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Thanks madwizard all sensible suggestions that I will look into. I'm going to try a few things (namely, avoiding the high res texture packs entirely) and see how I get on. I'm hoping that its not an issue with my load order/set up and I simply didn't consider that my system wouldn't be able to perform. This is the first time I've come across that so perhaps an upgrade is I'm order. I'll be back to update once finished.

This is interesting. I tried vanilla skyrim with the Official HD texture pack, all graphical settings turned to 'high, 4XAA, 16XAF, averaging out at about 8 on the scales for object/actor/light fade (specularity set to max). I basically rarely went over 25 fps, and in some places it dropped to about 12. In fact, it crashed, not too far into the cart scene (a bit further than usual) :\. The GPU-Z log says I was running at about 750mb of vram for the entire time, but don't think that's enough to cause a crash right? I don't think I've ever actually tried using the official HD pack, as hadn't really played Skyrim since they came out. Always thought my PC could handle it. So I tried with plain old ugly vanilla skyrim with the same settings and my FPS was improved (averaging 25-30 although still a bit sluggish in the busy places i.e. approaching the town, getting my head chopped off, etc) but it didn't crash and Vram usage was about 640mb. I'm pretty certain that it used to run better than that before, although I did download the latest beta drivers the other day. Does this tell me (i.e. you) anything? I'll do some more testing tomorrow and get some proper notes.

Bugger it - I've just cleared the install! Was going to try again using Wrye Bash as its more of a hassle deleting manually installed files than just starting again. At least I can play around with it in Wrye Bash (at least, that's the theory). Shouldn't take me too long to get up and running again and will upload a report when I do. Thanks for your help.

Here I are, back again, etc. With a picture for you. And I think it may confirm your suspicions. That also, I appear to be missing a gig of ram (I think). :confused: Greatful for your thoughts.

Thanks for the considered replies all. I will download the performance checker and see if there's an issue with Gpu, and/or try using a reduced number of the high tech mods. To answer a couple of questions raised here: I definitely checked vanilla worked before starting moding again; I had previously optimised the textures using the simple version of the optimiser suggested in the STEP guide; This morning I managed to load a previous save (from the test of vanilla above) just before the character creation. It ran ok and even managed to tinker with the character creator for a bit (but I was getting a lot of black textures) before it crashed again. I'll let you know how I get on this evening. Thanks again!

Do you think that might be the issue? I'm pretty sure I picked all the low res texture packs where possible (kowing my machine wouldn't be able to handle it up high). Will try tinkering again tonight when I've finished work. And thanks.

Hello, me again. So, I managed to get wrye bash working and installed all the mods. Or at least I thought I did. I could load the game up, but it would CTD whilst a few seconds into the opening 'cart' sequence. I tried a few things (messing with settings, refreshed ini) still no joy, so I uninstalled everything (I couldn't get Skyrim to work even after uninstalling all the mods via wrye bash), then uninstalled skyrim, THEN uninstalled Steam (because I forgot to reverse the skyrim unplugged thing), and then set about following the guide again and doing it manually/via NMM when prompted. Same thing again, a couple of seconds into my cart ride I get a CTD with no error or message. It simply closes. :( Hugely frustrating, i have spent hours this week trying to get this to work. I am fairly close to giving up all told. Since you were all so helpful last time I thought I might ask if anyone has any ideas? I'm running a 2.4ghz dc, 4gb ram, gtx260. Thanks in advance.

You sir, are a legend. It worked! I'm not sure why I didn't try the alternative wyre bash installer you linked (fyi they both tell you to do contradictory things in the initial set up) but I can now see all the mods. Thank you (and z929669) for your help.

Nope. Tried that, still not appearing. Wow, how incredibly frustrating. I thought I'd have a bit of trouble sorting out the packages but not at this early stage! I think I'll just go with Mod organiser. its probably a happy medium for someone of my technical aptitude... Thanks for your help anyway. Really appreciate it.

Thanks for the swift response. I deleted, as you suggested. I have both of those folders (although my home drive is F: not C:). Unfortunately, still no joy, and I got this error message too (attached). Grateful for any further assistance you might be willing to furnish me with!

Hello. I'm new here (hi hi) and wondered if some of you mod savvy types might be able to assist. I came across the STEP guide accidentally after installing a load of mods using NMM and having skyrim crash on me every five minutes. So, I thought I'd follow the guide to the letter in the hope of getting a better game without all the CTD. So, I've been using the STEP wiki as a starting point, going the Wyre Bash route (as per the wiki instructions). It's all fairly daunting but I consider myself not a complete novice when it comes to mods, and thought the instructions were fairly clear. BUT.... For some reason the mod packages I've downloaded (and painstakingly renamed) aren't showing up in Wyre Bash. When I hit the 'installer' tab in wyre bash, it clearly scans all the packages, but then nothing. They don't appear. I wonder if its something to do with the bash.ini. I think I followed the instructions in the wiki but I may have made a mistake somewhere. Essentially what I did was make the bash_default copy, opened the copy up, went to edit>> replace and replaced '\oblivion' with '\skyrim', saved the copy as all documents 'bash.ini and left it right there. It seemed to create the 'skyrim mods' folder correctly, but I wonder if I did something wrong? Grateful for all and any help. I'd quite like to get my head around Wyrebash as I am a big fan of modding so would help for the future, but if more experienced peeps out there reckon Im too much of a noob and should go with Mod Organiser instead I'm willing to accept defeat. I would just rather get my head around Wyre Bash! Thanks in advance. P.s. if its any help, it seems whatever version of Wyre bash I'm using is 295.5(Standalone)