Tracking Down The Culprit: Blue overlay on screen while in Winterhold

[Mazuffxi]

I'm trying to find out what mod is causing this, any help is greatly appreciated!

 

The problem is that, while in the Winterhold area (and perhaps any winter-based area), a blue overlay is placed over my screen -- as if it was some kind of weather effect. It seems to happen as a weather effect starts, but no amount of waiting so far has made it go away. Traveling elsewhere, like to Riften or Whiterun, removes the effect. The effect returns when I travel back to Winterhold. What's more, this effect not only carries on inside interiors, but has also started while in an interior (and while talking to someone.)

 

The following is my mod load order:

 

GameMode=Skyrim

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
WinterholdDestruction.esm
moonpath.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
Dragonborn.esm
SPIKE.esm
ETaC - RESOURCES.esm
HearthFires.esm
ArchmageTolfdir.esp
Arrowsmith.esp
Dr_Bandolier.esp
BatTravel.esp
Luggage.esp
ExpandedWinterholdRuins.esp
FlansEyesForSkrim.esp
HoodlessDragonpriestMasksPlus1_0.esp
HoodlessDragonpriestMasks1_0.esp
TelekinesisImproved-LessDMG.esp
Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
iMaxPlayerRunes004.esp
moonpath_questdata.esp
Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp
Quest_NoMercy.esp
RealisticCarryWeight.esp
SoS - The Wilds.esp
TactlessToxins.esp
Tamriel Compendium.esp
WhiterunREVISION.esp
WhiterunFortified.esp
RRBetterWhiterunInt.esp
Teleport.esp
MiningforMagesEasy.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Brawl Bugs CE.esp
MasterTheTimeAndSpaceTOGGLE.esp
Revamped Vampire Lord.esp
VLCollisionFix.esp
Tamriel Compendium - Skill Books.esp
DYNAVISION Dynamic Depth of Field.esp
DBCallingCard.esp
quest_sorcery.esp
SkyUI.esp
SoS - The Dungeons.esp
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp
RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp
RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
Actualize Apparel.esp
Fantasy Music Overhaul.esp
Dragonstand.esp
Mystic Home.esp
hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Skyrim Unlimited Rings And Amulets.esp
Tribunal Maskes by Zairaam.esp
Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp
ETaC - Villages Complete.esp
whiterunMarket.esp
Cloaks - No Imperial.esp
Cloaks - Player Only.esp
1nivWICCloaks.esp
1nivWICCloaksCRAFT.esp
1nivWICCloaksNoGuards.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
UFO - Dawnguard AddOn.esp
UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
Birds.esp
Cloaks.esp
BFT Ships and Carriages - HF.esp
iHUD.esp
Better Vampires.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Illuminated Spells.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities & Town Interiors.esp
3DNPC.esp
Waves.esp
WetandCold.esp
getSnowy.esp
Chesko_Frostfall.esp
ReProccer.esp
SkyRe_Combat.esp
SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp
SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp
SkyRe_Main.esp
SkyRe_Races.esp
SkyRe_StandingStones.esp
SkyRe_Survivalism.esp

 

I can confirm that neither "Wet and Cold", "Frostfall - Hypothermia", or "Get Snowy" are the reason for this. Even with all three disabled and starting in a location without the effect, the effect returns once I enter Winterhold.

 

Any ideas?

[Mazuffxi]

Updates:

 

The problem begins to overlap after going in and out several times.

 

The weirdest thing thing though, I tried to summon, and once the summon was finished, the blue overlay disappeared, perhaps from the summon flash graphic effect?

 

I'm still looking for help to solve this issue.

[starfire42]

Your best bet is to disable mods until you find the culprit. If you don't want to mess around with disabling them one at a time (and who does, really?), you can use the divide and conquer method:

 

DO NOT SAVE during this process, as any save you make will very likely be corrupted by mismatching mod id's.

Disable half the mods:

If the problem goes away, re-enable half of them.

If the problem doesn't go away re-enable them all and disable the other half.

You've now narrowed down the possibilities by half.

Repeat this process, cutting the possibilities in half until you find the culprit.

 

Once you've found the culprit, follow the uninstallation instructions on it's homepage.

[Mazuffxi]

Thanks for the help, Starfire!

 

After working to figure out what the mod in question was, I found it was Expanded Winterhold Destruction (2.16 and 2.19 both caused this issue.) The oddest part is I have not updated this file until just recently (now, to test it out.) I've been on 2.16 for a very long time, and have not experienced this problem. I can only assume it's a conflict with another mod and EWD.

[RextheRobot]

I'm having this same problem, it's driving me crazy. I uninstalled EWD and disabled the enemy scaling SkyRe module the problem still occurs. Even worse, it's not going away when I visit other areas. Now it's on all my autosaves, and my most recent save is IN the college of winterhold, causing it to persist. The next most recent is ten levels back, so I really don't want to restart from there, but I fear I may have to as it's the only one that doesn't have this annoying bullshit happening. It's especially frustrating considering the entire reason I'm playing my current character is that my last 5 all experienced game breaking bugs of some sort.

 

I'm going to try it with a different version of EWD and see if it fixes anything, but my hopes are very low.

[fiewiel]

Just do what starfire42 wrote and youre prob faster finding the source than randomly uninstalling things.

Depending on mod number its pretty fast.

[RextheRobot]

I'm fairly sure I found the source of the problem. Removing EWD made the problem go away, but unfortunately the blue filter is still hanging around on my saves that already had it going at the time. Still have to go back all those levels :'(