Numerous Problems

[swiftfoxmark2]

So I have quite a few problems going on with my current Skyrim character:

 

• Right now, whenever I travel north of the Dark Brotherhood Falkreath Sanctuary (around the Roadside Ruins), I get a CTD with a event log message saying that there was an exception fault code of 0xc0000417. Not sure what to do about this. I've already tried sleeping for 31 days using the No Boring Sleep menu and this doesn't appear to have worked, although I could try again.
  
• I recently removed a bunch of mods, but now my characters inventory has some bad editor IDs in it. Is there any clean way of fixing these? I know of the removeallitems and resurrect tricks, but has anyone figured out an alternative?
  
• I had an enchanted ring with Fortify Sneak and Fortify Pickpocket on it. It seems to have disappeared (may be related to the above issue) but the active effects still remain, which is annoying. Any ideas on how to remove those active effects without using the resurrect command as that command will require me to reload all my existing active effects and perks?
  

 

So that's the mess I'm in. Not a huge deal as I can still play through much of the game, but I'd like to actually have a clean character for once. These were probably caused by a bunch of mods I placed on my character but then removed later on. Among these were the Bandolier, Leather Backpack, Cloaks of Skyrim, and Winter is Coming Cloaks to name a few.

[swiftfoxmark2]

OK, so I've fixed the two other problems. I emptied my inventory except for the quest items, then I found the bad items and removed them with the console. I then reset my character using "resurrect", making a clean save and reloading, reacquiring the Steed Stone (you have to get another standing stone then the one you had), then manually adding in all the active effects I had that were not equipment related and did not reappear after the load (Agent of Mara will show up again after a reload from a clean save).

 

But the other problem still persists, even after I've slept for 31 days to reset the cells. Any ideas on this? It may be a hardware issue but I'm not sure.

[cps1974]

OK, so I've fixed the two other problems. I emptied my inventory except for the quest items, then I found the bad items and removed them with the console. I then reset my character using "resurrect", making a clean save and reloading, reacquiring the Steed Stone (you have to get another standing stone then the one you had), then manually adding in all the active effects I had that were not equipment related and did not reappear after the load (Agent of Mara will show up again after a reload from a clean save).

 

But the other problem still persists, even after I've slept for 31 days to reset the cells. Any ideas on this? It may be a hardware issue but I'm not sure.

 

do you still have the CTD near Roadside Ruins? I cant get near the place before I CTD. If your problem still persists let me know and we can go through our mod lists to see what might be causing problem

 

[update] the ctd at roadside ruins was being caused by grass shadows in this very green forest area - I have the following mods which made even my gtx 670 OC card struggle with memory (I do have hundreds of mods running)

 

Lush Grass

Lush Trees

Skyrim Flora Overhaul (hi-res version)

 

changing the following line in the skyrimprefs.ini fixed it and ask yourself really do i need lush grass shadows, the answer being no, i havnt missed them at all - im too busy fighting/exploring to look at the shadows the grass is making

 

this is all on the nexus mod page for lush grass @ http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3288

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO IMPROVE FPS

 

To disable shadows on grass you will need the 1.6+ update! This will help a lot with any FPS loss when in grassy areas.

 

A line has been added to the Skyrimprefs.ini that allows you to turn it off:

 

bShadowsOnGrass=1

 

Please change the "1" to "0" so it gets disabled. Make sure you delete all old INI files and load the game up to generate a new one if you can't see it. It's always a good idea to generate a new one after each patch anyway. If you don't know where the INI files are located just do a quick internet search.

 

hope it helps

 

pk

Edited September 2, 2012 by cps1974

[volnaiskra]

[update] the ctd at roadside ruins was being caused by grass shadows in this very green forest area - I have the following mods which made even my gtx 670 OC card struggle with memory (I do have hundreds of mods running)

Not for me. I tried disabling lush grass and settings grass shadows to 0, but I still get a CTD every time I approach roadside ruins. Anyone else have this problem?

[swiftfoxmark2]

I ended up starting a new character, mostly because DG came out and I didn't want to play through with the buggy one. The new one has not had consistent bugs like that (although it is still buggy).

 

It seemed to be a couple of cells in the world that had this problem. Another one was near the cave that has all Falmer just outside of Whiterun. In any case, Bethesda's solutions for it were all garbage (like reinstalling DirectX, which is impossible now), so I just got fed up with the whole mess. I completed the main questlines with that character and then just started a new one. Even managed to get the Master Criminal achievement with him before I abandoned him.

[thechief18]

I have this exact problem too. Whichever direction I approach Roadside Ruins I CTD. I tried the grass solution with no success and have installed a couple of mods ( http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19228 and http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10016) that alter the area to no effect. I have no idea what could be causing this problem, but I'm considering having a tinker in the CK to mod any problems out of the game.