Game Stutter/Freezes

Domas · January 24, 2012

As the title suggests, my game is constantly stuttering and freezing, for up to 10-12 seconds at a time. It doesn't happen when I first start playing, but starts occurring more frequently the longer I play (usually unplayable after about an hour).

I do run some pretty heavy mods, but my rig should be more than enough to handle it.

My system:

Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (quad core)

4gb RAM (2 x 2GB DDR3)

Radeon HD 5870 AMD GPU

Win7 32bit

I have also run BOSS and FNVEdit and came up with zero errors/incompatibilities.

My Mods (Via BOSS log):

BOSS Log

License: GNU General Public License v3.0

(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)

v1.9.1 (1 January 2012)

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Summary

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Your masterlist is already at the latest revision (r3666; Jan 1, 2012). No update necessary.

Recognised plugins:

92

Warning messages:

0

Unrecognised plugins:

16

Error messages:

0

Ghosted plugins:

0

Total number of messages:

76

Total number of plugins:

108

Plugins sorted by user rules are counted as recognised plugins.

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Script Extender And Script Extender Plugins

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NVSE Version: 0.2.0.12

pn_nvse.dll

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Recognised And Re-ordered Plugins

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FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Deflst}}

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

ClassicPack.esm

MercenaryPack.esm

TribalPack.esm

CaravanPack.esm

NVCE Main.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Actors.ACBS, Actors.AIPackages, Invent, NPC.Race, NpcFaces}}

IWS-Core.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Delev}}

* Note: Loaded early to let other mods override spawn points if needed.

Caliber.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Invent, Names}}

CFWNV.esm

CHEMS.esm

EZ_CompanionNVSE.esm

FOOK - New Vegas.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Deflst, Delev, Graphics, Names, Relev, Sound, Stats, Scripts}}

FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esm

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm and HonestHearts.esm

AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Invent, Deflst}}

MoMod.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Relev}}

* Incompatible with: monsterrach.esp

More Perks.esm

More Perks for Dead Money.esm

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm and More Perks.esm

More Perks for Honest Hearts.esm

* Requires: HonestHearts.esm and More Perks.esm

More Perks for Old World Blues.esm

* Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm and More Perks.esm

More Traits.esm

Primary Needs HUD.esm

Project Nevada - Core.esm

* Requires: New Vegas Script Extender

Project Nevada - Equipment.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Delev, Invent}}

* Requires: New Vegas Script Extender and Project Nevada - Core.esm

Weapon Mod Expansion.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Names}}

WME - DLCs.esm

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm, HonestHearts.esm, OldWorldBlues.esm, LonesomeRoad.esm and Weapon Mod Expansion.esm

* Incompatible with: WME - Dead Money.esm, WME - Honest Hearts.esm, WME - Old World Blues.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - CompletedWorkorders.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - Highways and Byways.esm

Lings.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Hair, Eyes}}

Bobblehunt.esp

EZ_GLUE.esp

Readius_NV.esp

The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

Wasteland Defense.esp

UHNV.esp

UHNV-Dead Money.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and DeadMoney.esm

UHNV-Honest Hearts.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and HonestHearts.esm

UHNV-OWB.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and OldWorldBlues.esm

UHNV-Lonesome Road.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and LonesomeRoad.esm

UHNV-Bobblehunt.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and Bobblehunt.esp

UHNV-Chems.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp and CHEMS.esm

UHNV-More Mannequins.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp

UHNV-Brighter Lighting.esp

* Requires: UHNV.esp

* Incompatible with: UHNV-IncreasedLighting.esp

FOOK - New Vegas.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Deflst, Delev, Graphics, Names, Relev, Sound, Stats, Scripts}}

FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm and HonestHearts.esm

FOOK - Lings.esp

PMT - Slower Reloading.esp

* Incompatible with: PMT - Slower Reloading No Visible Perk.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Stats}}

PMT - Slower Reloading No Visible Perk.esp

* Incompatible with: PMT - Slower Reloading.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Stats}}

PMT - Explosive Robots.esp

PMT - Gravity Kills.esp

HarderThan.esp

Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp

* Requires: Project Nevada - Core.esm

Project Nevada - Dead Money.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm

