shadow56 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Skyrim was working fine. Now every time I try to continue the game or load a previous save it crashes to my desktop. I am using the old version 1.1.21.0 and have been playing on offline mode to avoid the new patch. This just started today 12/4/11. Thought it might be the last save was corrupted but it is doing it on all my saved games. Had no problems in the past and have not changed anything. I am stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abb1 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 The reason that it is crashing is that the game cannot address more than 4 GB of memory, which it utilizes with even a few of the mods that we install. There is a mod called 'Skyrim 4GB' or '4GB Skyrim'. Using this, will help with the crashes, as this allows the game to utilize more than 4GB of memory. You will still get the odd crash, but at least you can get in the game. This is a huge problem that Bethesda will never acknowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noname_1985 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I am having the same issue as well. Even after using the 4GB mod I still cannot continue without saving. I would have to revert back to an older autosave to work. Also, this mostly happens to me indoors - like caves and dungeons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The 'Continue' function has often been buggy in Beth games. I just always quick save before I quit and use 'Load" when I start back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptnyesterday Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I was having the same problem. I had done a few ini tweaks, specifically I had set UgridsToLoad=7. Somehow the Skyrim.ini got reverted back to the original so that all of the saves I used when Ugrids was equal to 7 didn't load. If this is the same case for you, all you need to do is go back into the Skyrim.ini and put it back. This thread here is what helped me: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=26666173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric31415 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 @shadow56 & noname_1985; Are you relying on autosaves or continually overwriting older saves? If so, then your saves can (and probably will) eventually become corrupt. Your only real option is to revert back to your last good save, and start following goog saving habits. Also, you could just have too many saves stored, if you have more than 50 or so try deleting some. To prevent future save corruption; - disable all autosaving- always select "new save"- if you die, exit back to main menu- don't use continue (already posted, but good advice)- delete unneeded saves often- never overwrite saves If you want to be sure that the problem is your saves and not an issue with the game itself, try starting a new game. If it works, it's not the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchypantz Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Skyrim cannot utilize more than 4GB of RAM? WTF? Was this game written in 2008? So weird. I guess it is a full console port. Code and all. Sux. That is the short route, isn't it Bethesda? I turned down textures and radial blur to Medium. I also have FXAA turned on, as it is an Nvidia technology and easier on the system than regular AA, apparently. I have AA set to 4 and Anisotropic set to 8 (each half of their full capability). These measures kept me in the game for about 2.5 hours last night with no crashes. I will check again today. The thing about that is, I have a PC that can run the s*** out of this program. Why on earth can't I? If I want to run the s*** out of this PC, I need to disable half of my RAM? *facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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