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If a dragon dies and you never get close enough to its corpse to absorb its soul, the script for that dragon will be stuck in your save forever, polling every second. This mod fixes that.
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Ever killed a dragon and failed to get close enough to its corpse to absorb its soul, maybe because the corpse fell down a mountain or glitched through the ground? Congratulations, now the script for that dragon will be stuck in your save forever, polling every second to check if you are close enough to start the absorption.
This mod adds a failsafe to the script that will stop the loop some time after the dragon's death. Two versions are available:
Main version: fail silently
How it works: Roughly every 10 minutes real time after the dragon's death the script will check if the cell the dragon is in is still attached (i.e., in the loaded grid), and if it isn't, exit out of the loop. The soul will not be absorbed, and the dragon's corpse will eventually be cleaned up.
Pros: Completely fool proof, no side effects, invisible to the player.
Cons: Unreachable dragon corpses won't yield their souls.
Alternative: absorb anywhere
How it works: Around 5 minutes real time after the dragon's death the soul of the dragon will be absorbed no matter what, regardless of where the player is. I tested this by killing a dragon outside Whiterun and moving to the Bard's College interior or Bruma in BS: Bruma. Both worked flawlessly, so it should work wherever you are.
Pros: You will get all the souls you deserve, even if the corpse glitches and is unreachable.
Cons: If you are using a mod like Cinematic Dragon Soul Absorption this will likely put you into the animation when the soul is absorbed, which might not always be desirable.
The mod has no esp, only a single script file. Can be installed on an ongoing save, but does not retroactively fix already stuck scripts.
Installation:
Download with a mod manager and choose your preferred version in the FOMOD.
Overwrite any other mods containing the same script file.
Compatibility:
Conflicts with other mods containing dragonactorscript.pex. USSEP and Unnecessarily Fixed Fixed Dragon Stalking Fix changes are included. However, USSEP or any of the dragon stalking fix mods are not required.
Deadly Dragons - compatible
Diverse Dragons - compatible
Dragon Combat Overhaul - compatible
Elemental Dragons - compatible
Enhanced Mighty Dragons - compatible
GoT Dragons - compatible
GoT and HotD Dragons - compatible
KS Dragonrend Overhaul - compatible
Serio's Enhanced Dragons Redone - compatible
Simply Stronger Dragons - compatible
Skyrim Unbound Reborn - compatible
Splendor Dragons - compatible
Talkative Dragons - compatible
Ultimate Dragons - compatible
Dragon War - compatible with the provided patch (checked against vers. 3.0)
Skyrim Unbound (Alternate Start) - contains the same script, but only adds an outdated version of the dragon stalking fix, overwrite with my mod
KS Dragon Overhaul 2 - incompatible, already has a fix of its own for this
Credits:
Unofficial Patch Project Team for USSEP
KirbonatedBeverage for Unnecessarily Fixed Fixed Dragon Stalking Fix
Reddit user Miserable-Rush7095 who brought this to my attention with their comment
Delta for his version of the dragonactorscript which was used as a basis for the Dragon War patch
This mod adds a failsafe to the script that will stop the loop some time after the dragon's death. Two versions are available:
Main version: fail silently
How it works: Roughly every 10 minutes real time after the dragon's death the script will check if the cell the dragon is in is still attached (i.e., in the loaded grid), and if it isn't, exit out of the loop. The soul will not be absorbed, and the dragon's corpse will eventually be cleaned up.
Pros: Completely fool proof, no side effects, invisible to the player.
Cons: Unreachable dragon corpses won't yield their souls.
Alternative: absorb anywhere
How it works: Around 5 minutes real time after the dragon's death the soul of the dragon will be absorbed no matter what, regardless of where the player is. I tested this by killing a dragon outside Whiterun and moving to the Bard's College interior or Bruma in BS: Bruma. Both worked flawlessly, so it should work wherever you are.
Pros: You will get all the souls you deserve, even if the corpse glitches and is unreachable.
Cons: If you are using a mod like Cinematic Dragon Soul Absorption this will likely put you into the animation when the soul is absorbed, which might not always be desirable.
The mod has no esp, only a single script file. Can be installed on an ongoing save, but does not retroactively fix already stuck scripts.
Installation:
Download with a mod manager and choose your preferred version in the FOMOD.
Overwrite any other mods containing the same script file.
Compatibility:
Conflicts with other mods containing dragonactorscript.pex. USSEP and Unnecessarily Fixed Fixed Dragon Stalking Fix changes are included. However, USSEP or any of the dragon stalking fix mods are not required.
Deadly Dragons - compatible
Diverse Dragons - compatible
Dragon Combat Overhaul - compatible
Elemental Dragons - compatible
Enhanced Mighty Dragons - compatible
GoT Dragons - compatible
GoT and HotD Dragons - compatible
KS Dragonrend Overhaul - compatible
Serio's Enhanced Dragons Redone - compatible
Simply Stronger Dragons - compatible
Skyrim Unbound Reborn - compatible
Splendor Dragons - compatible
Talkative Dragons - compatible
Ultimate Dragons - compatible
Dragon War - compatible with the provided patch (checked against vers. 3.0)
Skyrim Unbound (Alternate Start) - contains the same script, but only adds an outdated version of the dragon stalking fix, overwrite with my mod
KS Dragon Overhaul 2 - incompatible, already has a fix of its own for this
Credits:
Unofficial Patch Project Team for USSEP
KirbonatedBeverage for Unnecessarily Fixed Fixed Dragon Stalking Fix
Reddit user Miserable-Rush7095 who brought this to my attention with their comment
Delta for his version of the dragonactorscript which was used as a basis for the Dragon War patch