CTD every few minutes/upon performing basic actions - Halp!

[TylerMorrison]

Hey folks,

 

Haven't touched this game in years. Opened it up and realized how badly it needed to be heavily modded in order to enjoy in 2022. I've got a lengthy list of mods I'm trying to run, but I'm crashing to desktop VERY frequently at the moment. Game is currently unplayable. My approach was going to be "quick save a lot and hope for the best," but it seems the game also tends to crash sometimes upon hitting the quick save button. It also crashes upon trying to enter new areas, fast traveling, etc etc. Just really, really unstable. Consistently crashing when I try to enter the Super Duper Mart as well.

 

Relevant info:

GeForce 780Ti

i4770k Haswell

Mod Organizer 2

Steam version of FO3 (launched through MO2)

 

I have installed Anniversary Patch, FOSE, etc for basic modding functionality.

 

Here's my current list of mods in order:

 

DLC: Anchorage

DLC: ThePitt

DLC: BrokenSteel

DLC: PointLookout

DLC: Zeta

Command Extender

Dynamic Third Person Camera

Ultimate Perk Pack

Max Level 99

Simple Sprint Fallout 3

RH_IronSights - FOSE

RH_IronSights - FOSE (Patch)

Adopt Bryan Wilks

Better Dogmeat

Quieter Dogmeat

Dogmeat Never Dies

Nitro Companion (Outcast Faction)

Bisexual Butch

Butch Unlimited Ammo Chinese Assault Rifle Or G36C

Knight Travis and Initiate Liza BoS Companion

NPCs Travel

BoS DC Ruins Patrols

Follower XP

Pick Companion Armor and Weapons

HT Unlimited Ammo for Player and Companions

Multiple Ways to Attain Power Armor Training

Power Armor is No Joke

Weapon Mod Kits

Weapon Mod Kits (Combat Shotgun Replacer)

Weapon Mod Kits - Broken Steel

Weapon Mod Kits - Mothership Zeta

Weapon Mod Kits - Operation Anchorage

Weapon Mod Kits - Point Lookout

Weapon Mod Kits - The Pitt

CRAFT - Community Resource to Allow Fanmade Tinkering

CRAFT - Buildable WeaponModKits

Stealth Kills Enabled

SmoothLight - Pip-Boy Light Enhancer

Immersive HUD - iHUD (Main)

Immersive HUD - iHUD (Vanilla Patch)

MERC 2

MERC 2 (Broken Steel Patch)

MERC 2 (Point Lookout Patch)

MERC 2 (Pitt Patch)

MERC 2 (Fewer Grenades)

My Mansion Player Home

My Mansion Player Home (Update 1.3)

My Mansion Player Home (ReTex Dark)

Underground Hideout

Mini Hideout

Megaton Walkway

Tenpenny Tower Reborn

Tenpenny Tower Reborn (Update)

A Note Easily Missed

The D.C. Interiors Project

Rivet City Merchants

Rivet City Merchants (Point Lookout Update)

Cross-Repair Weapons V1-2

Cross-Repair Armor Ver1-2

Fallout 3 Redesigned - Formerly Known as Project Beauty

Robert S Body Replacer

Eyelashes Fallout 3

Fellout

Fellout Brighter Nights

Fallout Street Lights

Fallout Street Lights - Wasteland

Megaton Lighting Overhaul

Enhanced Night Sky

krzymar HI-RES Moon (Gauss)

NMCs_Texture_Pack_for_FO3

Chems and Meds Re-Texture Pack

Whats Your Brand - cigarette texture megapack

EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced

Omnis Hi-Res Pip-Boy 3000 - FIXED

Hectrol Lockinterface Deluxe HighRes Retex

Fallout Food Package Retexture Compilation

Fallout 3 Gunfire (Sound Replacer)

GNR Enhanced

No Radio Static

F3TF - Fallout 3 Tick Fix

Updated Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch

If anyone has any ideas on what could be causing the CTD's, I'd very much appreciate the help! I'm new to modding, so there's a good chance that something is wrong with the above order or there's an obvious conflict etc. Could be something really simple or could be that one of these mods is just notorious for crashes. Seems others are not having this problem of constant crashing, so hopefully someone knows the answer.

If you need any more info, just lmk.

Cheers.

