Random crashes and days darker then nights

[krzykyle]

I've been playing Skyrim with STEP 2.2.6. and I've had several problems:

• Random crash to desktop with no error
• Random 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 default
• Really dark daytime (darker then night) often happens after exiting an interior
• I 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:

 

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

SPIKE.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Brawl Bugs CE.esp

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

Rainbows.esp

BWS.esp

Clanking Armor.esp

IHSS.esp

Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

randomthunder.esp

Thundering Shouts.esp

mintylightningmod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

TradeBarter.esp

83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.esp

Ars Metallica.esp

Ars Metallica - Dawnguard.esp

Ars Metallica - Hearthfire.esp

Ars Metallica - Dragonborn.esp

BirdsHFclean.esp

Birdsofskyrim.esp

BLESSINGS - Altar Descriptions.esp

Bring Out Your Dead.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern_Guards.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern_Candle_DG.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern_Caravaner.esp

ClamsDropPearls.esp

Dead Body Collision.esp

Disease Descriptions.esp

DD_Dawnguard Additions.esp

DD_Dragonborn Additions.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

DungeonQuestAwareness.esp

fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Default.esp

manny Lantern Caretakers.esp

MVABasic.esp

MVAIvarstead.esp

MVARorikstead.esp

Moss Rocks.esp

Oblivion Gates v3 without Markers - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp

ORM-Arvak.esp

PilgrimsDelight.esp

Point The Way.esp

RabbitsPlus.esp

Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp

ShootingStars.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

SMDropLitTorch.esp

Traps Make Noise.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

Destructible_bottles.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp

Footprints.esp

Footprints - Ash.esp

NoxUE2.00.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

WetandCold.esp

WetandCold - Ashes.esp

SkyUI.esp

iHUD.esp

daedric_phelm.esp

Elemental Staves.esp

ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

imp_helm.esp

imp_helm_imp.esp

imp_helm_dawn.esp

Lock Overhaul.esp

Gildergreen Regrown.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

SkyrimChimneysRW.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

SkyrimCoinReplacer.esp

Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

BetterQuestObjectives.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-DBForevertoMisc.esp

BlockSparkles.esp

Distant DetailHF.esp

DiversePriests.esp

DiversePriests_BringOutYourDeadPatch.esp

dynamic fires.esp

FSS-No pause between lines.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

masser Size x0.5.esp

More Salt Please.esp

More Salt Please - Dragonborn addon.esp

dD-No Twitching Dragon Death Animation.esp

NonEssentialChildren.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-NECPatch.esp

secunda Size x0.5.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

TheChoiceIsYours.esp

TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp

BetterQuestObjectives-TheChoiceIsYoursPatch.esp

Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

Waterbreathing Breathless Emerge.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

WeaponsArmorFixes_MultiMod_DLCPatch.esp

AIMP - Antz in my Pantz.esp

Chesko_Step418_SN.esp

SoS - The Dungeons.esp

SoS - The Wilds.esp

SoS - Civilization.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

BFSEffects.esp

DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp

Enhanced Soul Trap.esp

Soul Gems Differ - E.esp

dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

Beards.esp

Brows.esp

Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

Follower Trap Safety.esp

moveitLWT.esp

rcrnShaders.esp

RCRNvolumetric.esp

SoS - The Dungeons-PatchRCRN.esp

SoS - The Wilds-PatchRCRN.esp

SoS - Civilization-PatchRCRN.esp

Animated Weapon Enchants.esp

DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

WATER DB Waves.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeopleCompatability.esp

DiversePriests_ConsistentOlderPeoplePatch.esp

ASG-AWE Patch.esp

Unique Region Names.esp

Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

 

 

[krzykyle]

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?

[Aiyen]

Vanilla, Hearthfire, Dawnguard, Dragonborn. HDDLC1, HDDLC 2, HDDLC 3.

 

The above would be the order in which they should be on the mod list. That way the HDDLC ones will overwrite the original files, and they will in turn get overwritten by other textures etc.

[Kelmych]

This installation order recommendation should probably be added to the STEP guide; the DDSopt guide hasn't been including any recommendations on installation order.

[krzykyle]

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.