[CTD] fresh 2.2.9 installation

[OniNoSeishin]

Hello,

I just finished installing STEP 2.2.9 Core with MO, but now I get a CTD right after the Skyrim logo of the main menu appears.

I need help from you to understand what may be the problem and how to fix it, because I don't have the necessary know-how to do it myself, so thanks for your attention.

 

Here's the loadorder.txt:

 

 

# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.Skyrim.esmUpdate.esmUnofficial Skyrim Patch.espDawnguard.esmUnofficial Dawnguard Patch.espHearthFires.esmUnofficial Hearthfire Patch.espDragonborn.esmUnofficial Dragonborn Patch.espSkyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esmLanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esmHighResTexturePack01.espHighResTexturePack02.espHighResTexturePack03.espCutting Room Floor.espDD_Dragonborn Additions.espBWS.espORM-Arvak.espFootprints.espAuto Unequip Ammo.espBFSEffects.espNausicaa's Tweaker.espBeards.espClamsDropPearls.espSMIM-DragonbornTernFix.espDD_Dawnguard Additions.espChesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.espSMIM-FurnitureChestSnowFix.espSlightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.espfFastTravelSpeedMult_4.espDead Body Collision.espLock Overhaul.espBrows.espDragonShoutVoice.espTraps Make Noise.espDual Wield Parrying_SKSE.espExplosiveBoltsVisualized.espAnimated Weapon Enchants.espFootprints - Ash.espMoss Rocks.espThieves Guild Requirements.espGuard Dialogue Overhaul.espWeapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.espWeapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.espADS.esp83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.espClothing & Clutter Fixes.espConvenient Horses.espAppropriately Attired Jarls Redux.espNoxUE2.00.espParalyze.espRadiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.espSMDropLitTorch.espElemental Staves.espShootingStars.espSkyUI.espTradeBarter.espDual Sheath Redux.espSMIM-DungeonsCliffsIceSkirts.espMoss Rocks_DB.espDawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.espSkyrimCoinReplacerRedux.espDistant DetailHF.espSkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.espSoul Gems Differ.espDisease Descriptions.espBring Out Your Dead.espNonEssentialChildren.espOblivion Gates v3 without Markers - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.espBirdsHFclean.espSDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.espRun For Your Lives.espPoint The Way.espHearthfireChimneys.espRealisticWaterTwo.espSPTConsistentOlderPeople.espRainbows.espWetandCold.espAOS.espdD - Enhanced Blood Main.espImproved Combat Sounds v2.2.espdD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.espIHSS.espDeadlySpellImpacts.espWetandCold - Ashes.espWhen Vampires Attack.espaMidianBorn_ContentAddon.espAOS2_GDO Patch.espAOS2_WAF Patch.espComplete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.espImproved Closefaced Helmets_Legendary.espRealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.espSFO - Dragonborn.espSkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.espSDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.espSMIM-ShackRoofFixes.espSkyrim Flora Overhaul.espPilgrimsDelight.espSMIM-ShackRoofFixesDragonborn.espThe Paarthurnax Dilemma.espBlockSparkles.espGildergreen Regrown.espSDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.espChesko_Step418_SN.espdD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.espdD-No Spinning Death Animation.espiHUD.espmintylightningmod.esprandomthunder.espBashed Patch, 0.espDual Sheath Redux Patch.esp 

 

 

 

Here's the modlist.txt:

 

 

# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.+FNIS Output+Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS+Better Shaped Weapons - All in One Installer+DSR Output+Dual Sheath Redux - skyrim weapon de-larp-ification project+Dual Sheath Redux - elemental staffs+Dual Sheath Redux - amidianborn+Dual Sheath Redux+STEP Core Bashed Patch+When Vampires Attack+Wet and Cold - Ashes+Wet and Cold+Traps Make Noise - follower safety patch+Traps Make Noise+Thieves Guild Requirements+The Paarthurnax Dilemma+Skyrim -Community- Uncapper+Skyrim Coin Replacer Redux+SM Drop Lit Torches+Run For Your Lives+Oblivion Gates+Non-Essential Children+No NPC Greetings+Lock Overhaul+Gildergreen Regrown+Follower Trap Safety+Dual Wield Parrying+Convenient Horses+Come together N Out of the way+Clams Drop Pearls+Bring Out Your Dead+Auto Unequip Ammo+Ultra Realistic Crossbow Shoot Sounds+Ultra Realistic Bow Shoot Sounds+Thundering shouts+Smooth blades draw and sheath+Realistic wolf howls+Lower Sounding Thieves Guild Door+Improved Combat Sounds+Immersive Thunder+IHSS - Improved Horse Step Sounds+Heart of the Beast+Dragons Shout with Voice - from location+Dragons Shout with Voice+Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2+Better Weapon Swing Sounds+Better Horse Pain Sounds+Better Animal Footsteps+White Phial Replacer+Sweet Mother+Super Realistic Ore Textures+Soul Gems Differ+Skyrim Redesigned+Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar - less saturated labels+Silly Level of Detail - Wine Cellar+Silly Level of Detail - Poisons+Silly Level of Detail - Potions+Septim HD+Ren's HD Shrines by Rengel+Realistic Instruments+Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons HD+Pilgrims Delight+Not Really HD Keys+Not Really HD Display Case+Mystery Modders Shrines HD+Intricate Spider Webs+HQ Paper+HD Sacks Retexture - typeBbig+HD Sacks Retexture - typeBsmall+HD Ore And Ingots+HD Linens+HD Baskets Retex+Gemling Queen Dragon Claws+Enhanced HD Dragon Bones 1k v1.6a+Enchanting Candle Meshes Improved+Detailed Rugs+Dark Brotherhood Tenets Restored - Standard Edition+Better Shadowmarks+Better Bones+The 418th Step+Skyrim Performance PLUS - the rift - aspen leaves+Skyrim Performance PLUS - snowfall+Skyrim Performance PLUS - rainfall+Skyrim Performance PLUS - pine needles+Shooting Stars+Smaller Ice Spike and Ice Spear+Running with bows+Rainbows+NoMaaM Breathing Idles+No Spinning Death Animation+Lightning during Thunder Storms+Improved Weapon Impact EFFECTS+Finer Dust+Enhanced Blood Textures - Blurry Screen Blood+Enhanced Blood Textures - 1024 Res+Enhanced Blood Textures - dragonborn dawnguard+Enhanced Blood Textures+Enchantment Effect Replacer+Dual Wield Blocking Animations+Deadly Spell Impacts+Dawnguard Rune Weapons FXS Replacer+Burn Freeze Shock Effects - dragonborn dawnguard+Burn Freeze Shock Effects+Better Turn Animation - Fix Crossed Swords and Turn with Leg move+Better Turn Animation+Animated Weapon Enchants+Animated Clutter+Ultimate HD Torch - less glowing cloth+Ultimate HD Torch+Not Really HD Mask of Clavicus Vile+Nightingale Prime HD+New Thinner Torch+Greatsword Sheaths and Scabbards Redux+Skyrim Weapon De-LARP-ification Project - dragonborn+Skyrim Weapon De-LARP-ification Project - dawnguard+Skyrim Weapon De-LARP-ification Project+Gemling Queen Jewelry+Elemental Staffs+Closer Quivers and Longer Arrows+Dawnguard Crossbow Bolts Visualized - Explosive Bolts Visualized HD Textures+Dawnguard Crossbow Bolts Visualized+Better Circlets+aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour+aMidianBorn imperial light and