Dawnguard keeps freezing

[vinh834]

DO you guys recommend a new game for dawnguard?

 

I'm currently using a lvl 20 character that is constantly crashing my video driver.

 

My driver has NEVER crashed before dwanguard, just occasional CTDs.

Edited August 7, 2012 by vinh834

[xlcr]

vinh834, if you updated to patch v1.7, hopefully you backed up Skyrim beforehand and

can try rolling your game back to patch v1.6 (swap the tesv.exe).

Are you running mods that add player homes/locations or overhaul game skill/perk systems?

Any mods that run intrusive scripts that are not compatible with Dawnguard?

Edited August 7, 2012 by xlcr

[vinh834]

I didn't keep 1.6.

 

Is video card crashing a common problem with 1.7? Will 1.6 work with dawnguard?

 

 

I'm using some mods like Fleetford, Tyranis, horse armor, and some new locations and various player animation mods

[Rhutobello]

Personally I think you will have a better experience with Downguard if you start a new game...from fresh.

 

Experience what they have put in....and if you later want to try out some of the other mod....don't put them in all at once...but one by one with some playingtime between.

 

BUT!...before you put in any of these mods....save you game...and make a notice....and do the same each time you put in new mods....then you have a point to go back to if it start to get fuzzy :)

 

......and be very restrictive if you use console command.....or cheat command....

[xlcr]

vinh834, if you're getting constant crashes (which suks) i'd get rid of all those mods if you still can

and see if that solves your stability issues; or, do what Rhutobello suggested and

start over with a clean game install and stay away from fancy mods.

It doesn't take long to get back up to level 20.

Are you sure you've configured all your graphics settings properly or are not pushing your hardware too hard?

[vinh834]

The driver crash only started happening with dawnguard.

 

My graphics driver has never crashed ever since I got this PC. Until dawnguard.

 

I unloaded most of my mods but it still happens.

 

 

 

Intel i7 2.20gz

 

8GB RAM

 

2GB amd 7690m xt

[xlcr]

vinh834, are the 'crashes' random or do these occur when you're about to do something

or transition to a new location.

 

Is your 7690M XT GPU getting enough cooling? I'm guessing you have an HP Pavilion-Envy laptop.

This model GPU is known to have driver support issues (this is NOT an official AMD card so they don't support it).

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-pavilion-notebooks/662880-hp-support-issues-requesting-help-7690xt-video-card-flawed.html

I understand that HP has been unresponsive regarding issues with this 3rd party GPU.

Do you play any other graphics intensive games that crash?

 

What do you mean by 'crashes', CTD (crash to desktop) or freeze (Skyrim/OS locks requiring reboot)?

What animation mod files (.HKX) did you install? I'd suggest getting rid (manually uninstall) ALL your mods.

Did you tweak any INI settings?

Do you use autosave? (turn this OFF), you might be dealing with a corrupted gamesave.

If you try loading a earlier gamesave do the crashes still happen?

 

Paste the contents of your DLCList.txt here which is a list of active mod plugins you have that use ESP/ESM files.

(search for it in your systemdrive).

Edited August 7, 2012 by xlcr

[vinh834]

I'm using leshcat's drivers, which from my observations are far more stable than any other drivers out there HP, and AMD.

 

I never had a problem with any game with this driver before. When I mean crashes, they are not the usual Skyrim CTD with mods, but graphics driver crashes. This crash has never happened before.

 

I play other games like The Witcher 2 with near max setting with no crashes ever.

 

I did not tweak any .ini settings. I decided to do a fresh install of skyrim about 10 minutes ago and have no played or installed any mods yet.

I'm using player animation mods like the walking animation and combat/sitting.

 

Here is the DLC list, note, i had about 1/4 of them disabled.

 

 

