I just need to rant.

It is absolute crap that the game was released with these crashing issues. Was it just pushed out to reach the 11-11-11 date because it looks cool? Within the last 15 minutes of game play I've had to force restart my computer 4 times. It doesn't matter where it happens because throughout the game time I've been able to put it, it is completely random. I'll be in a house, entering a house, picking a flower, killing a dragon, picking my nose....it crashes. We're going on what, our 3rd patch since release and STILL these problems persist. Who cares about little bug problems. I think Skyrim crashing your computer is a pretty big deal and something that should at least deserved to be commented on. I've searched online and all the sources I've seen have claimed that Bethseda hasn't even commented on the crashing issues and why they're still occurring.

I. Just. Want. To. Be. Able. To. Play. The. Game. I. Payed. $60. For. Consistently.

That felt better.

Running any mods? Those need to be update after every patch.

Running the ENB Series? Try the game without that.

Are you using LAA? Until Bethesda releases their own 4GB launcher (which they are working on, which implies that they know that LAA fixes a whole lot of problems) - which people have arbitrarily decided will happen this Wednesday? - try the 4GB launcher from Skyrim Nexus. If anyone tells you you need to revert to 1.1/1.0 first they're seriously outdated, this one works fine with 1.3, Steam, and most mods (except maybe the post-process injectors?).

And just to check, you haven't tweaked uGridsToLoad or disabled vsync or anything else, have you? Disabling vsync in particular causes a whole lot of issues, even (apparently) some that shouldn't be related to it at all.

i have this same freaking problem but i cant find the damn vsync option to turn it off this game is a p.o.s with it crashing i've wasted about 10+hours playing and it crashing going back abnd ref*cking doing it cmon bethseda seriously!

You can't see the option to disable Vsync because you are not supposed to. The only way to disable Vsync is by editing the .ini files and that causes more problems. You can blame Bethesda all you wan't but many people, including me are not having any issues. Perhaps if you accept the fact that it could be your computer and try to fix it, you might end up fixing the issue rather than waiting for Bethesda to release a patch that will probably not fix anything.

The unofficial LAA causes all sorts of performance loss for me, framerates get choppy and such. I'm holding off on it till Bethesda's LAA launcher comes out. I heard that GPU drivers don't recognize the unofficial one or something so that's causing problems.

intel i7 quad core processor 4.0ghz (not 100% sure on ghz...)
8gn of ddr3 ram
1tb hardrive
1gb graphics card (ati radeon 5700series)

i think im over requirments....

I'm wondering are people aren't having any problems running 32bit OS's and therefore not having the problems that LAA is supposed to fix for us 64bit OS users?

i don't know can you give me a link and install instructions for the "laa" if it is a mod

Try Boris's ENBSeries patch - http://enbdev.com/download_en.htm
Works charms.

Here you go: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1013

thanks os what exactly does this fix? the crashing issue?

It allows the game to recognize that you have more than 2GB of RAM on your system. With 32bit OS's they can't use much more than 2GB of RAM, and the vanilla skyrim exe is a 32bit program so by default it only recognizes the first 2GB of RAM on your system. The problem is, the 64bit OS's USE more of that first 2GB of RAM as they are designed with the intent that the user will have more than 2GB, generally 4 is recommended but you can go higher. So 32bit program, 64bit OS, competing over that first 2GB of RAM, causes problems.

At least that's how I understand it, and I may be wrong.

I don't like the unofficial LAA, because nvidia and ati drivers don't seem to recognize the executable, so it cuts into your performance. You may crash less, but you'll get more instances of choppy framerates unless you have really good hardware to offset any performance loss as negligible.

I have 8GB of RAM but only a 5770 and an i5 750, so, while I can run the game on ultra settings for the most part at 30fps or so, which is playable but can be skippy at times, when I run it with the unofficial 4GB executable, I go down into the teens-20's for FPS which is not as playable.

Updated all mods....check
Make sure I'm running the 4gb model......check

Still crashing.....check

Did u modify and .ini setting ? If so is it the ugrid and exteriorcellbuffer?

PS what are ur computer specs and OS

just a quick note

the ENB and LAA guys got these fixes out in a matter of days,and have been updating them constantly.

FOR FREE FOR YOU.

now,bethesda with its huge resources managed to release a day 1 patch WHICH IS ALWAYS A BAD SIGN,then a second patch that broke the game,then a third patch to fix the broken patch,that actually fixed little to nothing.
So they actually havent fixed a damn thing in 2 months.

and while they ignored every tech support request,these ENB and LAA guys were actually fixing the game to a playable state for so many...

and for FREE !

Add this to the end of the 4GB launchers shortcut target line.

Skyrim Launcher\skyrim4gb.exe" -laaexe .\TESV.exe

Now anything looking for TESV.exe will see it and work properly.

Are you running in SLI mode? If so turn it off and know that the type of crash you are implying (I think) is occurring on numerous games old and new. I believe the game and GPU devs don't have a clue as to how to fix it. Hell, it could be W7 64 for all anyone knows.

Hmm does it also work for patch 1.3 iam getting errors that it doesnt recognise it

Which version? Mine works. (1.4, 1.5 is out to.)

Sorry, and just to be clear, you added just the -laaexe .\TESV.exe right? (I've since made it bold in the original post to be more clear for any who may try and add the whole lot.)

i am would love for it to be fixed, i am around 70 hrs in.
But thats 70hrs with it crashing in atleast once per 30 mins. Today it crashed 3 time in 10 mins, trying to fast travel b/t locations. I havent used the 4gb mod yet im going to give it a try now hopefully it will give me a good run, been using the ini tweaker which generally gives me a better run with it than without (lags abit but ill trade time playing for perfomance any day).
Just wondering if the ctd is happening for both CD bought and steam bought?

Win 7 home premium 64-bit
6gig ram
radeon HD 5970
intel i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz
anything i miss?

I tried that, loaded, went running down a road, CTD. Like 30s.

Which .ini settings do u use? Mainly the ugrid and exteriorcellbuffer are sensitive for ctds

Here's a list of all the .ini settings I use that aren't default:

skyrim.ini

this is added to the end of the file:
[MapMenu]
sMapCloudNIF=0
What this does is remove the cloud cover from the map whenyou look at the world map. Allowing you to you know, see the landscape.

skyrimprefs.ini

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5
(normally 3) blurs shadow edges to make them less jagged, I could tune it up a bit but it results in performance loss.
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
These make more objects on the landscape able to cast shadows on themselves, making them look more realistic and giving more depth

That's it, everything else is default.

Try disabling the bDrawLandShadows=1 and set it yo 0.

Ive noticed it renders shadows where there shuldnt be any, besides it doesnt look better (my opinion ^^ ) and it can may cause some ctds.

But I dont think that one is the main cause of ur problem. It seems ati is more susceptible to crashes come to think about it. I see alot of people having problems while having ati hardware. I heard a new update is out 12.1 or something so check that out