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Ok thanks, I definitely did not put them in that order. I'll post again after playing a while to see if the crashes still persist.

Ok so I'm right at the end of the DDSopt guide related to the vanilla bsa's and I don't want to mess with the step mods unless I have to. So before I go ahead and install the optimized files I would like to make sure I'm 100% sure on how to do that. I moved all of the original vanilla bsa's into a folder outside of the skyrim directory and I have a total 7 archive files: STD, HRDLC 1, HRDLC 2, HRDLC 3, Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfire. I assume all 7 of these archives can be installed by putting them into the download folder for mod organizer and then installing them through MO? But I'm wondering in what order do I organize them in MO once they are installed? I assume they would be at the top of the installed mod list with the highest priority?

Ok I believe I successfully ran the HRDLC_Fix-START.bat as the only errors I received in the error log had to do with the placeholder.txt files. However before moving on I would like to double check if it was ok for me to remove the placeholderfile.txt files I found during the Extracting Textures section. I ask because step 6. only specifies unticking the placeholder.txt files and not the placeholderfile.txt files that I also found. I assume it's fine but I just want to double check.

Yes but the instructions say to move the HRDLC 1, HRDLC2, and HRDLC3 folders from out of the Vanilla Extracted directory to a different directory which the instructions refer to as "the working directory." Here again is a direct quote from the instructions: 1. Move the "HRDLC1", "HRDLC2", and "HRDLC3" folders from the "Vanilla Extracted" directory to the working directory.

Ok so I'm at the part in the DDSopt guide where I'm supposed to repair the HRDLC textures but I'm not 100% clear on the following step: 1. Move the "HRDLC1", "HRDLC2", and "HRDLC3" folders from the "Vanilla Extracted" directory to the working directory. What does it mean by "working directory"? Does "working directory" mean the base skyrim directory in steam\steamapps\common\skyrim?

Ok it's late where I am so I'm going to start going through DDSopt guide tomorrow, but I've noticed a few things that further supports the idea that I'm having some memory problems. [] When being forced into a conversation with an NPC the dialog choices take a while to appear and I just have to sit and wait until they come up unable to quit out of the conversation or even open up any other menu in the game. [] After killing an NPC with the soul trap spell it takes almost a minute before the soul is actually taken from the dead NPC. I was once out of sight of the dead NPC before the soul trap took effect. [] When using the workbench to build structures for my house objects that are made back to back take a while to appear. These above problems must be directly linked to my memory issue, I should be able to easily test them once I've gone through the DDSOpt guide to see if my memory issues are resolved.

Yeah I lowered the resolution but I still crashed when quick traveling. Also just started attempting to build my first house. The door wouldn't show up after I finished building the house. Also at one point when I quick traveled before completing the house all house structure options on the bench disappeared. Not sure if these bugs for hearthfire relate to my crashing just thought I'd mention them. I'll go ahead and follow the DDSOpt guide and continue from there.

Ok makes sense. How would I go about extracting textures.bsa from MO? Also I haven't done texture optimization yet, I assume I should try that first? Oh and I should probably mention I'm running the game at a pretty high resolution 2560x1440 which reducing to 1080 should help significantly as well.

Also here are the specs of my computer from DxDiag: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: CLEVO System Model: P15xEMx BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/07/12 11:37:07 Ver: 04.06.05 Processor: Intel® Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.3GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM Available OS Memory: 16280MB RAM Page File: 4929MB used, 11349MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- This is my secondary display: --------------------------- Card name: Intel® HD Graphics 4000Â (please note that the video card listed is not the one I'm using, I'm using a GeForce GTX 680M with 4096 dedicated memory) Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel® HD Graphics Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBSYS_51051558&REV_09 Display Memory: 3729 MB Dedicated Memory: 4036 MB Shared Memory: 3788 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (59Hz) Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor Monitor Model: unknown Monitor Id: LGD01E9 Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (59.934Hz) Output Type: Internal This is the display I'm playing Skyrim on: -------------------------------------- Card name: Intel® HD Graphics 4000Â (please note that the video card listed is not the one I'm using, I'm using a GeForce GTX 680M with 4096 dedicated memory) Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel® HD Graphics Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBSYS_51051558&REV_09 Display Memory: 3729 MB Dedicated Memory: 4036 MB Shared Memory: 3788 MB Current Mode: 2560 x 1440 (32 bit) (59Hz) Monitor Name: Dell U2713HM (DVI) Monitor Model: DELL U2713HM Monitor Id: DEL407E Native Mode: 2560 x 1440(p) (59.951Hz) Output Type: Displayport External

