SmilingAhab

Just tried it. Uninstalled, restarted, installed 12.1. No difference. Upgraded to 12.4, still didn't solve the problem.

Just tried 12.1 and 12.4, neither fixed the problem. So I dunno what to do :ohdear:

What's this "Cap" you speak of? It's the Catalyst application profiles. Where's the uninstaller for that? It's not in the control panel uninstall menu and not in the uninstall dialogue for the CCC setup application.

What's this "Cap" you speak of?

I knew I wasn't the only one! See my thread for what I've already tried, I keep a rolling log there: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/648093-karthspire-ctd/page__view__findpost__p__5120257 Also several people are talking about crashes after updating (whatever ATI cards are called nowadays) to the 12.3 drivers. Anyone else running the ATI cards? Because I am and I don't remember having this problem before. If anyone can find a link to previous versions of drivers, I'll roll back and tell you all what happens. There's an invisible wall around SHT that keeps you from discovering it before Alduin's Wall. I wonder if something in the latest patch or drivers has bugged the wall?

The whole skyrim folder. the binary, the dlls and the Data folder are the targets of the "upgrades". Only way to stop them I suppose is to register the game and immediately set Steam to offline mode, because once it starts "updating" Skyrim you can't play until it's finished. And yes, it will overwrite your Steam-made backup, that's why you use 7zip or somesuch to back it up instead.

Problem is that 12.3 is the latest. I miss my nVidia laptop. Same thing happened with me in Karthspire. Updated to 12.3, can't go near the place. At least I think that could be the problem.

I have the disk copy too. The only time you have to be online is for the initial registration. After that, if you fail to put your Steam in offline mode, it will not allow you to play after you are somewhere with no connection. Also, Steam has to be online to update, because Bethsoft does all their patches though Steam now. And unlike what GeoHoundJason said, you have to be connected and online in order to go into offline mode. It's the most stupid thing ever, but it would seem that the option doesn't come up if one cannot connect. If this is a problem with my setup, more power to you, but I've seen it in a lot of places. Not really liking this setup, but if it's the road Bethesda wants to take, it's the road they take.

It's only as bad as it looks if you're from a culture that uses a ton of spices in everything. And that Sunlight Souffle video was EPIC. +100 Internets to you good sir!!!

Gotta love that boreal forest! A passenger train runs from my city to Alaska and goes through the northern edge of the Rockies in Alberta. Figure that's as Skyrim as it gets short of Hammerfest, Norway.

Thanks for making me look crazy ;) I know it's too much nutmeg, it was obviously either a typo or Bethesda employees don't know how to cook and subsist on the standard geek diet of ramen and Red Bull. I edited my last post to show that I wanted pelt-clad Vikings to cook the EDITED recipe. Or Bethesda employees have a twisted way of poisoning their enemies! :devil:

Careful using the p-word. That's one-strike-worthy stuff right there. I haven't found a way to get around whatever's happened. I tried every save right back to the first save outside of Helgen - every one CTDs at the cell Karthspire is in. Which I find odd, seeing as I've been to Old Hroldan and Soljund's Sinkhole. Can't fast-travel to them or Karthspire Camp now. And of course, Bethsoft's answer is uninstall, reinstall, wait for the next patch. EDIT: Tinker time: TLL: No - disable LOD, reload cleansave, FTT to Old Hroldan, proceed toward Karthspire cell, CTD COC: No - coc karthspirecamp gets me to the camp, but the moment I get to where I discover Karthspire proper, CTD COC KarthspireCamp + TLL: no coc karthspirereboubtexterior: no coc karthspireredoubtstart (inside of the cave) and walk outside to continue the quest: no above+ setstage + port esbern and delphine in: no, they don't talk about the quest above - setstage: no, they freeze, CTD any of these + TAI (just a wild guess): no Just got the Creation Kit. Dicked around in it for a bit to try and see if I could mod the Karthspire experience so it would work. No dice. Downgrade to 12.1 ATI drivers, upgrade to 21.4 - nope, neither

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/615440-rebuilding-skyrim/ searched rebuild, on first page. You're welcome.

I just read "Uncommon Taste" and I would strongly advise against trying out the recipe for "Sunlight Souffle". If you add a cup of nutmeg to the rest of the ingredients listed, you're just asking for trouble. You will taste nothing else except nutmeg and you might be putting your health at risk in the process. Check the section about "Psychoactivity and toxicity" in the nutmeg article on wikipedia. Don't try this at home, people :yucky: . Bioy Yeah, just caught that. Still want to see someone in pelts in the frozen hinterlands make a video of making this stuff in a cast iron pot suspended over a fire and upload it to the utube. without the lethal levels of nutmeg, of course.

Do you have any mods on? Going near important areas in the game used to CTD me when I had my mods on (only a dozen cosmetic ones at that), and I'd turn them off and the area would load. This is the first time I've seen this happen through a total wipe. I really hope my saves don't have something in them that's causing the CTD. I don't wanna go through 90 hours and 200+ quests again...