FCOM - Invisible jaguars

[ArchNihil]

Okay, so here's the problem...

I installed FCOM 1.0 a lil' while ago following a thread on the Bethesda forums (I think). I was used to install the UFCOM package.

 

I've been playing without any problems and very few crashes. However, I just encountered the enemy I fear the most... INVISIBLE ENNEMIES ! DUN DUN DUN. In all seriousness, it pisses me off and I'd like to know why it's happening. All mods are to their latest version, have been installed through BAIN and sorted with BOSS... Yet, I still got that invisible jaguar. I made sure all bsa loaded in a variety of different ways. (Adddind them to the Oblivion.ini file or renaming them...) Nothing will do. That dead jaguar live invisible, died invisible and remains invisible.

 

I doubt this will be of any help but here's my load order :

 

Active Mod Files:

 

00  Oblivion.esm
01  All Natural Base.esm  [Version 1.34]
02  Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod.esm  [Version 5.0]
03  Francesco's Optional New Items Add-On.esm  [Version 5.0]
04  Cobl Main.esm  [Version 1.73]
05  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm  [Version 1.35Beta]
06  Mart's Monster Mod.esm  [Version 3.8b1]
07  FCOM_Convergence.esm  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
08  Armamentarium.esm  [Version 1.35]
09  Artifacts.esm  [Version 1.1]
0A  ScreenEffects.esm
**  TNR ALL RACES FINAL.esp
**  TNR - ShiveringIsles.esp
0B  Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp  [Version 3.4.2]
0C  UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp  [Version 1.0.0]
0D  Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
0E  DLCShiveringIsles.esp
0F  Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp  [Version 1.5.1]
**  Oblivion Vwalk UOS.esp
**  DLCShiveringIsles Vwalk UOS.esp
**  DLCShiveringIsles Vwalk DG_DS UOS.esp
**  TNR ALL RACES FINAL Vwalk UOS.esp
10  Francesco's Creatures and Items Resources.esp  [Version 5.0]
11  Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Bosses.esp  [Version 5.0]
12  Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Enemies.esp  [Version 5.0]
13  Francesco's Optional Chance of More Enemies.esp  [Version 5.0]
14  Francesco's Optional Leveled Guards.esp  [Version 5.0]
++  FCOM_Francescos.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
++  FCOM_FrancescosItemsAddOn.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
15  FCOM_FrancescosNamedBosses.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
16  Fran_Lv30Item_Maltz.esp
++  LoadingScreens.esp
17  All Natural.esp  [Version 1.34]
18  All Natural - SI.esp  [Version 1.34]
++  All Natural - MMM Patch.esp  [Version 1.3]
19  Skyrimized Water HD eng.esp  [Version 1.8.]
++  Skyrimized Waters HD - SI Addon.esp
1A  All Natural - Real Lights.esp  [Version 1.34]
1B  Book Jackets Oblivion.esp
1C  Camping.esp
1D  Torch Arrows.esp
1E  Enhanced Economy.esp  [Version 5.4.3]
1F  Display Stats.esp  [Version 2.0.1]
20  Dynamic Map.esp  [Version 2.1.1]
21  Map Marker Overhaul.esp  [Version 3.9.3]
22  Map Marker Overhaul - SI additions.esp  [Version 3.9.3]
23  sr_super_hotkeys.esp  [Version 0.54]
24  DLCHorseArmor.esp
25  DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.7]
26  DLCOrrery.esp
27  DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.5]
**  DLCOrrery Vwalk.esp
28  DLCVileLair.esp
29  DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.8]
2A  DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
2B  DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.6]
**  DLCMehrunesRazor Vwalk UOP.esp
2C  DLCSpellTomes.esp
++  DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.1]
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer.esp
**  Armamentium female.esp
2D  Colourwheels Sexy Stock Armor & Clothing Replacer.esp
2E  Colourwheels Sexy SI Armor & Clothing Replacer.esp
2F  DLCThievesDen.esp
30  DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.11]
**  DLCThievesDen Vwalk UOP.esp
31  Cobl Glue.esp  [Version 1.73]
32  Cobl Si.esp  [Version 1.63]
33  Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp
34  FCOM_BobsArmory.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
35  Loth's Blunt Weapons for Npcs.esp
++  FCOM_LothsBluntWeapons.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
36  Oblivion WarCry EV.esp  [Version 1.09]
37  FCOM_WarCry.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
38  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp  [Version 1.35Beta]
**  Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul Vwalk.esp
**  OMOBS_SI.esp  [Version 2.0]
++  ArmamentariumLLVendors.esp  [Version 1.35]
39  ArmamentariumArtifacts.esp  [Version 1.35]
3A  FCOM_Convergence.esp  [Version 0.9.9Mb8b1]
3B  FCOM_OscurosOverhaul.esp  [Version 0.9.8]
++  FCOM_EntropicOrderRebalance.esp  [Version 0.9.9beta2]
3C  FCOM_DurabilityAndDamage.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
