Skyrim instantly crashes on save - please help!!

[keltas]

I also had similar problem, though in my case, I knew the cause. I had "Sabers Swords" mod and changed a few things in CK. Unfortunetly, CK changed a few other things within the mod, what made the game load, but crash on save. I don't know exact cause, but at first, the mod had 3x Skyrim.esm as masters, and after CK it changed into 1x, so it is possible, that some mods done in other way than through CK, and then finished in CK may cause this. After doing my change in Skyedit, I have not met this problem.

[Arayus]

I had this same nonsense going on...random crashes to the desktop, beginning when I went home to Proudspire Manor. Tried tons of things first, including panicking, but after I disabled the new high-res texture pack, all was gravy.

 

Hope this helps.

[msmanteck]

I may have a quick solution for those who having trouble even after deleting the proudspire manor or whatever I got my ctd when I duplicate too much npc then I manually save it if you manually save before you close Skyrim best way is to manually load the auto load game and don't load the manual save I did this then I am done try it for those who having problem and 2 word GOOD LUCK!

[samposs]

Deleting all my saves fixed it, but you may not want to restart so... you may not want do do that.

[ejoy]

I have this problem too , but i solved it in this way :

If you have any mod uninstall and it says some of the content may not available or something like this , load up your other save file and save it so that all the saved you had already been clicked yes on the "content not available"

and load up your main save and save your file ..

Hope this helped , it works for me :)

[l45xMaRKsMaN]

I found that unistalling skyrim live started my crashes. So far the only way I have found that fixes it is too reinstall it or start a new game without it.

[androidmaster]

I fixed mine without deleting save files by opening the start menu (in windows) and typing "%appdata%", then clicking "roaming", which shows up in the options. I then clicked "appdata" on the upper bar in the window that opened up. then opened "local", and deleted the "skyrim" folder. this is where skyrim stores your list of plugins and their load order (in simple text files XD). afterwards, i ran boss and got my load order the way i like it. once that was done, i disabled all the mods that add companions, armors, and the like. i only left core overhauls and stuff on (like apachiiskyhair or a vampire overhaul. anything that your game depends on, and will break your character/lose you tons of work if you disable it), and started up my save that is about 2 seconds before you get to pick a character (just make a new game if you dont have one like that.) i made a random nord and saved, and it WORKED!!!, i then loaded my normal save, and it works just fine :'D.

 

anyways, i dont know why it happened, but thats what fixed it for me, without deleting all of my save files. lol. i know the thread is over 2 weeks old, but i see this as a pretty important bit of info, sooo.......... lol. hope this helps anyone who ends up with this problem like i did

Edited August 17, 2012 by androidmaster

[pmalacha]

Hi guys. I have the same problem.

 

Whenever I try to save, by either method (quick, manual or autosave), my Skyrim CTD's... I did some research and found out that this MAY be due to save game file size. My save game files are around 4.78MB however, so I cannot see why that's too big file... My findings:

 

1. When I revert back to an older save, it works fine - until I make some progress in game, say 30 minutes later the issue reoccurs.

2. The game actually attempts to create a save game file, example name: Save 21 - Setheren Silverdrift Lair 12.14.51.ess.tmp or quicksave.ess.tmp - however this temp file is only about 150 KB in size.

 

I'm running Skyrim 1.6.89 with over 80 mods with a bashed patch and it all worked fine until now. Reading through the topic it seems that the problem is somehow mod-related but it looks to me like it's more generic rather than some particular mod-specific. Nevertheless, it's very weird. Browsing the web, I've also found this:

 

http://skyrimforums.org/threads/crashes-to-desktop-on-saving.8026/

 

None of the things suggested in the above topic helped me.

 

To make it easier, I will quote it here:

 

I've searched google on this subject for a long time, it was through what I read that I started to work out it was to do with saving.

Everytime, I quicksave, autosave or manually save, it'll crash.

 

From what I've read, it seems like the savefile is gone.

Suggestions I've attempted; people have said once the savefile gets too big it causes problems, so waiting or sleeping will shrink the file. My save file is only 11mb, I tried sleeping for a week then saving, still crashed.

I also tried loading a previous save file that I know once worked and same problem.

 

The game is unplayable now, which saddens me because I was really into it.

If anyone has any insight into this I'd really love to hear.

 

my specs are:

i5 2500K

GTX570 296.10

8GB ram

Xonar D2X Sound

 

Same problem here m8... Im almost certain its a problem with skyrim, not with your computer. Iv lower specs than you yet iv a save file almost twice your size!.. Check your save game in my documents -> my games -> skyrim... When you tried saving and it crashes to desktop, you might notice a save game does exist, the difference is, all the other saves will end in .ess, these files will end in .tmp.. If this is the case for you then our problems are matched in unity!

 

If it is indeed the same issue, apparently .tmp means windows 7 has succesfully saved the file, but failed in trying to convert it to .ess so that skyrim will register it and it appears in-game. This sounds to me more like a fault with skyrim itself than our computers, because many others experience the same issue..