* Incompatible with: Project Nevada - Dead Money + Honest Heart Patch.esp and Project Nevada - Dead Money SF + Honest Hearts Patch.esp

Project Nevada - Honest Hearts.esp

* Requires: HonestHearts.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm

* Incompatible with: Project Nevada - Dead Money + Honest Heart Patch.esp and Project Nevada - Dead Money SF + Honest Hearts Patch.esp

Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp

* Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm and Project Nevada - Core.esm

* Note: Choose only one of Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp and Project Nevada - Old World Blues (No Cyberware).esp, not both

More Perks Update.esp

More Perks for Dead Money Update.esp

* Requires: More Perks.esm, DeadMoney.esm, and More Perks for Dead Money.esm

More Perks for Honest Hearts Update.esp

* Requires: More Perks.esm, HonestHearts.esm, and More Perks for Honest Hearts.esm

More Perks for Old World Blues Update.esp

* Requires: More Perks.esm, OldWorldBlues.esm and More Perks for Old World Blues.esm

More Traits Update.esp

IWS-Core-Patrols.esp

IWS-Core-Guards.esp

IWS-Core-Civilians.esp

IWS-DM.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm

IWS-HH.esp

* Requires: HonestHearts.esm

IWS-OWB.esp

* Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm

IWS-LR.esp

* Requires: LonesomeRoad.esm

CHEMS - Benches.esp

* Requires: CHEMS.esm

CHEMS - Basic Chems.esp

* Requires: CHEMS.esm

christinecos.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Graphics}}

NVCE DLC01.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH:Actors.ACBS,NPC.Race,NpcFaces}}

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm

NVCE DLC02.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH:Actors.ACBS,Invent,NPC.Race,NpcFaces}}

* Requires: HonestHearts.esm

NVCE DLC03.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH:Actors.ACBS,Body-M,NpcFaces}}

* Requires: OldWorldBlues.esm

NVCE DLC04.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH:Actors.ACBS,NpcFaces}}

* Requires: LonesomeRoad.esm

EZ_VanillaFollowers.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Actors.AIPackages, Actors.CombatStyle}}

ShilohDS-Color Maps and Icons.esp

Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp

* Requires: Project Nevada - Core.esm

Weapon Mod Expansion.esp

* Requires: Weapon Mod Expansion.esm

* Incompatible with: WeaponModsExpanded.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Graphics, Names, Stats, WeaponMods}}

WME - FOOK.esp

* Requires: Weapon Mod Expansion.esm

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Delev, Graphics, Names, Sound, Stats}}

Project Nevada - WME.esp

* Bash Tag suggestion(s):{{BASH: Graphics, Invent, Names, WeaponMods}}

WME - DLCs.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm, HonestHearts.esm, OldWorldBlues.esm, LonesomeRoad.esm, Weapon Mod Expansion.esm and WME - DLCs.esm

* Incompatible with: WME - Dead Money.esp, WME - Honest Hearts.esp, WME - Old World Blues.esp, WME - DLCs Arenovalis.esp

WME - DLCs Arenovalis.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm, HonestHearts.esm, OldWorldBlues.esm, LonesomeRoad.esm, Weapon Mod Expansion.esm, WME - DLCs.esm and Arenovalis' / Millenia's Weapon Re-textures.

* Incompatible with: WME - Dead Money.esp, WME - Honest Hearts.esp, WME - Old World Blues.esp, WME - DLCs.esp

WME - FOOK DLCs.esp

* Requires: DeadMoney.esm, HonestHearts.esm, FOOK - New Vegas.esm, FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esm, Weapon Mod Expansion.esm, WME - Dead Money.esm, and WME - Honest Hearts.esm

Fellout.esp

* Incompatible with: Will conflict with any other mod that changes weather, image space, and image space modifiers.

Fellout-OWB.esp

friendofnightforfellout.esp

* Note: Recommended for use with Fellout.esp

ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp

* Incompatible with: ELECTRO-CITY - Emittance.esp

ShilohDS-Desert Succubus CORE.esp

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Unrecognised Plugins

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Reorder these by hand using your favourite mod ordering utility.

