The Skyrim modding experience

I’m playing on XBSX and have a pretty comprehensive mod list.

There are a few mods that are particularly tricky in relation to The Civil War (because that’s NEVER been buggy) and in this instance, changes in Jarls.

I’ll spare the extreme details, but I had quintessentially fucked up my chances of becoming Thane of Falkreath as my mods had made a mysterious door stand in the middle of the longhouse, this was mostly just annoying.

After Siddgeir is removed following The Stormcloaks victory over the hold, the new Jarl, Dengeir did not spawn in, nor does his Steward. I need either of them to appear to initiate the relevant quests to become Thane.

I have spent hours researching patches, my load order, fixes. And I was finally at a loss for how I could save this save file.

I chose to ignore this and fast travelled to Markarth. I was murdered by a rather angry Orc and reloaded in Falkreath.

I thought ‘what the hell’ and went into the longhouse anyway, repeating the same action I’d done 50+ times to no avail.

And in the long house there was no random door, Dengeir and his Steward are present and working, as if nothing happened. I had reversed all the attempted changes to my load order at this point.

So what have I learned from this experience? Just reload the game until it works… idk?