Has anyone ever had an NPC disappear irretrievably from the game? In my case, I need to talk to Jules for Someone to Watch Over Me. I went to his location and there was no one there--no trace of him at all. The compass mark even indicated he was supposed to be there. I have tried all the console tricks I can think of: moveto player, disable/enable, startconversation, but nothing works! I found http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1146669-lady-gibson-disappeared/ where someone else had Lady Gibson disappear on them. I tried using PlaceLeveledActorAtMe as described there with Jules' ID substituted in, but even that didn't work. One thing that I do see is that if I use the 'kill' command on him in the console, it will fail the quest, but there is still no sign of his body.

Jules was there earlier in my game, and I have talked to him before. I went back through my savefile history and found the last one where Jules was still available, but I don't see anything between that file and the next one that should have affected him. I did not advance the quest or otherwise interact with him in any way that I can think of. There is about 22 minutes time between the two saves, so it doesn't seem like too much should have happened. Anyway, this save is way too far back for me to be willing to go back to it.

I am considering just advancing the quest on the console, but I would like to know what could be causing this and actually get Jules back, if possible. All the mods I am using were activated well before Jules disappeared. The major mods that I am using include NVEC Complete, Freeside Open, and The Strip Open. Any help out there? Thanks in advance.