this solved the montains issue, all looking as it should now
sadly the water is still busted. When looking from up the road down to cottonwood cove, it goes like this: far distance = visible, medium distance = missing, close distance = visible again
I tried disabling both the mod you mentioned and "strip region light fix" which is the mod the last override the cells, no luck
here's a video to better show the problem
https://streamable.com/ebnvx6
and
https://streamable.com/vb0itz
Yes
Forgot to mention, on the missing terrain, it depends on camera position - sometimes it's missing, sometimes is fine
I will check on nifskope
EDIT - On first glance nothing wrong in nifskope, I will try to contact the author of the plugin that last override the records
following the viva new vegas guide for lods, some lods missing near cottonwood cove
and here the whole river is missing
here's the log https://dropmefiles.com/K26dO