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Legendary Donbaloo Aug 13, 2014 @ 8:41pm
Animals running underwater
Just curious about something...are animals running underwater (its as if the water doesnt exist for them) a normal bug or something I've unleashed with a mod? Anyone else see this phenomenon?
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Grathagis Aug 13, 2014 @ 8:43pm 
Yes, animals and NPCs cannot drown. Sometimes they follow the navmesh into or under water.
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Sandwich Man Aug 13, 2014 @ 8:59pm 
npcs cant drown? dude i feel awful there are so many chickens i fus-d into lake ilinalta.
Last edited by Sandwich Man; Aug 13, 2014 @ 8:59pm
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Legendary Donbaloo Aug 13, 2014 @ 9:06pm 
Okay. I was just starting a new game with some mods and was exploring around the lake above Riverwood. There were just a ton of animals running around underwater. Some were swimming deep underwater but some were just running along on the lake floor like it was normal ground. Kind of a buzzkill kind of a bug. Any fixes for it?
Last edited by Legendary Donbaloo; Aug 13, 2014 @ 9:06pm
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Uncle64 Aug 13, 2014 @ 9:13pm 
Grathagis did ansver to your question. Why fix it anyway?
If you want one perfect game. I suggest.....
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Legendary Donbaloo Aug 15, 2014 @ 5:46pm 
Eh, its just weird seeing all these animals walking around on the lake floor. I just assumed there was a fix for it. I'll just stay above water so I don't have to see it. Problem solved.
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Zefram Cochrane Aug 16, 2014 @ 4:57am 
Occasionally I've known rabbits and the like to run underwater but its not common, if its happening everywhere to everything then it sounds like a bug/glitch.

Bears and sabre cats stop at the waters edge, trolls too, deer and elk will swim across, goats too iirc. Funnily enough human pursuers stop at the waters edge iirc.
Last edited by Zefram Cochrane; Aug 16, 2014 @ 5:03am
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Ilja Aug 16, 2014 @ 5:11am 
Originally posted by Zefram Cochrane:
Bears and sabre cats stop at the waters edge, trolls too, deer and elk will swim across, goats too iirc. Funnily enough human pursuers stop at the waters edge iirc.

I actually considered that much more annoying than certain animals occasioanlly (altough not so often in my game) running on the lake floor.

I fixed it with this:

Skyrim Swimming Enemies by Vlaka
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/41637/?

I haven't yet found a solid fix for glitch (or oversight) conserning certain animals in water. I keep my eyes open, in case that such fix would appear.
Last edited by Ilja; Aug 16, 2014 @ 5:12am
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