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No. I keep my ugrids to 5.

I start a new game and everything works fine. I enter the keep at Helgen and fight my way through it, and when I leave Skyrim... it's a never ending load screen. I've experienced this before on old saves. I presumed it was due to some kind of corruption of the save, however now it's happening on loading screens. I've tried using the Alternative Start mod, but once I enter an interior then I'm trapped there. I have a feeling it could be mod related like many problems I've had are. Here's my Modlist as ordered by BOSS: Skyrim.esm Update.esm HorseBranding.esm More Interactive Items.ESM SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esm Immersive Patrols x2.esm Populated Cities NPCListMaster.esm WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esm JSwords.esm ClimatesOfTamriel.esm WinterholdDestruction.esm EagleEyePerk.esm SoS - The Dungeons.esp SoS - The Wilds.esp prisonerfix.esp Shadow Striping Fix.esp Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp Chesko_Frostfall.esp IceBreaker's Improved Reverb.esp Improved Combat Sounds v2.0.esp LIAT - Sounds.esp Rooster At Dawn v1.0.esp CLARALUX - More and Brighter Lights.esp ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons&Interiors.esp ClimatesOfTamriel-VanillaNights-Lvl-1.esp PersonalizedMusic_v4.0.esp Weapons and Armor fixes.esp Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp Economics of Skyrim.esp 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowerRes_HighSpawn.esp AV1Dragon_Lords.esp BetterFishAdded.esp Birdsofskyrim.esp Catsofskyrim.esp Convenient Horses.esp CookingExpanded.esp CookingExpanded - EoS.esp Dogsofskyrim.esp EveryoneGetInside.esp LIAT - NPCs.esp morevillageanimals.esp Occupy Skyrim.esp ScenicCarriages.esp SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Light.esp SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp StormcloakArmorVariety.esp SIM- NPC Additions.esp SIM - NPCSUBMITTED.esp Auto Unequip Arrows.esp iHUD.esp Cloaks.esp hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp LSB_BattleHammersV6.esp RealFireArrows.esp Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp Complete Crafting Overhaul - BS version.esp WiS IV.esp DeadlyDragons.esp DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp ExpandedWinterholdRuins.esp SkyrimChimneysRW.esp whiterunMarket.esp armored-horses.esp AT - Faster Arrows Improved +50%.esp AT - Increased Progressive Damage (BS and CCO) +50%.esp Better Dynamic Snow.esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Miscellaneous.esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Ammo.esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Soul Gems (PseudoVanilla).esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Potions (Light Weight).esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Food (Reduced Weight).esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Spells.esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Books.esp Headbomb's Better Sorting - Ingredients.esp BetterQuestObjectives.esp Binocular Vision For NPCs while Sneaking.esp HB BasicRidingAI.esp LegionArmorVariety.esp More Dynamic Shadows.esp posesivecorpses.esp Populated Cities.esp dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp BurnifiedEffects.esp Realistic crime report radius.esp Sneak Tools.esp Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp Duel - Combat Realism.esp The Dance of Death 3.0 Revised Beta.esp Locational Damage.esp Crimson Tide - Blood.esp UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp WATER.esp PM_BlackreachMusic_NoVanilla_v1.0.esp PM_CollegeMusic_v1.0.esp PM_DwemerMusic_NoVanilla_v1.0.esp PM_TempleMusic_NoVanilla_v1.0.esp Stickier_Arrows V2.esp Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp Sorry it's a lot to look through and I'm sure that problem might be related. It would just be better to get feedback before I have to resort to a re-install.

Another thing I found that was that I was running SkyEarth, which adds lots of plants and the like to the world space. Removing these has made things a lot smoother.

Yes I do. I also read earlier today that its a common agent for crashing games. I'll disable/uninstall and see if it persists. Additionally I use "Burn Freeze Shock Effects" by pauderek. Would that have anything to do with it? Let me know if your problem was solved by removing DSI.

Most often this happens in a Warzone or near a Warzone, but the instant somebody starts casting spells at me or I at them, the game will freeze. I've tested Mt. Pain and I can run it on maximum, though the frames drop to about 20. However I can watch the magic fight from afar and it will be okay. There isn't any warning either, no lag, no hit in FPS, its just a freeze. Any suggestions? i5-2400 3.1 GHz Radion HD 6870 2GB 256-bit 8 GB ram

I tried it out and ran into some crashes while using it. I'm not sure if the crashes were due to Mercenaries in general, or if there was another conflict with a different mod I was using (more likely). Alternatively you could use UFO - Follower Overhaul to increase your personal army. Both UFO and Mercenaries makes the game easier though.

Wars in Skyrim IV - NPCs are off fighting each other. Finally you're not the only one people want to kill. Occupy Skyrim - Changes some of the ingame events to be more interesting. (This one's hard to explain offhand, check it out though!) Immersive Patrols - Almost doubles the amount of troops on patrol. Might of the Legion - adds more NPCs to the Legion at forts, camps, and Solitude. Also these all work well with Warzones. I would also recommend Dual Combat (which alters the combat system to be more strategic) and Location Damage. Location Damage can get annoying though when the enemy archers take you out with one arrow due to their amazing ability to be 99% accurate. I'm also running a faster arrows mod, which correlates with my annoyances with LD, but both are completely worth it.

@VileTouch: I was entertaining the idea of being able to burn trees and cause forest fires, in which a 2d smoke/fire LOD would be valuable. @Rennn: I have to comment, since you're here, that I really like the SkyEarth mod. I've been running it for a while and it certainly adds to the immersion of the game.

I was looking through my mods again and noticed Imrpoved Combat Sounds. The mod author says that if this mod is loaded after SoS then these slashing sounds may occur. He does have a fix for this, however, as an optional file. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=5289

This is a question for either those who are modders or know about these things: can you have an animated LOD? Such as distant smoke? Or maybe the water and waterfalls can look a little more interesting, especially for those of us who prefer to keep the ugrids to 5.

It only occurs when sun is out and shining, or at least it disappeared during a storm.

The problem came back. It's not the ENB. It's actually a bug with PaperMap with Height mod.

Thanks for the reply! I restarted the game recently and after I took Whiterun with the Stormcloaks the textures reappeared. I did turn off the ENB prior to this though. I will experiment a little more with this. Yes, I run 2k mostly for cities/architecture and Serious HD 1k for landsape. I have a single 6870 2GB card.

I am not quite sure when this began to occur, but I do try out a lot of mods. I think I may be missing some texture files, but I have no idea what it could be. I'm also using Superb ENB-RL. http://oi46.tinypic.com/s2xx1e.jpg

I removed the Crash Fix .esps and replaced them with the original SoS (note: I downloaded mine separately, and so they are two files; Wilds, and Dungeons). No more slicing and dicing for me when I hit F5, get pop-up messages, or use key! Hope this helps. I also use BOSS to organize my mods, SoS appears near the top. Maybe load-order may affect it as well.