CTD On Specific Locations

[Doeetfgt]

Seems I'm growing to be a regular on the tech support forums, unfortunately.

I've been able to stabilize my game and optimize it after lots and lots of searching around the web and tweaking. However a new problem has arisen, and it's a tricky, annoying one, locational CTDs - all around Whiterun.

 

I can use the road from Riverwood to Whiterun without harm, but if I try continuing north to Dawnstar or west to Falkreath and the Reach, my game crashes. It's like theres a huge radius around Whiterun that I cannot access without crashing my game, and I have no idea what causes it, but I need it fixed, because I happen to travel to Whiterun a lot. I don't know if it affects other places, because I'm unable to travel decently from where I am because of the ctds.

 

SYSTEM SPECS

Intel Pentium 4CPU 3.00GHz

3326MB RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTS 250

1024MB VRAM

(I understand I don't exactly have optimal specs for playing a modded Skyrim, but I don't have the finances to fix that either. Yet.)

 

LOOT log (It's a damn long one, sorry!)

 

 

• Update.esm
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• Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
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• Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
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• Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
• Dragonborn.esm
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• Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
• ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
• ApachiiHair.esm
• SPIKE.esm
• HighResTexturePack01.esp
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• Arvakisreallydead.esp
• Archer's.esp
• Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
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• ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
• AAACollegeofWinterholdRedone01.esp
• Convenient Horses.esp
• Craftable and Placeable Havok-enabled Bedrolls .esp
• Epic Music Overhaul.esp
• NonEssentialChildren.esp
• DreamBurrowsRegalAssassin.esp
• DreamBurrowsRegalHuntsmanArmor.esp
• DSAMG - Greybeard Fix.esp
• UFO - Dawnguard AddOn.esp
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• Improved Vampire Dust.esp
• FaceMasksOfSkyrim.esp
• DSAMG - Miraak Music Fixes.esp
• iHUD.esp
• PeacefulMudcrabs.esp
• FCO - Follower Commentary Overhaul.esp
• LearnAlchemyFromRecipes.esp
• SondasDrenimBeautyFix.esp
• PurewatersDB.esp
• donorcollegejoin.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - No Dunmer Hoods.esp
• Reanimate FX.esp
• Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Brighter Dungeons.esp
• Dr_Bandolier.esp
• No Salt, Period!.esp
• Owned.esp
• AvrusaSarethiFix.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - Dunmer Clothes and Armor.esp
• ViolaGiordanoFix.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
• TaarieFix.esp
• SkyRe_Main.esp
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• Immersive Weapons.esp
• Dread Huntress Armor.esp
• Crossbows_Basic_Collection_EN_LL.esp
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• mjhCulturalDiversity - Khajiit Clothes.esp
• Improved Dragon Shouts.esp
• Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp
• HoodsAndCirclets.esp
• RH_PsijicArchmageRobesSwitch.esp
• Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
• Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp
• Birdsofskyrim.esp
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• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp
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• FilnjarFix.esp
• QuintusNavaleFix.esp
• My_Little_kitty_non_replaced.esp
• RomlynFix.esp
• AOS.esp
• WetandCold.esp
• WetandCold - Ashes.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - Khajiit Clothes Wet and Cold.esp
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• ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
• Crimson Tide - Blood.esp
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• Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
• LocalizedGuildJobs.esp
• Thieves Guild Requirements.esp
• The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp
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• VampireShadows.esp
• Vampire_NoSunDamage_Hoods&Helmets.esp
• RaceMenu.esp
• RaceMenuPlugin.esp
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• SkyUI.esp
• SorexViniusFix.esp
• Soul Gems Glow When Full.esp
• TimingIsEverything.esp
• LessDragons10.esp
• LessDragons25.esp
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• TorchArrow-Dawnguard.esp
• Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
• UniqueWeaponsUnlimitedEnchants.esp
• Cloaks.esp
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• 1nivWICCloaks.esp
• DeadlyMutilation.esp
• 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
• Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp
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• One With Nature - DG+DB.esp
• Spriggans are on your side.esp
• Inconsequential NPCs.esp
• Spousetocustomhome.esp
• UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
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• UFO - Heartfire AddOn.esp
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• FaendalFix.esp
• BenorPrettied.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - Aranea Ienith.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - Jenassa.esp
• mjhCulturalDiversity - Khajiit Armors with Kharjo.esp
• TheChoiceIsYours.esp
• BloodWitchArmor.esp
• Storefront.esp
• BosmerArmorMATY743.esp
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• KRZ - Better Archmage Quarters.esp
• SkyRe_Races.esp
• Champion of Kynareth.esp
• Purewaters.esp
• The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
• ESFAela.esp
• Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
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• KhajiitChildren.esp
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• PurewatersDG.esp
• Equipping Overhaul.esp
• HatchlingChasesStarlight.esp
• TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp
• Unique Uniques.esp
• VampireLordFlys.esp
• WolfFollower.esp
• My Home Is Your Home.esp
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• Wrath Of Nature.esp
• My_Little_hatchling.esp
• Open Cities Skyrim.esp
• InconNPCs+OCS.esp
• ReProccer.esp

 

I really don't want to have to do a clean reinstall again (it would be the third time!) Thank you all in advance for your help!

 

EDIT : Some testing done, the crashing happens specifically when traveling 1- from whiterun in direction of the watchtower, when the watchtower loads

2-from the watchtower to whiterun, when the city gates load.

EDIT2 : Also happens from whiterun to Dawnstar and from Shimmermist Cave to Whiterun.

EDIT3 : Disabling Open Cities seems to have stopped the issue... Anyone else had this problem with Open Cities?

Edited July 13, 2014 by Doeetfgt

[MethosTR]

I've never used Open Cities, but I do have a theory on why it wouldn't work.

 

Going in the vicinity of and into the city itself seems to make CPU usage spike, for some reason. Open Cities merges the cities it affects into the Skyrim worldspace, so this added strain overtaxes your CPU timing and causes immediate CTDs.

 

That combined with all the heavy scripting your CPU is working on. I'm honestly surprised you can get Skyrim to run on that with all those mods :P

[Doeetfgt]

Open Cities was indeed causing the issue, it's fixed now.

Yeah, I'm... I'm pretty impressed too. Most of those mods are very small bugfixes or retextures, but don't worry, it took me a lot of time and a looot of CTDs to get it working - I'm glad it is now!