mike2977

Changing fExtraTaskBudgeMS = 1.2 did it for me. Old thread, but I'm back to playing Skyrim again, so I figured I'd join the Stormcloakes and fight the Civil War. Also allowed me to fight the major battle in Solitude.

I play on a PS3 and on a PC. I play on the PS3 for the enjoyment of the game and quests. I play on the PC for the enjoyment of the myriad of mods that are out there. I'll also likely try out some of the self-contained quest mods at some time in the future. Don't knock the PS3 if you don't own one and haven't tried the game on it. It plays very well. I'm 90% through on the main quest and am half way through on Dragonborne DLC. No severe bugs to speak of (since the days of problems walking into water...) I tried riding on a Dragon yesterday for the first time and felt the controls were clunky, but workable.

I still haven't seen a version and a release date on the Bethesda blog. If anyone has, please post a link to ther posting. If you set Steam not to automatically update, it won't update; whether you're online or not. I use the app, "SkyrimUnplugged" available from Nexus, to either set or unset the auto-update feature from Steam.

That tells me what I already have (1.8.151.0) but what I am looking to know is what is the latest release from Bethesda. Especially if I have Steam automatic updates turned off so I don't scramble my many mods.

What is the latest version of Skyrim? I know I can load the game and from the player's screen, hit the ESC key and see the version in the lower left of the screen, but there may be times I want to know the version without starting the game first. Bethesda's Blog strangely enought doesn't actually list the latest version on it; or at least I have not been able to find a link that shows the version and release date. Could we either use this thread to post the latest version and release date, or point me to the right link/thread where it's readily avialble?

CTD on completion of the Wolf Queen, Potema, just as she is defeated and the lighting stops. I have the console commands to enter the quest as complete right after it's assigned, but I'd like to finish it normally. Any suggestions?

Is there any way to get a mod from the Steam Workshop, but not subscribe to it? Or get it into NMM somehow so that I can control load order? Or get BOSS to recognize it so I can manage it with a BOSS rule?

Thanks, I have been on the Bethesda Blog in the past. Unfortunately it's a mishmash of publicity for their products and dificult to find things on like what you did post (and thanks for that.) It's all good advice, but after the fact, hard to swallow. Had my initial forays into the world of modding warned me right at the start, I might have been much more cautious. But the structure of play, save, mod, play, save again, play, save, mod, etc., etc., makes it very hard to recall which saved game had which mod installed and at what level of progression for my character, what followers he/she had, etc. I've used Nexus' Mod Manager almost exclusively to install and uninstall mods, but as I've found out, when removing mods with scripts, those scripts may remain referenced in save games that had them when saved. Yesterday, I found a reference to Mod Organizer (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1334), which claims to provide some insulation of one mod from another and the ability to install and uninstall with no significant impact to game saves: MO has several unique features not found in any other comparable tool: Mods are kept completely isolated from each other -> no more messy data directory (1) Profiles (2) Drag&Drop load order AND installation order management full control over the priority of BSA files (3) Nexus integration for easy download, installation and update of mods GUI support for manual installers partial compatibility with BAIN and fomod installers Savegame viewer active required mods from save game Archive Invalidation Categorize mods for better overview (customizable) easy overview of file conflicts complete help system Supports Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout NV and Skyrim no dependencies. Just unpack and go localization (currently: german, spanish, french and chinese) automatic self-updates BSA unpacking I'm not sure whether I can just start using MO at this state in my character's progression; probably not. And with other organizers like Wyre Bash (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1840) out there also claiming to be a better system for managing mods, I'm going to have to do a lot of additional research, trial and error before I uninstall everything, re-download and install Skyrim and start over managing mods and saved games as I should have from the start.

It points out that there should be one central location for all the troubleshooting and editing tools, whether on Bethesda's official site/forums, Steam's site/forums or Nexus site/forums. I've gotten more serious over the last two weeks in attempting to get a running version of Skyrim with about 20 mods that I really like, but after installing and uninstalling 100-200 mods (lost track) and save games while my main character leveled from 20 to 47. If, like me, one stumbles blindly into the modding world and is not aware of all the great resources that are out there on wiki's, multiple forums, individual enthusiasts web sites (like S.T.E.P & others) we're likely to wind up hosed and backed into a corner with unloadable games, freezing games, crashes to desktops (who knew there was even an acronym for it, CTD, because it's so common.) There are many great YouTube videos and channels for mods (Gopher's is one I really like,) but nowhere but in reading individual posts in forums like this does one really wise up and realize that great discipline is needed when installing and removing mods if you want to continue to just play the game!

Gopher has an excellent video out using TES4Edit on Fallout New Vegas, which is very similar to Skyrim. I'm attempting to digest it now:

Link to an excellent post by Sharlikran, helping a user to troubleshoot his mod installation with TES5Edit: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/808774-tes5edit-experimental-is-now-available-for-experience-testers-to-try-o/page__view__findpost__p__6499203

The answer to almost all of our problems may lie with the editing software, TES5Edit now available on Nexus: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25859/ There is also a forum on Bethesda regarding its use: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1417195-relz-tes5edit/ and continued here: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1418088-relz-tes5edit/ A Cleaning Guide Wiki: http://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=TES5Edit_Cleaning_Guide_-_TES5Edit A Tutorial that is still under construction: http://www.creationkit.com/TES5Edit_Mod_Cleaning_Tutorial

I had just about thrown in the towel. So many crashes that I was ready to remove the game and Steam and just revert back to my PS3. But... I turned the automatic updates back on again; went to steam and verified my cache, which as I understand it, forces an update, and defragged my game's cache. Voila, I'm back in business. No crashes.....so far.... We'll see if I stay 'sucked in' to my PC's game. I have a lot invested in my level 43 destruction mage and her 7 followers...

See if this helps: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/737061-dunbluepalacearenascript-errors-fixed

There's a lot of info on how to troubleshoot on this and other forums, so tell us specifically what you did so we can all benefit.