Mine detonations cause crashes

[Ninja2dan]

I've tried searching the forums, but I've been unable to find anything relating to my problem. Searches such as "mines crash" and "crash mines" simply pops up results for everything related to "crashes", "mines", etc. So if there are previous posts/topics about this issue that I was unable to find, please post a link.

 

Basically, my game constantly crashes (not always, but frequently) when mines detonate. Either mines that I have dropped/armed, or other mines out in the environment that either I have set off or others have set off.

 

For example, I can hear gunfire/explosions in the distance, probably two NPC that are hostile to each other have started to fight. Or an NPC has stumbled across some placed mines that are not owned by their faction. When those mines explode, my game crashes without any error messages or anything.

 

It's not all the time, but it still is quite frequent. I've installed a save manager mod (similar to CASM) that does help reduce the amount of time I have to recover, but I can't figure out why those mine detonations are causing crashes.

 

The crashes happen either inside or outside, doesn't matter which mine type. This has been happening since I installed the game, and has continued even after I've installed other mods. I'm pretty sure though that it has nothing to do with any mods directly, as I recall it was happening even after the fresh install.

 

I am currently running FWE, WMK, RH ironsights, Underground Hideout, Adv recon armor/nightvision/trap detect, and compatibility patches for all of the above. Everything is latest version, FO3Edit merge patch with no errors, etc. I have tried reducing my graphic settings, but it still persists. Other than that, everything else seems to be running fine.

 

Again, I don't crash EVERY time a mine goes off. It's maybe 1/5 or 1/10 mines that cause a crash. It can happen after 2 minutes of playing, or 2 hours. It appears totally random.

[Ninja2dan]

After a lot of testing and numerous crashes, tt appears to be from hand grenades or pretty much any explosion as well and not just mines.

 

I don't have this problem with New Vegas, just FO3. And as noted before, it happens even without any mods installed, and regardless of which settings I try to use.

[nino791]

Hi Ninja2dan,

random error like that are very difficult to reproduce but seems a sort of corrupted save game (you wrote it happen also in vanilla game) you try only vannilla buy whit a fresh save for see if error come again?

 

if yes sorry but In this case imo the best option is backup saves, uninstall all mods and fo3, make a very accurate clean and repeat installations of fo3 plus 1 mod at time (obviously u can play with this error if dont brake too much your experience) or if is steam version can check the file integrity for see if have errors (remove all mods first)

 

-Nino791

Edited December 24, 2013 by nino791