Help with floating terrain pieces

[Gudulba]

I have installed the Bikini Armor quest mod (https://subscribestar.adult/posts/943458). Near Deep Folk Crossing, the mod places some new structures, which seems to interfere with the terrain there (without this mod, the terrain there looks fine). I get floating pieces of terrain -> see screenshots marked red.

 

The affected cells are -43, 15 and -44,15 (as verified in the DynDOLOD MCM). Modmapper.com show that Majestic Mountains, Landscape and Water Fixes for MM and Bikini Armor Quest are modifying these cells.

 

I have rerun DynDOLOD, Lodgen, occlusion etc., but the floating terrain is still there. It doesn't matter if I load the Bikini Armor ESP before or after the MM and Landscape ESPs.

 

How does one tackle such an issue?

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Edited January 20, 2025 by Gudulba

[traison]

Those floating bits are static props, so your issue is either:

1. The mod simply has these objects placed incorrectly, and thus the fix is to edit the heightmap at that location to blend the props into the ground properly or lower the props into the existing ground.
2. The ground heightmap is being overwritten by another mod.

Assuming #2 I would inspect this in xEdit:

1. Find or make a mod that can show you the formid of the cell you're in. More Informative Console might work, not sure. prid 14 to select yourself.
2. Load your loadorder as-is in xEdit.
3. Find the CELL record and navigate down the tree to the Landscape (LAND) record.
4. Fix the issue.
   • Make a list of all mods affecting this, and alter the load order in MO2/Vortex such that the mod adding the static props also alters the Landscape.
   • Transfer the landscape changes over from the mod that adds the static props, to the one that's currently providing this record. You can also create a separate patch plugin, if you want to do this "properly".

If the issue turns out to be #1, then the CK is your friend.

Edited January 20, 2025 by traison

[Gudulba]

Thank you for your valuable input! I wasn't able to find anything relevant in xEdit. But with the help of CK (basically only loading Bikini Armor Quest mod), I was eventually able to delete the floating terrain and make some other terrain adjustments at that location.