Ck Crashing When Loading Dawnguard

[falloutperson416]

I try to load Dawnguard in the Creation Kit, and I get a message that says

 

Assert

 

File: C:\_Skyrim\Code\TESV\TES

Shared\misc\BGSLocalizedString,cpp

 

Line: 2860

LOCALIZATION: Error opening or reading strings file.

 

I can then abort, retry, or ignore. All 3 lead to crashing of ck. Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[Ithlia]

You need to fix one of your ini.s

 

Edit SkyrimEditor.ini in the main Skyrim folder and find the value SResourceArchiveList2. Add Dawnguard.bsa and/or HearthFires.bsa to the list of files (e.g., SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa).

 

There is another fix if you wish to load Dawnguard and Hearthfire at the same time.

 

It needs to be added bAllowMultipleMasterFiles=1 to the [General] Section in skyrimeditor.ini file to load up more than one masterfile

 

add the bAllowMultipleMasterFiles=1 at the end of General section

[cscottydont]

you can google it. You'll find a bunch of things telling you to mod the SkyrimEditor.ini

Now all the links I found told me to edit only 1 of the archive list lines but I had to edit 2 before I could load dawnguard.

 

(you can do a ctrl +f to search for the section title lines)

lines you need to edit:

 

in the [GENERAL] section add this line

 

ballowmultiplemasterloads=1

 

In the [ARCHIVE] section add , Dawnguard.bsa (don't forget the comma) to the lists on these lines

 

SArchiveList

SResourceArchiveList2

 

 

then you can save and open up dawngaurd in the ck. you'll still have to click "yes to all" on some errors but the ck won't crash.

Edited February 5, 2013 by cscottydont

[falloutperson416]

Got it working, thanks guys.

[Hannibalektr]

Actually this worked for me, I think the above may actually cause problems as I just went through a ton using it. Then re-installed the CK and used this to fix the error:

 

Add Dawnguard.bsa to SkyrimEditor.ini

[Archive]
SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS

 

So, anyone who upgrades to Dawnguard gets ripped out of using the CK for doing so? Wow, thats the way to hold on to your customers eh?

Edited March 3, 2013 by Hannibalektr