Random CTD - New to modding

[Daethic]

The problem I have that I don't know how to pin point is that my game randomly crashes in the middle of play. I started the game using Alternative Life Start with the companions and I was heading out do the first companions quest (already outside of the city). I have the steam skyrim legendary edition installed at the root C:\ drive. As said with the beginners guide to modding from reddit, I use MO. I also have the latest SKSE version, wrye bash, loot, fnis generate for users and tes5edit. I also rebuild bash patch before every launch and use loot. If it is of any help, I also use the basic ENB. Thanks for the help, if any.

 

I uninstalled some of the mods that I thought could be causing the problems. First went A Quality World Map, then AOS2, then Wonders of Weather, then True Storms.

 

My specs are:

 

Windows 10

12GB RAM

Intel Core i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), -3.2GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 GPU (2K vram but the vram size tool said 4k?)

130GB free space

 

Here's my load order:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
6 6 Falskaar.esm
7 7 Wyrmstooth.esp
8 8 ApachiiHair.esm
9 9 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
10 a HighResTexturePack01.esp
11 b HighResTexturePack02.esp
12 c HighResTexturePack03.esp
13 d Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
14 e Cutting Room Floor.esp
15 f Dead Body Collision.esp
16 10 SkyUI.esp
17 11 Brawl Bugs CE.esp
18 12 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
19 13 VioLens.esp
20 14 RaceMenu.esp
21 15 RaceMenuPlugin.esp
22 16 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
23 17 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
24 18 WetandCold.esp
25 19 WetandCold - Ashes.esp
26 1a ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
27 1b ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-3.esp
28 1c BetterQuestObjectives.esp
29 1d Better Dynamic Snow.esp
30 1e Convenient Horses.esp
31 1f BetterQuestObjectives-CRFPatch.esp
32 20 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
33 21 Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
34 22 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
35 23 dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp
36 24 ISCompendium Enhanced Blood Patch.esp
37 25 ELFX - Exteriors.esp
38 26 3DNPC.esp
39 27 ELFXEnhancer.esp
40 28 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp
41 29 ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp
42 2a Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp
43 2b SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp
44 2c Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp
45 2d ELFX - Weathers.esp
46 2e Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
47 2f Immersive Weapons.esp
48 30 Cloaks.esp
49 31 UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
50 32 SMIM-Merged-All.esp
51 33 Darkend.esp
52 34 Argonian Access.esp
53 35 summersetisles.esp
54 36 Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
55 37 BetterQuestObjectives-UFOPatch.esp
56 38 Dr_Bandolier.esp
57 39 1nivWICCloaks.esp
58 3a 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp
59 3b FNIS.esp
60 3c FNIS_PCEA2.esp
61 3d Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
62 3e BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp
63 3f TES5Merged.esp
64 40 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

[dayglo98]

have you tried without the ENB ? (just rename d3d9.dll to something else)

 

Have you tried renaming your skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini and letting the game create fresh ones ? (that fixed my random CTD's)

[Daethic]

I deleted my skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs but how exactly is deleting the enb going to fix anything? (just asking since I don't have any preset installed and I only have the barebones version)

[dayglo98]

Oh I see, the ENBoost ? probably nothing then, but its still worth trying it ? Dont delete but just rename d3d9.dll to something else, that will 'deactivate' it. It's just trial and error, if you deactivate ENBoost and it still crashes, reactivate your ENB and look for something else.

 

Or start a brand new game and see how long you can play without crashing. Sometimes its just a matter of having installed/uninstalled a od while playing and some script or reference is still lingering in your savegame.

 

Quickest way that I learned not long ago, start Skyrim, while on the menu screen bring down the console and type coc riverwood (press enter.) Start from there

[Daethic]

Yeah, I think that's what it's called. I turned the game on without the ENB with a fresh game save and it still crashes randomly. Upon starting the game I get some message saying "FNIS PCEA failed to generate" etc etc. Think this could be the source of the problem?

[Daethic]

Jesus christ. Is this really the "skyrim modding experience"? I have fixed the game, I get no more crashing and no more errors. The game looks awesome. There is still stability issues (random, occasional crashes here and there) though and I'm not even running that many mods. How do I optimize the game so that I get no crashes AT ALL?

[Kriiks]

"At all", I suppose if you have just texture and mesh replacers without anything else. But crashes shouln't be too frequent (every hour or two). If you don't have skse.ini file with memory tweak, I'd recommend adding it too.

Summerset isles caused me some weird issues, in same time I never had problems with such classical dlc type mods like Falskaar and Wyrmstooth. AoS2 been working fine without any problems, but Sounds of Skyrim likes to cause them (sometimes).

