Whiterun citizens standing still?

[klimothy splinge]

So I started a new game on Skyrim again for the nth time and after many glitches in the cart ride, the game played as normal thereafter. That, however, is not the problem. When you first enter Whiterun after you come from Riverwood, tell the guards about the dragon attack etc and go up to Dragonsreach, I started to notice that all npcs were standing still. Jarl Balgruuf was sitting on the throne talking to an Irileth and Proventus all the way upstairs! I quickly thought it was a glitch that would clear itself in a while as what normally happens with my game. It was when I needed Balgruuf to talk to Farengar regarding the Bleak Falls Barrow quest is when he'd stand up from his throne and just... stand there... doing nothing. I've tried numerous fixes all not working. Keep in mind that I have the max amount of active mods installed on the game. All help is appreciated, I will reply to comments tomorrow as I am on a bit of a time crunch right now so I won't be able to reply later. Later tomorrow afternoon, I will return here. Ask me if you need more information.

Thanks in advance.

[liosalpha]

Good luck with this one...
im guessing that you pc is having a hard time doing all those mod scripts...

[cocodojo]

Well, at least they're not doing a T-pose... maybe the AI was disabled?

[Gamefever]

"Keep in mind that I have the >>>max amount of active mods installed on the game<<<. All help is appreciated"

Uh-huh.
And those are?

"Well, at least they're not doing a T-pose... maybe the AI was disabled?"
He never stated that it wasnt T-pose.

Sorry OP,
These sorts of issues come up when people dont have "time" to take "time" to read and determine if "installing mod cap" would even work for their ideal set up.

[cocodojo]

It'd be funny if the npcs were in T-pose, yet still moving about, but if they're rooted in 1 spot... that's why I'm leaning towards something's not letting them go about their normal AI. They should kind of... move around even if T-posed due tp FNIS not being run, but we need mroe details to solve this mystery!

[klimothy splinge]

Hi everyone!

The npc's aren't T-posed. They're just standing there, doing the idle animation. I've tried spawning them near me, moving them towards me etc and they do nothing but stand there... sorry for not being detailed but that's honestly all there is to it. Please keep in mind it is just Whiterun and nowhere else as far as I know as I remember people walking around in Riverwood so this is really bizarre to me.

EDIT: So after walking around Whiterun a bit on my old character that's nearly 100% the game, I can tell you that it effects that save aswell. However, it showed me that I was slightly wrong with my problem. The people of WHITERUN itself are fine, they walk around and do their daily activities normally. I found out that it's JUST Dragonsreach that's the problem! I'm so confused...

[poisonedOcean]

Well, from my experience, 98% of modding problems in skyrim come from not reading.
But follow me here...
Assuming that you have mfg console (and you should), click in affected NPCs or surrounding area and take note of the mods altering the elements (lastBaseChange, lastRefChange...) Open the noted mods in TES5Edit or CK and try to delete anything unusual or unnecessary.

Afraid to toy arround with TES5Edit or messings with esp files? ok.
Mods that usually cause something like that are "Run for your lives" and/or rarely, Immersive Citizens, but just with a messed load order (IC is quite safe and well made). Try disabling their esp, if you have them.

You actually gave almost no information besides telling that you have 255 enabled mods.
SKSE? ...
Mod Organizer? NMM? (if not, consider using the first, your life will be easier and happier)

It never hurts to remember: there's no such a thing as "safely uninstalling a mod".

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by aye nae bother:

I found out that it's JUST Dragonsreach that's the problem! I'm so confused...

well for starters you could give helpful informations like load order for example or other stuff mentioned above. becase especially without load order its like fishing in the dark for the troubleshooting.

[☦ Володя Nox ☦]

i have the same problem can somebody tell me if there is a fix? (i have mods but does not change anything in dragonsreach or whiterun)

[Shrapnel]

uninstall your mods and reinstall till you find problem