Thank you for providing the info. I didn't know you made a Q&A part of your mod, which generally described everything. I don't know if this is the right place to write, but I gave you mod yesterday a try. I set the above mentioned settings in AMJM Transport ini to 0 and set up your mod and made some adjustment in your ini file. Generally I toned down a little bit everything.
I like your version of bandit hideouts, it's a better version of what AMJM already has got, but the problem is, that every time I get in combat with the bandit hideouts the game begins to lag and stutter. I know for sure it's your mod since I made a comparison. I attacked Fort Mercer with your mod and cleared it out (with stuttering) and then deleted your mod, enabled the three settings in AMJM again and attacked the Fort Mercer again. Combat was very similar but I had no stutters at all.
Maybe it's somehow conflicting with AMJM? Or is it the additional reinforcement features? I don't know but I know for sure that it causes stutters and lags. I run the game with a LOT of mods (50 asi mods and 25 lml mods) and it doesn't stutter at all. As soon as I install your mod it stutters. Only in combat with the bandit hideouts.
(I made a second try in Solomon's Folly with the same result.) Do you have an idea what could be the issue?