Game crashing with minimal mods

[TappDaddySteve]

I am inexperienced when it comes to modding, so hopefully ya'll will be able to identify the problem with my mods. My PC is not great, after I installed an ENB I was getting about 9 fps, so I found a few ways to make the game look better without an ENB which involved installing the the standard performance/utility mods and then FNV realistic wasteland lighting, Poco Bueno texture pack, and DUSTy weather mod. With these mods the game would run smoothly for awhile and then just crash, or all sound would be removed from the game and then it would crash. I uninstalled FNV realistic wasteland lighting, Poco Bueno texture pack and DUSTy weather mod and made a fresh restart to the game with nmc texture pack medium installed, to many ncps in the area the game would crash. So I replaced the medium pack for the small one, it runs better now but will crash anywhere from 10-20min in the game. With no mods I could play 5hrs without it crashing. I am guessing the problem is that the mods are conflicting in some way, and not necessarily the power of my PC.

 

My mod list:

 

NVSE

4gb Patcher

NVAC

Stutter Remover

LOOT

FNV Edit

Better Game Performance

Performance of The Gods

Performance Booster Pack (Removes tumble weeds, grass, and bushes)

NMC texture Pack small

Mad Max Race and Armor Pack

Tribal Weapons Pack.

 

What do you think the problem is ?

[dubiousintent]

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

* Are you running Win10? Did you get the "Fall Creator's Update" (FCU aka "RedStone 3")? Do you have "New Vegas Stutter Remover" (NVSR) installed? If all three are "true", then please see the 'Issue: Recent (post-Win10 FCU) CTDs after 10-20 minutes of play' (and other "heap size") entries in the 'Solutions to Performance problems' section in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide.

The FCU update was released in mid-November 2017, so a "brand new" system probably did not come with it installed. However, the default configuration is usually to have OS updates automatically installed. (Those usually start being distributed on the second Tuesday of each month, but may take a week or more to get to everyone.) See the MS "Get the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update" article for how to check your version release and manually pull down the update if necessary. It is important to keep your OS always "up to date" to prevent malware infections.

* If you are suddenly having a "slowdown" or lag; or a lack of sound; or problems getting NVSE to load, or really anything new unexpectedly, please see the 'Issue: NVSE - fails to load after update KB4058043 to Win10 FCU (v1709)' entry in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide. This may be due to a Windows Update for the "Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities".

* Are you using the 4GB Patcher? If not, please see the 'Maximizing use of memory' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.

* If you are using the full 4GB of memory, most likely your CTD problem (now or in the future) is the default "heap size" is too small. Please see the 'Solutions to "Crash To Desktop" (CTD) problems' section in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide.

Please see the 'Vanilla "Load Order"' and 'Towards Game Stability' sections of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article. Your mix of "performance" mods are conflicting with each other. At a minimum you need to use a "Merge Patch File" with that collection of mods. Please see the 'Third Rule: The Rule of One' and 'Merge Patch File' sections of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.

-Dubious-