WHITELION1284 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 RNPC: Periodic update checkHey all,so I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this line means when it shows up in my papyrus logs? Specifically what is calling it? Is it from a mod? Is it part of the Skyrim engine? All of the relevant markers are missing. In the log it looks like this:[08/09/2013 - 02:08:54AM] RNPC: Periodic update check.It doesn't include any load order information, and when I google it the best I can do is find it showing up in other people's logs. So, does anyone know what it is? What it's from? What it's doing?Thanks so much. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiNNeR Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) no idea, been trying to find out myself, which is how I ended up here. I've been getting occasional CTDs and the last entry in every log entry is always "RNPC: Periodic update check." so figuring out what the hell it is will hopefully help narrow down the list of possible causes for the record the last portion of the most recent CTD log is pasted below [08/22/2013 - 01:10:18PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:10:50PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:11:22PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:11:54PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:12:44PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:12:44PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:12:46PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:12:46PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:13:01PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:13:32PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:14:02PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:14:29PM] Error: SvashniQuest (A314E08B): unknown quest objective 20.stack: [svashniQuest (A314E08B)].QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.SetObjectiveDisplayed() - "<native>" Line ? [svashniQuest (A314E08B)].QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.Fragment_9() - "QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.psc" Line 257[08/22/2013 - 01:14:32PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:15:02PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:15:25PM] Error: SvashniQuest (A314E08B): unknown quest objective 20.stack: [svashniQuest (A314E08B)].QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.SetObjectiveCompleted() - "<native>" Line ? [svashniQuest (A314E08B)].QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.Fragment_10() - "QF_SvashniQuest_0414E08B.psc" Line 201[08/22/2013 - 01:15:32PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:16:02PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:16:33PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:17:03PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:17:33PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:18:03PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:18:33PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:19:03PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:19:28PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:19:28PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:19:30PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:19:30PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:19:35PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:20:08PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:20:38PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:21:08PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:21:39PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:22:09PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:22:28PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:22:28PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:22:30PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:22:31PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:22:41PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:23:11PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:23:46PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:23:57PM] Error: Unable to call UnregisterForUpdate - no native object bound to the script object, or object is of incorrect typestack: [None].ScriptUltraVisionAura.UnregisterForUpdate() - "<native>" Line ? [None].ScriptUltraVisionAura.OnEffectFinish() - "ScriptUltraVisionAura.psc" Line 24[08/22/2013 - 01:24:16PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:24:47PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:25:18PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:25:34PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:25:34PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:25:35PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:25:36PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:25:50PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:26:20PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:26:50PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:27:20PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:50:13PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:13PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:50:14PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:15PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:27PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:27PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:50:30PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:30PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:50:41PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:51:38PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:52:08PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:52:38PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:53:08PM] RNPC: Periodic update check.[08/22/2013 - 01:53:13PM] VM is freezing...[08/22/2013 - 01:53:13PM] VM is frozen[08/22/2013 - 01:53:15PM] Saving game...[08/22/2013 - 01:53:15PM] VM is thawing...[08/22/2013 - 01:53:48PM] RNPC: Periodic update check. while there were some error reports earlier they were quite a while before the CTD so I'd imagine were unlikely to contribute to the crash. and as you can see whatever RNPCs periodic update check is, it happens very frequently Edited August 22, 2013 by SiNNeR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsharaMeradin Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The RNPC stuff is from Dawnguard. It's exact purpose, I can't fathom. But seems to have something to do with overriding default behavior of Random/Radiant NPCs in relation to various Dawnguard additions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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