Stop playing for a few months and my mods break?

[Roondog]

This has happened several times now and I'd like help finding the root cause. Like the title suggests I will have a nice smooth 60fps when I stop playing FNV. However, when I come back to play FNV several months later I have stutters and less frames. Why does this happen? My mods are listed below but there shouldn't be any problems. I do indeed have NVAC and New Vegas Tick Fix.
Running on an i7 processor and 1080ti graphics card....

FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

Fallout3.esm

Anchorage.esm

ThePitt.esm

BrokenSteel.esm

PointLookout.esm

Zeta.esm

CaravanPack.esm

ClassicPack.esm

MercenaryPack.esm

TribalPack.esm

TaleOfTwoWastelands.esm

YUPTTW.esm

CompanionInfAmmo.esm

PipboyRemover.esm

Weapons.of.the.New.Millenia.esm

Sexout.esm

SexoutCommonResources.esm

SexoutSlavery.esm

FalloutTTWquestoverhaul.esp

SexoutTryout.esm

SexoutPregnancyV3.esm

SexoutOffSpring.esm

Maternity Pack Overkill.esp

Fertile Breeder.esp

NCR CF - Sexout.esp

FBCaptured.esp

FBZeta.esp

FBJade.esp

FBDCBreeder.esp

Functional Post Game Ending.esm

SexoutWorkingGirl.esp

FBFarm.esp

jokristinasclosetFO3.esm

Tammer's NIF-Bashed Weapons Mega-Pack.esm

TLD_Travelers.esm

EnclaveCommanderNV.esm

JL121_Deathsong_Brotherhood.esm

CoitoErgoSum.esm

Th3OverseerCore.esm

KhanInitiation.esp

BelthansQuoVagis.esm

Rebuild the Capital.esm

NVWillow.esp

deat.esp

The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

BQV2DLC.esp

Level100PerkPerLevel.esp

JustVanillaSprint.esp

SexoutPosNew.esp

SexoutAnimManagement.esp

SexoutFadeToBlack (1).esp

SexoutSexkey.esp

SexoutSpunk.esp

Smalltalk.esp

The Weapon Mod Menu.esp

Weapons.of.the.New.Millenia.Leveled.Lists.esp

NorthRoad.esp

Bospaladinquest.esp

Headhunting.esp

BLEED.esp

RWD-NV v1.4 [standard Version].esp

SexoutBreeder.esp

RWKNV.esp

MPO scriptaddon TTW.esp

MPO scriptaddon AllDLC.esp

Weapons.of.the.New.Millenia.Store.esp

UnlimitedCompanions.esp

SexoutConsequences (1).esp

Type3MClothing.esp

Kozzz_LD(rus).esp

bella6801_bettereyes.esp

FNV Vlad's Weapon Emporium.esp

DepthsOfDepravity.esp

GGNaughtyTradingSlavery.esp

Donta1979 MK117 Prototype Armor.esp

CompanionInfAmmoOptional.esp

Kozzz_dresses(EN).esp

TTWQO Reilly Patch.esp

CompanionInfAmmoCheat.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp

Ravishing Sin.esp

Neo's Cowgirl NV.esp

MojaveDelight.esp

SexoutSexAssault.esp

H4DMR.esp

Geonox_Riot_Armor.esp

Sexout- CES.esp

WEATHER RUDY ENB.esp

Kozzz_LC(en).esp

Kozzz_SC(en).esp

Dala_PitStopGirl_Collection.esp

Kozzz_SexyClothingsVol2(en).esp

Shake-The-Dope-Out.esp

skeleton_key.esp

Weapons.of.the.New.Millenia.Cheat.Cabinet.esp

Weapons.of.the.New.Millenia.Honest.Hearts.Grunt.Patch.esp

XVSharlArmour.esp

jasminepreset.esp

zzjayHairsFNV.esp

TTW Capital Armaments.esp

bzArmour.esp

Scorpion_Queen_Type3.esp

Total active plugins: 108

Total plugins: 108

[M48A5]

What has happened with the operation system since you last played. Any updates? That is the usual cause of problems from a few months hiatus from the game.

[Roondog]

What has happened with the operation system since you last played. Any updates? That is the usual cause of problems from a few months hiatus from the game.

