AkopianAtrebates

Solved it myself, but rather than withdraw the question I thought it might be useful to see the solution. Apparently, despite going through the list a few times, I skipped the "Mesh Patch for Various Mods" at the end of the Foundations section. Hard to believe I missed it when that was the first section I looked at for a problem. Anyway, without that, the three mods listed create problems for the STEP Patch. Let somebody else learn from my mistake!

After a few years, I am back using the step process. Lot of things have changed for the better, but I am hitting a wall when it comes to getting my performance test to run with the correct mods running. In particular, if I activate the Step Patch - Conflict Revolution with any of the following three mods activated singularly or in combination, I get a crash to desktop just as the music for the game starts playing as the game loads up: 1. Acoustic Space Improvement Fixes 2. Book Covers Skyrim 3. Armor and Clothing Extension I have gone through everything as best I can and will do so again, but I thought that perhaps knowing that those three are causing a crash with the Step Patch running might give a hint as to what I must have messed up. I cannot seem to figure out anything that those mods have in common though (perhaps indicating three separate mistakes--oh my!). Anyway, any suggestions would be appreciated, and I will continue plugging away in the meantime as my frustration level allows.