Skyrim SE: Crash in Windhelm only

[TheMrMeatWhip]

I seem to be crashing only in Windhelm and I have no idea whats causing it. I tried disabling mods but nothing worked. The only mods that I have that would effect the city in anyway are Open Cities and Guard Overhaul and texture mods, but like I said it's only Windhelm that has the issue.

 

My PC's specs are

 

RTX 3070

i7 10700

16 GB RAM

 

And I have it installed on a HDD currently.

 

As I said it is only Windhelm that has issues, other than that I haven't even had a single frame drop under 60fps anywhere around the map.

 

My load order is:

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

RealisticWaterTwo - Resources.esm

SkyUI_SE.esp

Obsidian Weathers.esp

SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp

CBBE.esp

icepenguinworldmapclassic.esp

EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

Book Covers Skyrim.esp

iNeed.esp

iNeed - Extended.esp

Skyrim Immersive Creatures Special Edition.esp

Obsidian Mountain Fogs.esp

The Great City of Winterhold.esp

TouringCarriages.esp

The Great City of Falkreath.esp

The Great City of Dawnstar.esp

Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

Immersive Weapons.esp

iHUD.esp

TouringCarriages-Oakwood.esp

Oakwood.esp

TKAA.esp

GuardsArmorsAndWeapons.esp

1nivWICCloaks.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

KS Hairdo's.esp

MikanEyes All in one SE.esp

SkyHUD.esp

aMidianBorn_Book of Silence.esp

Guard Overhaul - Equality Patch.esp

Beards.esp

CommunityOverlays2_31T50.esp

Wolfpaint_Face.esp

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

Bijin NPCs.esp

Bijin Wives.esp

Bijin Warmaidens.esp

Serana.esp

JK's Belethor's General Goods.esp

JK's Warmaiden's.esp

JK's Dragonsreach.esp

JK's Riverwood.esp

The Great City of Morthal.esp

360WalkandRunPlus-RunBackwardSpeedAdjust.esp

Headtracking.esp

SleepTight.esp

Inigo.esp

JK's Sleeping Giant Inn.esp

JK's The Bannered Mare.esp

JK's Arcadia's Cauldron.esp

JK's Riverfall Cottage.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

JKs The Drunken Huntsman.esp

JK's SkyHaven Forge.esp

Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp

VWA_VanillaWarpaintsAbsolution.esp

Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp

Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp

CWIEnLFXSEPatch.esp

CWIOrdinatorPatchSSE.esp

CWISPOPatchSE.esp

Immersive Citizens - ELFXEnhancer patch.esp

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp

TheChoiceIsYours.esp

Immersive Horses.esp

TouringCarriages-ICAIO.esp

Open Cities Skyrim.esp

ELFX - Hardcore.esp

ENB Light.esp

RealisticWaterTwo.esp

All mods were installed using Mod Organiser 2 and I have sorted the load order using LOOT and I have validated all files and Steam didn't find any issues.

I have also installed Skyrim 2020 Parallax Textures and Rudy ENB which were installed manually so they're not in the load order.

Does anyone know what might be causing the crash and how I can fix it?

[Algabar]

If the game always crashes in the same location, there's probably an issue with that place. Unfortunately this could be anything: A bugged quest or an NPC, also maybe some corrupted or messed up textures or meshes. It could also be a mod conflict that affects Windhelm.

 

You can download "nif scan" and let it check your Skyrim SE folder. Although it's on the Skyrim LE NExus, "nif scan" works for SE, too. It shoudl find damaged texture or mesh files at least.

 

If that doesn't help, the usual process is to disable or better uninstall mods one by one and test, until you found the culprit. Long and tedious, I know. But maybe necessary...

[nt5raham]

@TheMrMeatWhip, you said, "The only mods that I have that would effect the city in anyway are Open Cities and Guard Overhaul and texture mods," but there are other possibilities in your load order. Anything done within the cell where your CTD happens can be the culprit. For example, you have several NPC mods, like Bijin and Immersive Citizens. They affect NPCs in Windhelm. I'm not saying those particular mods are the problem, but rather encouraging you to broaden your view.

 

Google "Skyrim COC Windhelm" or go to this website and try going to other specific areas of Windhelm to see if you can narrow down which particular cell has the problem (or if it is more widespread). You may find that going in the main gate causes CTD, but exiting from Candlehearth Hall does not. In case you are not familiar with it, COC is a console command (Center On Cell) that will "teleport" you to specific locations. You can Google any location in Skyrim and probably get a COC code (cell name).

 

As @Algabar said, If there is, for example, an NPC native to that cell that has missing assets, it could cause CTD. It may require disabling more mods than just what you think in order to narrow it down. The results are sometimes surprising. "Wow, I didn't think that mod would cause that CTD."

 

Save corruption could also be the cause, so you can test with a brand new game and see if it still CTD. You can use COC right from Helgen if you want, so you don't have to walk all the way to Windhelm.

 

BTW, you may find it helpful to use spoiler tags when posting something really long so people don't have to scroll so much.

 

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Make sure you spell spoiler correctly...

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