When you play with the mod all of your saves are connected to that mod. You cannot play those saves without the updated mod. They will not work.
I encountered this same thing and considering that the mod is no longer being updated by JokerLeader and the "new guy" decided to break from what Joker had been doing to do his own thing, I restarted WITHOUT the mod and now all my saves work once again. I enjoyed playing with the real Joker's mod. This new person has a lot to learn about creating AVN mods, especially following in the footsteps of one of the all time greats like JokerLeader.
Anyway... that's what you need to know, my friend. Either keep using the updated mod as it catches up to the current game build or do what I did, scrap that mod and start over. TBH, I flew through the first half of the game in about an hour having set for "skip all" in settings and riding the CTRL key in short bursts so I didn't go too far too fast. If you choose to skip all text it will still stop for choices. You can roll back a few frames for context if needed. Just don't roll forward. Click through those frames or the game will get buggy on you. Words to the wise. Hope this helps you, friend.
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