Skyrim crashes on startup. Honestly don't know what to do...

[Deleted34031370User]

Sorry for the gloomy title, but man... two days already trying to fix this to no avail. Anyway, the problem is that everytime I run skse_loader.exe, the Skyrim window appears normally but, after some seconds of black screen, I'm greeted by the "Skyrim stopped working" Windows crash message. So, not your common load order or memory CTD. Before that, I played some Special Edition for, what, two days? Then decided to come back to good ol' Oldrim and... crash. Let me tell you what i've been doing:

 

Just to make sure that it wasn't the load order, I opened up TESVEdit and loaded my entire load order in there. No problems. My SKSE.ini is in order, the memory tweaks are there. I do use ENB, let's remove it and... baam! Skyrim loaded fine. Figured it had something to do with the d3d9.dll after some more testing, which means the problem is DirectX related. Then it started the Google research time.

 

After reading countless topics here and on Steam Forums, most people that had problems with the d3d9.dll needed to re-run the DirectX wizard included in the Skyrim main folder. Re-runned that, runned the game, still crashing. Then I downloaded the web installer - installed that, still crashing. So I downloaded the end-user runtime, installed it, and the game still crashed. "No problem", I thinked ot myself as I resetted my machine to enter safe mode and install those DirectX files in there. Did that... the game still crashed. Saw somewhere that third-parties softwares that hook DirectX to monitor or overlay may cause conflicts with ENB. So I uninstalled GeForce Experience and disabled the Steam Overlay (don't have any more programs with overlay) and the game still crashed.

 

And thus, I started WTF-ing. And did some common troubleshooting not DirectX related:

 

Tried the injector version of ENB: crash. Tweaked ENBLocal (which was running fine before, but who knows...): crash. Re-installed SKSE and plugins: crash. Checked the integrity of archives in Steam (and then cleaned the masters): crash.

 

Yeah. You get the idea. I started then backtracking and trying to remember the things that I did in the two days I was playing SSE. I remembered I installed my GPU driver, but that was only it. Didn't do anything that could harm my game or anything. Haven't tried to switch back the driver, might do that in a bit...

 

