My game keeps crashing upon playing for about a minute.

[natedogg8960]

My Skyrim keeps crashing upon leaving a certain area or boundary. I cant fast travel or go certain distances (about 100 steps) without my game crashing. I already tried sorting the load order, increasing startup memory, and sorting out the errors. I can load the game just fine I just can't really go anywhere at all. That makes the game unplayable and I have tried all I know to do. Here is my load order. Can someone please help?

 

[Project579]

Use Modwatch to post your mod details: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/56640

[DoctorKaizeld]

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[Ghostrick]

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/38649/?

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/48262/?

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73618/?

 

Some of these links might help, usually a crash is the result of a missing file. Maybe you have a mod that relies on another mod, DLC, SSE if thats the case you're load order should pick it up but I've experienced mods that arent well done that corrupt main files or interfere with other files that do not show up in the load order.

 

It could also be that your computer does not have the facilities to play Skyrim or maybe it barely does and you are overloading the memory with texture mods or other mods that alter the games main files. In such an event your computer will automatically close the program just like it would if there was a missing file. Symptoms of that would be things like black textures, stutter, longer than normal load screens, these are signs that you need to uninstall or just turn off some mods. Mainly re texturing, overhauls, or redux mods (as they tend to be the largest).

Edited August 23, 2016 by Ghostrick

[Darkstyler35]

Hello,

• CTD in a particular cell / location.
• Selective loading : untick 50% of your mods, beginning by the end of your load order and test in game starting a new game, (keep alternate start activated). Then depending on if the problem occurs again or not, increase /decrease the remaining loading mods to find the culprit.
• This may also a resources demanding problem, make sure your specs can handle the mods you're using.
• Install crash fixes with the allocator enabled, performance monitor and eventually ENBOOST, see /// Settings / memory.
• Make sure you're using the good mods >> Dangerous mods list.
• Verify gamecache.
• CTDs troubleshooting page on Reddit, depending on what's happening in game, choose the subsections that describes the best your problem.

Here is a list of things that may help stabilizing your game if not already been done. :

/// Cleaning and correcting potential bugs :

• Clean your master files to eliminate potential problems : Gopher's videos cleaning your masterfiles on the Nexus Tesedit page. You may use this updated guide to clean your masters. It contains the same automated cleaning procedure as Gopher explains in his video + repeating once for Dawnguard.esm + some selective manual cleaning.
• The method above can be used to clean mods. LOOT should tell you which plugin you should clean. You may also do a check errors.

/// Load order / mods conflicts :

• Use L.O.O.T once and click on the "sort plugins button".
• Create a wryebash patch including leveled lists.
• Create a merged patch with Tesedit excluding leveled lists
• How things work in Tes5edit : load order / conflict looser - winner / Forwarding / adding as a master. More specifically, you may create a manual patch between two or more mods.

/// Settings / memory :

• Preferably, use crash fixes with the UseOSAllocators=1 instead of skse memory patch or SSME.
• You may also install safety load if you experience infinite loading screens or freezing in game.
• Memory blocks log will help to refine memory settings.
• Skyrim performance monitor.
• Backup your ini files and delete the files. Skyrim.ini / SkyrimCustom.ini / SkyrimPrefs.ini found in C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Skyrim then use your vanilla launcher to autodetect and use best settings for your computer.
• STEP INI tweaking wiki.
• You may install ENBOOST >> ENB graphics / ENB haxx.

/// Save game :

• Don't uninstall mods at mid-game, there are no clean save in Skyrim but using save script cleaner can help removing orphan scripts.
• New SkyrimTools, (corrupt saves topic).

/// Meshes healer :

• Read here, this is potentially a cause of CTD that you can resolve by following the mod procedure on this page.

/// Useful informations :

• If you're using win8-10 + a GPU with more than 4GB VRAM + a heavily modded game and experiencing stuttering, random freezes or / and FPS drops, this may occur when the VRAM usage exceeds 4GB, read here for more details.
• Direct-x 9 C, update to 9 C.

• In NMM settings, see where your tracelog path is (C:\Users\User\Documents\Nexus Mod Manager), open a request in the NMM open beta forum and post your tracelog.txt.

• Skyrim requirements wiki.
• Skse installation : skse on steam or Manual install. (SKSE, memory and skse.ini). SKSE logs are here : C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SKSE. SKSE troubleshooting guide.
• STEP troubleshooting page.
• An efficient guide to build your game : STEP / Official S.T.E.P. Mod Organizer video series.
• Ensure your skyrim installation is healthy = Make skyrim vanilla again.
• Make sure you're using the latest USLEEP instead of the obsolete unofficial patches. If some of your old mods require them, you may use the USLEEP swap masters.
• Crashdump analysis.
• Papyrus log is a scripts log only and doesn't cover anything else, not a crash log. Interpreting Papyrus Log Errors / Enabling papyrus logging
• Shut down background programs such as intellipoint, fan manager, etc... Need a tool to manage GPU fan speed that works with ENB ? You may try Afterburner, (tested)

/// Credits : these persons deserve their kudos, (among others) not referenced here by a Nexus mod or accessible profile but provide help with articles and other stuff linked above.

• Thallassa / Matortheeternal / Arthmoor / BorisVorontsof / GamerPoets / Gopher / TheCompiler (+ all the STEP team) / Luco81 (NMM forum) / Tannin42 /

Hope this helps.