Guard in Whiterun is attacking me for no reason

[Night_Wielder]

So, here is the problem. I just started a new game with the start a new life mod. I went to whiterun and the guards attacked and killed me for no reason. I assumed this was a mod issue so I started a new game without that. Now the same thing is happening. The Jarl and his advisors are non-hostile, and most of the guards are non-hostile. They will all just watch if a guard attacks, and not join in. Does anyone know what to do, or what I can try? Thanks in advance.

Here is the issue in more depth. There are about 2 guards in whiterun who will just charge up to me and start trying to kill me. No matter what I do, they will not stop. There is no dialogue, no attempt to arrest me. I have no bounty at all. My lifetime total bounty is 0. I did not injure anybody, steal anything, or kill any chickens.

Things I have tried to fix it.: waiting several days out of town (no change). Hitting a guard and putting my hands down (they arrested me, then the others killed me after I left prison). Using console commands to remove my bounty (no change, I have no bounty). Using console commands to kill the guard (he doesn’t die). Disabling the civil war overhaul mod (no change). After reading this tip, I unequipped all my gear. The guard is still hostile, but this time the townspeople are attacking him as well.

So, yea, No clue on this one. If anyone has an idea, please let me know.

[ƬᗩԲԲվ]

If the town is attacking him it sounds like he is a hostile npc. Try lowering his aggression with console or even disabling him. That's obviously a temporary fix. You have some issue somewhere that Ive never experienced myself. You could also run tesedit and see what is changing those particular guards.

When you say you started a new game without that, you mean without any mods at all?

[Night_Wielder]

No, without the start a new life mod. Other mods were still enabled, but according to my research, this is a bug in vanilla skyrim.

[ZarahNeander]

I'm pretty sure it's a mod issue with faulty faction assignments. Click on the hostile guard using the console, that should give you the mod index responsible for the spawns, if you're lucky.

[:bestgamerchina#1最好的中國]

Originally posted by ZarahNeander:

I'm pretty sure it's a mod issue with faulty faction assignments. Click on the hostile guard using the console, that should give you the mod index responsible for the spawns, if you're lucky.

Its vanilla Skyrim. Here is how this garbage might manifest.
You kill 2 people in hold Y. Exemplary 2 guards killed in Falkreath. Your bounty is 2080 (too much for negotiations, bot just wants You dead.)
You run away into the wilds to escape the fight with guards. After that You did some quests yada yada.
Problem is You have arrived to hold Z before bounty expired. Exemplary Solitude. Here comes bugthesda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ machine.
Becouse Y has bounty on You and Z is in the same faction (Empire/Storms) as Y both city guard formations are lookin for You. Problem is You have no bounty in Solitude, so script cant cleanse You from beeing a criminal. Furthermore something else breaks and You will become HOSTILE to ENTIRE FACTION for no real reason (lorewise).

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Lemmings:

Originally posted by ZarahNeander:

I'm pretty sure it's a mod issue with faulty faction assignments. Click on the hostile guard using the console, that should give you the mod index responsible for the spawns, if you're lucky.

Its vanilla Skyrim. Here is how this garbage might manifest.
You kill 2 people in hold Y. Exemplary 2 guards killed in Falkreath. Your bounty is 2080 (too much for negotiations, bot just wants You dead.)
You run away into the wilds to escape the fight with guards. After that You did some quests yada yada.
Problem is You have arrived to hold Z before bounty expired. Exemplary Solitude. Here comes bugthesda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ machine.
Becouse Y has bounty on You and Z is in the same faction (Empire/Storms) as Y both city guard formations are lookin for You. Problem is You have no bounty in Solitude, so script cant cleanse You from beeing a criminal. Furthermore something else breaks and You will become HOSTILE to ENTIRE FACTION for no real reason (lorewise).

He just said he started a new game. Who would he have killed in ANY hold at that point? And he also said he has no bounty. For the guard to kill on sight there would have to be an enormous bounty. And the guards as a faction ALL would attack when his character came in contact with them. He has explained that most of the guards don't attack.

[Night_Wielder]

I uninstalled the start another life mod, and restarted the game. It fixed the problem.

[Ambugaton]

Originally posted by Night_Wielder:

I uninstalled the start another life mod, and restarted the game. It fixed the problem.

I once couldn’t fast travel because the game kept saying an enemy was nearby. No red dot though. Ran all over half of Skyrim looking for it or trying to run away from it. Finally turned to my follower, who attacked me.

Turns out she had been added to the playerenemy faction by a spawning mod. I’m guessing as a cheap and lazy way to deal with the common problem of spawned NPCs being idle the author did something to force idle NPCs into the faction.

[The Big OT]

The Whiterun guard is a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe

[Xevoles]

So this happened to me as well, although I did murder Heimskr because he's irritating. I did this while sneaking however, with level 100 sneak and armor that boosted sneaking. As soon as I stand up, many guards were on me. Tried the punch one guard followed by lowering weapons method, as well as both the paycrimegold and the player.setcrimegold 0 000267ea console commands. None of them worked. I did not try changing equipment though.
Solution: I ended up sneaking over to Breezehome, entering, and sleeping for an hour. I don't know if it can be any building, or if you have to sleep though. Then only one guard attempted to attack me. I opened the console, clicked that guard, and used the paycrimegold command. Load screen took me just outside Dragonsreach, and everything has been fine so far.