Hi, I just reinstalled the game after 3 years gap (got it on ps4 back in the days). And now playing on PC, and wanted to add some mods. And I ran into your thread (kinda by mistake actually, was searching a mod for better texture quality on NPCs). Anyway, it seems I'll have to only get a few if want to get some life in the game.
And I'm not sure the modders are much to blame, imo they might have not noticed this problem, and as you said, maybe too focused on the texture quality, and forgetting the other parts of the game. But it's good you're talking about it, might bring a little more awarerness about this problem. At least it did for me, and you "saved" me from having an empty experience after installing all the mods.
But I have a question for you, as for me, horses are a pretty big element in the game. Were you able to run any horse mod without the NPC problem ? And also, just searching for one mod, there are so many that I'm lost. Any "single" horse mod you would advice?
Thanks for your help,