Why does missing a gore file/texture cause instant CTD's? And how can I retrieve these files?

[TreshMek]

Basically, my problem involves random and inconsistent CTD's when I cause limb dismemberment and blood splatters.

 

These crashes occur in both vanilla and modded Fallout 4. They most commonly happen when my character dismembers an NPC. It also happens when I dump a lot of ammunition into a boss NPC, most often with a fast firing weapon. There's no crash or error dialogue box that pops up; it's just straight to the desktop. I've been googling for a solution for similar issues and all I got was that a gore file was missing.

 

What is this gore file? And how do I retrieve it?

[HeyYou]

Have steam verify you game cache. Unless that file is mod-added, that *should* resolve that particular issue.

[nocuos]

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Basically, my problem involves random and inconsistent CTD's when I cause limb dismemberment and blood splatters.

 

These crashes occur in both vanilla and modded Fallout 4. They most commonly happen when my character dismembers an NPC. It also happens when I dump a lot of ammunition into a boss NPC, most often with a fast firing weapon. There's no crash or error dialogue box that pops up; it's just straight to the desktop. I've been googling for a solution for similar issues and all I got was that a gore file was missing.

 

What is this gore file? And how do I retrieve it?

try disabling that 'raiderfix' something that was in Bodytalk, works for me if you have the mod installed

[JimmyRJump]

Sounds more like a slow GPU issue or a GPU with not enough RAM. Or both. Gore often comes in large bursts of small, bloody particles that each have to be rendered along with the physics of the particles flying around in all directions. If the GPU can't follow (i.e. is too slow to be able to render the particles in time), it trips over itself and the game shuts down. Emptying a few clips into an enemy has the same effect with the added strain to the GPU of having to load the muzzle flames of the exiting bullets, the empty cartridges being kicked out and the trembling motion of the firing gun. Too much going on.