So, anyway, here's my load-order:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
6 6 Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm
7 7 JSwords.esm
8 8 Nock2Tip.esm
(disabled) HighResTexturePack01.esp
(disabled) HighResTexturePack02.esp
(disabled) HighResTexturePack03.esp
(disabled) Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
9 9 Cutting Room Floor.esp
10 a Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp
11 b Distinct Skyrim Landscapes.esp
12 c Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
(disabled) brawlbug-plugin.esp
(disabled) STEP DLC Optimized Textures - Standard.esp
(disabled) STEP Vanilla Optimized Textures - Standard.esp
13 d Paralyze.esp
14 e SkyUI.esp
15 f XPMSE.esp
16 10 Extended UI.esp
17 11 RaceMenu.esp
18 12 RaceMenuPlugin.esp
19 13 ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
20 14 iHUD.esp
21 15 LessIntrusiveHUD.esp
22 16 FNIS.esp
23 17 Dual Sheath Redux.esp
24 18 AOS.esp
25 19 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
26 1a Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
27 1b Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp
28 1c TrueStorms.esp
29 1d Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics TS.esp
30 1e Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim.esp
31 1f Enhanced Landscapes.esp
32 20 Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp
33 21 Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
34 22 Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
35 23 Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcishWeapons.esp
36 24 imp_helm_legend.esp
(disabled) Complete Crafting_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp
(disabled) Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp
37 25 Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp
38 26 Book Covers Skyrim.esp
39 27 Enhanced Landscapes - Marsh Pines.esp
40 28 Enhanced Landscapes - Oaks.esp
41 29 Weathered Road Signs.esp
42 2a Realistic Boat Bobbing.esp
43 2b Birdsofskyrim.esp
44 2c SLO_StoneWalls.esp
45 2d Player Size Adjuster.esp
46 2e Immersive Merchandising.esp
47 2f WarmongerArmory_Vanilla.esp
48 30 WarmongerArmory_DLC.esp
49 31 WarmongerArmory_LeveledList.esp
50 32 SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp
51 33 TradeBarter.esp
52 34 WATER.esp
53 35 Run For Your Lives.esp
54 36 fallentreebridges.esp
55 37 Enhanced Landscapes - Solstheim.esp
56 38 SMIM-Merged-All.esp
57 39 SFO - Dragonborn.esp
58 3a DSL Cutting Room Floor Patch.esp
59 3b JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
60 3c Enhanced Landscapes - DLC Patch.esp
61 3d Nock2Tip.esp
62 3e FarmhouseChimneys.esp
63 3f Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
64 40 Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin.esp
65 41 Aurora - Standing Stones of Skyrim.esp
66 42 Enhanced Landscapes - Green Fields.esp
67 43 EmbersHD.esp
68 44 UniqueBows.esp
69 45 FarmhouseChimneysCRF.esp
70 46 DD_Dawnguard Additions.esp
71 47 DD_Dragonborn Additions.esp
72 48 Disease Descriptions.esp
(disabled) Vivid Landscapes.esp
73 49 Real Roads.esp
74 4a Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Flame Atronach Fix.esp
75 4b aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp
76 4c mintylightningmod.esp
77 4d WondersofWeather.esp
78 4e DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
79 4f Skysan_ENBHorseTrough.esp
DesyncBirdsOfPrey.esp
80 50 SolitudeExterior.esp
81 51 WhiterunExterior.esp
82 52 The Eyes Of Beauty - Elves Edition.esp
83 53 KS Hairdo's.esp
84 54 Brows.esp
85 55 Beards.esp
86 56 TAotB - New Facial Hairs.esp
87 57 Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
88 58 ADS.esp
89 59 No Killmoves, No Killcams, No Killbites.esp
90 5a dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
91 5b attack commitment movement speed fluid 3.esp
92 5c When Vampires Attack.esp
93 5d DifficultArchery_50.esp
94 5e Footprints.esp
95 5f Customizable Camera.esp
96 60 QuickLight.esp
97 61 Rebalanced Leveled Lists - Lite.esp
98 62 Omegared99-GalleryOfArmor.esp
99 63 Quest Reward Ascension - CET - Base Game.esp
100 64 Quest Reward Ascension - CET - Dragonborn.esp
101 65 NoRadialBlur.esp
102 66 Unique Uniques.esp
103 67 DeadlyDragons.esp
104 68 SoSFC-LF.esp
105 69 1nivWICCloaks.esp
106 6a Faraam Set.esp
107 6b FacelightPlus.esp
108 6c Bounty Gold.esp
109 6d Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
110 6e SimpleHorse.esp
111 6f HighHrothgarWindowGlow.esp
112 70 The Serenity.esp
113 71 HarvestOverhaul.esp
114 72 Hessian Sword.esp
115 73 TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
116 74 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
117 75 Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch.esp
118 76 Better Dynamic Snow.esp
119 77 training_costs_1_x1_x1.esp
120 78 Unlimited Training.esp
121 79 True Master Trainers.esp
122 7a EnchantableBackstab.esp
123 7b AOS2_GDO Patch.esp
124 7c Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp
125 7d Improved Dragon Shouts.esp
126 7e Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp
127 7f Fantasy Soundtrack Project - Combat.esp
128 80 Fantasy Soundtrack Project.esp
129 81 AutoHarvest2.esp
130 82 HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp
131 83 BerserkJudeauArmor.esp
132 84 Weightless Items - Alchemy Ingredients.esp
133 85 HunterArcherCuirass.esp
134 86 Ghosu - Weapon Pack 1.esp
135 87 HBetterBows.esp
(disabled) SameWalkRunSpeedsLite.esp
136 88 Bucklers Only.esp
137 89 FISS.esp
138 8a SkyTweak.esp
139 8b Paper World Map - Solstheim.esp
140 8c Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
141 8d Warburg's 3D Paper World Map - Texture 1.esp
142 8e Bashed Patch, 0.esp
143 8f warburg's 3d paper world map - dawnguard.esp
144 90 Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp
145 91 AOS_Reduced_Reverb_Addon.esp
146 92 DynDOLOD.esp

And here's my specs:

Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel Core i5 4670
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
8,00GB Dual-Channel RAM
1TB HD + 120GB SSD (the game+mods are on the HDD, the OS is on the SSD)

I use Mod Organizer as my mod manager. That's why the disabled files in the load order - majority of them are BSAs. Also, because of the bashed patch, some files are merged and thus disabled, If someone asks.

I could play the game without ENB, but most of my textures have parallax, so it's a no-no. Just re-noting that, if I remove the ENB (or only remove the d3d9.dll, which is fundamentally the same as disabling it) the game loads fine. Setting the UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics= to true also loads the game. I'm wondering if this is a problem with my PC to begin with, or if there's something that I overlooked or missed. Any help would be aprecciated.

I really do hope that is something stupid that I overlooked... If someone require information on any log or file, I shall provide it. Thank you for reading.

[Deleted34031370User]

Update: backtracking the driver didn't solve the problem. Don't know any more directions... I'm lost :(

[forskyrimmods]

Use ENBoost

 

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

 

To use along with your enb open the ENBlocal.ini and then change UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true to UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false

 

Then install http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50305/? (Instructions on the page)

 

Then install http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/51038/?

 

Hope this all helps

[Kroekr]

I have this on occasion. I can usually fix it by running defrag. I use Rotating Quick Save and am constantly saving over the same file which sends pieces all over the place.