If you changed the timescale through the console and saved, you cannot later use plugins to change the timescale, unless the change is implemented through scripts, apparently. Just overriding the global in a plugin will not work after you have used the console in-game.
hey you got me all wrong, i only have clean saves right now. i experimented with the console and tried timescale and it worked. i did not save it. in fact, i have been making clean saves and did a complete reinstall last week and am starting the whole game over. i also have only 3 mods but none of them are marked as active in-game.
there is something wrong i am sure of it but cant figure it out. again, i did gameplay>globals>timescale. I changed it to 1 (instead of 30). and yet time is not 'real time' like its meant to be. plz help i cant work it out