dbrown1986

Sorry, I've been away for a while sorting out college stuffs. Don't mean to bump this topic; but I've recently reinstalled OS, so I'm going to try and run TESV through SPM and see if the thunder thing happens again. If it does and my RAM/VRAM spikes at that point, then I will remove Immersive thunder and all that jazz, if no spikes occur and it crashes, I will still disable the mod and try and post SPM statistics here. EDIT: Here is the SPM. Game ran for 12 minutes before locking up in the caverns below Helgen, just after leaving the Mage's torture chamber. No CTD, just froze but could still hear music and audio. Just complete and total frame stop. It looks like the GPU is breaking 1GB, the game then drops frames to try and compensate and then rather than throttling the card, it just simply gives up. Am I too dinosaur to be running STEP?

Okay, so here's what I did. I went back to vanilla, started a new game and let the carriage ride run its course. All went well and as soon as it autosaves after getting off the carraige but before character generation is when I quit and installed STEP and ENB, everything worked fine, made a character and played for about an hour, got to the Whiterun stables, thunder struck, then as the screen went white, it crashed to desktop >.<.

Yeah, I wont have time to upgrade until October, so I think I'll take a vanilla post-chargen and go with that, see if it works. What I have now: MSI P43-C51 LGA775 Mainboard Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz SUPERTALENT DDR3-1066 8GB (4GB x 2 in Dual Channel) (CAS: 7-7-9-20) MSI Radeon 5870 1GB DDR5 (I like to pair mobo's with video cards as much as possible). What I will be getting in October: MSI Z77A-GD65 LGA 1155 Mainboard Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 (CAS 9-9-9-21) MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 $784.96 in upgrades O.o but more than enough to run most games flawlessly... My old setup has done me well for years, and I've upgraded the mainboard, ram and video here and there, but I figure it's time to retire it soon.

I'm using a Q6600 Quad Core with 8GB RAM and a Radeon 5870 1GB DDR5. The carraige ride does dip from 17fps to 8fps, I can deal with 17 now and then, game usually runs around 22-30 w/ STEP full. So perhaps I go through chargen first with a vanilla skyrim, then save after chargen and install STEP, that should work, yes?