WME - GRA.esm

Project Nevada - Lonesome Road.esp

Project Nevada - Gun Runners' Arsenal.esp

The Weapon Mod Menu.esp

CFW-DLC.esp

WME - GRA - Weapon Integration.esp

WME - GRA - Vendor Reform.esp

WME - GRA - Unique Integration.esp

WME - GRA - Just Guns.esp

WME - GRA - Complete.esp

WME - GRA - Arenovalis.esp

WME - GRA - All Weapons.esp

Bobblehunt - Cap Bonuses.esp

Bobblehunt - Fallout 3 Bonuses.esp

Bobblehunt - Hardcore.esp

Bobblehunt - Hardercore.esp

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Execution Complete

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Now, the reason I don't put this under Mod Troubleshooting is because it doesn't (in what I can see) pertain to an individual mod or mods, as they all seem to be running just fine.

I should also mention that I've had Task Manager and GPU-Z running on a my second monitor in order to see what exactly is happening during these "Freezes". As far as I can tell, my system itself is running fine - CPU usage is never peaking out at 99% (rarely breaks over 90% anyway), and my Phys Memory is never more than 70%. Nor does my GPU ever use more than 70% usage while playing Fallout NV.

I'm really at a loss as to why my game keep stuttering/freezing so much. Any help would be much appreciated.

(Also, more random information that may or may not be useful): I play on Ultra High (or whatever) the game defaulted to when I installed it.

GrindedStone · January 24, 2012

It's because you need to lower the settings. Set the in-game distance sliders to 1/4 or less, then run around. Also ultra settings enables full scene reflections an full detail reflections on water which is very bad an very wasteful. You can run 1/2 on the grass, object fade, an tree LOD fade. The rest of the sliders should be 4 clicks or so. I use 2 clicks on actors. Also try running the game with HDR-Bloom disabled, you'll have to adjust your brightness in the game but it runs better an you can use the color white more. Some players run full native resolution with low post processing others run lower than native resolution with high post processing. I would use whatever allows you to have smooth physics, animation, and travel. Not what is the highest detail. Edited January 24, 2012 by GrindedStone

MyGoodEye · January 24, 2012

Also, disable your 2nd monitor in GRAPHICS OPTIONS or CATALYST or whatever. I've found that I can squeeze better performance from my system when doing so.

- David

GrindedStone · January 24, 2012

You could try windowed mode too, an I've seen some folks using fake full screen windowed mode, no idea how they do it though. Audio is much more of a factor than we think, so you can also turn the master volume slider down as a way to either point the finger at or rule out audio issues as a cause.

Domas · January 24, 2012

Thanks for all the input, I'll give it a shot when I get home today. Kind of a shame, just built this computer in Oct '10 (When FNV came out), and still can't run it at max settings. Ah well :P maybe I'll save up and buy myself a pair of Radeon HD 6970's. (That is, if this game even supports crossfire. I know they just released a patch a few weeks ago to allow Skyrim to do so)...

Thanks again everyone :)

EDIT: +Kudos. I did what both of you suggested and now it runs perfect!

Edited January 24, 2012 by Domas

golieth · February 29, 2012

Thanks for all the input, I'll give it a shot when I get home today. Kind of a shame, just built this computer in Oct '10 (When FNV came out), and still can't run it at max settings. Ah well :P maybe I'll save up and buy myself a pair of Radeon HD 6970's. (That is, if this game even supports crossfire. I know they just released a patch a few weeks ago to allow Skyrim to do so)...

Thanks again everyone :)

EDIT: +Kudos. I did what both of you suggested and now it runs perfect!

I was having a lot of problems with the game freezing and having to reboot. going to the graphics menu from the desktop icon (not using FOMM) I was able to disable most of the water and reflection options. That greatly improved my rate of freeze. Now it only does it a few times a night. I've had this problem with ATI cards in other games. Disabling reflections and water refrractions is usually the key.

homeworlder1 · March 4, 2012

It could help to get 64-bit windows too, and instead of going for 2 6970's you'll do with 2 6950 or 560Ti GTX's

Protip: Corsair Vengeance is teh l33t

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