shaelyn76

Thank you for your reply :) What would you consider "bad modding practices"? As in, how would I determine those had been used? Are you talking about ITMs and dirty edits and such?

Like the title says...how long do you run around Skyrim, going through load doors, talking to random NPCs, killing wolves and generally not accomplishing much while you test a newly added mod for your game? I'm curious because I just did a complete uninstall and reinstall of Skyrim and am eagerly anticipating adding back some mods that I feel make the game more playable...BUT....the whole reason I had to do the whole uninstall/reinstall deal is because my last few playthroughs kept CTDing and I couldn't ever find which of the 70+ mods I had active was causing it. I did the whole "only enable a couple at a time and test it" for all of them, but never narrowed it down to exactly which one as breaking my game. (yes, I use LOOT and xEdit and still nada pointing to a distinct CTD culprit). I'm wondering if I wasn't testing them long enough or maybe not doing something else that I'm unaware of that would really give each mod a good stress test?? So, before I start enabling mods on my nice fresh Skyrim install, I'd like to know what experienced modders who test newly added mods in their game do to thoroughly test them out? I know some of you guys have a LOT more mods running than 70...so, please share your secrets for how you determined which mods were "healthy" and/or what you do when you add a new mod. I really want my happier playing experience back, so thanks for any pointers, advice or tidbits of info you guys can provide :happy:

so I tried the coc Riverwood and then coc dawnstarexterior01...both loaded fine, but as soon as I started to walk in Dawnstar I CTD. Does that mean that my actual game is borked? Do I need to uninstall Skyrim completely and then reinstall? (Sorry, jumping in here since I've been having the same issues)