CTD upon hitting "PLay" at Launcher

[kengiczar]

Problem: When I am at the Launcher and hit Play the game goes fullscreen and shows the Skyrim symbol for a moment and then a CTD Occurs, and started today. Yesterday I noticed slight stuttering playing on Solstheim but aside from that everything was normal.

 

Computer Information -

Desktop with i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60 GHz

Installed Memory (RAM): 32.0 GB

60 bit OS

Graphics card Info -

NVIDIA GeForce GTX670 (I have two of the same card installed.)

Game path –

Computer\New Volume (F:)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim

Version Info—

*Not sure how to get this, usual I find this in game but I can’t access the game right now. Regardless it’s the latest version updated by Steam.*

Current content BuildID:

595133

Administrator Y/N –

Yes!

Full Control permissions on the game folder Y/N –

Yes!

Attempted Verify Game Cache Y/N –

Yes. Results were 1 file missing and validated, and then game detects video settings, but still CTD.

Is UAC on Y/N –

Not sure what UAC is, help please?

Deleted the INI files in the "MY Docs" MY Games folder Y/N –

No. Before I do, I want to know if this will upset mods installed which could lead to more problems.

"Hide known file extensions " enabled Y/N –

No where can I find this?

Skyrim Logs Enabled Y/N –

Yes! I added four lines shown below to the Skyrim.ini file

[Papyrus]
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation = 1

 

When I open up log 0 it shows this:

[07/17/2015 - 09:31:57PM] EditorPapyrus log opened (PC)

[07/17/2015 - 09:31:57PM] Memory page: 128 (min) 512 (max) 76800 (max total)

[07/17/2015 - 09:58:23PM] Log closed

When I open up log 1 it shows this:

[07/16/2015 - 03:23:07PM] EditorPapyrus log opened (PC)

[07/16/2015 - 03:23:07PM] Memory page: 128 (min) 512 (max) 76800 (max total)

When I open up Log 2 it shows this:

[07/16/2015 - 10:07:27AM] EditorPapyrus log opened (PC)

[07/16/2015 - 10:07:27AM] Memory page: 128 (min) 512 (max) 76800 (max total)

[07/16/2015 - 03:23:02PM] Log closed

When I open up log 4 it shows this:

[07/15/2015 - 08:36:29AM] EditorPapyrus log opened (PC)

[07/15/2015 - 08:36:29AM] Memory page: 128 (min) 512 (max) 76800 (max total)

[07/16/2015 - 03:21:14AM] Log closed

 

Those are the FULL contents of the logs, I omitted nothing. The CTD just happens so fast!

 

 

 

Contents of DLCList.txt (inside users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\Skyrim)

alteration and restoration redux.esp

AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

Apocalypse - The Spell Package (Workshop).esp

archery overhaul.esp

armorratingrevised.esp

arrowsmith-dawnguard.esp

Balanced_Magic.esp

betterfemalesbybella.esp

crafting101.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Destruction Damage Mod.esp

dragon soul relinquishment.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Falskaar.esm

HearthFires.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

itbeatsforher.esp

longer range range weapons.esp

MBAxe.esp

MBBow.esp

MBMaster.esm

MBSword.esp

Nightmare.esp

Path of Shadows.esp

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

quest_seaofghosts.esp

rabbithole.esp

riverwoodrepose.esp

SkyUI.esp

steelsunwheel.esp

thefrontier.esp

throwing_weapons_redux.esp

Thunderfury - Johnskyrim.esp

two_handed_rebalance.esp

werewolvesofskyrim.esp

wrath of nature.esp

Wyrmstooth.esp

magicperks.esp

boss.esp

missingapprentices.esp

sybil.esp

transmute.esp

additionalmusiccollection.esp

allmarkersvisible_en.esp

betterquestobjectives.esp

cco - diverse races and genders.esp

character creation overhaul.esp

cityshacks.esp

dfa_throwing_weapons.esp

item sorting by saige.esp

protectorspells.esp

prvti_heavyarmory_dawnguard.esp

druid.esp

 

Contents of loadorder.txt (inside users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\Skyrim)

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dawnguard.esm

 

Contents of SteamModList.txt (inside users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\Skyrim)

magicperks.esp

Master Spell Magicka Perks

1

transmute.esp

Transmute Gems

1

missingapprentices.esp

Missing Apprentices

1

boss.esp

Legendary Creatures

1

sybil.esp

Sybil - Vampire Girl Follower - See Nexus for Update

1

item sorting by saige.esp

Item Sorting

1

character creation overhaul.esp

Character Creation Overhaul - Races - Classes - Skills

1

cco - diverse races and genders.esp

Character Creation Overhaul - Diverse Races and Genders

1

dfa_throwing_weapons.esp

Throwing Weapons - Death From Afar : RELOADED

1

allmarkersvisible_en.esp

All Map Markers are Visible. English version

1

betterquestobjectives.esp

Better Quest Objectives

1

additionalmusiccollection.esp

Additional Music Project Part One

1

protectorspells.esp

Protector Spells

1

cityshacks.esp

City Shacks

1

prvti_heavyarmory_dawnguard.esp

Heavy Armory - New Weapons Dawnguard Edition (Outdated)

