Firebolt glitch

[Bryn]

So I am not sure what is happening. When I play a game I mostly play what I deem a "warlock" character (Illusion, conj, and destro). I noticed here recently that my firebolt spell uses the same spell animation as a magelight spell but has the same effect of a firebolt spell unless it hits a wall in which cast it still acts as mage light.
I started turning off each mod one at a time to find which one it is and eventually I got to a fully unmodded version. Still happening. I even uninstalled each mod to make sure and yep, I am still getting this weird glitch. Starting new characters does nothing. All my mods are from the steam community

[Vile]

Eventhough you uninstalled all mods, the problem might still actually be a mod. Sometimes when you unsubscribe from a mod and it uninstalls, certain files remain. Have you tried letting steam verify your Skyrim files and/or re-installing Skyrim?

[Bryn]

OK. I just did that and one file was found to be corrupted. It was fixed and I relaunched the game and started a new character to see if the bug was still present. It was. Firebolt is still under the alteration tree and acts as a magelight unless it hits another character.

[Nazenn]

One file will always fail to validate because that is how steam detects your graphics card. (People need to stop suggesting verification of files while leaving out this vital part of information)

Please list all your mods in your load order.
If you are testing this on the save game then turning off the mods in the data files may not remove the bug so also try it on a completely new game with all mods disabled bar the unoffical patches

[Bryn]

When I use mods, they are loaded in the following order:
Dawnguard.esm
Dragonborn.esm
HearthFires.esm
Sounds of Skyrim - Civilization
Sounds of Skyrim - The Dungeons
Sounds of Skyrim - The Wilds
Better Unique Items
Immersive Patrols
Left Hand Rings
Quest: Sea Of Ghosts
Quest: And the Realms of Daedra
Quest: No Mercy
Quest: The Bigger They Are
Shadow Striping Fix (Indoor /outdoor)
Truly Balanced Destruction Magic
Magic Duel
Armor for the Nightingale Archer
Ember Rend, Reborn
Scout Armor - Armor Only
Upgrade Leveled Items
Bow of Faendal
Unique Bows Collection
Valiant Nord Bow
Here There Be Monsters
Run For Your Lives
Spend Dragon Souls For Perks
Elaborate Enchantments
Black Mage Armor
Redesigned Magic of Skyrim
Skyrim Perk Overhaul
The Aldmeri Domain
Konahrik's Accoutrements
Breezehome Fully Upgradable House
Winterhold College Improved
Recurve Longbows
Auriel's Bow Improved
Quest Reward Levelor
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Siahnorra Spell Pack
Towns and Villages Enhanced
Heroic and Holy Sword
Resto Restored
[Resurrection] Restore Life Spell
Dawnguard - Restoration
Raj's Restoration Spells
Magic Skill Scaling
Spells by Perks
Quest: Sorcery
Sword Art Online Music Add-on
Lost Magic Part2
BARNDOGS MAGIC Vastle Volkihar Redux


When I first this problem I would disable all the magic addons and then start a new character to see if it had been fixed.

[Nazenn]

Oh god.
The very first thing you need to do before I can help with anything else is run LOOT on that load order because right now its a mess and I'm honestly surprised you dont have more bugs.
http://loot.github.io/
You should also get the unoffical patches which you can find a sticky on at the top of the skyrim discussions forum

[Bryn]

Ouch, ok. This is honestly the first bug I have actually had with this game that isnt present in the vanilla version.

[Nazenn]

Run LOOT, read your details tab, and then try a new game with the updated LOOT load order and see if its fixed. If not we'll need to go to more precise troubleshooting

[Bryn]

Ok. I ran LOOT and updated my load order to match what LOOT told me to. I started a brand new character and gave myself the firebolt tome once I was in Helgan Keep. It is still under the Alteration tab.

[Nazenn]

Troubleshooting time it is then.
Using your mod manager (preferably an actual one, not just Data Files. If you dont already have one, download Wrye Bash[www.nexusmods.com] and use it for this instead so that you keep your load order maintained instead of Data Files shifting stuff everywhere like it does) go through and disable groups of your mods at a time. I prefer doing it in bunches of ten, some people do half at once and narrow it down that way, but slowly deactivate and reactive groups of mods till the problem stops, then narrow it down from there.
It seems like its definitely a badly made mod