corban122

Thanks for the quick response. :-)

I went into Nexus chat and no one online at the time had the answer to this. "What are the defining differences between Type3 and Type6 bodies?" I've googled it, and searched here, but I can't seem to find the answer to this one. It seems to be a definition only in fallout 3 engine games. Are there even more 'body types for fallout 3/NV? Thanks so much in advance for the answer btw. :-) It's driving me nuts

"Error you've exceeded the number of times this form can be submitted." That's what I got when clicking the form link

With an issue like this, I would check a couple things. Are you running a raid? If so, is it your own controller or running off your mobo? Check to see if their's a raid controller update. (For example, intel is the controller on my motherboard, so I can find updates to it specifically @ intel.com ) It could also be a power issue. Try temporarily removing non essentially components from being powered and see if the issue continues. (IE: CD/DVD Rom, Floppy, etc. etc.) What I'm assuming is you're hearing the hard drives 'click' off. I would still wait (say 10 minutes) in this state to see if anything happens @ all. Sometimes a blank screen can indicate a Video Card Hardware failure. You could also be having a cascading failure. IE: 1 piece fails, shorting out everything as it goes. I will say your initial description definitely would have me leaning heavily towards a hardware issue of some kind. Good luck in your troubleshooting. :-) @ DolAtoR , Good luck. If you've been fine for 100 hours, I'd approach it as a "something has changed in your game to use more resources". Perhaps try creating a new temporary game and open the map. It could be that the 'filled out' map has something to it?

Suggested Troubleshooting steps for those having full system freezes I'm currently not having any "full system freezes" So, I have to assume that it's a difference in hardware between what I'm running, and what everyone else (who is crashing) is running. Or a mod that I'm running that is providing more system stability. (However, I find that less likely.) In an effort to help those troubleshoot their issues I will provide most of my system specs, and mod list, as well as provide a few suggestions on where to look to fix this issue. (Being that this is on page 70+ on this thread I don't know how helpful this information will be, or if it'll be glossed over. Regardless, I'll provide the effort.) System Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16 GHz) 8 GB Ram Windows 7 Professional 64-bit NVIDIA GTX 570 amp! card from Zotac. (amp! means slightly overclocked) an ABIT motherboard latest bios and chipset. (AW9D-MAX) SB Audigy 2 ZS I'm also running a Raid 5 off of the built in raid controller off the motherboard. Write-back cache is enabled. (which means slightly faster read and write speeds. slightly less stable if I hard boot.) Mods active: 4GB Skyrim Patch ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1013 ) currently running 1.3, but version 1.4 is out. (This is the most likely mod to provide system stability) Higher quality Shields ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=225 ) Detailed Faces ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26 ) Detailed Lips ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=689 ) Enhanced Distant Terrain ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1598 ) Enhanced Blood Textures ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=60 ) Enhanced Skyrim Nights ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=85 ) HD Furniture and Barrels ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=238 ) High Quality Eyes ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=498 ) High Quality Food and Ingredients ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1192 ) Nightingale Prime ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1896 ) No More Blocky Faces (http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30 ) Nude Females ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=70 ) Realistic Smoke and Embers ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=836 ) Realistic Water Textures ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=711 ) Partially Nude Clothing ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1274 ) Skyrim HD 2k Pack ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=607 ) Weapons Rexture Project ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1754 ) Vurts Flora Overhaul ( http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=141 ) Suggestions: One thing to take note is that just because 2 people are crashing to BIOS, doesn't mean they're both having the same issue. Another thing is that I'm titling this post Troubleshooting and not Fixing. You have to look at this as an overall problem, and explore all avenues. 1.) What do you have running different: Are you running mod heavy? No mods? What's running in the background? What antivirus are you running? (I'm running AVAST free version.) Sometimes these issues can be caused by a simple software conflict. Especially if you're someone who happens to have a virus or spyware running in the background. Take the time to cleanup your PC. (CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com ) Remove unused software, and check your startup. It's also a good time to check your drivers. Is your system a home built box? Then visit your motherboards manufacturers website and get the latest bios and chipset, while also visiting the more common driver checks of video, sound, etc. If it's not home built, then check your PC's manufacturers website, and check for chipset and BIOS there. I do suggest with specifically going to each piece of hardwares website instead of just "Dell.com, or Alienware.com, or whatever.com" though. Manufacturers tend to be out of date with most of their drivers unless it's a brand new box. 2.)Put your system through hardware test applications: I noticed a number of folks saying they've run their video card through tests, and had no issues. While running that test is good, it's not conclusive. Also be sure to check your RAM, CPU, and Harddrives through similar benchmark applications. Most of the time, when I see a full system freeze, it's a piece of hardware, any piece of hardware. I've seen it come from a bad stick of RAM, or a faulty sound card. "But, corban122, I don't crash with other applications!" So what? Other applications use your hardware differently. Even if your hardware tests come back clean, honestly the best bet is to begin swapping out hardware pieces individually. I realize this isn't an option for 99% of the people reading this, but honestly I find this to be your best bet. If I were to guess, I would rank it in the following order: Video Card>RAM>CPU>Sound Card>Motherboard 'chipset' problem. I'll leave it to you to how you want to proceed with checking your hardware. Unfortunately, I don't have any recommendations on free applications to check for hardware issues. I've been out of the game to long to know offhand. Perhaps a poster following mine could make a suggestion. Sometimes Manufacturers provide an avenue to do checks in their System Restore application. (usually run via a keystroke before the system begins to boot windows) 3)It could be a mod: Like I said above, it's less likely, but a mod like the 4GB patch could either provide you with stability, or maybe it's causing the issue all together. Even though I'm running the 4GB patch, and it's providing me more stability, that doesn't mean it'll do the same for you. You and I have different RAM speeds, amounts, and bandwidth. With this, it's all a guess and check game. For example: If your running the 4GB patch, but your RAM is actually getting to hot, or is damaged, this could cause the crash to BIOS. 4)Just wait it out: This is something not a lot of people do. They see a full system freeze, curse, and hit the power button. Next time it occurs wait it out. During a freeze, several things could actually be going on. 1) It's actually dead, and you just need to hit that power button. 2) Windows is writing a crash report file, and will autoboot the system when it's finished. This will generate a report, which can be sent to Microsoft for a 'possible' solution. (or at least give you something to google to search for a fix.) 3) One piece of your hardware has failed, and Windows is attempting to reinitialize that piece of hardware. If Windows is successful, most likely Skyrim will crash to Desktop, and you will get a prompt explaining which piece of hardware failed. This will give you an avenue to fixing the issue. (be it driver, or hardware replacement.) I hope this helps 'someone' as it did take some time to write out. Good luck to those of you with this issue. Feel free to private message me if you have any specific questions.

