And suddenly I cannot play anymore (CTD)

[LyahChris]

I've being updating some mods, and after that I went to load my game and it crashes after loading before the load screen changes to my character.

"Have you tried disabling the updated mods?"

Yes, I have. I have even disabled ALL of them and try a NEW GAME.

Then the Alduin 3D figure is shown, the legend, the level 1 bar... and then, again just before the load screen should be replaced with the game, it crashes.


I do the Steam thing of checking my game data and everything is ok. The game is last update.

 

I've tried the NO INTERNET solution, but it doens't work...

I have tried starting the game with the SKSE loader, with the default launcher... nothing.

Any help?

 

tl;dr I can not even start a new game with ZERO mods. CTD

Edited May 17, 2018 by NintendoChris

[Shabdez]

In a similar situation I found that deleting the ini files and letting the launcher create new ones did the trick. Easy to do and therefore worth a try.

[Deleted3897072User]

Disabling mods doesn't remove loose files installed with the mods and it could be the presence or absence of those that is the problem. You need to uninstall all your mods, delete your SKSE, meshes, scripts and textures folders, test with a new game and then start re-installing your mods a few at a time, starting with SKSE64 and then FNIS (if you use it).

[BaronofHe11]

Most likely something that uses dll files like enb or skse is causing your problem. Or something that changed a ini setting that is required for your setup to run. If you can't work it out you'll have to completely remove the game and reinstall it.

[LyahChris]

I have renamed the default Skyrim folder and started to downlaod the whole game again from Steam.

It will take a whole day to dowload, no kidding. After I moved to a new house in a new place, I've lost my 30MB/s speed for 1MB/s (top speed, it usually goes 300KB/s...) :pinch:

 

I will try adding a few mods, test the game, and repeat...

[BaronofHe11]

That is terrible. Well once you get it downloaded back up the skyrim folder. Then if it happens again you can just copy it over.

[LyahChris]

I have dowloaded it and it works. (As espected) But, by a simple coincidence, I have seen that other people talk about another CTD that was caused by haVing too much animations.

I gave it a try and deleted some animation mods (the new OSA and OSEX) and run FNIS...
Guess what? Now my old Skyrim works... :laugh:

So, for new CTD cases, we have a "new" reference to use as advice for other players.

 

THANK YOU THREE FOR STOPPING BY AND LEND ME A HAND

[LyahChris]

It happened to me again. The CTD while trying to load a save. So again, unticked each an every mod in NMM, trying to start a new game and... well, as I said, it happened again.

But I don't remember adding more animations (unless upgrading XPMSE is the problem here). I Downgraded XPMSE to good old 4.20 gain, disabled some POSE mods and launched FNIS. And it works gain...

[ff7legend]

Too many animations can & will cause CTDs in some instances. Mods like OSEX & the like tend to be very script-intensive so use those with caution. If all else fails, try this guide:

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/15984