Sudden CTDs

[cossayos]

I ran into an issue some days back, that my game started to CTD virtually every 10 seconds. Going by my impressions, it seems as if the game locks up at each and every cell trasition and CTDs. But it also CTDs when I stand still and don't do anything after a few seconds. Saves are loading, but chances are they load in a frozen state and CTD after 2 or 3 seconds.

 

What I did so far was uninstalling all the mods, uninstalling the game itself and trying to run it in a vanilla state after reinstalling, but the problem persists.

 

Now, my first question, did I overlook something when uninstalling? What I did was uninstalling via the steam client.

 

Manually removing the folders in steamapps

 

Manually removing the folder in my documents

 

Manually removing the folder in app data

 

Running registry cleaner to remove remnants of unused apps.

 

I'm at my fourth try right now and I never used a dirty save but always started a new game in my latest efforts. Sometimes I already CTD when I try to change some facial features in character creation, sometimes I can go through the vault, but start to CTD when leaving the vault. Sometimes as early as transitioning when the blurry movie is running right before you take control of your character.

 

I'm really at a loss here, since I'm a veteran of more than 3 years and - apart from occasional CTDS now and then - never had any problems, even with a heavily modded game.

 

I also checked my hardware, and besides, every other game doesn't present any problems.

[Undeadbob666]

It might be as simple as your loadorder.txt still trying to load nonexsistant mods, you want to try to verify your game files via steam (if you have not already), maybe your mods are still loaded (at wherever your mod program puts them) or you have a mod from bethnet conflicting. Sorry that's the only things I can think of, sometimes its very simple and your just frustrated and not seeing it, that happens to me all the time.

[cossayos]

It might be as simple as your loadorder.txt still trying to load nonexsistant mods, you want to try to verify your game files via steam (if you have not already), maybe your mods are still loaded (at wherever your mod program puts them) or you have a mod from bethnet conflicting. Sorry that's the only things I can think of, sometimes its very simple and your just frustrated and not seeing it, that happens to me all the time.

 

Load order txt is no longer existent, since I removed the whole folder under app data when uninstalling the game. I also checked integrity on a clean vanilla game, but as expected, it didn't come up with any missing files.

[gromulos]

 

What I did so far was uninstalling all the mods, uninstalling the game itself and trying to run it in a vanilla state after reinstalling, but the problem persists.

 

When you say "uninstalled" i say, exactly how? Uninstalling a mod through a manager does NOT remove the files With NMM there is an option after you right click the uninstalled mod to actually delete it. This is where most people mess up. I imagine it would be the same for Vortex.

 

 

Now, my first question, did I overlook something when uninstalling? What I did was uninstalling via the steam client.

 

Is Cloud turned off in steam? If it's not it will go back behind you and restore any files you deleted, which makes me think that this is the problem

[cossayos]

 

 

What I did so far was uninstalling all the mods, uninstalling the game itself and trying to run it in a vanilla state after reinstalling, but the problem persists.

 

When you say "uninstalled" i say, exactly how? Uninstalling a mod through a manager does NOT remove the files With NMM there is an option after you right click the uninstalled mod to actually delete it. This is where most people mess up. I imagine it would be the same for Vortex.

 

 

 

All gone. I disabled and uninstalled each and every mod on NMM. I also deleted the folders.

 

And as for your second question, I always disable cloud as well as overlays on steam..

[gromulos]

are any of the mods "requiring" that they be removed through programs in the control panel?

 

New California for FONV is a Prime example of this as it specifically states that in the instructions

[cossayos]

are any of the mods "requiring" that they be removed through programs in the control panel?

 

New California for FONV is a Prime example of this as it specifically states that in the instructions

 

No, nothing like that. I hadn't any mods that came with installers.

 

As I said, to my knowledge, everything's gone.

 

Game + folder

Folder in my documents

Folder in app data

Folder in NMM's install location

Registry cleaned afterwards.

[gromulos]

try removing the game folders like you did already, then Uninstall NMM, reboot, then reinstall

 

that should fix it and it's the only thing i can think of at this point

 

note: this should be done as a LAST resort

[cossayos]

try removing the game folders like you did already, then Uninstall NMM, reboot, then reinstall

 

that should fix it and it's the only thing i can think of at this point

 

note: this should be done as a LAST resort

 

I'll try that, thanks

[cossayos]

Seems I should can FO4 for good.

 

I'm at my 5th complete reinstall since the problem first occured. While the prologue in Vault 111 works fine, leaving the vault results in a crash fest. I crashed about 8 times before I even reached Codsworth. Not only that - totally vanilla game - the quicksaves seem to corrupt on the way. Opening containers results in an instant freeze, followed by a crash.

 

Crashes, apart from opening containers, seem to occur at cell transitions. When the game tries to load another cell, the game freezes and right before I'm crashing, the game starts moving again for a nanosecond. When reloading and positioning my player right in front of the supposed transition and waiting for a few seconds, it mostly works, till the next one that sends me to desktop.

 

I'm really at a loss here, since for more than three years I played the game on medium/high settings, heavily modded, without any major issues apart from the occasional crash. Now it's virtually unplayable, since it's certainly not fun having to reload every ten to 15 seconds. I even lowered screen resolution as far as it gets and went for the lowest settings, but nothing seems to help.