Chantry doesn't load properly during "The Threat Remains", can't continue the quest

[rebelatnight]

Hi, I'm new to modding Inquisition since I only just got a new computer capable of playing it, and after several tedious hours on the PS4 version, I knew I wasn't gonna play without mods.

 

So I got bored several hours into playing my human mage character, uninstalled all the mods I have that relate to a human MC, and started a new game with a Dalish mage.

 

But when I got to the part of "The Threat Remains" where you have to go and meet Cassandra in the chantry, something goes wrong.

 

The texture for the door doesn't load properly, the conversation inside the room freezes after Roderick's opening line despite there being several lines the MC can overhear and I have no prompt to interact with the door.

 

I can go into the rooms either side of the bugged main chamber, but the floor and walls there haven't loaded in properly either, and I can see where the main room is supposed to be, and eventually walk into the bottomless chasm below the game world and end up falling forever.

 

I've tried uninstalling every mod I've added since I started my first playthrough since that worked fine, changing my load order in Frosty and lowering my graphical settings. Nothing's worked so far, even starting a new game as a human.

 

Any ideas? I'm still fairly new to modding this game, and I might have made some rookie mistake, but I would appreciate any insights or tips.

 

(I'll upload a screenshot of the bugged rooms when I can, I'm just too drained right now to load up the game)

[rebelatnight]

Okay, so shortly after I made this topic, I had a random stroke of inspiration.

 

I disabled the 10-15 mods I had most recently installed, sure that the culprit was among them.

 

Sure enough, I loaded up the game and voila! It worked! It even made me realise that one of the dialogue triggers outside the Chantry had failed earlier, before I'd even set foot in there.

 

I'm going to enable all my mods again and see if I run into any more trouble.

 

At least I know what to do now, and I can work on finding the specific offender another time.

[rebelatnight]

I loaded up the game after finishing the prologue and getting the title card and oh boy.

 

I couldn't interact with NPCs, objects and people were missing throughout Haven including all the crafting stations, Harritt, the Golden Nug and even Varric!

 

I was so confused as to why this was happening. I quit the game, looked at the last 5 mods I'd installed that I hadn't tried with my other character and got rid of them.

 

Loaded up the game again, and everything and everyone was back to normal.

 

Absolutely confused as to how 5 simple mesh and texture mods were breaking my game so thoroughly. They weren't even Skyhold specific or ones supposed to be installed at a certain time.

 

I might do some testing later and see if I can reinstall them later, but for now, I'm declaring my issue solved and I'm just going to enjoy the game while I can.

[Dragon32]

I saw this post by Dmitrias:

you should make sure you're not loading any daimod retextures through frosty, that will make it go funky

Not sure, maybe that applies to your situation?