tgirlshayna Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) Like many, I get freezes and CTD's in exteriors, although it's mostly freezes I'm experiencing. After too many to count, I've come to the conclusion that the crashes/freezing are occurring when sound files are triggered. I've looked high and low online for a solution/fix, but to no avail. So I thought I'd post this issue and see if anyone has a solution. or advice. I have a moderately modded game, and at one time was using SOS, but that was removed due the problems with that mod before this play through. As it is now the only mod that alters sound that I'm aware of is the fus ro YEAH!!! mod that plays a Roger Daltrey sample from We Won't Get Fooled Again. However, I was having this same problem before installing that mod, so I doubt it's the culprit. The only system issue I can think of is my CPU, an I3 540 3.06Ghz. I have a GTX 670 so maybe I'm experiencing CPU bottle necking, but I don't know. It doesn't have to be a heavy NPC battle for this occur. Before coming here to post, I froze when an elk attacked and grunted. If anyone has any info that can help I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm at my whit's end. Thanks. Plugins: Skyrim.esm Active Update.esm Active Dawnguard.esm Active SkyMoMod.esm Active LevelersTower.esm Active Note: Obsolete. Update to latest version. ApachiiHair.esm Active HighResTexturePack01.esp HighResTexturePack02.esp Shadow Striping Fix.esp Active Chesko_WearableLantern.esp Active dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp Active Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and BOOZE.esp Active AnotherBlackThievesGuildArmor_v2.1.esp Active BBP_ArmorPack.esp Active daedric_phelm.esp Active DaggerCraft.esp Active dragonpriestmasks.esp Active Dread Knight Weapon Set.esp Active Hell Sword.esp Active Lich King's Armor.esp Active Silverlight Armor.esp Active ts_fetishpantyhoseoutfits.esp Active ts_fetishwardrobe.esp Active ts_slickarmour.esp Active ts_slicksuit.esp Active Monster Wars.esp Active Mannequin.esp Active EnchantThreeEffects.esp Active DeadlySpellImpacts.esp Active Cazy Hairs-by zzjay.esp Active N_43 Hair Pack.esp Active AelaTheHuntressFacelift.esp Active AraneaIenithFacelift.esp Active LydiaHousecarlWhiterunFacelift.esp Active MjolltheLionessFacelift.esp Active Extended Slider Colors.esp Active WATER.esp Active dD-SkyrimMonsterMod EBT Patch.esp Active Edited September 20, 2012 by tgirlshayna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgirlshayna Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Does anyone have a clue what's going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinfx Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 This is way out there - I have no idea about Skyrim modding since I just started playing - but I've modded other games before; does Skyrim need sounds in any particular format? E.g. there was this one game where if you put in stereo sounds it would crash, it would only take mono sounds (was obvious in hindsight, since the game engine would handle sound positioning itself, d'oh). Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve40 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Check that the sound playback quality in Windows is set to 16 bit 41kHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgirlshayna Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) Thanks spinfx and Steve :) As it is right now all sounds in my game are vanilla .wav files except the fus ro yeah mod, but this was happening before installing that mod and deactivating it didn't help. My playback devices are set to 16 bit 44.1 Hz. I've deactivated monster mod and monster wars as well as war zones since my original post and I haven't had any freezes are or CTD's yet. The only thing is I REALLY love those two mods. After reading up on MGE's posts on war zones, I've come to the conclusion that my CPU (I3 540) just isn't up to par, and bottle necking and causing the freezes. Hopefully upgrading to an I7 870 quad core will fix this. I'll be upgrading Monday when my CPU arrives, and post back here if things are better after upgrading. Wish me luck, thanks again y'all :) Edited September 23, 2012 by tgirlshayna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgirlshayna Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 UPDATE: Well the upgraded CPU didn't seem to help with monster wars. However I was able to reinstall skymo mod and war zones and battle with no freezes when testing near halted stream camp. I consider this a good test zone cause both skymo mod and warzones have spawning points there, and there's plenty of NPC's for a stress test. So I can only conclude that some kind of scripting error with monster wars is the culprit of my freezes. Even with no other mods installed I get repeatable freezes and crashes with monster wars installed. What a shame, I really liked that mod and wanted to be able to play it, but it just makes my game too unstable :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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