Enemies disappear into nothingness when killed

[VigorRush]

Something that's been popping up in my modded games lately is that sometimes, whenever I kill an NPC, they seem to just vanish. Their death shouts get cut off when they do so, and they typically leave their weapons and shields behind. I don't know if they're either disappearing or they're just being flung out of the area I'm in extremely quickly, but it's very annoying. Any help in fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated.

 

Here's my load order:

 

00 Oblivion.esm
01 Cobl Main.esm [Version 1.72]
02 Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp [Version 3.5.5]
03 UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp [Version 1.0.0]
04 Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
05 DLCShiveringIsles.esp
06 Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp [Version 1.5.9]
++ Symphony of Violence.esp
07 MigMiscellanea.esp [Version 1.82]
08 Spell Delete And Item Remove.esp
09 UnidirectionalAttack.esp
0A DLCHorseArmor.esp
0B DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.9]
0C DLCOrrery.esp
0D DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.7]
0E DLCVileLair.esp
0F DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.11]
10 DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
11 DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.7]
12 DLCSpellTomes.esp
++ DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.1]
13 CapesandCloaks.esp
14 DLCThievesDen.esp
15 DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.15]
16 DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp [Version 1.0.14]
17 Cobl Glue.esp [Version 1.72]
18 Cobl Si.esp [Version 1.63]
++ Cobl Tweaks.esp [Version 1.44]
19 Fighters Guild Quests.esp
1A Mages Guild Quests.esp
1B DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
1C DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.12]
1D DLCFrostcrag.esp
1E DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.0.10]
1F Knights.esp
20 Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp [Version 1.1.8]
21 Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp [Version 3.08]
22 Auto Update Leveled Items And Spells.esp [Version 1.2.5]
23 Bag of Holding.esp [Version 1.5.0]
24 Better Dungeons.esp
25 GuildAdvancement.esp
26 Magic Spell Perks Balanced.esp
27 Relevant Scrolls & Potions & Staves.esp
28 SetsunaDummyTraining.esp
++ Unlimited Rings 1.0.esp
++ Unlimited Amulets 1.0.esp
29 VanillaCombatEnhanced.esp
++ VCEClassOverhaul.esp
2A Alternative Beginnings.esp [Version 1.4.5]
++ Item interchange - Extraction.esp [Version 0.76]
2B Companion Compatibility.esp
++ Cobl Filter Late MERGE ONLY.esp [Version 1.53]
2C Dahyka's Vanilla Racial and Birthsign Tweaksv2.2.esp
2D Bashed Patch, 0.esp

I also have EngineBugFixes and DarNified UI installed.

 

 

 

[Oblivionaddicted]

My guess is either you have a mod that adds a great quantity of enemies in the world which requires the game to remove them when they die so it doesn't freeze or lag. The other explanation is you have a mod that adds a script to your enemies so they disappear on death.

 

By random did you play after disabling VanillaCombatEnhanced.esp to check if the problem remains?

Edited October 9, 2017 by Oblivionaddicted

[VigorRush]

I uninstalled both VCE and Migick's Miscellaneous, made a new save and fought against two bandits near Vilverin. Both of them seemed to have vanished after I killed them, but they were actually still visible in the map. Both of them were flung rather far though, and they seemed to have been thrown backwards; one of them had their body stuck to the ground.

[Striker879]

Later versions of skeleton.nif that are based on Growlfs skeleton will do that. I'm not at home until tomorrow to give you info and links to the solution I found (involves Realistic Fatigue & Basic Physical Activities and how I've tweaked their settings).

[VigorRush]

Thanks for the tip! :laugh:

I'm currently doing a fresh install with both Realistic Fatigue and BPA installed, hopefully that'll yield better results for now.

[Striker879]

Let me know if you want me to post my own tweaked RealisticFatigue.ini for a reference point for your own tweaks (I'm back home and have access to my gaming machine again). I checked my BasicPhysicalActivities.ini but see I didn't make any tweaks there that will be relevant to the issue (just made tweaks to min and max walk speeds).

Edited October 10, 2017 by Striker879