The First Step quest, constant CTD

[Behrtwald]

This has been a problem for a good three days now. No matter what fix I try, no matter how many times I verified the cache and re-installed, I am having constant crashes when trying to turn in the quest. At times I would simply crash with no error when going up to the farm, other times I'd be able to walk up to it from a different angle, talk to the farmer, but crash right after turning in the quest and getting the rewards for it.

There were some moments of crashing without error in other random locations as well, and I have not the slightest of clues on what's causing it, because my mod list has nothing remotely changing the game drastically. It's mainly a lot of weapon, armor, and quality of life mods.

 

 

I also followed this guide which seemed 100% to fix crashes but did nothing for me. https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/3606550-crash-to-desktop-ctd-cure-all/

 

I need help badly, and it's just extremely frustrating, especially since I have zero ideas on whats causing these crashes.

 

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