Adara in markarth just randomly died

[EASY PETE]

I came out one day and heard a scream and she was dead... i came back to markarth about a week in game time later and her body was still rotting in the street with people and her father walking over her body not giving a♥♥♥♥♥♥♥his daughter had died.
And i know resurrecting dead NPCs is not a good idea because of bugs so i gave her a proper burial and threw her body into some hiding place

either molag bal has cast some illusion spell over the towns people or they are all pure re-tarded

lol

[Johnny Casey]

This happened to me as well. My only guess is she took a fall damage. And you know how the game engine handles all the physics and postions awfully.

They should've listen to Banning's warning.

[Uncle64]

She should not die, if you have not installed any mod that allows children to die.

[smr1957]

As Uncle said. Which of course, is also probably why the body was never removed - there is no clean-up script for essential NPCs unless the mod that changed their status provides one - so the body will remain forever. And should something in the game ever require that NPC after they have been killed, the game will break.

[Alkpaz]

Originally posted by smr1957:

As Uncle said. Which of course, is also probably why the body was never removed - there is no clean-up script for essential NPCs unless the mod that changed their status provides one - so the body will remain forever. And should something in the game ever require that NPC after they have been killed, the game will break.

Could you use the USLEEP cleanup script, by modifying the esp in xEdit? This would of course still lead to "game breakage" down the line, but may help the OP in the interm. I don't know if there are any game requirements for children except for Hearthfire kids, so if those die, there could be problems. Would have to look at Adara's formid and see if she is referenced in other areas.

[smr1957]

Yes, you can - but it probably would not work retroactively, since the event would have already neen baked into the save, and therefore the script could not be triggered. (That script is what I alluded to in stating there is no clean-up script unless the mod provided on).

But, it is something that people can check for in xEdit and fix as required - though I would STRONGLY suggest against someone doing so unless they are experiened in xEdit and know exactly what they are doing - at least as regards the changing of specific records.

[Alkpaz]

^^ true there. ;)