studded+aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Bonemold Hotfix+aMidianBorn Book of Silence - Content Addon+aMidianBorn Book of Silence+aMidianBorn Blade of Woe+Natural Eyes+Better males - underwear+Better males+XCE - Dawnguard+XCE - Xenius Character Enhancement+Dawnguard Rewritten - Arvak+Superior Lore-Friendly Hair+PondFish and Salmon Replacer - texture+New Children+More Realistic Hair+Improved Foot Wraps for females+Frost Atronach HD Retex+Female Vampires Have Fangs+Cover Khajiits+Brows+Birds and Flocks+Better Freckles+Better Beast Races v2+Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack+Beards+83Willows 101BugsHD+Bellyaches Animal and Creature Pack+Whiterun Trellis Redesigned+Vivid Landscapes - Tundra Moss Revised - SMIM patch+Vivid Landscapes - Tundra Moss Revised+Visible Windows+Trees HD+The Skyrim Distance Overhaul Beta (S.D.O.)+The Beauty of Skyrim - Dungeons+Terrain Bump+Telvanni reborn+Stalhrim of Skyrim+Skyrim Improved Puddles - SIP+Skyrim Distant Detail+Realistic Water Two+Re-Defined Dungeons WIP+Realistic Mushrooms+Real Wood Textures - Farmhouses+Real Ice+Point The Way+Moss Rocks - Dragonborn DLC Addon+Moss Rocks+Lanterns of Skyrim+Improved Vanilla Mountains HD+Hybrids HD Plants and Herbs Retexture+HQ Snow Texture+HiRes Legible Road Signs+High Quality LODs+Hearthfire Chimneys for Skyrim+Footprints - ash supplemental+Footprints+Enhanced Night Skyrim+Enhanced Distant Terrain+HD Enhanced Terrain+Dragon Glyphs-Fixed+Skyrim Flora Overhaul - recolored pines and LODs+Skyrim Flora Overhaul - dragonborn+Skyrim Flora Overhaul+aMidianBorn Whiterun+aMidianBorn Solstheim Landscape+aMidianBorn Farmhouse+aMidianBorn Caves and Mines+A Quality World Map+Enhanced Distant Terrain 2- dragonborn+Enhanced Distant Terrain 2+High Quality Food and Ingredients+Tobe's Hi-Res Textures - SMIM patch+Tobe's Hi-Res Textures+HD Misc+Skyrim Realistic Overhaul+Serious HD - Retexture RIFTEN+Serious HD - Retexture Skyrim+Static Mesh Improvement Mod+SkyFalls + SkyMills+Ultimate HD Fire Effects - candle flames+Ultimate HD Fire Effects+Realistic Smoke and Embers+Ruins Clutter Improved+Unknown Enchants+Smaller Cursor+SkyUI+RaceMenu+Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem+Main Font Replacement+Lore-Based Loading Screens+Lockpicking Interface+KenMOD - Time on loading screen+Immersive HUD+High Quality 3D Map - normals+High Quality 3D Map - meshes+Disease Descriptions+Better MessageBox Controls+Better Dialogue Controls+XP32 Maximum Skeleton -XPMS+Realistic Ragdolls and Force+Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade+Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade+Trade and Barter+Smart Souls+Skyrim Project Optimization+SKSE -Elys- AltF4+Ragdoll Paralysis+Improved Closefaced Helmets - imperial full face helmet - no cloth around the neck+Improved Closefaced Helmets -- Dragonborn Addon+Improved Closefaced Helmets - Dawnguard+Improved Closefaced Helmets -- FULL SET+Guard Dialogue Overhaul+Fuz Ro Doh+Fast travel timescale fix+Double Cursor Fix+Dead Body Collision Fix+Cutting Room Floor+Consistent Older People+Clothing and Clutter Fixes+Brawl Bugs Patch+Bowlegged jump animation Fix+Appropriately Attired Jarls+Distant Decal Fix+Stable uGridsToLoad+skse 1 07 01-TES5Edit Backups+Unofficial High Resolution Patch*HighResTexturePack03*HighResTexturePack02*HighResTexturePack01+Unofficial Dragonborn Patch+Cleaned Dragonborn ESM*Dragonborn+Unofficial Hearthfire Patch+Cleaned Hearthfire ESM*HearthFires+Unofficial Dawnguard Patch+Cleaned Dawnguard ESM*Dawnguard+Unofficial Skyrim Patch+Cleaned Update ESM 

