Skyrim CTD every 5mins (10 if it's feeling generous). I tried ever

[naxx06]

Hi,

 

So for the last couple of days I have been having serious amounts of problems with my Skyrim. I started modding it last month and now I have over 120 mods for it. Few days ago the game would just freeze mid battle with sounds looping, I'd have to ctrl+alt+del to close it. Then I started getting some stuttering while playing but it was manageable enough to play. Now in its final form, my game has been CTDing every 5mins or so. I have been browsing forums after forums for days trying to fix it, I used BOSS to optimize my load order, I used TESedit to clean my mods, I even uninstalled and reinstalled the game and all the mods but I'm still crashing to desktop. I don't know what to do anymore.

 

Here are my PC specs:

 

Intel Core i7 3770 3.50ghz

GTX 680

16gigs RAM

Windows 7 64bit

 

Here are my mods (sorry im new to forum so I dont know how to use spoiler tags)

 

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

Dragonborn.esm

ApachiiHair.esm

RaceCompatibility.esm

CLARALUX - More and Brighter Lights.esm

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

SkyMoMod.esm

SPIKE.esm

TERAArmors.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

MoreRainWindy33percentLessView.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

LIAT - Sounds.esp

FootstepsSoundsOverhaul.esp

Skyrim Shadow Striping Fix.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

BellyachesNewDragonSpecies.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-4.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-1.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-2.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - lvl-3.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Climates of Tamriel - default.esp

LIAT - NPCs.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Footprints.esp

Footprints - Ash.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

WetandCold.esp

SkyUI.esp

Cloaks.esp

Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

1nivWICCloaks.esp

1nivWICCloaksCRAFT.esp

1nivWICCloaksNoGuards.esp

Ghosu - Weapon Pack 1.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

isilnarsil.esp

LostLongSwords.esp

MashupUNP.esp

TERAArmors.esp

Dr_Bandolier.esp

Monster Wars.esp

whiterun spruce by revan1199.esp

360WalkandRunPlus-RunBackwardSpeedAdjust.esp

Babette.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

Immersive Weapons.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

Realistic Lighting.esp

Realistic Lighting Patcher.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Illuminated Spells.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

Predator Vision.esp

DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

DeadlySpellImpacts - Two Fire.esp

FNISspells.esp

ShowRaceMenuAlternative.esp

Horsemen Combat Enhancement.esp

The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp

ACE BYOG.esp

ACE Speech.esp

ACE Archery.esp

ACE Armor.esp

ACE Enchanting.esp

ACE Magic.esp

ACE Melee.esp

ACE Smithing.esp

ACE Synergy.esp

TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

TemptressVixen.esp

UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

UFO - Dawnguard AddOn.esp

Amanda.esp

Lyla.esp

Michelle.esp

Misha.esp

CerwidenCompanion.esp

moveitLWT.esp

getSnowy.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

WATER DB Waves.esp

GreenWaterFix_Compatible.esp

Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

Riverwood Reborn.esp

Windfull Skyrim.esp

The Ningheim.esp

zzEstrus.esp

DeadlyMutilation.esp

dD-Dragonborn-EBT Patch.esp

My BOSS logs are pretty much clean now except for UFO companion mod but no matter how much I clean it, it never changes.

Thank you

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rhowington]

RLO and COT are in the wrong load order. Run BOSS.

[prod80]

if you have modified uGridsToLoad in Skyrim.ini I would suggest to set that back to the default values;

 

uGridsToLoad=5

uExteriorCellBuffer=36

 

then create a new game (your old save game wont open) and see if you still get crashes.

 

UgridsToLoad causes (can cause) many issues on a modded game, no matter what a beast of a PC you have, its still just a 32 bit application.

[Shredy777]

I know opinions differ on this matter. But it's my opinion that RLO and COT do NOT go together very well. I had both of them installed in a previous installation and it was CTD mayhem. There is a tutorial somewhere on the net about how to properly combine those 2 mods, but I would really advice against it. Right now I'm using CoT and ELFX and it works like a charm!

[prod80]

both RLO and COT authors say they are specially made to complement each other and are under suggested mods on both sides... I dunno... what to believe... mod authors or random website... mmmhhh :D anyway I run them for a long time with zero issues. I cant see as well how a lighting mod and a weather mod could ever crash your game

[Shredy777]

Uhm...when you go to http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17802//?

 

You can read that it's also a lighting mod. It will change the vanilla lighting of the game. If you also have RLO, which does the exact same thing, you can get problems.

I had the interior lighting package of both RLO and COT installed and I had huge problems with the lighting switching on/off. When I removed the RLO pack this problem went away.

 

Anyway, on the other hand, prod80 also knows what he is talking about. So maybe you should just try deactivating one mod at the time and try to find the bad guy that way. I know it takes a lot of time, I couldn't get myself to do it either and ended up with a fresh install ;)

 

Right now I have a heavily modded Skyrim running perfectly.(With some minor issues ;) )

[ripple]

both RLO and COT authors say they are specially made to complement each other and are under suggested mods on both sides... I dunno... what to believe... mod authors or random website... mmmhhh :biggrin: anyway I run them for a long time with zero issues. I cant see as well how a lighting mod and a weather mod could ever crash your game

They actually all 'conflict' (RLO, COT, ELFX), because they edit some of the same imagespace, lighting records, and in some cases cell changes. You can also actually use all 3 but in the case of RLO and ELFX, it would be redundant because they overlap each other in so many of the changes that only the one placed later in the load order will work properly (basic CoT edits without the interior lighting changes should have minimal conflicts with RLO that it will not be noticeable).

 

But in general, while conflicting edits from lighting mods (these and 'Relighting Skyrim') may cause all sorts of visual anomalies, they shouldn't cause CTDs. CoT is another matter, since it does use scripts to control the weather system. It's been a while since I've used CoT, but if CoT is suspected as the culprit in CTDs, those CTDs would be 'outdoors' only, in the worldspace. Since the OP didn't specify the location of the CTD s/he is experiencing (worldspace, interior cells, dungeons, etc.), it's hard to say if CoT might be the culprit.

[Agnusthemagi]

Skyrim Project Stability - http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32363

Is what you need, try it, it fixed the same situation CTD near Riverwood every 5 mins. If havent already, set your sound card quality to 44.1 KHz 16 bits, highter than that gives CTD with Sound Overhaul.

[MShoap13]

Papyrus overload is also a possibility. I see UFO and lots of custom followers + Footprints, Cloaks, CoT, etc..

 

 

if you have modified uGridsToLoad in Skyrim.ini I would suggest to set that back to the default values;

 

uGridsToLoad=5

uExteriorCellBuffer=36

 

then create a new game (your old save game wont open) and see if you still get crashes.

 

UgridsToLoad causes (can cause) many issues on a modded game, no matter what a beast of a PC you have, its still just a 32 bit application.

 

To revert uGrids setting without bailing on your character, open the game and load your character, alt+tab out and set uGrids back down to 5 in the .ini, save the .ini and alt+tab back into the game, open the console and type "refini", make a new save game.

It's recommended to exit to the menu and then load the new save you just made to make sure the uGrids change took without issues.

[naxx06]

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. As for COT i got rid of that long ago once i got RLO. What you're seeing there is Lantern of Tamriel COT preset, which I turned off and it actually stabilized my game a lot. I was still CTDing after 30mins or so, so I lowered my audio quality like augensthemagi suggested. I havent seen any crashes so far. My game is still stuttering but that maybe coz i have so many HD re-textures.

 

I will keep you all updated.