 

One of the things that might have lead me to this arrow in the knee, is my constant bewildering climax for downloading more and more mods.. i cannot help myself! i have about 100 mods downloaded, but i can only have about 60 of them ticked under my data folders or skyrim ctd's when i try to load any save game. Funnily enough that ctd occurs at 61 mods ticked, yet at 60 its fine, no lag or nothing!

 

Possible fixes, these did not work for me but from the insightful god that is google i do remember things others have tried...

 

1. type in the command player.removeallitems The idea being, itll get rid of anything that is "supposedly" in your inventory from mods you have un-installed yet forgot 2 remove the items from your world..

 

2. Reduce your save game files clutter and size (this doesnt really reduce clutter or size very much, but worth a shot) SELL to merchant all ur un-wanted gear, check that you dont have like, 20,000 prisoner or 30,000 museum keys in ur inventory (glitch), type into console coc qasmoke thisll take ya 2 skyrims testing grounds, wait for 30 days (after 30 days the world of skyrim "resets" so 2 speak) also 2 make things go faster, a little trick that may work, before u start "waiting" type into console "tfc" this activates free flying camera.. with some people wen u wait in this mode, waiting times of 24 hours happens in about 2 secs

 

3. in console command type save "my save 1" (include qoutation marks apparently) force save i think it does

 

4. just save and let it crash, then convert your files from .tmp to .ess and re-load (that is a really stupid suggestion)

 

5. your classic un-install skyrim, first delete local content through ur steam library.. then delete skyrim file location programme(x86) -> steam -> steam apps -> common -> skyrim file.. backup save files location my documents -> my games -> skyrim and if any of the files have the word skyrim in, change it.. then run registry mechanic by typing registry into start, and type in skyrim to wipe every trace of skyrim (it should say u want to delete blah blah click ok, then move onto the next) and re-install... best method for re-installing mods u want... From the nexus download manager just select ur mods u want to keep under the "mods" tab and click the large " i " icon with a plus symbol on the left where u activate and de-activate mods. A window will pop up and in one of the boxes is a link to the webpage, save them in a word document.. with steam workshop files save the name of the file AND the name of the modder.. the steam workshops search function is terrible with searching mod names so if u cant find it that way, copy and paste in the modders name instead and find the respective page through his uploaded files

 

6. Iv contacted bethesda about this as well as the aspect of peryite dialogue box wont go away bug, ill post any suggestions they have 2 offer

 

 

Shall I say that now, after some time (I just came back from a long walk) my older save that worked fine so far WILL NOT ALLOW ME to save anymore, and this was my 'safe save'... I don't know what to think of it anymore, someone please help!

 

 

::EDIT::

 

Ok, so I did one more test - I've created a new character and was able to save both by quick and manual save. Autosave also worked fine. Which draws me closer to the conclusion it's to do with the savegame file size. But on my previous char it's only 4,7 MB, now c'mon - that's seriously ridiculous!

Edited August 20, 2012 by pmalacha

[pmalacha]

Could anyone kindly take a look at this please? I'd really would like to go back to playing... :(

[itachi6666]

hey guys i got the same problem and i was searching for a solution for some hours but nothing :( and i just saw this comversation about the same problem here.. i know that am a bit late to comment this but if u see my comment and u know any solution for this problem please e-mail: [email protected] me or answer me in here... for me the problem is that i am not using that mod that u mentioned before but still i have the same exact problem i cant save in any other way. so please guys if u know how to solve this problem contact me. thank u.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oups... i just read the 1st page of comments and i didnt saw that there were 3 more pages..sorry.. for me is to late to try saving my last character because i already deleted my saves and i started another one without uninstaling any mods and again at 5 lvls it started to crash at saving so i uninstaled the whole game and all the mods and then reinstaled it again and most of the mods that i am using exept the babbet_replacer mod wich i installed some days b4 the crashing thing appeard ( and i also deleted all my saves AGAIN!!!) .i did also some of the things u guys gave advices about on ur comments so idk if now my game will work or it will start again the same old shits.. . i have 1,7 update of skyrim and the dawnguard expansion also.my game was working perfectly with the Skyrim HD - 2K Textures and other HD graphic mods for weapons,armors etc.. my computer is a Laptop : Asus x53s series, CPU intel i7 2GHZ, 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 540 2GB. So i strongly believe that is not the computers fault at all. the problem is with the mods and i have plenty of mods instaled. 5GB of the original skyrim and with the mods i instaled now the skyrim folder is over 15 GB. the mods totaly changed the boring and low quality world of skyrim and without thwm i believe skyrim is not worth playing. ill try to play after taking the advices from all of u guys and if the issue still insists ill come back here to inform u.and if u find any other solution please share with us people and thanks again :)

Edited August 22, 2012 by itachi6666