1

throwing_weapons_redux.esp

Throwing Weapons Redux

1

betterfemalesbybella.esp

"Better Females by Bella" - CORE FILES

1

Apocalypse - The Spell Package (Workshop).esp

Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim

1

armorratingrevised.esp

Revised Armor Rating

1

arrowsmith-dawnguard.esp

Arrowsmith: Dawnguard Edition v.1a

1

longer range range weapons.esp

Longer Range Vanilla Weapons

1

riverwoodrepose.esp

Quest for Riverwood Repose and Mine

1

 

Falskaar

1

Wyrmstooth.esp

Wyrmstooth

1

quest_seaofghosts.esp

Quest: Sea Of Ghosts

1

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

Quest: And the Realms of Daedra

1

wrath of nature.esp

Wrath of Nature: The Path of the Druid

1

itbeatsforher.esp

It Beats For Her

1

crafting101.esp

Uncrafting, Transmutation, and Dragon Powder

1

archery overhaul.esp

Hunters: A Marksmanship and Sneak Expansion

1

werewolvesofskyrim.esp

Werewolves of Skyrim

1

steelsunwheel.esp

Wheel Style weapons

1

alteration and restoration redux.esp

Alteration & Restoration Spell Redux

1

druid.esp

Druidism Skill Tree

1

dragon soul relinquishment.esp

Dragon Soul Relinquishment

1

rabbithole.esp

The Rabbit Hole

1

thefrontier.esp

The Frontier to Cyrodiil

1

 

Content of plugins.txt (inside users\MyUsername\AppData\Local\Skyrim)

# This file is used by Skyrim to keep track of your downloaded content.

# Please do not modify this file.

MBMaster.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Falskaar.esm

SkyUI.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

betterfemalesbybella.esp

throwing_weapons_redux.esp

alteration and restoration redux.esp

Apocalypse - The Spell Package (Workshop).esp

Path of Shadows.esp

longer range range weapons.esp

armorratingrevised.esp

riverwoodrepose.esp

itbeatsforher.esp

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

quest_seaofghosts.esp

wrath of nature.esp

Wyrmstooth.esp

crafting101.esp

werewolvesofskyrim.esp

archery overhaul.esp

steelsunwheel.esp

Balanced_Magic.esp

MBAxe.esp

MBBow.esp

MBSword.esp

AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

druid.esp

dragon soul relinquishment.esp

rabbithole.esp

thefrontier.esp

Nightmare.esp

Thunderfury - Johnskyrim.esp

two_handed_rebalance.esp

arrowsmith-dawnguard.esp

Destruction Damage Mod.esp

Dragonborn.esm

magicperks.esp

boss.esp

missingapprentices.esp

sybil.esp

transmute.esp

additionalmusiccollection.esp

allmarkersvisible_en.esp

betterquestobjectives.esp

cco - diverse races and genders.esp

character creation overhaul.esp

cityshacks.esp

dfa_throwing_weapons.esp

item sorting by saige.esp

protectorspells.esp

prvti_heavyarmory_dawnguard.esp

 

Other relevant info -

During the last few days I had to delete the resiliant dragons mod to get the final battle with the first Dragonborn to work. I also had to turn off respawns and increased spawns MCM options for the Nightmare mod to get past the quest and have left them off since. I also deleted the Druid.esp mod from the Launchers "Data" menu last night and game was working fine after that.

[NiteBeast]

Be sure your load order is sorted with Boss or Loot. Also use Tes5Edit to verify your load order is working. You can do a lot more with Tes5Edit but validating your load order is a really easy step, just run it and it will select all your active mods by default. Click OK and it will test the load. You can also get Wrye Bash if you want to get really serious. It will show any problem mods in red, being green across the board is of course the goal.

 

Almost surely you'll find a missing file when you do Tes5Edit.

 

Once you've got your game working again or if you run into more grief let us know.

 

I'd also recommend checking out Gopher's Skyrim videos on YouTube. He has created an excellent series on using Tes5Edit, sorting plugins, and more. Invaluable resource.

[kengiczar]

After a busy day I was finally able to get some time so I installed Loot.

 

Aside from a bunch of ITMs LOOT notified me that the sybil.esp from Sybil - Vampire Girl Follow was missing ApachiiHair.esm.

 

I honestly thought "what I don't even remember installing this" because I haven't remembered that mod from months ago. Also it seemed weird that the game was fine with this for months. Anywho I unchecked sybil.esp in the data window of the launcher and holy crap it works. So glad I took 2 seconds to download LOOT or I would have been done with skyrim for another few years out of frustration. Thanks for your help!

 

Post Edit: Wow I also no longer get a crash when I quit the game, which had been happening for months. Also Diverse Races and Classes popped up for the first time in my life lol. Now I can get magic resist to the cap without having to waste an enchant slot which is very nice when I want 4x +48% Bow and 4x +48 One Handed damage.

 

2nd Post Edit: And holy crap I thought the mod that makes all map markers show up was already running since I recently started playing again after two years and I had so many. Honestly thought I had done everything in Skyrim but N.O.P.E. So much to do now. Thankyou so much for giving me some of your time NiteBeast I have so much to do now.

 

It feels like a whole new Skyrim.

Edited July 24, 2015 by kengiczar

[NiteBeast]

Excellent, glad to hear it's working for you. Enjoy the hundreds of hours to do everything in this game!