Meanwhile, while I wait for tips, I'm going to run the LO through TES5Edit and see if it flags any errors. Here's my LO, Also let me know if you need any other details. Active Mod Files: 00 Skyrim.esm 01 Update.esm 02 Dawnguard.esm 03 HearthFires.esm 04 Dragonborn.esm 05 ApachiiHair.esm 06 Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm 07 Deus Mons.esm 08 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm 09 SPIKE.esm 0A portal2mod.esp 0B HighResTexturePack01.esp 0C HighResTexturePack02.esp 0D Brawl Bugs CE.esp 0E Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 1.3.3b] 0F Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp [Version 1.2.3] 10 Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp [Version 1.1.1] 11 Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp [Version 1.0.4] 12 Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp [Version 1.1.2] 13 Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp 14 Better Dynamic Snow.esp 15 Rainbows.esp 16 BWS.esp 17 Clanking Armor.esp 18 IHSS.esp 19 Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp 1A randomthunder.esp 1B Thundering Shouts.esp 1C mintylightningmod.esp 1D StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp 1E TradeBarter.esp 1F 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.esp 20 Ars Metallica.esp [Version 1.2.0] 21 Ars Metallica - Dawnguard.esp [Version 1.2.0] 22 Ars Metallica - Hearthfire.esp [Version 1.2.0] 23 Ars Metallica - Dragonborn.esp [Version 1.2.0] 24 BirdsHFclean.esp 25 Birdsofskyrim.esp 26 BLESSINGS - Altar Descriptions.esp 27 Bring Out Your Dead.esp [Version 1.2] 28 Chesko_WearableLantern.esp 29 Chesko_WearableLantern_Guards.esp 2A Chesko_WearableLantern_Candle_DG.esp 2B Chesko_WearableLantern_Caravaner.esp 2C ClamsDropPearls.esp 2D Dead Body Collision.esp 2E Disease Descriptions.esp 2F DD_Dawnguard Additions.esp 30 DD_Dragonborn Additions.esp 31 Dual Sheath Redux.esp 32 DungeonQuestAwareness.esp 33 fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp [Version 1.0] 34 manny Lantern Caretakers.esp 35 MVABasic.esp 36 MVAIvarstead.esp 37 MVARorikstead.esp 38 Moss Rocks.esp 39 Oblivion Gates v3 without Markers - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp 3A ORM-Arvak.esp 3B PilgrimsDelight.esp 3C Point The Way.esp [Version 1.0.1a] 3D RabbitsPlus.esp 3E Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp 3F ShootingStars.esp 40 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp 41 SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp [Version 1.1] 42 SMDropLitTorch.esp 43 Traps Make Noise.esp 44 Convenient Horses.esp 45 Auto Unequip Ammo.esp 46 Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp 47 Footprints.esp 48 Footprints - Ash.esp 49 NoxUE2.00.esp 4A RaceMenu.esp 4B RaceMenuPlugin.esp 4C WetandCold.esp 4D WetandCold - Ashes.esp 4E SkyUI.esp 4F iHUD.esp 50 Elemental Staves.esp 51 ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp 52 imp_helm.esp 53 imp_helm_dawn.esp 54 imp_helm_imp.esp 55 Lock Overhaul.esp 56 Deus Mons_WithNPCs.esp 57 Gildergreen Regrown.esp [Version 1.2.5] 58 HallsOfDovahndor.esp 59 Run For Your Lives.esp [Version 1.2.2] 5A When Vampires Attack.esp [Version 1.0.3] 5B SkyrimChimneysRW.esp 5C The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.4] 5D SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp 5E Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp 5F Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp 60 BetterQuestObjectives.esp 61 BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp 62 BetterQuestObjectives-DBForevertoMisc.esp 63 BlockSparkles.esp 64 Distant DetailHF.esp 65 DiversePriests.esp 66 DiversePriests_BringOutYourDeadPatch.esp 67 dynamic fires.esp 68 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp 69 masser Size x0.5.esp 6A More Salt Please.esp 6B dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp 6C NonEssentialChildren.esp 6D BetterQuestObjectives-NECPatch.esp 6E secunda Size x0.5.esp 6F dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp 70 dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp 71 Thieves Guild Requirements.esp 72 Waterbreathing Breathless Emerge.esp 73 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp 74 WeaponsArmorFixes_MultiMod_DLCPatch.esp 75 AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.esp 76 Chesko_Step418.esp 77 Unique Region Names.esp [Version 2.1] 78 Open Cities Skyrim.esp [Version 0.9.9a] 79 SoS - The Dungeons.esp [Version 1.23] 7A SoS - The Wilds.esp [Version 1.13] 7B SoS - Civilization.esp [Version 1.02] 7C BFSEffects.esp 7D DeadlySpellImpacts.esp 7E Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp 7F Enhanced Soul Trap.esp 80 Soul Gems Differ - E.esp 81 dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp 82 Beards.esp 83 Brows.esp 84 SGHairPack06.esp 85 SGHairPack04.esp 86 SGHairPack01.esp 87 SGHairPack03.esp 88 SGHairPack05.esp 89 SGHairPack02.esp 8A Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp 8B SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp [Version 1.4] 8C Follower Trap Safety.esp 8D moveitLWT.esp 8E dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp 8F Animated Weapon Enchants.esp 90 DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp 91 WATER.esp 92 WATER Plants.esp 93 WATER DB Waves.esp 94 SPTConsistentOlderPeopleCompatability.esp 95 DiversePriests_ConsistentOlderPeoplePatch.esp 96 Bashed Patch, 0.esp 97 Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp 98 Auto Unequip Shield.espUPDATE: TES5Edit only produced one error for DeusMons.esp 01:38] Background Loader: <Warning: File [07] Deus Mons.esm with Group GRUP Cell Children of [CELL:00000D74] (in Tamriel "Skyrim" [WRLD:0000003C] at 0,0) is missing an overriden record for [CELL:00000D74] (in Tamriel "Skyrim" [WRLD:0000003C] at 0,0)

So I installed all core and non-core mods, took EVERY care to adhere to all detailed instructions, ran FNIS and DSR patches, used Wrye bash, applied crime radius fix, did archiveinvalidations, used BOSS and cleaned all files (with the exception of Guard Dialogue) that needed to be clean; and I have done as much as I can to ensure a clean and prestine STEP install in skyrim. I am also using an ENB w/ SweetFX, the latest TESV update and SKSE. Here's what happens: The game starts as normal, gets to the main menu with no issues. I start a new character. The prologue progresses (QUITE UNUSUALLY) to the point of beheading. The scene starts with everyone outside the carraige (I assume this is the game sorting out all the NPC's and PC on the carraige, which your not supposed to see until after the black screen fades away, so there is apparent lag there). During the approach to Helgen, the cart stops abruptly, backs up, does a barrel roll, then continues. In Helgen, the cart exceeds its stopping point, then does another barrel roll, backs up to a point right next to the other cart, and you and the NPC's get off at a point nowhere near where you're supposed to (the opposite side of the cart and quite far from the Guard Captain and Hadvar). Then, the rollcall proceeds as normal, until they call Lokir, he says his "WAIT! We're not rebels" spiel and then the game does nothing... Lokir doesn't run off, the guard doesn't call the archers to shoot him he just stands there... looking worried as hell for all eternity... -OR- The game crashes the minute the prologue starts So... WTF did I miss? Any clues?