid right now..

But it seems I have a mod (most likely Sneak Tools or Masks Of Skyrim) that adds some face masks that will hide your identity, but furthermore they make it so that you can't talk to some people...

 

 

Thanks for your time @DrEllert :)

[DrEllert]

At least you solved the issue, importently.

 

And a pleasure, always glad to help with my little knowledge :)