Frequent CTD, missing walls and floors. : V

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:06 am

I've recently been having issue with crashes and walls and floors, particularly in Solitude buildings, vanishing and opening up the area to the gray abyss.

I tried uninstalling, removing most everything in the Skyrim folders, and reinstalling Skyrim, my utilities, and my mods, but I've been running into the problem again and much more rapidly. I'm not sure which mods might be causing it, and I've been going through one-by-one activation to find the culprit. BOSS doesn't give many suggestions on compatibility and I've been having trouble connecting to Steam workshop to view the details there, so if anyone could point out a likely culprit or if I may have missed a step in reinstalling, I'd be grateful.

Active Mod Files:

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00  Skyrim.esm01  Update.esm02  BreezehomeLightingFix.esp03  Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp  [Version 1.0]04  Chesko_Frostfall.esp05  enhanceddynamicweathersystem.esp06  SoS - The Dungeons.esp  [Version 1.10]07  SoS - The Wilds.esp  [Version 1.0.1]08  Birds.esp09  Deeper Snow.esp0A  dd - enhanced blood main.esp0B  dragonsoulstoperks.esp0C  Dwemer Certified.esp  [Version 1.08]0D  enhanceddistantterrain.esp0E  hqsnow.esp0F  increasedbountyrewards.esp10  ktxcompleteskyforge.esp11  lt_better_horses.esp12  lt_camping.esp13  moredragonloot.esp14  morerain.esp15  MoreVillageAnimals.esp16  smithingextended.esp17  Tamriel Compendium.esp  [Version 1.0]18  vibrantauroras.esp19  Auto Unequip Arrows.esp1A  skyui.esp1B  BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp1C  minemapmarkers.esp1D  smakit_house_markers.esp1E  dragonboneweaponscomplete.esp1F  WVExpansion.esp20  Dragon Falls Manor.esp21  SeabreezeEstate.esp22  lightertools.esp23  alternate sunglare.esp24  Better Dynamic Snow.esp25  DynamicMerchants.esp26  faster vanilla horses.esp27  guardskillcomments.esp28  HigherLevelEnemies.esp29  lush grass and trees.esp2A  more dragons.esp2B  WATER.esp  [Version 1.3]2C  waterfxgetwet.esp2D  Distant Detail.esp2E  Spells Cast Light.esp2F  thatsice.esp30  detailed outskirts.esp31  detailed cities.esp32  imp's more complex needs.esp  [Version 0.24]33  MidasSkyrim.esp34  dovahkiinrelax.esp35  enchanting freedom.esp36  shenkthieveryoverhaul.esp37  the dance of death.esp38  magicscaling.esp39  UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp3A  Live Another Life.esp  [Version 1.4.1]3B  RCRN Pure - Hybrid Shaders.esp3C  Perky.esp3D  terrain bump.esp3E  Bashed Patch, 0.esp

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:58 am

remove all mods that cover:
texture packs, water modification, skyrim 2k etc, dungeon packs
in fact just remove all terrain altering mods.

then try to run the game.

These mods made ctd and missing walls for me:
-skyrim 2k
-skyrim flora overhaul
-WATER
-sounds of skyrim

also, i see you are using WATER
it should be the last load order.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:34 am

remove all mods that cover:
texture packs, water modification, skyrim 2k etc, dungeon packs
in fact just remove all terrain altering mods.

then try to run the game.

These mods made ctd and missing walls for me:
-skyrim 2k
-skyrim flora overhaul
-WATER
-sounds of skyrim

also, i see you are using WATER
it should be the last load order.

Actually BOSS places WATER correctly now, ie near the end (doesn't NEED to be dead last in the load order), so see no need to move that at all. Also, texture mods should not cause crashes at all unless you're using mods that are too heavy for the VRAM you have available (if you have ~1gb VRAM, try using 1024 versions of texturemods rather than 2048+)

» Thu May 31, 2012 4:42 pm

I followed the suggestions, deactivating just about all the texture mods I thought could cause this, as well as WATER. and the other Water FX mod.

It seemed much of my outdoors problems was a combination of WATER and SoS - removing SoS turned it from a CTD to a freeze, and removing WATER seems to have for the moment stopped it completely.

Toggling WATER on and off and visiting a few Solitude buildings (namely Blue Palace and the Bards College), both by entering normally and using COC, seem to show that it was the main cause between the missing models.

Current load list, going to start trying to reactivate some of the other mods and see if they were possibly at fault too.

Active Mod Files:

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00  Skyrim.esm01  Update.esm02  Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp  [Version 1.0]03  Chesko_Frostfall.esp04  enhanceddynamicweathersystem.esp05  Birds.esp06  dd - enhanced blood main.esp07  dragonsoulstoperks.esp08  Dwemer Certified.esp  [Version 1.08]09  increasedbountyrewards.esp0A  ktxcompleteskyforge.esp0B  lt_better_horses.esp0C  lt_camping.esp0D  moredragonloot.esp0E  MoreVillageAnimals.esp0F  smithingextended.esp10  Tamriel Compendium.esp  [Version 1.0]11  vibrantauroras.esp12  Auto Unequip Arrows.esp13  skyui.esp14  BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp15  minemapmarkers.esp16  smakit_house_markers.esp17  dragonboneweaponscomplete.esp18  WVExpansion.esp19  Dragon Falls Manor.esp1A  SeabreezeEstate.esp1B  lightertools.esp1C  alternate sunglare.esp1D  DynamicMerchants.esp1E  faster vanilla horses.esp1F  guardskillcomments.esp20  HigherLevelEnemies.esp21  more dragons.esp22  Distant Detail.esp23  Spells Cast Light.esp24  thatsice.esp25  imp's more complex needs.esp  [Version 0.24]26  MidasSkyrim.esp27  dovahkiinrelax.esp28  enchanting freedom.esp29  shenkthieveryoverhaul.esp2A  the dance of death.esp2B  magicscaling.esp2C  UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp2D  Live Another Life.esp  [Version 1.4.1]2E  RCRN Pure - Hybrid Shaders.esp2F  Perky.esp30  Bashed Patch, 0.esp

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:54 am

WATER is problematic for sure.