Patch 1.4 20-30 min crash cycle. : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 29, 2012 5:26 pm

Just out of curiosity what are the system specs? Are you using onboard sound, hardware acceleration? Are those drivers up to date?

Sorry, meant to post that. Separate soundcard: Creative X-fi. Core2duo system with 4gigs ram. NVIDIA GTX480.

» Tue May 29, 2012 6:56 pm

Before this patch I did a clean install of the game. I got rid of all the mods I was using to start clean in that respect as well. I haven't had a single crash and have been reinstalling various mods along the way. Game is smooth as silk and so far runs flawlessly.

» Tue May 29, 2012 7:19 pm

It seems, when I untagged all mods, and took out the Anti-Freeze patch http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=2531 I was able to play for over an hour without a single crash on a brand new game. Note* The only things that remained were texture mods, and I ran Skyrim with SBW http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=4 during that time.

Feeling confident that the Anti-Freeze patch was the culprit behind the crashes, I decided to start up my previous save game, where I previously experienced crashes. After 65 min of gameplay, and as much zoning in and out I could do, while completing a few random quests. Slaying a dragon, and fighting 6 bandits at once. No crashes to report.

The only thing I could suggest to others experiencing this is to take out ALL Performance enhancing drugs... er mods, including DLLs.

No reinstall was needed. No lag to report either... well 6 on 1, slight stutter but unnoticable really.

Thanks and hope this works for you as well.

Anunnak

» Tue May 29, 2012 8:14 am

Same here, I could go days without a crash of any kind before the latest patch. I have had 3 CTDs in the last hour. Once when talking to Urag gro-Shub about the Elder Scroll, once when attempting to equip an amulet, and again when executing a sneak roll in Alftand.

Me too.

I had maybe 2 or 3 crashes on all versions to date, and on the latest version I have had 2 or 3 crashes a day.

» Tue May 29, 2012 8:02 am

If you are using the latest SKSE (1.4.8) you may have CTDs and freezes. This version is unstable with patch 1.4.21, lots of people complain at skyrimnexus. A beta version of 1.4.9 is available, you may try it. The only other way is to play without SKSE.

1.4.9 has exact same issue, every 15-20 minutes, I CTD.

I really REALLY wish Bethesda would provide a link to back track to 1.3.1. That version ran fine for me, and I never experienced any of the reported bugs that 1.4 supposedly fixed except for the occasional CTD when attempting to move during an autosave. I played through entire game 4 times with that version, even with additional mods installed. Now, well, this ctd issue is driving me insane.

» Tue May 29, 2012 4:59 pm

1.4.9 has exact same issue, every 15-20 minutes, I CTD.

I really REALLY wish Bethesda would provide a link to back track to 1.3.1. That version ran fine for me, and I never experienced any of the reported bugs that 1.4 supposedly fixed except for the occasional CTD when attempting to move during an autosave. I played through entire game 4 times with that version, even with additional mods installed. Now, well, this ctd issue is driving me insane.

1.4.10 is out.

» Tue May 29, 2012 1:13 pm

My CTDs have disappeared, updating to SKSE v1.4.10

» Tue May 29, 2012 2:50 pm

I wonder how many of the people getting crashes "caused by the Skyrim 1.4" patch will discover that it was actually caused by a mod? And, if they've blamed Bethesda for their woes, how many will apologize? When I get blamed for a software problem that is subsequently proven not to be a bug in what I have written, I am always very happy if the accuser acknowledges their error.

» Tue May 29, 2012 4:09 pm

I wonder how many of the people getting crashes "caused by the Skyrim 1.4" patch will discover that it was actually caused by a mod? And, if they've blamed Bethesda for their woes, how many will apologize? When I get blamed for a software problem that is subsequently proven not to be a bug in what I have written, I am always very happy if the accuser acknowledges their error.

Eh, if I know my code isn't the issue, which it usually is not (~95% of the time), I generally ignore them and carry on about my business.

That is why I always tell folks to turn off any and all mods and third party things, even if they say there isn't any. They may have something that doesn't belong anyways.

» Tue May 29, 2012 2:24 pm

I do ignore them if I know my code is OK, but it's still nice to get a positive follow up from someone who previously sent a mini-rant about me not testing / breaking their system, etc. Makes me smile.

» Tue May 29, 2012 7:59 am

I do ignore them if I know my code is OK, but it's still nice to get a positive follow up from someone who previously sent a mini-rant about me not testing / breaking their system, etc. Makes me smile. :smile:

Gotcha. I generally just ignore. It's very very rare that I have bugs in my code.

Personally, I prefer the full blown rant follow ups.

But there's a lesson to be learned from all this: make sure you're using the game the way it was meant to be before you cried fowl and start pointing fingers. Always read the documentation and always try the routine stuff first before you get bent out of shape.

Leaving this here for all the other folks who will be visiting this topic over the next day or so.

» Tue May 29, 2012 6:23 am

But there's a lesson to be learned from all this: make sure you're using the game the way it was meant to be before you cried fowl and start pointing fingers. Always read the documentation and always try the routine stuff first before you get bent out of shape.

Totally agree. I feel for the Bethesda devs who have - to be frank - done a great job with the 1.4 patch, but then get negative feedback that turns out to because of an issue caused by 3rd-party content. I am NOT condoning laziness or indifference on the part of the devs, but credit where credit is due and blame where blame is due.

In my case, my VERY broken saved game was totally fixed by the first beta version of 1.4. In fact, the only serious problem that I have now is that my Reunification Of Skyrim has got stuck.

» Tue May 29, 2012 5:00 pm

Yeah after receiving an email from a Beth Rep who suggested I remove all mods and other possible game enhancements, no crash since. But I repeat myself, added my 'fix' to the op.

» Tue May 29, 2012 10:24 am

I had this crash problem (mine were a mix of CTD & freeze) 2 things i found digging around my install. A left over ENB.ini & a left over Skyrim.INI (the 41 k one).

Have a good look at all your files. I am finally 6 hour stable. Since the beta 1.4.21 I could not get much past an hour. Days of fighting this I thought it was SKSE..nope...Thought MSI afterburner..nope. Thought SkyUI nope. With everything removed it sill locked at loading save or withen an hour.
The game has a new setting in the Skyrim.ini I Generate a new INI for each build (saveini) in console and compare to old. this is brand new...

[SaveGame]
bUsePagedBuffers=1

Dont know if this could cause any of this but is how i found I had an extra INI. (Game saved the INI as Update.ini) <