LE Creation Kit crashing while trying to load a mod depending on Dawnguard.

[AegisRunestone]

Trying to do some mod editing recently, and I can do anything that uses Skyrim.esm, but anything else (Update, Dawnguard, Dragonborn) crashes.

 

So, I'm going into my silverbolts.esp, which is dependent on Skyrim, Update, and Dawnguard. I get about 87% though loading Update, and then an error pops up saying something about 'strings' (I think 'strings.ccp' or something?) and a choice of "Abort" "Retry" or "Ignore." I've tried both Retry and and Ignore. Then, the normal dialogue where you're supposed to press "Yes to All" pops up, and I press that.

 

And then Windows says "Creation Kit has stopped working."

 

Using Windows 10 Anniversary Edition.

 

I've tried the following:

Running CK as Admin

Running CK as Admin AND Win8

Running Steam and CK as Admin

Running Steam and CK as Admin AND Win8

Running Steam WITHOUT Admin, and CK as Admin

 

No dice.

 

And yes, in order to play one of my Steam games, I normally have to run Steam with admin, but it doesn't cause any other issues.

 

Help?

[Kualan]

Sounds like you need to add some lines into an .ini file to let the CK access the DLC files. This is a fairly straightforward process:

 

1. Go into your Skyrim directory and find SkyrimEditor.ini

2. Scroll down to the [Archive] section

3. Where it says SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, you can add the other DLCs which will look like:

 

SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa, Hearthfires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa

 

4. Save and open up the CK.

5. You should now be able to access the mod with a Dawnguard dependency.

[AegisRunestone]

Sounds like you need to add some lines into an .ini file to let the CK access the DLC files. This is a fairly straightforward process:

 

1. Go into your Skyrim directory and find SkyrimEditor.ini

2. Scroll down to the [Archive] section

3. Where it says SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, you can add the other DLCs which will look like:

 

SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa, Hearthfires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa

 

4. Save and open up the CK.

5. You should now be able to access the mod with a Dawnguard dependency.

You are a life-saver! Thank you!