++  FCOM_SaferRoads.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
3D  Mart's Monster Mod - Dungeons of MMM.esp  [Version 3.8b1]
3E  Mart's Monster Mod - Gems & Gem Dust.esp  [Version 3.7b7]
3F  Mart's Monster Mod - Hunting & Crafting.esp  [Version 3.7b7]
40  Mart's Monster Mod - Farm Animals.esp  [Version 3.8b1]
++  Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Runeskulls Loot OOO.esp  [Version 3.8b1]
**  FCOM_Archery.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
++  Mart's Monster Mod - Diverse Wisp and VASE Addon.esp  [Version 3.8b1]
41  Mart's Monster Mod - Mummies.esp
42  FCOM_MoreRandomSpawns.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
43  FCOM_MoreRandomItems.esp  [Version 0.9.9]
++  MMM4OOO&FCOM- Slofs Horse & DLC Armor.esp
++  Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp  [Version 3.8b1]
++  ArmamentariumLL4OOO.esp  [Version 2.01]
++  ArmamentariumLLMagicOOO.esp  [Version 1.35]
**  Fransfemale.esp
44  KDCircletsOOOOptimized - Loot Only.esp  [Version 1.2]
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer4FCOM.esp
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer for OOO.esp
**  EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer4MMM.esp
45  Artifacts.esp  [Version 1.1]
**  ArtifactsFemaleArmor.esp
++  Artifacts - ArmaCompleteAddon.esp  [Version 1.0]
46  Dwemer_Skyship_1_1_0.esp
47  FenrirTheWolf.esp
48  Kragenir's Death Quest.esp  [Version 2.11]
**  Kragenir's Death Quest Vwalk.esp
49  KDQ - Rural Line Additions.esp
4A  LetThePeopleDrink.esp  [Version 2.6]
4B  KragenirsDeathQuest-LetThePeopleDrink patch.esp
4C  Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp
**  Cyrodiil Travel Services Vwalk.esp
4D  FrbitTravel.esp
4E  DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
4F  DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.8]
50  DLCFrostcrag.esp
**  DLCFrostcrag Vwalk.esp
51  Knights.esp
52  Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.2]
**  Knights Vwalk UOP.esp
**  EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp
**  DLC_MOBS.esp
53  Shadowcrest_Vineyard_COBL.esp
++  FCOM_Knights.esp  [Version 0.9.9MB8b1]
54  Roads of Cyrodiil.esp  [Version 1.0]
55  ROC+Shadowcrest Vineyard Patch.esp  [Version 1.0]
56  ROC+LtPD Patch.esp  [Version 1.0]
57  Harvest [Flora].esp  [Version 3.0.0]
++  Harvest [Flora] - Shivering Isles.esp  [Version 3.0.0]
++  Harvest [Flora] - DLCVileLair.esp  [Version 3.0.0]
58  Harvest [Flora] - DLCFrostcrag.esp  [Version 3.0.0]
59  betterArena.esp
++  BetterArenaRemoveRestrictionOptionalFile.esp
5A  HUD Status Bars.esp  [Version 5.3.2]
5B  EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp
++  ScriptIcon_Replacer.esp
5C  Soulgem Magic.esp  [Version 2.0]
5D  Enhanced Economy - House prices.esp  [Version 5.4.3]
5E  Quest Award Leveller.esp
++  Quest Award Leveller - Battlehorn Castle.esp
++  Quest Award Leveller - Vile Lair.esp
++  Quest Award Leveller - Mehrunes Razor.esp
++  Quest Award Leveller - Knights of the Nine.esp
++  boh_dungeonbgone.esp
5F  Basic Primary Needs.esp  [Version 6.2.1]
60  SupremeMagicka.esp  [Version 0.90b]
61  SM_ShiveringIsles.esp  [Version 0.90]
++  SM_DLCSpellTome.esp  [Version 0.90]
++  SM_OOO.esp  [Version 0.90]
++  SM_MMM.esp  [Version 0.90]
++  SM_COBL.esp  [Version 0.90]
62  FearsomeMagicka.esp
63  RshAlchemy.esp
64  EnchantmentRestore.esp
++  EnchantmentRestore_Wells.esp
65  Morrowind Lockpicking.esp
66  SDR_Core.esp  [Version 4.5.4]
67  Oblivion XP.esp
68  SDR_Perks And Patches (Oblivion).esp  [Version 4.5.0]
++  OOO-Level_Stock.esp  [Version 1.33]
**  SWalk.esp
69  SeductiveIdles.esp
**  Cava Obscura - Cyrodiil.esp
**  Cava Obscura - SI.esp
**  Cava Obscura - Filter Patch For Mods.esp
++  Item interchange - Extraction.esp  [Version 0.76]
++  Item interchange - Placement for FCOM.esp  [Version 0.76]
++  Item interchange - Placement for Frostcrag Spire Revisited.esp  [Version 0.76]
++  Item interchange - Option, Ingredients in Bulk, reduced.esp  [Version 0.76]
6A  1em_Vilja.esp  [Version 4.04]
**  1em_Vilja MMM FCOM Fix.esp
6B  Companion Neeshka.esp
**  Companion Neeshka Vwalk.esp
6C  bgBalancingEVCore.esp  [Version 10.52EV-D]
++  EVE_KhajiitFix.esp
6D  bgMagicEV.esp  [Version 1.7EV]
**  bgMagicEV Vwalk.esp
++  bgMagicEVStartspells.esp  [Version 1.68EV]
++  bgMagicEVAddEnVar.esp  [Version 1.68EV]
++  bgBalancingEVOptionalFangs.esp  [Version 10.0EV-D]
++  bgBalancingEVOptionalMoreEyes.esp  [Version 10]
++  bgBalancingEVOptionalFCOMAdditions.esp  [Version 10.]
6E  bgBalancingEVLAMEAddition.esp  [Version 10.51EV-D]
++  bgBalancingEVLAMEGlue.esp  [Version 10.0EV-D1.62EV]
**  bgBalancingEVOptionalNPCDiversityLAME.esp  [Version 10.5EV-D]
6F  bgIntegrationEV.esp  [Version 1.0b]
**  bgIntegrationEV Vwalk.esp
70  bgMagicLightningbolt.esp
++  Visually Enchanted 2.1.esp
**  ROC Standard Road Record.esp
**  ROC - OCReborn Road Record.esp
++  Cobl Filter Late MERGE ONLY.esp  [Version 1.53]
71  Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

