venombeyond Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 So, recently, I reinstalled Skyrim and decided to give it another play. I've been able to run Skyrim just fine for awhile, heck, ever since it came out. I eventually got the GotY Edition for myself. I do use Mods but have very few installed. The ones I have are as follows.Alternate Start - Live a new LifeUnofficial Patches for the Main Gamer, DLC and the High Rez Texture Pack that comes on SteamSkyUISKSEOrcs are StrongNo Bethesta IntroSkill ConfigCloaks of Skyrim/Cloaks of Skyrim DawnguardMouse Fix (Full Screen) - I plan to get rid of this one, it didn't fix my issue with thatBetter Females by BellaSo with all this said, the issue started tonight as I played. After running around some, the sound effects in Skyrim stop, only the music and background sounds continue such as Rain and rushing water, then, Everything freezes up. I can't alt-tab out, I can't hit ANYTHING at all. I was SO close to rebooting my machine the first time, but after 45 seconds, it all cleared up. I figured it to be a fluke and moved onAbout 1 1/2 hours later it happened again, THIS Time I could alt tab out, by my system basically froze up, I could move the mouse, hear sounds and click in a few windows, but my explorer bar didn't react at all either. Again, I was close to rebooting, but then it all cleared up again. I tabbed back into the game and it was running fine once more.Skyrim is the ONLY game doing this, as I tried out a few others tonight. Fallout NV, Guild Wars 2, GTA V which is WAY more intensive on my system than Skyrim, and I played them all for a good while. My video card is keeping cool under 62c easily even under load, I have enough memory so that's not all being taken up, and the processor isn't going at 100%. I have a feeling it is Skyrim, but there's some sorta fix I need, file, or something I have to do that I haven't done yet.I'd list my Specs, but needless to say, I blow away all recommended requirements and then some, as the launcher detects my Hardware and sets it all to Ultra. I can run on Ultra at 60 FPS and ultra smooth.Can anyone help me please? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 It happened again tonight. I was playing for awhile, 90% of normal sounds stopped save for the Ambiant sounds and music. Then everything froze and wouldn't respond, 30 seconds later it all kicks back in. I checked my CPU and GPU Tempatures, both are in the Green even under load (CPU was only 52c, My CPU's Highest temp can go upto 90c before it shuts off) (GPU was only 61c under load, can get upto 125c according to specs before it causes problems). I've got no idea what's causing this, can -Anyone- Help me at all please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Can ANYONE help me? Or is this thread just going to be ignored forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jannifer Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 You have an unusual problem, which is probably why no one has responded. It sounds like your machine is lagging while loading in new areas or something, but it isn't consistent enough for that. It's obviously not a heat issue, or it wouldn't clear itself up. Unless...maybe you have a fan cutting in and out? I know that's reaching, but it's worth a look. What OS are you running? If it affects your entire rig, I'm wondering if there's something going on with the OS. Also, have you tried verifying your game cache through Steam? You aren't running a heavy load order, you have no scripted mods, you aren't running any overhaul mods. Verification will just make sure that your base game files are good. Have you tried starting a completely new game? Does the problem persists there? If it doesn't, then the problem is something in your current save. Do you quicksave regularly, or do you use hard saves? How do you quit your game, with the menu or via the ingame console? All of these are just very basic troubleshooting steps. I'm not sure that any of them will help you out, but it doesn't hurt to try them. At least that way you might be able to narrow down the issue some so that someone more tech savvy than I am can help you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 You have an unusual problem, which is probably why no one has responded. It sounds like your machine is lagging while loading in new areas or something, but it isn't consistent enough for that. It's obviously not a heat issue, or it wouldn't clear itself up. Unless...maybe you have a fan cutting in and out? I know that's reaching, but it's worth a look. What OS are you running? If it affects your entire rig, I'm wondering if there's something going on with the OS. Also, have you tried verifying your game cache through Steam? You aren't running a heavy load order, you have no scripted mods, you aren't running any overhaul mods. Verification will just make sure that your base game files are good. Have you tried starting a completely new game? Does the problem persists there? If it doesn't, then the problem is something in your current save. Do you quicksave regularly, or do you use hard saves? How do you quit your game, with the menu or via the ingame console? All of these are just very basic troubleshooting steps. I'm not sure that any of them will help you out, but it doesn't hurt to try them. At least that way you might be able to narrow down the issue some so that someone more tech savvy than I am can help you. :smile:Thanks for the Reply. I'm running windows 7 64 bit. No it's none of the Fans otherwise the heat would be building here or there. That being said most of what you said didn't seem to do much, so I tried something a friend said. I rolled back to a previous set of Drivers. I've played now for 2 hours with out it being an issue or showing any signs of freeze up, but will update this if it happens. I need more time to test, but I think it may have fixed it. The Drivers that WERE possibly causing the issue were AMD 15.7 . I've rolled back to the older 14.12 and so far it's working well. If I play more later, and I probably will, and the session goes with out issue, then we know what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 So, I switched out Drivers. Things seemed fine for awhile, but it happened again. I installed OneTweak the Mod here on The Nexus, and I thought running it in Windowed full Screen would help. But no, it happened again. All sound but music and ambient sound cut out, then after 5-10 seconds it all freezes up, then 20 second later, it all starts up all over again as if clearing out. This has never happened to me before with this game. And I've had it for a good long time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 Uninstalled the game. Reinstalled the game, reinstalled all of my mods, none of which say they cause this sort of issue. The problem is still happening. I've got no idea what else to do.... And this is the only game doing this to me, I've tried out nearly every other game I own, including other, more graphically intensive games, and they all run just fine with out causing this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venombeyond Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Uninstalled the game. Reinstalled the game, reinstalled all of my mods, none of which say they cause this sort of issue. The problem is still happening. I've got no idea what else to do.... And this is the only game doing this to me, I've tried out nearly every other game I own, including other, more graphically intensive games, and they all run just fine with out causing this issue.Hey everyone, sorry for no reply for some time. So here's the bottom line, I fixed the issue. This is what happened... I got Fallout 4, and THAT game, was suddenly doing what Skyrim had been doing. I couldn't believe it... I wondered to myself what it could possibly be... remembering that Skyrim and Fallout 4 Share the same game engine they developed FOR Skyrim I looked around online some more. Long story short, I changed the drive both games were installed on, from my E to my C drive. While all my OTHER games work on E, it seemed for SOME reason Skyrim and Fallout 4 didn't like being on that drive. After switching to C? They work perfectly with no issues. The only other thing I did, was turned off the Drive power management option that turns the drives off after a bit if they're not in use. It was either the drive switch, or that, that fixed my issue finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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