xfsbiohazard Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hi people, just wanted to know if anyone else is having freezing problems in Soul Cairn? Dawnguard had been working fine up until this point, but as soon as I enter the realm the game will freeze after 5 mins or so. I do have mods running but I have barely had any problems in 300+ hours of game time. I'm just saving before the freeze at the mo and slowly trying to get out! Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Same problem, and I just did a clean install before even using Dawnguard. I only have cosmetic mods, armor replacers and stand alones, and Auto unequip ammo - made with Dawnguard in mind. This is really frustrating. the first time it was like ten minutes of exploring and now it's like you say every three to five minutes it just .................................................................................................................................freeezes. I left it for an hour to see if it would snap out of it(cuz sometimes I get lucky) and no cigar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkNexus Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) This may be a late answer or not, but I experienced this bug as well, no noticeable change happened with or without mods, however shifting the game's versions sometimes ended up allowing me to keep on (at the expense of a ridiculous lag, so don't do that, unless the following tip doesn't help you) Basically what I did was to open to console, type in tcl and fly above the place where i would freeze on, which if it's the same for the both of you is around the guy who lost his horse and before you enter the Boneyard. That said, you need to fly high enough that the ground is no longer rendered, and no npc can be seen. I have no idea what cause it, but it allowed me to move around to find Valerica at the very least. Note that you'll very likely need to use tcl again to progress further in the boneyard, as I froze attempting to reach the Keeper in the north when going on foot. Again that may be a late answer, but hopefully that may help someone, until a decent fix is produced that is. Edited September 3, 2012 by TheDarkNexus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Unofficial Dawnguard Patch may help us and others like us: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23491/ I got through the Soul Cairn by doing the old save move five inches - set quest stage past the keepers - move five inches, crash, load, move five inches, save, move ten inches, crash, and so on and so forth. It's not much better than your flying method, TheDarkNexus, so I hope the Unofficial Dawnguard Patch works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ual002 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) I'm crashing as well. Same idea. first time it was near the horse skull , just avoided that quest then took me 3 days to get out because area immediately around exit was causing freezes. 2nd play through, Now, its always doing it, every 5 mins. Maybe we need to post our mod lists? EDIT: I am currently using the Unofficial Dawnguard patch with no luck. Edited September 13, 2012 by ual002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Seems like it's one of those "happens on one save and not the other" things, for me at least. I loaded a save way before the Soul Cairn with the one character that it happened to and it seems she's destined to have this problem while my orc got through fine, same side of the quest and everything. I hate random crashes, they make me angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ual002 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Seems like it's one of those "happens on one save and not the other" things, for me at least. I loaded a save way before the Soul Cairn with the one character that it happened to and it seems she's destined to have this problem while my orc got through fine, same side of the quest and everything. I hate random crashes, they make me angry. what mods you runnin? EDIT: i should also point out that the maker of the Unofficial Dawngaurd patch is not having this problem. Edited September 14, 2012 by ual002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Posting a mod list seems irrelevant as I've had it happen on a clean install, with and without ENBs. It seems to be just bad luck. Edit: But if you think it would help, I'm currently using Apachii Sky Hair, Extended Slider Colors, and Auto Unequip ammo as those mods I have confirmed on another file to not interfere with Dawnguard's normal operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ual002 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Posting a mod list seems irrelevant as I've had it happen on a clean install, with and without ENBs. It seems to be just bad luck. Edit: But if you think it would help, I'm currently using Apachii Sky Hair, Extended Slider Colors, and Auto Unequip ammo as those mods I have confirmed on another file to not interfere with Dawnguard's normal operation. If you're absolutely sure its not mod related I'm going to play with video settings. EDIT: Video setting at minimum don't effect the freeze EDIT: is there a place I could see if bethesda is aware of general bugs and announce they are working on them so I might be able to stop freaking out? Edited September 14, 2012 by ual002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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