I'm in the same boat. I didn't know about the bug until it was to late.

I tried that and it didn't work, maybe I typo'd it. I'll try again

topic description pretty much explains it all. I've lost lydia, and I want to do the move to command to find her. she disappeared after battle with the dragon, not sure she died or what.

Work around would be to back up your save files under My Documents\My Games\Skyrim . Also maybe someone could mod a save profile system for multiple characters.

I was probably just going to order my copy through steam the night before, unless I found some stupid "preorder bonus DLC" somewhere, (or some store selling it for a couple bucks less.) My download speed is about 15 meg, so it will usually finish downloading long before I wake up. Bethesda developed games is the only company I can rationalize paying $60 for a game. I'll be playing Skyrim for hundreds of hours I'm sure.

So, as the title goes, does anyone know any good locations to preorder? Either based on price, or preorder bonuses. :-)

Here's an error log from one of my "corrupted" saves. This occurs when I attempt to debloat it. Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Mopy\bash\basher.py", line 14541, in Execute saveFile.load(SubProgress(progress,0,0.8)) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Mopy\bash\bosh.py", line 5927, in load self.tempEffects = ins.read(size) MemoryError Those are Wyre bash related files, I'm just trying to put as much info down to help in troubleshooting. (I do have an unaffected/uncorrupted save that will generate the 'corruption' once I try to save from it.)

I've tried deleting my autosaves, and having them rebuilt. Same with my quicksaves. Basically the first 'save' takes a normal amount of time. Any subsequent save can take several minutes (if it completes at all, and doesn't just lock up oblivion entirely.) This includes autosaves (loading between cells, etc.) Any suggestions on how to repair this?

Latest the game will arrive is usually the Tuesday of/prior to release day. To be honest most games are released on a Tuesday. this is unusual.

I have something somewhere stuck inside glenvar castle. do you know that noise you hear when you close a door on a corpse and the body just stats flipping around like crazy? Well that's happening to me inside my new abode.the crazy thing is it seems to follow me, but only in zones rooms and tunnels related to glenvar. I've tried using the tlc command to find what ever it is, but if I go no clip mode the object stops making noises as well. Can anyone give any suggestions on how to find this annoying misplaced item or dead body so that I can remove it?