CTD Because of Two Mods

[RumblestrutPig]

Hello, I am CTD because of two mods, ELFX and Cloaks of Skyrim. For me, they're must-have mods during my playthrough. (I started a new game) However, as my character and Hadvar are walking down the staircase after he unlocks the cell door, I CTD or when the ceiling falls down. I did the process of elimination and found out that it was these two mods and the game would not CTD if one of them was deactivated. I really want to use Cloaks of Skyrim, but the way I have ELFX set up with other mods is irresistible. Could someone please help?

Edited June 20, 2018 by RumblestrutCovey

[QuagaarWarrior]

Weird. Would not have though there was a conflict between these two.

One way round it is to deactivate one of the mods until after you escape Helgen.

Another way round it might be to use Alternate Start and skip Helgen altogether

Edited June 20, 2018 by QuagaarWarrior

[tomomi1922]

Weird. Would not have though there was a conflict between these two.

One way round it is to deactivate one of the mods until after you escape Helgen.

Another way round it might be to use Alternate Start and skip Helgen altogether

I beg to differ. It is not simply Helgen that kills the game. If the game cannot even survive Helgen, there is something much bigger at play here. If OP can bypass Helgen, he is going to be in for bigger headache later.

 

What do you think ELFX and Cloak of Skyrim do?

 

- ELFX: literately rearranges objects in game (mostly with interest to look better, but it is as invasive as a custom player home).

 

- Cloak of Skyrim: it adds extra new items (cloaks) into the game. And it tries to distribute these cloaks to everyone.

 

Knowing the above, ELFX could be the culprit since it may alter something in Helgen (like replacing an object). Did you redownload/install ELFX, maybe 1 of the nif files are corrupted. Cloak of Skyrim could be the culprit by trying to force someone's inventory to add some cloaks. And there is an error somewhere. But the ceiling fall down? That should be the part where they saw an escape route, but the dragon did something and caused that part to cave in, and Hadvar said we must find another way. ELFX may be the culprit. But I have ELFX and I never have this problem anywhere in Helgen Keep. I revisited Helgen a couple times too. I highly suggest that another mod IS the cause. Having ELFX and Cloak of Skyrim is just the trigger. These 2 mods may work perfectly, but since your game is already hanging at the edge, the mod did something simple and you could be pushed over the edge, CTD.

 

fxDustDropRandomSCRIPT bug may be the cause. This is a Vanilla bug. There is a fix here. But before "fixing" this, you should check to see if this is your problem by looking up Papyrus log. You would see fxDustDropRandomSCRIPT spamming your log. Fix is here at this URL

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/8do0l3/fxdustdroprandomscript_keeps_spamming_my_papyrus/

 

However, you can do exactly what QuagaarWarrior said... but .... remove ALL mods. Play the game as 100% Vanilla, endure/enjoy that intro, don't even spend time creating your character, finish Helgen, get out to the other side. SAVE! This will be your 100% clean save. Zero mod. Then from here you can use showracemenu console command to tweak your characters however you want, and start from there. Backup and preserve this save.

Edited June 27, 2018 by tomomi1922