The issue turned out to be improper text file encoding (using a more sofisticated text editor allows viewing/saving various encoding formats). proper format is either ASCII or UTF-8. This has been frustrating me to no end. My SKSE.ini settings are not working, resulting in an ILS any time I try to enter an exterior cell. SKSE is properly installed.The SKSE.ini file is in the proper location in MO.The SKSE.ini file is formatted properly.The -forcesteamloader argument is already set. Despite that, the memory patch settings in the .ini file refuse to take effect. I've tried everything that I can think of outside of using SSME to no avail, MemoryBlocksLog returns 256/256 every time. Current SKSE.ini file:
[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
[Memory]
DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=768
ScrapHeapSizeMB=256
[Display]
iTintTextureResolution=2048