CTD on path towards Bleak Falls Barrow

[Tragthemercenary]

I realize that this won't be the first thread about this topic. I've tried ... over the years ... dozens of "solutions" for this. However ...

 

I was stopped in my tracks, on my last playthrough of the Bleak Falls Barrow quest. Note that I didn't even get to the Bandit Tower. About 200 yards away, the game always crashed. But had I made to to the Barrow, after killing the bandits outside of it, the game would have crashed within five seconds of entering the main gate to the Barrow. And so, I uninstalled SSE, and re-installed it. I carefully added my mods ... I know what works, and what doesn't. When re-starting the game, everything went perfectly ... until I reached the area close the Bandit Tower, where it crashed at the same location.

 

I have an Acer Inspire, with 64gb of System Ram, i7 7700 microprocessor (at 4.2ghz), an Nvidia 1080 video card, and am running the game at high priority. Follows my mods:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
6 6 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
7 7 ApachiiHair.esm
8 8 ApachiiHairFemales.esm
9 9 ApachiiHairMales.esm
10 a SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
11 b Tiwa44_SpiceGear_UNP_SE.esp
12 c Tiwa44_Minidresses.esp
13 d Tiwa44_Minidresses_Dragonborn.esp
14 e Eli_Breezehome.esp
15 f Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
16 10 Book Covers Skyrim.esp
17 11 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
18 12 Immersive Music Replacer.esp
19 13 Run For Your Lives.esp
20 14 Cloaks.esp
21 15 RiversideLodge.esp
22 16 DragonfallCastle.esp
23 17 ShadowstarCastle.esp
24 18 Immersive Patrols II.esp
25 19 Immersive Wenches.esp
26 1a Ivarstead.esp
27 1b Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
28 1c ElysiumEstate.esp
29 1d Convenient Horses.esp
30 1e Console Books.esp
31 1f isilNarsil.esp
32 20 ACE BYOG.esp
33 21 icepenguinworldmapclassic.esp
34 22 CarryWeight x25.esp
35 23 RichMerchantsSkyrim_x10.esp
36 24 ImmersiveWeaponsCrafting.esp
37 25 Immersive Weapons.esp
38 26 MDKnight.esp
39 27 LeftHandRings-1stPersonView.esp
40 28 LeftHandRings.esp
41 29 ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp
42 2a LrsamwaysExpandedSkyrimWeaponry.esp
43 2b Simple AUA.esp
44 2c Saturation Increase by Simtar123 - SSE.esp
45 2d dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
46 2e 20 More Perk Points.esp
47 2f NoBSAIProjectileDodge.esp
48 30 JS Armored Circlets SE.esp
49 31 Dolomite Weathers.esp
50 32 Cloaks - USSEP Patch.esp
51 33 Botox.esp
52 34 BooksBooksBooks.esp
53 35 Ars Metallica.esp
54 36 Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
55 37 Yet More Books.esp
56 38 XPMSSE.esp
57 39 Fresh Faces - Legendary.esp
58 3a Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
59 3b Dolomite Weathers - Clear Weathers Beta.esp
60 3c Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
61 3d RealisticWaterTwo.esp
62 3e RealisticWaterTwo - Watercolor.esp

This isn't a heavy mod order, as one can tell.

 

I know that there are console commands to get the Dragonstone, and complete the Golden Claw quest. However, I'll gain upwards of five levels in the Barrow ... if I ever get there ... because I play at legendary difficulty.

 

Does anyone have the slightest idea what is going on? I've got the computer, the knowledge about using mods, and just about everything going for me, here. Note that I don't use FNIS or SKSE64 for SSE, yet.

 

Thanks!

[Tragthemercenary]

I guess that we can call this case closed.

 

I typed the console command "tcl" and "flew" over the place where the game crashed. It crashed again. So, I reloaded and "flew" around the mountain, landing at the exact location where you get the "Bleak Falls Barrow" message. I went on to kill the three bandits on the steps to the barrow.

 

Then, came the big moment ...

 

I saved (naturally), and walked through the front entrance. I waited a few seconds. No crash. I shot one of the bandits from a distance and killed her. No crash. The other bandit attacked me, and I got him on the run. No crash. Suffice it to say that I completely finished the Bleak Falls Barrow quests, without a single problem. It's the first time I've ever gone through the Barrow in Special Edition.

 

I hope that some of this helps other players.