 

 

 

Here's my system specs (this should be more than OK for the baseline):

 

 

CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz

GPU: AMD SAPPHIRE HD 7970 @ 1050/1500 MHz (GPU/Memory), 3 GB

MoBo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4

 

 

 

I followed the guide's instructions, installed all the mod listed except for "The Choice is Yours", did the Bashed Patch (2.N) and installed Dual Sheath Redux, Better Shaped Weapons and Forse New Idles in Skyrim (also from 2.N). The game was running fine up to step 2.C (I tested it after finished installing ENBoost), then I didn't tested again until I completed step 2.N.

 

If you need any other information, just ask.

Edited August 27, 2014 by OniNoSeishin

[TechAngel85]

I'm happy to report a new version of Soul Gems Differ will be uploaded shortly with properly translated Italian string files curiosity of TheCompiler, the guy who started STEP! Thank you TC!

 

Edit:

Please update when it is available.

[TechAngel85]

Are there any red warning icons on your plugin list? A missing master would cause this.

[OniNoSeishin]

No red warnings on the Plugin tab, but here's the situation:

- the HR texture pack's esps from bethesda are unchecked (i unchecked them and checked the corresponding bsa in Archives tab, as stated at some point in the guide; is this right?)

- BWS.esp (Better Weapon Swing Sound) is checked but has a brush icon next to it (MO says it's a dummy, and suggest to uncheck it and let him manage the archives)

- Traps Make Noise.esp is unchecked

- all the other are checked

 

Also, MO addresses a "Potential Mod order Problem", but i didn't let him fix it because I wanted to keep the order as installed. Some mod-specific instructions say to move the order of the mod, so i though to leave them as they are when not mentioned. May this be the problem?

Edited August 27, 2014 by OniNoSeishin

[AUT2M]

Have you added all the LOOT meta rules and run LOOT? I can see you haven't disabled the SMIM esps either, but then again you also don't seem to have the STEP: Core patch installed. I don't think that would cause CTD's though.

Edited August 27, 2014 by AUT2M

[OniNoSeishin]

Yes I have. No STEP:Core Patch, I wanted to use only STEP:Core.

[bern43]

Yes I have. No STEP:Core Patch, I wanted to use only STEP:Core.

You should still install the Core Patch if you're using STEP: Core.

[TechAngel85]

None of that sounds like the problem. Do you have SKSE and ENBoost installed and set up correctly?

[OniNoSeishin]

None of that sounds like the problem. Do you have SKSE and ENBoost installed and set up correctly?

Yes, I tested it right after installing ENBoost and it started without problems (top left corner showed ENBoost text; no text for skse, but I don't know if it's supposed to show anything).

[TechAngel85]

SKSE will show some text as well. The skse.ini file is present and you're launching the game using SKSE and not the game launcher, correct?

[OniNoSeishin]

I followed this guide to install SKSE, and the skse.ini is in the "skse 1 07 01" mod that the guide made me do. I am launching the game through SKSE's executable in MO (which automatically detected and added SKSE to the dropdown list).

[TechAngel85]

So your SKSE looks like this?

 

Did you keep a vanilla profile? If so, does it launch without CTD?

[OniNoSeishin]

Yes.

 

I have a vanilla profile. Just tried launching it through SKSE in MO and no CTD, although I can't find any text about SKSE (the ENBoost's text still displays on vanilla profile, this should be because ENBoost is installed in the REAL skyrim folder so MO can't manage it, right?).

Edited August 27, 2014 by OniNoSeishin

[TechAngel85]

Stable uGridToLoad should just after SKSE and Distant Decal Fix should be before Unofficial Skyrim Patch in your load order, but that's probably not causing this.

 

My suggestion at this point is the deactivate all the mods in the Core profile (right click>All mods>Disable all visible), then reactivate them section by section loading the game after each section until you CTD. This will narrow down the list to a set of mods that could be causing this.

Also, make sure you're running the right version of Consistent Older People. One version has to be used with Core and another with Extended, so if you're running the wrong one it could CTD.

[OniNoSeishin]

I deactivated all the mod in reverse order, and activated 1 by 1 again. I get a CTD as soon as i enable Consistent Older People (I downloaded and installed "Consistent Older People 22 All NPCs CRF BOYD Compatible", as I had also BOYD).

 

What now?

Edited August 27, 2014 by OniNoSeishin

[justjr]

And you also have CRF? Try reinstall it looking carefully at the steps again.

Edited August 27, 2014 by justjr