Lydia won't move and keeps initiating dialogue

[Crusader_]

So maybe this is a pretty basic issue, but Lydia suddenly changed her behavior and is now standing in place and constantly initiating (her standard) dialogue every 5-10 seconds if I am nearby. I can't think of anything of note that happened right before she started this. It seems like it's on a timer since she'll start doing it eventually after I reload an older save. I'm 90% sure this is related to flower girls and/or amorous adventures since I don't have anything else that is tweaking dialogue, as far as I know. I am in the middle of doing her quest for that mod, but this didn't trigger anywhere that seems relevant to it.

 

Any ideas for a solution or workaround? I generally have a high tolerance for testing/tweaking things myself, but I know very little about how Skyrim works so I could use some assistance.

 

This is in SkyrimVR. A screenshot of my load order from Vortex is attached.

[pinkfluf]

hi

 

you could try bringing up the console, clicking on lydia and typing "disable" followed by enter key then typing "enable" press enter again. See if that does it, If you were using spectator crowds I was suggest using the target zapper spell but it seems your not using it. Oh and if your on Nethers framework you could try booting her and making her follow again.

[Crusader_]

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you could try bringing up the console, clicking on lydia and typing "disable" followed by enter key then typing "enable" press enter again.

 

I tried that (as well as several other console commands that I found online), but the behavior persisted. If there are commands people have ideas to try, I'd love to know. Like I said, I am pretty blind on the inner workings of Skyrim, so I don't know what is reasonable and what is not but I don't mind long troubleshooting.

 

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If you were using spectator crowds I was suggest using the target zapper spell but it seems your not using it. Oh and if your on Nethers framework you could try booting her and making her follow again.

 

I'm not familiar with these. They are apparently mods. Would it be reasonable to try installing them now to see if I can fix it that way? I'm happy to try, but I wouldn't want to make the situation messier unnecessarily.

[Tlam99]

Target her in open Console and type resetai

(Reset artificial intelligence)

 

[Crusader_]

On 11/23/2021 at 5:23 PM, Tlam99 said:

Target her in open Console and type resetai

(Reset artificial intelligence)

 

Typing this immediately causes her to initiate the dialogue. (That is, she normally just stands there and does it every 20 seconds or so, but this preempts the wait.)

[woodsman30]

On 11/22/2021 at 1:01 AM, Crusader_ said:

This is in SkyrimVR

I don't know squat about VR version but in LE vanilla Skyrim the Lydia bug is well known... with the " what do you need" or "did you need something". As far as enable/disable this will not work as normal for this bug. Disable Lydia all together do not enable. play the game leaving cells a recruiting other followers after a couple of Skyrim day and fast through multiple cells do a player.placeatme 000A2C8E and talk to her see what she says she should be reset as Skyrim pulls off your recent save files so by passing through cell fast travel ect your recent save files should not include her.

[Tlam99]

34 minutes ago, woodsman30 said:

.placeatme 000A2C8E and

Makes a duplicate.

Better start an animation with debug spell.

[woodsman30]

3 hours ago, Tlam99 said:

Makes a duplicate.

Your right but as stated Skyrim pulls from saved files for it's loading of NPC. However, resetting does little for a broken NPC they must be out of the pulled save file even then it may not work depends when the issue started as some issues compound until a NPC is broke it may require a new game/fresh start. Best way to explain this is Lydia will walk like a man unless you change her prior to meeting her if you change her man-walk after meeting her she will still walk like a man... why because the game uses saved files to load her and will continue to do so nothing will change that save for a new game. As stated see if the recent saved game files does not include her ( see last post method ) then re-spawn her if she is still broke then I'm sorry to say she is broke a will require a new game/fresh start as her save files is corrupted .

[KoolKyle73]

Hey man, I was just having this issue but I figured it out! It turns out this is an issue of flower girls so all you need to do is disable it. I know it sucks but I couldn't find another solution. Hope this hels!

[Tlam99]

On 11/28/2021 at 6:15 PM, woodsman30 said:

prior to meeting her

Thats resaver for.

Enter her id and delete. Engine creates her new incl. fem walk.

[BAB PEEG]

Sounds like a typical woman to me.

[Notapinguin]

Just in case other people have the same problem in the flower girl MCM menu in game you can restart flower girl and it seems to have worked for me !