Ok so uninstalling RCRN fixed the lighting problems but not the crashes. First my screen froze when attempting a fire shout at a large tree stump and then after I restarted Skyrim after about 10min. of playing I was walking into a room in the jarl's house in Falkreath when I decided to turn around at the last second and then got a "Skyrim has stopped working" error. From those two things I would say it does seem like it is probably a memory issue. Not sure if this will be helpful but the last crash actually gave me a description this time: "Files that help describe the problem: C:\Users\'User Name'\AppData\Local\Temp\WER1DE3.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml C:\Users\'User Name'\AppData\Local\Temp\WER36F0.tmp.appcompat.txt C:\Users\'User Name'\AppData\Local\Temp\WER3710.tmp.hdmp Read our privacy statement online: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409 If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline: C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt" I will try what you said Aiyen but what do you mean by the textures.bsa? However, I do find it odd that it would be a memory problem though because I installed all the mods from STEP via the baseline instructions and my computer is quite decent. I am using a laptop and do get occasional hiccups in FPS.

I've been playing Skyrim with STEP 2.2.6. and I've had several problems: Random crash to desktop with no errorRandom crash to deskop or screen freeze with error "Skyim has stopped working"Really bright interior when coming in from a daytime exterior - after a few seconds or minute or two in the interior the lighting goes back to defaultReally dark daytime (darker then night) often happens after exiting an interiorI get the following error in MO's log file: ERROR (14:54:27.0232): failed to remove limit on archive list!I believe all these problems are due to possible conflicts with some of my mods but I have so many installed I'm not sure where to begin. The last two problems I'm sure have to do with RCRN conflicting with a particular mod but I'm not sure which one. If anyone knows any particular mods that have problems with RCRN please let me know. And then the first two problems I mentioned don't seem to happen with any consistency for me to troubleshoot them. The last time my game crashed I was just riding on my horse down the road. The crashing used to be a lot worse until I installed compatibility patches for RCRN and sounds of skryim, installed simple border-less window, and cleaned all plugins that had dirty files through TES5Edit. The following is my load order:

Awesome it worked! Thanks a lot for the help :-)

Ok what would be the best way to safely move all my mods back to the default folder? Just do it through windows explorer?

Yeah I've run it before but I suppose I can try to run it again.

No sure if this will help find a solution but below are the locations where I have everything installed: Skyrim Data folder - C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data Installed MO mods - C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Mods\Installed Mods MO Directory - C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Mods\Utilities\ModOrganizer

Ok so I tried running MO as administrator and that didn't help, still getting that error. Yes I am running an official Skyrim: version 1.9.32.0. This is a fresh install from over the weekend and I just started setting up STEP.

Thanks, but that is how I've been attempting to run the patcher already. As for my installed mods being in a subfolder of the MO directory I switched the location of where my installed mods go to a folder outside of the MO directory when first setting up MO. That shouldn't matter though should it?

Does it matter that my installed mods folder is outside where MO is installed?

Yeah I'm using the most recent non beta version v0.12.9 of MO.

I am trying to install Duel Sheath Redux through MO but whenever I try to run the patch I get the following error: skyproc.exceptions.MissingMaster: Dual Sheath Redux.esp has some missing masters: -Skyrim.esm -Update.esm Please activate and try again. The Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp appears despite the error but turning it on and attempting to run Skyrim I get the error about not finding patch data which I assume is from not having the patch successfully finish. Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing the patcher to fail? The only info I could find was about making sure java is up to date and I already double checked that mine is.