Huge frame drop when looking at npc

[Aestus]

I get around 60-70fps outside and 70-90fps inside, but whenever I enter a town or a city the framerate drops to 2-3fps. This can't be normal does anyone know why this might happen?

These are mods that I have that edit NPC.
SameWalkRunSpeedlite.esp
PC exclusive animation path
Elemental Dragons

[Delta 1038]

Not exactly addressing your problem but you should be aware that having a fps more than 60 makes the game go crazy so you'll have to turn on V-synch to limit the fps.

[Nazenn]

Originally posted by Delta 1038:

Not exactly addressing your problem but you should be aware that having a fps more than 60 makes the game go crazy so you'll have to turn on V-synch to limit the fps.

^ I second this

Also please list ALL of your mods in their load order

[Aestus]

How do I turn on V-sync?

The ones with X's at the end are not loaded

Mod list in load order:
Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
hdtHighHeel.esm
Further Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp
zeldamusic.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
More Carriages.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
towConversation.esp
SkyUI.esp
SameWalkRunSpeedsLite.esp
dd - enhanced blood main.esp
FNISspells.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
PC Exclusive Animation Path - WoodElf.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - RedGuard.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - ORC.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - Khajiit.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - Imperial.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - Argonian.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - HighElf.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - Breton.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - Nord.esp X
PC Exclusive Animation Path - 0 - Main.esp
PC Exclusive Animation Path - DarkElf.esp X
RealisticWaterTwo.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
12FemaleBrows.esp
lozui.esp
yurica_chevaleresse [HDT].esp
Elemental_Dragons.esp

[Nazenn]

Get the unoffical patchs
Get LOOT and run it to fix your load order.
More info on both of them here Guide : Modding Tools, Tips and Resources

Get alternate start live another life to shortcut getting into town, and start disabling mods, starting a new game, going into a city and testing it and see if you can narrow it down

[Aestus]

Originally posted by Nazenn:

Get the unoffical patchs
Get LOOT and run it to fix your load order.

I used BOSS to fix the load order, but why do I need patches? It didn't always do this, in fact yesterday it was working fine with these mods.

[Nazenn]

Yes, I can tell by looking at it, but BOSS is outdated by over a year. LOOT is the only current working one. There is more information about this in the link which is why I both told you to get LOOT and provided a link.

And you need the patches because they fix upwards of 15 thousand bugs and its a nightmare trying to troubleshoot all of those bugs on top of anything else that could be causing this, when there is a patch out there for them already

[Aestus]

I'll try the patches and see if that fixes anything, but what does 'Get alternate start live another life' mean?

[Nazenn]

Its a mod. Get it so you can do testing easier as it lets you get into a city quicker.

[Aestus]

If I run nexus mod manager after using LOOT will it reset the load order?

[Nazenn]

No. LOOT and BOSS interact with NMM and other tools in the same way

[Aestus]

I installed the patch and ran LOOT and I get normal FPS in towns and villages now!

Thank you everyone for helping me, it's greatly appreciated.

[Nazenn]

Patches*
Make sure you have all of the patches for the dlcs as well :)

[Aestus]

Did Bethesda leave so much bugs in the game? unbelievable... Thanks, I will download them.

[Nazenn]

Pfft. On a technical level, Skyrim is a disgrace of a game. Bugs everywhere. There was even a bug introduced in the Dragonborn DLC which stops you from ever absorbing dragon souls if it appears in your game, which of course ruins a good majority of quests and a core mechanic. The unoffical dragonborn patch fixes it :)

[gnewna]

Yup, I can vouch for that, had that very issue, thankfully kind people on this forum pointed out I needed *all* the patches for my DLC, I reloaded to before I killed the first dragon, and it worked :)