Severe delay during Diplomatic Immunity quest dialogue

[Deleted5045300User]

In nearly 2000 hours playing this game I have never seen the likes of this before.

 

Essentially, when passing over my inventory to Malborn it works fine for the first few items, however at this point the framerate drops a little and in the background I can hear the scrolling sound. As if I am constantly scrolling, yet I am not. After doing this, the vast majority of NPC dialog that involves scripts seems to take an age or two, for example the dialogue with Delphine afterwards. She gives the clothing and the invitation one item at a time, and with rather a large delay in between.

 

I took a recording of the above behaviour (though the sound seems a bit knackered):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUOiIl_boc

 

After this recording I decided to finish the conversation with Delphine and board the carriage, just to see what would happen. I must have been sitting on a black screen for about five minutes before I finally spawned at the Thalmor Embassy. At this point I gave up.

 

The problem is reproducible without fail every single time I try.

 

Oddly, this doesn't seem to be related to overall game time - I loaded up a save from half an hour before this, teleported to the Winking Skeever and tried again, same result. If I just don't bother with the quest the game seems to be behaving, though of course this pretty much locks out the main quest.

 

I'm not sure the issue would be one mod causing it directly - I've had this mod list running across several characters for about a year now, and in fact did this quest on another character a few weeks ago with no issues encountered (and one several months prior with a couple of issues which were solved by uninstalling skyBirds). In fact, the ones with the quest done are much older saves on which I would have expected a couple of issues, whereas this one is fairly new. I would assume it's a save issue of some description.

 

The save itself apparently only has 6 orphaned script instances, but removing them with flexcreator's tool does nothing to alleviate the issue. However, based on my limited knowledge I don't see this being caused by anything other than Papyrus falling over for no real reason other than Skyrim Sorcery.

 

Here's a link to the save if anyone is interested: https://ufile.io/7aeuk

 

Load order

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

Falskaar.esm

Wyrmstooth.esp

LB_MuchAdoSnowElves.esm

STL-TARDIS-Regenerated.esm

ApachiiHair.esm

Campfire.esm

moonpath.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

MolagBalsInferno.esm

RaceCompatibility.esm

LevelersTower.esm

TouringCarriages.esp

Cutting Room Floor.esp

SkyUI.esp

Lock Overhaul.esp

FreckleMania.esp

Moss Rocks.esp

Dragon Combat Overhaul.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts.esp

BFSEffects.esp

FISS.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Brawl Bugs CE.esp

WATER Falskaar.esp

Better Auriels Bow.esp

Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

LoreWorthyHagravens.esp

Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp

Lost Art of the Blacksmith.esp

dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp

Footprints.esp

DwarvenRes.esp

EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

konahrik_accoutrements_dpe.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp

TMSG.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

Headtracking.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp

Increased Bounty & Guild Rewards.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

WATER.esp

JiubQuestMarkers.esp

MeridaHair.esp

WetandCold.esp

AOS.esp

Rigmor.esp

3DNPC.esp

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

Blaze Of Eventide.esp

CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp

DarkbroSanctuary.esp

Book Covers Skyrim.esp

ELFXEnhancer.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp

AOS2_CoT3_1_patch.esp

AOS2_WetandCold Patch.esp

AOS2_EBT Patch.esp

Northgirl.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuOverlays.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp

ShezrieOldHroldanVer2.esp

Civil War Overhaul.esp

w2salem.esp

LostLongSwords.esp

HarvestOverhaul.esp

MoonAndStar_MAS.esp

Cidhna Mine Expanded.esp

CWIELnFXPatch.esp

Freedom of Speech -- Dawnguard.esp

Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp

Connys Improved Hearthfire.esp

EMViljaInSolstheimAddOn.esp

WATER DG + DB.esp

Inigo.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

LB_MuchAdoSnowElves_Quest.esp

moonpath_questdata.esp

ELFX - Moonpath.esp

SmeltingDwarvenMetal.esp

Stalhrim Helmet Replacer.esp

The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp

TakeNotes.esp

The Ningheim.esp

Unique Uniques.esp

AOS2_GDO Patch.esp

Better Vampires.esp

RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp

Predator Vision.esp

konahrik_accoutrements.esp

Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.esp

LPBards.esp

arnima.esp

RagnvaldBookFarengar+Ragnvald.esp

RabbitsPlus.esp

RayeksEnd.esp

Frostfall.esp

SofiaFollower.esp

ForgottenCity.esp

The Pit.esp

AesirArmor.esp

sheogorath_shout.esp

MzarkWonders.esp

WATER Plants.esp

DragonFastTravelRedone.esp

Dwemer Spectres Legendary.esp

Hunterborn.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

Argonian Access.esp

Vampirelordroyal.esp

BP2Meeko.esp

konahrik_accoutrements_db.esp

Sneak Tools.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp

Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp

iNeed.esp

VampireClothingBugFix.esp

Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

Apocalypse - More Apocalypse.esp

MoonAndStar_WATERPlants_compat.esp

Imperial Assasin Armor.esp

LustmordVampireArmor.esp

dovahkiinrelax.esp

iNeed - Dangerous Diseases.esp

WerewolfPerksExpanded.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

DSerArcheryGameplayOverhaul.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

WetandCold - Ashes.esp

KS Hairdos - HDT.esp

Hunterborn Campfire Patch.esp

Populated Skyrim Prisons Cells.esp

BVandRB_Formlist.esp

LeatherSandals.esp

CaranthirTowerReborn.esp

Corpse_Preparation.esp

bhabhilon.esp

Undeath.esp

Undeath Immersive Lichdom V3.esp

MrissiTailOfTroubles.esp

HeartOfThunder.esp

Thor.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edited May 9, 2017 by Guest

[Jannifer]

I wish I had a fix for you, but I had to let you know that I loved your wording. "...Papyrus falling over for no real reason other than Skyrim Sorcery" is just perfect.

[Deleted5045300User]

Anyone who has this issue in the future, the problem is Aesir armour. I'm guessing the attachment scripts fall over when the armour is moved out of the player inventory. Disassembling the armour and then transferring it seems to work fine.