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https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/45894/ New upload. I like to play Skyrim on Master level with additional combat and enemy AI enhancers etc. That means that I die if I get careless, which happens. I like to roleplay my game and death and reload were always breaking immersion for me, but I couldn't find a mod that would offer a agreeable solution. This one does, and I will be probably trying it in my game: Some precautions been taken to avoid breaking some quests:Â And this bit sounds like FUN:

Or just get both of them :) Wolf Follower seems complex and heavily scripted though, judging on description only. Would need to test on a heavily modded game I think. Must say that I am a lot more hesitant towards installing scripted mods after all the problems I've been through - freezes and ILS's perspective scares me!

Yeah, I intended for this thread to be a general information and guideline. I only used mod-specific examples to better demonstrate and differentiate between types of issues. I like your vision of general informative threads that educate users rather than hand guide them. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

Agreed with all you've posted, Aiyen. That's why I clearly stated that there is no offence meant by my post, only educational values, hopefully someone will find it useful. I am no expert whatsoever when it comes to modding, but I have enough experience to be able to share I think (hope!). And yeah, I did mention combat and gave an example of those 3 mods, as this is the most common freeze cause for STEP community :)

Thanks for your input, DYEMB. I added the below text to the OP.

Ha! Great minds think alike :D Feel free to edit / add comments mate. Re the colours - I had to make the thread hidden, as was making some corrections. You could see it as staff, but it was all red. Should be visible to all now and standard colours.

Some of the less experienced users may incorrectly identify the type of issues they come across. No offence intended, we've all been there once :) Most of you will be aware of the below, but I think it's beneficial to have this summarised. Therefore: KNOW YOUR PROBLEM The difference between CTD, ILS and freeze There are 3 basic game breaking problems one may come across when playing Skyrim. It's important that you can differentiate between them and know what may be causing them, and how to fix them. Please note that Skyrim engine is a strange animal and the below definitions will not always be accurate. I base the below on my own observations and experience, and if anyone can add something or correct me, feel free to post and I will edit this thread accordingly. 1. CTD - Crash To Desktop What is it? CTD occurs when Skyrim application is suddenly closed and you get kicked out to desktop. What causes it? The most likely culprits are either (in)famous 3.1GB RAM limit crash OR mod or script conflicts. The first one occurs mainly when you have too many high resolution textures loaded up and since Skyrim is unable to utilise more than 3.1 GB RAM when it reaches that limit, your game crashes. How to fix it? If it's texture size related - either use ENBoost program to allow Skyrim reduce memory use or if you don't want to use it, reduce size of the textures you use. Mod conflicts often can be fixed by identifying CTD spot, making a vanilla save there and gradually increase a number of installed mods (say, 5 at a time), to see when the CTD will occur, so that you can identify the mod that causes your CTD. 2. ILS - Infinite Loading Screen What is it? Infinite Loading Screen means that you are stuck on a loading screen forever. It occurs during transitions from one area to another or when loading a saved game. The animation keeps playing, the quotes change, but the game never loads up. For area transitions it happens most often when exiting an interior or exiting from a city into Skyrim land. Some ILS-potent spots were identified as follows:  - Dragonsreach -> Whiterun loading screen  - Jorvaskaar -> Whiterun loading screen  - Markarth -> Skyrm loading screen. What causes it? ILS means that the game engine is not capable to load all the information it requires and quite often there is no definite solution. It's basically "You have too many mods installed" case. The game is trying to load all the meshes, scripts, textures etc., and it's just too much to cope with. How to fix it? The solution is to decrease the number of mods. It's recommended to remove LOD mods in the first instance. 3. Game Freeze What is it? We can talk about game freeze, when your screen (yes, you guessed right) freezes during gameplay. Neither keyboard nor mouse work, but the game doesn't crash to desktop. What causes it? Game freezes are often caused by Papyrus scripts clogging. The game engine can only cope with so many scripts running at the same time and if you will have too many mods that add scripts, you may come across freezes. How to fix it? The freezes can be difficult to diagnose. Use your intuition. An example: If your game often freezes during combat, check which combat mods are script-heavy. Enhanced Blood Textures, Burn Freeze Shock and Deadly Spell Impacts are good examples of mods that can cause your game to freeze (I am using this example, as it's confirmed information). Remember - there's no 100% confidence that it's any one mod. It's the overall script load and often removing ANY of the mods can solve the problem. You only have to decide which of the mods you need least. Another method is to enable Papyrus logging, play the game and once it freezes, check last entries in the Papyrus log - sometimes it will contain some indication at which of the scripts failed. The solution is to reduce the number of scripted mods.

Those mods cause freezes rather than CTD's. @OP: * I take it you have optimised vanilla textures (you've stated you followed STEP to the letter)? * What texture size do you use for STEP mods? You may be coming across the (in)famous 3.1 GB RAM CTD issue.

Or you can adjust Uncapper ini file to give you extra perks each X levels for example :)

These edits were not present USKP, as far as I remember.

So, regarding Unofficial Patches - just to summarise, and correct me if I'm wrong: - Unofficial Patches 2.0+ can be installed and sorted as normal in MO 1.0+ - The problem with the two mentioned scripts is not a problem with MO, and user should be aware if the mods that provide those scripts and overwrite the ones provided by UPs carry UP's fixes forward OR if they change them for mod-specific purposes. If the answer to both questions is no, then the scripts should be deleted.

Do you use MO? If so, maybe try installing directly into Skyrim folder via another mod manager and run the game normally, not via MO, to see if you have the same problem there. It may be MO issue. I recall vaguely having something like that months ago, but I can't remember exactly...

I checked the importer yesterday and I don't think it worked correctly. I'll need to do some more proper testing, but not sure if I'll find today, had a busy weekend and need to catch up on couple of things at home.

Just to make sure - are you working on a new game or existing save made prior to removing some mods?

This is extremely strange, never seen that before. Did you use TES5EDIT for anything? Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4

It's not that. It's lack of... .NET Framework! I was running a newly installed game from Steam and it was reinstalling .NET Framework, when I cancelled the installation process, hence .NET Framework must have been deleted, but never reinstalled. But the errors that Windows is throwing then! Ridiculous!

I came across this error today. I am unable to run Skyrim anymore. It doesn't matter whether skse_loader.exe is run from Skyrim folder directly or via mod manager (MO), it displays the following error: And then the file disappears from Skyrim folder. When I try to copy it over again, I get this error: And the file reappears in Skyrim folder, but it's 0 KB size (see screen above). At that point I can delete it and copy it in again. And go back to sqaure 1 when the firs error above is displayed again. I scanned this file with Avast and Malware Bytes and nothing was found... I have it from SKSE website. Any ideas?

I've actually managed to get my character to level 10 before ILS killed my game last time. I'm now recreating my set up again... Sometimes I think this is a form of hell we're all in. You get a very good game. You're given tons of excellent mods for it. You're want to play a moded game but you can never mod the game and the modding becomes the game eventually. Game that you can never win. Ever. Forever! MwahahahahaHAHAHAHAAAA! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

No, what I meant was that the style completely didn't fit my game, it was too bright, blocky and not looking nicely in conjunction with my set up. Maybe with other mod pack it would play right, but with what I've got.

Yeah, that's why I'm asking. Some cells have changed weather type for no apparent reason... Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4

Why is this mod changing weather in some cells?

I loaded this to my game, checked around Windhlem bridge and they look horrible unfortunately - don't fit my game at all. I use BDS and Vivid Landscape series.

No idea to be honest, but I'd reinstall anyway :) Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4

Did you try uninstalling and installing WB again?

Marking as solved then I guess.