Edited October 4, 2022 by TylerMorrison

[M48A5]

The Updated Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch is in the wrong position. Not being familiar with all your mods, there are probably a couple of more that are not in the correct place. Since you did not provide the mod file extension, the only advice I can give you is that all .esm files are to load first followed by the .esp files. Mod .esp files that affect the DLCs should be load in the same order as the DLCs.

[TylerMorrison]

So, the language used when discussing load order is unclear. People say the patch should be "high" in the order. However, this could mean "high" on the list, as in at the top (lowest actual number on the priority list) or "high" as in the number, putting it "lowest" at the bottom of the actual list.

 

I'm assuming you're telling me the patch should be at the top of the list/lowest actual number priority. Therefore, my list now looks as follows:

 

DLC: Anchorage

DLC: ThePitt

DLC: BrokenSteel

DLC: PointLookout

DLC: Zeta

Updated Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch

F3TF - Fallout 3 Tick Fix

Command Extender

Dynamic Third Person Camera

Ultimate Perk Pack

Max Level 99

Simple Sprint Fallout 3

RH_IronSights - FOSE

RH_IronSights - FOSE (Patch)

Adopt Bryan Wilks

Better Dogmeat

Quieter Dogmeat

Dogmeat Never Dies

Nitro Companion (Outcast Faction)

Bisexual Butch

Butch Unlimited Ammo Chinese Assault Rifle Or G36C

Knight Travis and Initiate Liza BoS Companion

NPCs Travel

BoS DC Ruins Patrols

Follower XP

Pick Companion Armor and Weapons

HT Unlimited Ammo for Player and Companions

Multiple Ways to Attain Power Armor Training

Power Armor is No Joke

Weapon Mod Kits

Weapon Mod Kits (Combat Shotgun Replacer)

Weapon Mod Kits - Broken Steel

Weapon Mod Kits - Mothership Zeta

Weapon Mod Kits - Operation Anchorage

Weapon Mod Kits - Point Lookout

Weapon Mod Kits - The Pitt

CRAFT - Community Resource to Allow Fanmade Tinkering

CRAFT - Buildable WeaponModKits

Stealth Kills Enabled

SmoothLight - Pip-Boy Light Enhancer

Immersive HUD - iHUD (Main)

Immersive HUD - iHUD (Vanilla Patch)

MERC 2

MERC 2 (Broken Steel Patch)

MERC 2 (Point Lookout Patch)

MERC 2 (Pitt Patch)

MERC 2 (Fewer Grenades)

My Mansion Player Home

My Mansion Player Home (Update 1.3)

My Mansion Player Home (ReTex Dark)

Megaton Walkway

Tenpenny Tower Reborn

Tenpenny Tower Reborn (Update)

A Note Easily Missed

The D.C. Interiors Project

Rivet City Merchants

Rivet City Merchants (Point Lookout Update)

Cross-Repair Weapons V1-2

Cross-Repair Armor Ver1-2

Fallout 3 Redesigned - Formerly Known as Project Beauty

Robert S Body Replacer

Eyelashes Fallout 3

Fellout

Fellout Brighter Nights

Fallout Street Lights

Fallout Street Lights - Wasteland

Megaton Lighting Overhaul

Enhanced Night Sky

krzymar HI-RES Moon (Gauss)

NMCs_Texture_Pack_for_FO3

Chems and Meds Re-Texture Pack

Whats Your Brand - cigarette texture megapack

EVE - Energy Visuals Enhanced

Omnis Hi-Res Pip-Boy 3000 - FIXED

Hectrol Lockinterface Deluxe HighRes Retex

Fallout Food Package Retexture Compilation

Fallout 3 Gunfire (Sound Replacer)

GNR Enhanced

No Radio Static

I figured out the mod that was causing the issue. It was the "Mini Hideout" mod, located below the gas station in Springvale. I found a post by a user, claiming that the additional map marker caused the crashing, however I have no idea how to edit that and it seems this is yet another mod which has been abandoned over the years without being fixed properly. It's a shame, because the hideout was very convenient, but if it's going to crash my game every thirty seconds it's obviously not worth it.

The mod page has some info on a "fix," however it seems messy and inconsistent. Users have commented that they did the fix and it worked a few times, then stopped. Even the mod page says it works "most of the time" lol...

[xrayy]

is this fo3 version compatible with fose including all fose dependent mods (V1.7.0.3) ?

[showler]

is this fo3 version compatible with fose including all fose dependent mods (V1.7.0.3) ?

That's what the Anniversary Patch does.