Random CTD Issue; Need Assistance In Solving

[ShadowDW]

Starting over with SSE, I have installed every mod trying to make sure there are no conflicts, and making sure to install in the right order, so as to get the right overwrites. It all seemed to work okay, until I found my way to Whiterun (the city that is the bane of my Skyrim existence). Now, I am experiencing random CTD's and I have no idea why. I have gone over everything and cannot find the problem.

 

Everything has been installed properly with NMM, LOOT shows no issues at all (not even a message), and SSEEdit shows no errors at all (1 warning in the Skyrim.esm (identical record), but nothing I can do about that). I've even taken steps to ensure that the NMM Load Order precisely matches LOOT (or vice versa ... whichever). If I go outside of Whiterun, all is good ... inside Whiterun, everything seems fine, no lag, no fps drop, nothing, just random CTD.

 

Can anyone offer up any ideas as to what may be happening?

 

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 Special Edition Patch.esp
6 6 ApachiiHair.esm
7 7 Campfire.esm
8 8 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
9 9 ApachiiHairFemales.esm
10 a ApachiiHairMales.esm
11 b SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
12 c RLO - Interiors.esp
13 d ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Darker.esp
14 e iNeed.esp
15 f iNeed - Extended.esp
16 10 SoundsofSkyrimComplete.esp
17 11 ClimatesOfTamriel-WinterEditionSE.esp
18 12 RLO - Exteriors.esp
19 13 Skyrim Better Roads - The Rift.esp
20 14 Man Those Borders!.esp
21 15 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
22 16 Skyrim Better Roads - EastMarch.esp
23 17 BetterQuestObjectives.esp
24 18 Book of UUNP Iron And Steel.esp
25 19 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
26 1a SimplyBiggerTreesSE.esp
27 1b EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp
28 1c TKAA.esp
29 1d Skyrim Better Roads and Bridges - All In One - Merged.esp
30 1e Run For Your Lives.esp
31 1f Cloaks.esp
32 20 Inigo.esp
33 21 Skyrim Better Roads - Winterhold.esp
34 22 Hunterborn.esp
35 23 Shor's Stone.esp
36 24 Frostfall.esp
37 25 Ivarstead.esp
38 26 Kynesgrove.esp
39 27 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
40 28 Karthwasten.esp
41 29 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
42 2a HoldBorderBanners.esp
43 2b Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp
44 2c ApachiiHelmetWigs.esp
45 2d KS Hairdo's.esp
46 2e Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
47 2f SGEyebrows.esp
48 30 RUSTIC SOULGEMS - Sorted.esp
49 31 ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp
50 32 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-L2.esp
51 33 RichMerchantsSkyrim_x2.esp
52 34 Thief skills rebalance for Ordinator.esp
53 35 AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp
54 36 Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp
55 37 IcePenguinWorldMap.esp
56 38 Footprints.esp
57 39 Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch.esp
58 3a sandboxcylinderheight.esp
59 3b When Vampires Attack.esp
60 3c Realistic-Voice.esp
61 3d Runandwalkpaces.esp
62 3e Circlets and Masks with all Robes and Hoods.esp
63 3f BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp
64 40 Lovely Lydia.esp
65 41 TrueStormsSE.esp
66 42 WetandCold.esp
67 43 LeftHandRings.esp
68 44 LeftHandRings-1stPersonView.esp
69 45 Dr_Bandolier.esp
70 46 Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
71 47 Cloaks - USSEP Patch.esp
72 48 EMViljaInSolstheimAddOn.esp
73 49 EMHearthfireMoveKidsfix.esp
74 4a UNP Vanilla Outfits.esp
75 4b Book of UUNP - Textures.esp
76 4c FNIS.esp
77 4d XPMSSE.esp
78 4e dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp
79 4f Better Harvesting (animal loot version).esp
80 50 Hunterborn - Soups and Stews.esp
81 51 Hunterborn - iNeed Patch.esp
82 52 Hunterborn - Campfire Patch.esp
83 53 RLO - Effects.esp
84 54 RLO - Illuminated Spells.esp
85 55 SoS_CoT_Patch.esp
86 56 SOS_RLOInteriors_Patch.esp
87 57 WeaponsOf3E_SSE.esp
88 58 SoS_TrueStorms_Patch.esp
89 59 Open Cities Skyrim.esp
90 5a Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp
91 5b RealisticWaterTwo.esp
92 5c Immersive Citizens - OCS patch.esp
93 5d Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
94 5e Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
95 5f RDO - AFT v1.66 Patch.esp
96 60 RealisticWaterTwo - iNeed.esp
97 61 RealisticWaterTwo - Watercolor.esp
98 62 BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp
99 63 SoS_ImmersiveCitizens_Patch.esp
100 64 RLO - IC Patch.esp

 

 

[ShadowDW]

UPDATE:

I was able to get through some gameplay, and I ran into some issues with a couple of mods (of which I will attempt to contact the owner for a fix, while hoping the mod hasn't simply been ported into SSE) ... these may interest some people to know.

 

First, is with the mod "The Kids Are Alright" (TKAA), version 2 (A Series of Unfortunate Events): I've run into some places where the kids are missing bodies entirely and just have faces and a weapon/shield (including a skeletal child summoned by a necromancer; I'm pretty certain this was at The Ritual standing stone location). Because version 2 does not make these "kids" mortal, I believe it has this unfortunate side effect of not having any kind of body. I don't believe this had anything to do with my CTD issue however, I'm also unsure if it will have any kind of effect on the game in the future.

 

Secondly is with the mod iNeed - Food, Water, and Sleep, version 1.83: I believe this mod was the ultimate cause of my CTD issues. When I activated the mod from the Powers menu, and began to categorize the foods/drinks, the mod itself would not remember any of the selections I had made and as well, stopped counting food towards my "needs." Because of this, I had to turn the "death" feature off so as not to continually die from malnutrition, and ultimately, this lead to me having to disable the mod altogether. Upon doing so, my CTD issues ceased entirely as I have not had one CTD since.

 

I hope this information is useful for others and I will attempt to let the mod authors know about these issues. Thanks for reading.