Frequent CTDs, tiled sky, part of the highway disappeared

[alltheseducks]

I've started playing FNV again after a long absence, and I had to reinstall all the mods I had before (in the hiatus, most of my computer files were deleted at one point). I think I got them all and installed them right; the game loads and doesn't seem to be having too many issues, but there are a couple that are bothering me. Most prominently, my game seems to crash after about 20 minutes of playing. I think it must be a problem with my load order, but I'm pretty rusty, so I'm not sure where I went wrong.

 

The other problems are that the road under the overpass by Primm has disappeared, and the sky appears to have seams. I'm hoping those things will be fixed with the load order. If someone could please help me figure out what's wrong, I would really appreciate it.

Load Order:

 

0 0 FalloutNV.esm
1 1 DeadMoney.esm
2 2 HonestHearts.esm
3 3 OldWorldBlues.esm
4 4 LonesomeRoad.esm
5 5 GunRunnersArsenal.esm
6 6 ClassicPack.esm
7 7 MercenaryPack.esm
8 8 TribalPack.esm
9 9 CaravanPack.esm
10 a YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
11 b oHUD.esm
12 c Advanced Recon Tech.esm
13 d Detect Traps.esm
14 e NVEC BugFixes.esm
15 f New Vegas Redesigned II.esm
16 10 NVInteriors_Core.esm
17 11 Decrucifixion.esm
18 12 Active Wasteland.esm
19 13 DFB - Random Encounters.esm
20 14 Project Nevada - Core.esm
21 15 Project Nevada - Equipment.esm
22 16 Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp
23 17 Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp
24 18 NevadaSkies.esm
25 19 SomeguySeries.esm
26 1a TOUTUlyssesR.esm
27 1b YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
28 1c SkirmisherV1.esp
29 1d Improved Throwing Skirmisher.esp
30 1e Project Nevada - Dead Money.esp
31 1f Project Nevada - Lonesome Road.esp
32 20 Project Nevada - Gun Runners' Arsenal.esp
33 21 Project Nevada - Honest Hearts.esp
34 22 The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
35 23 Advanced Recon Tech - Detect Traps.esp
36 24 Advanced Recon Tech.esp
37 25 ammoingredientsloot.esp
38 26 CASM.esp
39 27 Centered 3rd Person Camera.esp
40 28 Detect Traps - DLC.esp
41 29 Detect Traps - Perk.esp
42 2a DYNAVISION 3.esp
43 2b NVR- Recommended.esp
44 2c New Vegas redesigned- Honest Hearts.esp
45 2d FalloutMaleHair.esp
46 2e LFox Missing Ammo Recipes GRA DLC.esp
47 2f LFox Missing Ammo Recipes HH DLC.esp
48 30 LFox Missing Ammo Recipes.esp
49 31 MojaveExtended100.esp
50 32 MojaveExtended20.esp
51 33 MojaveExtended40.esp
52 34 MojaveExtended60.esp
53 35 MojaveExtended80.esp
54 36 WhetStoneRepair.esp
55 37 Distributed Necklaces and Chains.esp
56 38 RWD-NV v1.4 [No Limbs Explosions].esp
57 39 Burning CampFire.esp
58 3a Active Wasteland - Vanilla Replacements.esp
59 3b LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado.esp
60 3c Advanced Recon Armor.esp
61 3d FungalProliferation.esp
62 3e outsidebets.esp
63 3f WeaponModsExpanded.esp
64 40 Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp
65 41 Realistic Wildlife.esp
66 42 Active Wasteland - Dead Money Replacements.esp
67 43 Active Wasteland - Coffee Maker.esp
68 44 Advanced Recon Gear.esp
69 45 Detect Traps - Traponator 4000.esp
70 46 LFox Bottle That Water.esp
71 47 rotfacetoriches.esp
72 48 kochandbohr.esp
73 49 betsybrahmin.esp
74 4a MTB.esp
75 4b MusicRecovery.esp
76 4c NewVegasBounties.esp
77 4d NewVegasBountiesII.esp
78 4e Armored Duster.esp
79 4f Active Wasteland - Dead Money Coffee Maker.esp
80 50 Active Wasteland - Goggle Tints.esp
81 51 Active Wasteland - Dead Money Goggle Tints.esp
82 52 Homemade Grenades.esp
83 53 avangraffscorned.esp
84 54 originalintroExtended.esp
85 55 athornysituation.esp
86 56 awilderwasteland.esp
87 57 Pacersgambit.esp
88 58 Improved Throwing1.esp
89 59 behemoth.esp
90 5a Kaya47NordicBags.esp
91 5b Voice dissonance fix.esp
92 5c Decrucifixion.esp
93 5d WorkingCrimsonCaravanTraders.esp
94 5e MakHealOther.esp
95 5f HealOthersCraftable.esp
96 60 Radio Free Wasteland.esp
97 61 zmod_add_misc_RadioGaga.esp
98 62 PimpMyScarf.esp
99 63 PortableCampsite.esp
100 64 Decrucifixion - More Victims.esp
101 65 Crossbow.esp
102 66 MCL_Pre_warXbow.esp
103 67 Placeable Lights NV v1.1.esp
104 68 Kaya47GlacierGlasses.esp
105 69 Tag Skills Improved.esp
106 6a JRougeRangerCoats4Free.esp
107 6b dressup.esp
108 6c JRougeRangerCoats4Loot.esp
109 6d DarNifiedUINV.esp
110 6e JIP Companions Command & Control.esp
111 6f Advanced Recon Armor-No Stealth Field.esp
112 70 Duffle Bag.esp
113 71 DriveableMotorCycle.esp
114 72 K3KFoldingLawnChairs.esp
115 73 NevadaSkies - Ultimate DLC Edition.esp

 

[dubiousintent]

Are you using LOOT to sort your LO? (Doesn't look like it.) Start with that.

 

LOOT will report "warnings" about mods that need "cleaning". Do that. (It has a link to instructions.) Note that LOOT will continue to report those warnings even after you clean them, but it includes the "CRC" of the "dirty" version of the mod. Use the CRC to determine if the mod has been cleaned or not. (I add a note to the mod in LOOT with the clean version CRC as a reminder. If the mod CRC doesn't match either, means it was updated and you need to clean again.)

 

Can't tell from the LO if you are using "New Vegas Anti-crash" (NVAC) or "New Vegas Stutter Remover" because they are NVSE plugins, but I also recommend "Mission Mojave - Ultimate Edition" (MMUE) as a complementary collection of patches to YUP.

 

You also don't seem to be using either a "Wrye Flash" Bashed Patch or manually created "merge patch" file. One of those is needed to resolve record level conflicts. Without one of them you have "rule of one" winners of conflicts, in which only the last loaded mod that touches on a record "wins" in it's entirely. All other mods "lose", and you lose out on most of the benefits. (That could be your problem around Primm.) The STEP guide here covers the subject nicely with instructions for both approaches. It is definitely worth taking the time to learn about it.

 

Once you get your LO sorted but before you build a "bashed/merge patch", run FNVLODGen. The "LOD quads" it builds are very dependent upon the LO. That should take care of your "sky seams".

 

-Dubious-

Edited May 9, 2016 by dubiousintent