NPCs Don't Fight or Flee

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Regular, non-guard NPCs who are not hostile by default (townspeople, non-"evil" NPCs walking about in the world) seem to only fight back when you kill someone in their very isolated faction, like their family member or someone in a very close companionship, like a guard and noble pair, or some such. Not only not fighting back, they barely run away! Sometimes they don't even run! I can just stand there shooting people in the face, and they remark "Murder!" but then just sit back down or lean against the wall if it isn't someone in their very close faction... wtf?

 

I am testing out a mod build, but I'm unsure if mods have anything to do with this. I'm one of those people who won't play vanilla, so I don't know if this is default behavior, or if mods are to blame... but after fiddling with turning off the likely mod culprits, it seems like it might be a vanilla issue...

 

If this is default expectations for this game, does anyone know of a mod that improves this and makes NPCs fight or flee when a murdering psychopath is on the loose?

 

Otherwise, it might be my mods, so here is the load order (Real Darkness at the end of the load order is my own mod, which couldn't possibly have any impact on such things, and I've tested removing it anyway, no change):

Active Mod Files:

 

00  Skyrim.esm

01  Update.esm

02  Dawnguard.esm

03  HearthFires.esm

04  phiNoFF.esm

05  SPIKE.esm

06  HighResTexturePack01.esp

07  HighResTexturePack02.esp

08  HighResTexturePack03.esp

09  Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp  [Version 1.3.1a]

0A  Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp  [Version 1.2.1]

0B  Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.0]

0C  Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.1]

0D  StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

++  CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp

0E  TorchesForSkyrim.esp

0F  SkyUI.esp

10  iHUD.esp

11  ClassicClasses.esp

12  Requiem.esp

++  Requiem - NPC Accuracy +5 Degrees.esp

13  Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

14  Kill Every NPC.esp

15  dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp

16  NPCShutUP.esp

17  NPCshutUPaboutflames.esp

18  StopTalkingToYourself.esp

19  Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp

1A  Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp

1B  Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp

1C  Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp

1D  Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

1E  BrighterTorchesBiggerMagelight.esp

1F  Path of Shadows - Magic.esp

20  ReneersCrimeOverhaul.esp

21  Path of Shadows - Sneak Settings.esp

22  dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

23  Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

24  Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp  [Version 2.2.2]

25  Real Darkness.esp

26  Bashed Patch, 0.esp