Enboost should help too, not just crash your game. Maybe problems with enblocal.ini settings or try older version.

[Daethic]

"At all", I suppose if you have just texture and mesh replacers without anything else. But crashes shouln't be too frequent (every hour or two). If you don't have skse.ini file with memory tweak, I'd recommend adding it too.

Summerset isles caused me some weird issues, in same time I never had problems with such classical dlc type mods like Falskaar and Wyrmstooth. AoS2 been working fine without any problems, but Sounds of Skyrim likes to cause them (sometimes).

Enboost should help too, not just crash your game. Maybe problems with enblocal.ini settings or try older version.

 

So you're saying that crashes are inevitable no matter what I do? I have the memory patch, built merged patches and bashed patches, fnis generated and you would think that I wouldn't crash so often with these but I crash every 5 to 20 minutes (even when standing still). Since I crash either way, I added some more mods to enhance my gameplay, namely XCE, Duel - Combat Realism, ACE, Community Uncapper, ASIS, SPERG, Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade and Complete Crafting Overhaul. I know these are quite a handful of mods but I added them since I crash either way and I have no idea how to fix it. Here's my new load order.

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

6 6 Falskaar.esm

7 7 Wyrmstooth.esp

8 8 ApachiiHair.esm

9 9 SPERG.esm

10 a ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

11 b HighResTexturePack01.esp

12 c HighResTexturePack02.esp

13 d HighResTexturePack03.esp

14 e Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

15 f Cutting Room Floor.esp

16 10 SkyUI.esp

17 11 Brawl Bugs CE.esp

18 12 Dead Body Collision.esp

19 13 FNIS.esp

20 14 FNIS_PCEA2.esp

21 15 VioLens.esp

22 16 RaceMenu.esp

23 17 RaceMenuPlugin.esp

24 18 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

25 19 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

26 1a ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-3.esp

27 1b Better Dynamic Snow.esp

28 1c BetterQuestObjectives.esp

29 1d BetterQuestObjectives-CRFPatch.esp

30 1e Convenient Horses.esp

31 1f EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

32 20 ELFX - Exteriors.esp

33 21 3DNPC.esp

34 22 Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

35 23 Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp

36 24 Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp

37 25 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

38 26 dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

39 27 WetandCold.esp

40 28 WetandCold - Ashes.esp

41 29 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

42 2a ISCompendium Enhanced Blood Patch.esp

43 2b ELFXEnhancer.esp

44 2c ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp

45 2d ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp

46 2e Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp

47 2f SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp

48 30 Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp

49 31 ELFX - Weathers.esp

50 32 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

51 33 Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

52 34 Immersive Weapons.esp

53 35 Cloaks.esp

54 36 Dr_Bandolier.esp

55 37 1nivWICCloaks.esp

56 38 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp

57 39 Duel - Combat Realism.esp

58 3a ACE Enchanting.esp

59 3b UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

60 3c BetterQuestObjectives-UFOPatch.esp

61 3d WeaponsArmorFixes_ImmersiveWeapons_Patch.esp

62 3e ACE Archery.esp

63 3f SMIM-Merged-All.esp

64 40 SPERG.esp

65 41 ACE Melee.esp

66 42 ACE Smithing.esp

67 43 Darkend.esp

68 44 ACE Armor.esp

69 45 Argonian Access.esp

70 46 ACE Speech.esp

71 47 summersetisles.esp

72 48 Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

73 49 ACE Synergy.esp

74 4a ACE Magic.esp

75 4b ACE Realistic Fighting.esp

76 4c SPERG-DB.esp

77 4d SPERG-DG.esp

78 4e imp_helm_legend.esp

79 4f SPERG Immersive Armors.esp

80 50 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

81 51 BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp

82 52 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

83 53 ASIS-Dependency.esp

84 54 TES5MergedPatch.esp

 

I appreciate any further input. Thanks.

 

Update: Increased the VRAM size in enblocal.ini from 3100 to 3700, added Path of Shadows mod and checked each mod's page for compatibility issues and made changes where necessary. No change in CTD, still happening between 5 to 20 minutes.

 

Edited March 18, 2016 by Daethic

[dayglo98]

Im still investigating my mod list, but it seems that Violens crashes my game randomly. I deactivated it temporarily and no CTD's at all since then.

 

Well by that I mean I played 3 hours straight with no crashes. Felt so good lol. I still quicksave like a madman though, old habits hehe

[Gilibran]

Good, but be carefull with your saves, do not quicksave all the time, make sure to make a normal savegame to. Savegames can become corrupt and the last thing you want is your quicksave with 100 hours to not load and have a regular save as backup.