AI Overhaul was the culprit.

[alexdoerofthings]

I was having problems with the companions not following their normal patterns, when I fixed that, the problem transferred to faendal... I resolved it by first removing an outdated mountain mod (duh)... then I continued modding and the problem started back up. This time it was resolved by removing AI Overhaul 1.8.3... I tried it with and without the various patches several times and each time I had AIO activated faindal stopped interacting with me. when it wasn't activated, he behaved normally.

FYI, each test was with a new playthrough, using alternate start, visual changing mods, essential mods, and the console command player.setav speedmult 300.

So, my question is, what does AIO actually do that makes it a must have and are their decent alternatives?

Thanks!

[Ilja]

Since when did AIO became a must have?

I am not actually being sarcastic. Author does not want people patching to his mod, which has caused all sorts of problems over the years. Yeah, it is nice to see citizens breaking their routines. But I personally left it out, after testing recent releases with various other mods.

[John]

Originally posted by Ilja:

Since when did AIO became a must have?

I am not actually being sarcastic. Author does not want people patching to his mod, which has caused all sorts of problems over the years. Yeah, it is nice to see citizens breaking their routines. But I personally left it out, after testing recent releases with various other mods.

One of the worst mods i ever downloaded, nothing functioned properly. Yes it looked fun, but game crashing, NPC's fading out of existence when i came close, hair physics going haywire while without it functioned normally, just garbage.

[76561198140601386]

Believe it or not, AI overhaul is a lightweight alternative to Immersive Citizens, both are a compatibility nightmare.
If your game is heavily modded, just avoid both, it's just not worth it (imho).

[alexdoerofthings]

Great. Thanks. I will avoid them.

[supernova backshots]

Good to know I won't get AIO.

[SpeedFreak1972]

To be honest I use AI overhaul for years now and had never problems with it. I used also immersive Citizens, however that's far more a compatibility nightmare than AIO

[Ihateeverybody]

I use Immersive Citizens. I mean at this point. It would take significant effort to disentangle it from things so since AI Overhaul isn't a game changing difference.

I can't even imagine going back to vanilla. I mean they really do add life to the game (whichever you use).

[Ozymandias]

Same as SpeedFreak, never had trouble with either, though AIO is easier to make compatibility patches for.

Actually reading Ilja, I thought maybe he was talking about IC-AIO, which requires permission to mod. That's not the case with AIO.

[sansee]

Same here. Immersive Citizens has not been a problem for me so far.

[Sep]

Do you install mod from Loverslab? If it is, that might be the answer to your problem.

[Ilja]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

To be honest I use AI overhaul for years now and had never problems with it. I used also immersive Citizens, however that's far more a compatibility nightmare than AIO

I actually mixed up the two, when I was replying from night shift. Tired brain didn't work too wel.