Can't Enter Combat Zone

[Jingseng]

Black screen, Forever loading..... =( thoughts?

[Laidlaw]

Could try reloading to before you try to enter, save before entering and delete all older save files. Make sure area is loaded before entering any building. I've had this issues with places before but other than what I have mentioned, it seems random.

[Jingseng]

tyvm forgot how the game creates a billion save files (like all other bethesda games)

[Laidlaw]

Now I always delete old save every couple hours of play and I have seen less loading freezes

[Chef]

That seems like a bad idea considering that many times the solution to a problem is to load up a save from before a glitch occurred.

As far as solving the OP's problem, system specs from Steam and load order from LOOT (if you are running any mods) would help quite a bit.

[Laidlaw]

Originally posted by Chef:

That seems like a bad idea considering that many times the solution to a problem is to load up a save from before a glitch occurred.

As far as solving the OP's problem, system specs from Steam and load order from LOOT (if you are running any mods) would help quite a bit.

No it is not a bad idea. Maybe if you are running mods that can mess with the game or if you are messing with it yourself via console commands. Of course you would not delete important saves if you needed them... DUH!

The game also auto saves all the time so you should have a new recent save very soon. Thats why I said to save before. You make a safe save before deleting the old ones.

[Jingseng]

Not running any mods, and system specs are not as issue as there were no problems entering any areas before, or running the game in general. The issue was resolved by deleting the 30+ save files the game created =p

There are some common characteristics to bethesda coded games (probably because they all use the same frankenstein engine since morrowind... or even before). For example, you can always count on clipping errors... things falling through floors, or floating un supported, or some things extending into or through others. Quest items not being removed. Quests generally bugging out because of logical dependency oversight (like key items falling through the floor). Pathing issues. Scripting errors.

Horrendous optimization (or the lack thereof) and memory leaks, cell based loading problems ... those are common as well =p

And yeah, being smart with which saves you keep is incumbent on the player.... but as a rule, loading befpre a glitch only helps with certain problems (such as scripting). It wont help at all with the host of other issues.