Skyrim CTD in or fast traveling to big cities like windhelm or solitude

[chris5910]

Hi all, I am having an issue where Skyrim crashes when i try to fast travel to the bigger cites. tested on riften, windhelm, and solitude. I crash in those cities and god knows where else lol. Here is the catch, No mods enabled and a brand new game for testing purposes. I have heard that the latest Skyrim se patch is causing alot of problems and I wonder if its related. The only mod I have enabled is quick start so i dont have to sit and go through the tutorial. Any help on how to fix this will be greatly appreciated.

[LeddBate]

Did you remove (not disable - actually un-install) mods? If so, this is a frequent source of crashing as removed mods often leave left-overs in your saves that can cause all sorts of instability.

Have you verified your game files through Steam?

 

Here are some things you should consider when you add more than a handful of mods:

 

1) Mod Conflicts. If your Skyrim crashes to the destop (CTD) the moment the loading screen appears, it is very likely you have a mod conflict. Add only one or two mods at a time (and test them) to avoid having to plow through dozens of mods trying to find the one that's causing your game to crash. Also, RTFM. Mod authors WILL tell you what other mods (and/or types of mods) that their mod conflicts with. But that doesn't do you any good if you don't read that info before installing. Sometimes a patch is available to prevent a ctd from happening (or to prevent the mod from conflicting in some other way, like overwriting some scenery and causing weird in-game effects like floating trees and Mammoths raining from the sky. (Yes, that happens.)

 

2) Overwrites. When NMM installs mods, it will often stop and ask you a question like: "Do you want this mod to install (whatever) over (whatever) that already exists due to (whatever)? with about eight different options. Again, many mod authors will tell you what options to choose when installing their mod. When those instructions are not present, I've found it is usually best to answer "Yes to all" or the equivalent answer offered.

 

3) Load Order. Load order is literally the order that the mods are loaded into your game. This is just as important as overwrites. A "poor" load order will cause lots of issues ranging from weird in-game effects to CTDs. You can manually alter your load order in the "Plug-In" tab of NMM, but there's a better way. Download LOOT and install it. Point it at your directory where your mods are and let LOOT sort them.

Edited August 29, 2017 by LeddBate