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   dragonlox

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   22 August 2019, 7:37AM

   I thought this might be useful as I have the opposite issue. Because of some mod conflict (I have no idea which mod is causing this) all NPC's are non-essential. I used this thread and just changed the value from 0 to 1 to see if it fixed the issue. Still the same. Cause of this so many of the quests are broken. Attack on whiterun, on attacking the jarl instead of dropping to his knees and surrendering, he dies and I cannot proceed with the stormcloak civil war quest line.
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      JusticeWalker90931

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      11 December 2021, 7:16AM

      If you're talking about a bug where every npc isn't essential anymore then i have the same issue, it's been going on for months and I still haven't found a solution to fix the problem.
      
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   GamerX727

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   31 July 2021, 2:45AM

   This saved me from a bug where Skyrim will keep the essential flag on even if console command set essential is used. f*#@ you, Bethesda.
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   Stripes251

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   19 August 2020, 6:18PM

   This works unlike Brawling
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   afatar11

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   14 August 2020, 1:53AM

   this is perfect, now i can kill every npc :D
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   MX7Gaming

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   13 June 2020, 7:34PM

   Adding the .ini corrupted my game. Even after removing the .ini and loading a previous save doesn't fix it.
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      MX7Gaming

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      13 June 2020, 7:49PM

      Edit: Just mod incompatibility
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   Jawwah

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   28 April 2020, 2:49AM

   I've changed the ini file, saved it, but I still can't kill a mod added NPC... anything I'm doing wrong?
   
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   Cheyron

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   27 September 2019, 2:18AM

   DO NOT USE VOLATILE FOLLOWERS, IT IS A PIECE OF s#*! AND WILL WASTE YOUR TIME, THIS IS THE ONLY FOLLOWER DEATH MOD THAT WORKS
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   Cheyron

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   27 September 2019, 2:16AM

   i dont give a f*#@ if this corrupts my game, breaks quests, i dont give a flying fucking shit... i have been trying to kill lydia and this is the only fucking mod that kills her, thank you, f*#@ you skyrim!
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   ImpulsivePuls3

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   22 June 2019, 8:55PM

   Years later this is still one of the most helpful posts on the nexus, thanks!
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    Ramibarbari

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    28 May 2017, 11:58PM

    Is there any way to make the NPCs protected, so only the player can kill them?
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       iBustaRhyme

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       21 August 2018, 11:26PM

       Same, I love the idea of this but People I need alive keep getting killed by Dragons lol
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       Jordanecus

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       26 April 2019, 9:02AM

       i was thinking the same thing. you would have to know what the code would read i.e. bEssentialsareProtected=1 or something like that???