I think I may of updated once or twice. How do I fix this? I am on Windows 10

Edited March 13, 2021 by Roondog

[dubiousintent]

System updates (Windows, Video, Mouse, Runtime Libraries, others) can change the way some mods affect the game. This is why it is important to keep up on what changes are made to a mod, particularly if that mod affects game stability. (See 'Essentials for Getting Started' and 'Towards Game Stability' sections of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article for a list of what I mean. Most of those do not show up in a "load order", which is why we ask for that list of mods as well.)

 

In particular "New Vegas Tick Fix" has been through a couple of updates. Check it's comments page as well.

 

* Be aware that one error may mask a number of other errors, which will not appear until those masking them have been resolved. Building a stable game consists of resolving each problem individually until none remain, and then realizing that every change you make thereafter (including updates to mods already installed) run the risk of introducing new problems. Be prepared to revert to a previous save if you do so.

Re: Stuttering or "micro-stutters". All visual stuttering or "frame rate" problems are caused by the video stream having to wait for the "art assets" required to render the display OR the game writing something to disk (such as a save game file or logging). Mostly these are due to the hard disk drive being orders of magnitude slower than VRAM, with System RAM (e.g. "ENBoost") and "solid state drives" (SSDs) being in-between. There are and will always be situations where the higher FPS will drop as you decide to head in a direction the game did not anticipate and "pre-load" into video memory.

Keep in mind that this game was designed for older PC and XBox console systems, and it is now possible for your new "latest and greatest" gaming machine to be faster than it can handle. There are internal design choices that cannot be overcome. This is especially true if you are attempting to run at a "frame rate" higher than 60FPS which can introduce unanticipated problems. (If you haven't already, try locking your video card to 60FPS for FNV.) The "video pipeline" has always been prone to problems.

The following are "mitigations" that have been found to help some people.

The mod FNV Mod Limit Fix has revealed that the "140 plugin limit" existed was because the game was opening 3 file handles for each plugin. The game has a hard coded limit of 512 maximum handles that could be opened at once, AND IT NEVER LETS THEM GO until it closes. (Potentially this applies to ALL files it opens.) This fix simply bumps that up to 2048 to allow for more room for file handles. This obviously has a potential impact upon any file related issues and makes it worth a try for that reason alone.

Please see the following entries under the 'Solutions to Performance problems' section in the wiki Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide if you haven't already.
* 'Issue: "Full screen mode" exhibits CTDs and stutters or micro-stutters'
* 'Issue: Lag or "micro stutters" even with "New Vegas Stutter Remover" installed'
* 'Issue: Win10 Screen tearing in "Borderless Windowed Mode"'
* 'Issue: CTD without warning, "Out of Memory error", or stops responding after the Main Menu' for other settings that can indirectly affect micro-stutter.
* There are also some NVSR configuration suggestions under the 'Issue: Game in slow motion' and entries. (These will not help with the "Tick Fix" alternative mod, but the author of NVSR now has a suggested configuration for Win10 linked there.)
* The 'Issue: What's with these Solid Green billboard signs in the distance (LOD)?' entry under the 'Solutions to Mesh (Red "!" icon) or Texture (solid color) problems' section can also help if your problems started after you installed VWD/LOD texture packages.
* If you are using CASM or some similar "auto-save" mod to manage your save game files (recommended), try increasing the "time between saves" set in the "save frequency"; and reducing the number of occasions it saves to the minimum (e.g. disable most "Autosave Events" in CASM) and see how that impacts the game seeming to freeze temporarily.
* If you have "NVSE logging" enabled (see the 'Checklist Item #4' entry in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide), disable it until actually needed.
(Reading from or writing to disk for any reason is the slowest thing the game does.)

The size of your image files also has an impact. Larger/higher resolution is not always "better". Please see the wiki "Display resolution versus Image Size" article.

The 'Issue: What INI edits seem to be most beneficial to performance' entry of the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide) may also be some help. However, the above mitigations are more likely to have a fundamental beneficial effect with or without any INI adjustments, so consider them as the last resort.

As you can see, there are a number of things that can underlie your problem. If one of these doesn't fix it, I would be interested to hear about any eventual solution that does. And anyone reading your post will be interested to hear the solution that worked for you.

-Dubious-

Edited March 13, 2021 by dubiousintent