White River Watch CTD

[CHIPSK8]

I'm getting a CTD just before I enter White River Watch that I can't seem to get rid of. I can get close enough for the second bandit to shoot me with his bow, but I can't get close enough to see him attacking me. I also get a crash when I take a carriage to Whiterun, which I suspect is related to my White River issue.

Things I've tried so far:

• I checked that SKSE and all SKSE dependent plugins are the appropriate version. I've heard the AE isn't great for modding, could that be my problem?

• To rule out a corrupted save, I created a new character and used commands to warp to Whiterun, then ran to White River Watch, and CTDed in the exact same spot.

• As suggested by this troubleshooting guide I ran nifScan. It threw a bunch of errors, so I used the "fixDDS" command, but it doesn't seem like it did anything, since I get the same errors when I run nifScan afterwards. I copied the code for my batch file from a tutorial I found, and the command prompt says it's doing something, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong, if anything.

• As per the guide's second suggestion, I cleaned everything with the latest version of SSEEdit, using the information provided by LOOT.

I'm pretty certain something in my load order is messed up, since RS Children isn't working as it should, but I don't know if that's related to the CTD or not.

Thanks in advance for your help.

GAME VERSION: 1.6.353 ("Anniversary Edition")

LOAD ORDER (as provided by LOOT):

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 ccBGSSSE001-Fish.esm

254 FE 0 ccQDRSSE001-SurvivalMode.esl

254 FE 1 ccBGSSSE037-Curios.esl

6 6 ccBGSSSE025-AdvDSGS.esm

7 7 RSkyrimChildren.esm

8 8 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp

9 9 High Poly Head.esm

10 a SGEyebrows.esp

11 b ApachiiHair.esm

12 c midwood isle.esp

13 d wyrmstooth.esp

14 e SkyUI_SE.esp

15 f Gildergreen Regrown.esp

16 10 RSChildren.esp

17 11 JKs Skyrim.esp

18 12 cutting room floor.esp

19 13 bridges of skyrim.esp

20 14 elemental destruction.esp

21 15 racial heights.esp

22 16 wyldtats.esp

23 17 High Poly Head Vampire Fix.esp

24 18 TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

25 19 The Eyes Of Beauty - Elves Edition.esp

254 FE 2 PassiveWeaponEnchantmentRecharging.esp

26 1a star_thieves_and_assassins_sepc_sp0ckrates.esp

27 1b lamposts of skyrim.esp

28 1c Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

29 1d ruined shrine of phynaster.esp

30 1e ahzbetterdgentrancese.esp

31 1f SimplyBiggerTreesSE.esp

32 20 Cloaks.esp

33 21 omagereplacerpack.esp

34 22 get_no_dead_followers_sepc_sp0ckrates.esp

35 23 middenexpandedsse.esp

36 24 rnf-dwemer armory.esp

37 25 boss encounters.esp

38 26 prometheus_beastskeletons.esp

254 FE 3 JKs Skyrim_Cutting Room Floor_Patch.esp

39 27 CWneutral.esp

40 28 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

41 29 Bijin AIO.esp

Bijin Warmaidens.esp

42 2a StojaMakeupPack.esp

43 2b SBP_SimpleBellyPaints.esp

44 2c PaleBeauty.esp

45 2d LeftHandRings.esp

46 2e iHUD.esp

47 2f KS Hairdo's.esp

48 30 RSC CRF Patch.esp

49 31 Cloaks - USSEP Patch.esp

50 32 CBBE.esp

51 33 RaceMenu.esp

52 34 RaceMenuPlugin.esp

53 35 Ars Metallica.esp

54 36 sun enchantment.esp

55 37 More_Silver_Weapons.esp

56 38 expandedcarriageservice.esp

57 39 haem projects hermits stump.esp

58 3a dragonunderwhiterun.esp

59 3b Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

60 3c icepenguinworldmapclassic.esp

61 3d Unique Uniques.esp

62 3e npc faces.esp

63 3f war_arcane_smithing_sp0ckrates.esp

64 40 new race half elf.esp

65 41 chesko_wearablelantern.esp

66 42 prvtiroyalarmory.esp

67 43 skaalkidcoat.esp

68 44 ves and roche armor.esp

69 45 taloshousecarl.esp

70 46 player blink fix.esp

71 47 craftableeverythingspecialeditiondawnguard.esp

72 48 dbarcherygloves.esp

73 49 darkandkharjo.esp

74 4a casey human female.esp

75 4b better horses.esp

76 4c cultist equipment - light armor version.esp

77 4d bloodskalbladetemper.esp

78 4e beards.esp

79 4f aescraftableleatherhood.esp

80 50 nordic wanderer.esp

81 51 dr_bandolier.esp

82 52 sptdiverseguardsskyrimse.esp

83 53 facemasksofskyrim.esp

84 54 50 more perk points.esp

85 55 unleveled_items.esp

86 56 instant mastery.esp

Bijin NPCs.esp

Bijin Wives.esp

87 57 Dwemer Storage Cube - Fully Stocked.esp

88 58 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp

89 59 Elemental Destruction - Ordinator Patch.esp

90 5a Multiple Enchantments - Ordinator Patch.esp

91 5b Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

92 5c Open Cities Skyrim.esp

93 5d JKs Skyrim_Open Cities_Patch.esp

 

 

Edited May 16, 2022 by CHIPSK8

[anjenthedog]

Afaik, "AE" (v1.6x+) is just fine for modding, as long as you don't install mods that are limited to SKSE2.0.17-2.0.19 (for instance Net Script Framework, which afaik is incompatible with 1.6x+/SKSE whatever version its up to for "AE")

 

As to your CTD.... These location specific CTDs are, ime, associated with resource issues at the location, and which are often caused by some mod contention or malformed mod (basically a case of missing mesh/texture). *sometimes, they self-resolve, if you just "go away" for a while, since whichever character that has the broken resource is killed off or moves away from the area

 

For instance, I sometimes get a CTD out "in the field" that's caused by some roaming goblin's iron axe... when I enter the cell in which it's current instantiated, bam, down goes the game.

 

Having said that, you noted you even created a new game and it still crashes at the same location, so I might be inclined to think that some mod you've installed alters that cell, (rather than the "roaming character" situation I noted), and whatever alterations it has made are "broken", but from a glance at your list, I really have no idea. Most of your mods are mods I don't use and never have.

 

best of luck.

[CHIPSK8]

I verified my game files and fixed a couple SE/AE incompatibilities and everything seems to work fine now. Thanks anyway for the help @anjenthedog.