Less and less enemies respawning over long playtime

[peg]

I've got a long-running New Vegas playthrough and over time specific unnamed enemies have disappeared and no longer respawn. For instance only 1 Powder Ganger respawns at Jean Sky Diving, no one is left at Powder Ganger Camp West, and down to 1 Viper at Highway 95 Viper's Encampment. I noticed this happening gradually though it took awhile to start and seems to be increasing. I've only noticed it at sites I clear frequently.

 

I've tried disabling all mods and sleeping for 5 days with no difference.

 

I looked up the NPC IDs in the GECK and moveto just takes me to where they should spawn. No body is visible. Resurrect has no effect. It's always the same ID for the ones that do respawn. 15f953 is the sole Viper left at the Highway 95 encampment.

 

What can I do to figure out why this is happening and/or fix it?

 

I'm running on the latest Steam version. Using Mod Organizer 2 to load NVSE with JIP LN NVSE Plugin. I applied the 4GB patch.

 

My load order is:

FalloutNV.esm
DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
GunRunnersArsenal.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
Vanilla UI Plus.esp
Karma-Less Petty Crime NV.esp
Easy Hacking.esp
Ultimate Invisible Wall Remover.esp
FormalWearAndBonnetArmor.esp

The last one is just a small edit I made that adds DT to Formal Wear and the Pre-War Bonnet for Veronica.

[dubiousintent]

NPC spawning is driven by scripted "level lists". I have also noticed that a number of the vanilla game site NPCs do not respawn. Apparently this is intentional. Possibly because your character level so far exceeds that of the NPCs they are considered "not worthy". Unless you are interested in examining and modifying the vanilla scripts/lists involved, there doesn't seem to be anything "wrong". (Weak design perhaps, but not technically an error.)

 

You might want to consider including some mods designed to add additional enemies to the world, such as (from the "NPC" category) "Wasteland Encounters", "Jackal Gang spawn script", "Mojave Raiders", and (from "Gameplay Effects and Changes") "The Living Desert - Travelers Patrols Consequences Increased Population and more", to name just a few.

 

-Dubious-

[peg]

Thanks, that sounds logical, however I've got another max level character and those places I listed all respawn for it so there must be something more going on. I'll see if I can learn more about spawning and how to monitor what is going on.