 

Also I'd like to know... Let's pretend I save right beside said invisible jaguar... If I fix the problem and load the save, he should magically become visible right in front of my eyes, right ? Or should I make a clean save and hope it's alright until I come across another jaguar ?

 

Thanks in advance for trying to help.

 

EDIT : I just looked through both the 1.33 files and the 1.35 BSA of OOO and couldn't find anything resembling a jaguar. I also browsed through MMM's BSA and got no result either. =[

Edited December 24, 2012 by ArchNihil

[Striker879]

Are you near Fort Caractacus when you find it?

[ArchNihil]

Unfortunately not... I was between Bravil and Leyawiin.

 

I also got another problem, the Flayer Knife, dropped by BoneFlayers looks fine on them, however, as soon as I take it I get a glorious missing mesh of doom if I drop it or equip it.

 

While I'm at it... Sometimes, ennemies just stop moving or attacking me for a while... Everytime I installed the game it did that to me... Could it be a simple FCOM side-effect, or am I just really bad at this ?

Edited December 24, 2012 by ArchNihil

[Striker879]

I was thinking you may have run into Ancotar's pets from the vanilla quest Zero Visibilty.

 

I don't use it myself, but I understand that FCOM can be a bear to install. I know the game uses different methods to indicate missing resources (such as the famous 'WTF I'm a missing mesh' exclamation point). One of the effects is invisibility, but I'm not sure if that is indicating just a missing texture or a combination of missing resources (e.g a missing texture and a missing normal map).

 

Your enemy problem sounds like the game limitation on how many enemies it can support at once. Not sure if there is a tweak for that one.

[ArchNihil]

Well, thanks for the answer. ;]

 

I've adjusted the max enemy AI at once in Wrye Bash, but I'll try to tweak it further and see if it helps. (Tends to happen in crowded places, indeed.)

 

As for the invisibility, I don't get it. It's the ONLY enemy I've ever seen that was invisible, and the Flayer Knife, the only ever missing mesh. I crash once in a while, but it's far from unbearable. I start wondering if the new versions of most mods included aren't maybe a bit... Hmm... Broken ? Or if there's a hotfix I haven't seen.

 

Should try looking into that.