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

Dawnguard.esm

barenziahquestmarkers.esp

matys knights of the nine armor 2.1.esp

chopping_block_wood_fires.esp

skyui.esp

crowdedcities.esp

followerwander2.esp

stronger daedric artifacts.esp

pinewood village.esp

primbytown.esp

wolf watch overlook.esp

myoutpost.esp

poshmudcrabs.esp

elvenarmor.esp

alduin's son.esp

localizedguildjobs.esp

gome.esp

spellmassforce.esp

drachenhaus village.esp

exrorikstead.esp

chesko_wearablelantern.esp

lightweight potions and poisons.esp

armored-horses.esp

smithing&clothings_variety_mod.esp

alternate start - live another life.esp

domainealucard.esp

3DNPC.esp

ApachiiHair.esm

BandolierForNPCs.esp

bathhouse.esp

BFSEffects.esp

Crimson Tide - Blood.esp

DawnstarMarket.esp

DPArmor.esp

Dr_Bandolier.esp

Fleetford.esp

Gatti12Jewelry.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

JoOPraetorian.esp

KhantuArmor.esp

LFArmors.esp

LordOfWar_TW2.esp

MagicDuel.esm

MLLY - FEMALE.esp

Monster Wars.esp

NoSpiders - BearSpiders.esp

NoSpiders - GoatBugs.esp

Omegared99-Compilation-NPC Plugin.esp

Omegared99-Compilation.esm

Omegared99-WeaponSets.esp

Populated Cities NPCListMaster.esm

Populated Cities.esp

Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons.esp

Roman armor and weapons replacer.esp

Roman armor and weapons.esp

sextoys-calyps-2.esp

SkyMoMod.esm

SkyMoMod_lists.esp

Tytanis.esp

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

VariousGuardReplacer.esp

WhiterunFortified.esp

whiterunMarket.esp

WhiterunREVISION.esp

ImmersiveArmorsNPCs.esp

BBLSHousecarlsmovein.esp

BBLSspouse.esp

BBLSVisitors.esp

BBLuxurySuite.esm

BBLuxurySuiteClassier.esp

BBLuxurySuiteExt.esp

LeahArmor.esp

ASX_Spells.esp

Expanded Towns - Darkwater.esp

Expanded Towns - RESOURCES.esm

Expanded Towns and Villages - Resource.esm

Expanded Towns and Villages.esp

FNISspells.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

DG-NoAttacks.esp

[xlcr]

vinh834, cool, hope you backed up and completely removed all traces of your previous Skyrim install folders

before performing a fresh install; otherwise, there's a chance all sorts of previous loose files/scripts from mods

remained.

Looking at your previous mod plugins list, I would kindly point out that you're probably expecting too much from

Skyrim v1.7 w/Dawnguard to function normally, it's a biggish list and i think some of those mods are known to have

potential compatibility issues with Dawnguard's files and maybe eachother.

I'll bet Whiterun never looked better though! lol.

As you know, you've got a lot of mods that add/change stuff in the gameworld/systems which can be problematic.

Honestly, I don't think you could realistically expect Skyrim w/Dawnguard to run smoothly running so many mods.

 

What little i know about Leshcat's drivers and your 7690M XT,

people reported issues with v12.6 and rolled back to v12.3 instead, maybe v12.7 beta is good.

[Kam0laZ]

I've been having those same random freezes since I installed Dawnguard ... not right away but after some hours of play it started the freezing frenzy.

I've been researching and experimenting since then and here's what I found:

- It's not from the mods, I started a fresh new game with no mods on just to test this and it still randomly freezes.

- It happens outdoors, in no specific place. It never happened indoors.

- Soul Cairn is the only outdoors area where it never freezed. I've been roaming around it for hours doing all the related quests, no problems.

- Did not install new mods after DG, only updated the ones that offered DG compatibility.

- Updating the graphic drivers seems to help reduce the freezes, but they still happen from time to time. Game got a bit more choppy with Catalyst 12.8 drivers.

 

Hope this info helps.

 

Acer Aspire 5740G

Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz, 1066MHz FSB

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5740 512MB

4GB DDR3

 

Mod list organized by BOSS:

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

SkyMoMod.esm

CoD Waking Nightmare II.esm

moonpath.esm

Brynjolf Dialogue Fix.esp

StaggerFix.esp

Improved Combat Sounds v2.1.esp

Weapons and Armor fixes.esp

Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp

Ars Metallica.esp

Ars Metallica - Dawnguard.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

Fixed Followers.esp

SkyMoMod_lists.esp

Mart's Savegame DeBloatifier.esp

Dragonbone Weapons.esp

Smithing Perks Overhaul - Balanced.esp

Complete Crafting Overhaul - BS version.esp

DeadlyDragons.esp

DeadlyDragonsSpells.esp

DeadlyDragonsArmory.esp

CoD Waking Nightmare II.esp

HavenBag.esp

moonpath_questdata.esp

ElementalGauldurAmulet.esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Miscellaneous.esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Spells.esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Potions (Light Weight).esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Food (Light Weight).esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Ammo.esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Soul Gems (Ranked).esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Ingredients.esp

Headbomb's Better Sorting - Books.esp

RichMerchants.esp

SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp

Uncle Sheo.esp

UnreadBooksGlow.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Reduced.esp

BFSEffects.esp

AlchemyEnhancedXP.esp

The Dance of Death.esp

DeadlyCombat.esp

DeadlyCombat_GiantsAIFix.esp

DeadlyCombat_UnarmedFix.esp

ABT - Faster Arrows Improved +100%.esp

ABT - Faster Bolts Improved +100%.esp

ABT - Progressive Damage (BS and CCO).esp

BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp

dD-Dawnguard-MonsterMod EBT Patch.esp

Race Abilities and Skills Redone.esp

Racial Perks Instead of Skills.esp

heavy_armor_buff.esp

JNwepPerkoverhaul.esp

Ultimate training ground.esp