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In response to post #56028336. #56040656, #56055571 are all replies on the same post. I just reinstalled FO3 using MO and the STEP Guide "http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Kelmych/Fallout3" Everything worked fine. You don't have to wait for Vortex if you don't want to. Also, it may take them a few months to iron out the problems that are bounded to appear. Also, Gamerpoets has released a 13 part Youtube series on modding FO3. You may not want to use his mod list, but the setup information is very good. Also, he has the latest 'proper' way to clean the DLC esms. Have fun.

In response to post #56028336. ThD17gj692 If you are using the Fallout Stutter Remover and installed the Fall Creator W10 update your FO3 crashes are most likely due to the fact that the W10 update made changes to W10 that were incompatible with the settings in your Fallout Stutter Remover ini file. See the discussion here: http://forum.step-project.com/topic/12717-problems-with-fallout-stutter-resmover/ My FO3 was crashing and freezing. I changed the ini file and my problems are gone. Good Luck

I agree with your decision to switch from SE to Oldrim. I have used over 3,000 different mods during my time playing Oldrim. Most of these mods I enjoyed using, even though I did not keep them in my game. I doubt if more than a couple hundred of the mods that I have used will ever be ported over to SE. The important, blockbuster mods will be ported. However, most of the smaller, lesser known mods have only a small chance of being ported over to SE. I also strongly second the idea of using Mod Organizer. It is absolutely essential if you start playing more than 100 mods at a time. If you want a stable game I would follow the S.T.E.P. Guide 2.2.9.2. http://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:2.2.9.2 S.T.E.P will give you a solid build to start from. With all of its tutorials and video tutorials it will teach you how to use Mod Organizer and the various other tools that are essential to creating a game that does not crash every few minutes such as LOOT, Wrye Bash, TESVEdit, etc. I originally started using the STEP Guide, then went to Novalen's Skyrim Legendary Revisited (SLRE), http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Neovalen/Skyrim_Revisited_-_Legendary_Edition and then to Dark_Mathias' SRLE Extended Legend of the Dragonborn. http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Darth_mathias/SRLE_Extended_Legacy_of_The_Dragonborn. It was quite an educational journey and well worth it. I can now create my own load order with 255 esp files active which includes an additional 182 mods that are merged in. My game is stable. I still get crashes occasionally, but that seems to due to the game engine and not from the load order. Have fun playing Oldrim and enjoy trying out the different mods. For me, trying new mods is a lot of the fun of playing Skyrim - it is amazing what people can create.

Hello snelss0, Thank you for your response. By reloading my back up (see post above) I have essentially done a clean install. As for finding the virus file, I went in and looked at all of the files that were saved to my D: drive around the time period when the mod was installed. All of the mod files were just the files I mentioned in my first post. So the virus writer must have made it very hard to find the offending file. I guess rebuilding my load order is the only safe way to go. I suppose this virus should be reported to someone. Any Idea who? Again, thank you for your reply.

Some additional information: Doing further exploration on my hard drive I discovered that the skyrim.ini and skyrimperfs.ini in the C: ... Games/Skyrim directory had been overwritten by the mod. Since I launch Skyrim from within Mod Organizer these changed .ini files have no impact on my game. However, this mod is clearly a virus since no mod would deliberately overwrite the two most important .ini files. As an experiment I deleted the Skyrim folder and all of its subfolders and files and reloaded a backup copy of Skyrim and all the sub folders and files. The problem went away. The game now works perfectly. So I have two choices: 1) I can continue to look for the file that is causing the problem or I start with my three week old backup file and redo all of the changes to mods , merges, etc. that I have made in the last three weeks. If you have any suggestions as to how to located the virus file please let me know . Thank you.

PROBLEM: I downloaded Nexus Mod 3708 "main menu wallpaper replacer" which is supposed to provide different lore based screens during loading. The installation is to download the mod, extract, and place the four mod folders (Wallpapers, Meshes, SKSE, and Textures) into the Skyrim/Data folder. On restarting Skyrim, the new loading screen appeared. Upon selecting the saved game to load the screen went black then an animated Nord appeared who bent over and retched and then CTD. Two additional attempts to load had the same result except the Nord faced different directions. I deleted the four mod folders from Skyrim/Data. After rebooting, I restarted Skyrim and there was no change. The lore based screen was still there along with the retching Nord and the CTD. I then went into my recycle bin and looked at the four deleted mod folders. The SKSE folder contailed a .dll. The other three folders contained either meshes .nif or textures .dds. One of the subfolders did contain copies of my enblocal.ini and enbseries.ini files from my Skyrim/Data folder. I immediately ran my anti-virus program. Nothing was found. I then deleted all of the Skyrim files from Skyrim/Data and reloaded them from Steam. I also reloaded the other files in the Skyrim/Data folder with backup copies. After rebooting and restarting the lore based loading screen was still there with the retching Nord and the CTD. Any ideas on how to remove this 'virus' would be appreciated. SETUP: Desktop computer. Intel 6600K, 32GB RAM, GTX 1080 graphics card. Skyrim is on the D: drive. Using Skyrim Legendary. Using latest version of Mod Organizer. Using the SRLE Extended: Legacy of the Dragonborn build by Darth_Mathias. I use LOOT, TES5EDIT, FNIS, Dual Sheath Redux, Wrye Bash, Merge Plugins, and ASIS. Thank you in advance for your help.