CTD (Crash) on saving

[Blazer]

Everytime I save I automatically crash to desktop and I don't know why I have very few mods installed and this never troubled me before.

[Eriane]

A few things here..

1. Open cities is a crappy mod. Lots of people use it but it's buggy and conflicts with so many things. Maybe it works fine on your build but just a heads up anyway.


2. If you installed mods like Open cities after you started a new game, that could be your problem. Always start fresh when you install new mods. You can potentially clean your save file but it's hard to do and it's not guaranteed.


3. Antivirus applications are the worst. Get rid of it. Uninstall your A/V and disable windows defender. You don't need any of it. All you need is a firewall with a good policy. Odds are, you rantivirus is treating your save files as a virus and while you're saving, the A/V is deleting it possibly causing a crash.


You can also check your windows logs for details on the crash but it may not be entirely helpful.

[IntrepidH]

Hedgie님이 먼저 게시:

A few things here..

1. Open cities is a crappy mod. Lots of people use it but it's buggy and conflicts with so many things. Maybe it works fine on your build but just a heads up anyway.


2. If you installed mods like Open cities after you started a new game, that could be your problem. Always start fresh when you install new mods. You can potentially clean your save file but it's hard to do and it's not guaranteed.



You can also check your windows logs for details on the crash but it may not be entirely helpful.

+1 for this still, had a ton of mods in my load out, after awhile i started to CTD, removing Open cities saved my file

[cmaesing]

janstuivenberg님이 먼저 게시:

I had the same problem and if you have a PC system with 8GB of memory than add/change this in Skyrim.ini. It solved the problem for me.

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
iMinMemoryPageSize = 1024
iMaxMemoryPageSize = 3072

Someone get this guy a medal, please! This worked like no other of all suggested fixes.

[★Kelvy★]

One cookie for searching your fix. Most just rant and rave about it.

[cmaesing]

★Kelvy★님이 먼저 게시:

One cookie for searching your fix. Most just rant and rave about it.

Cheers.

[Vapa]

janstuivenberg님이 먼저 게시:

I had the same problem and if you have a PC system with 8GB of memory than add/change this in Skyrim.ini. It solved the problem for me.

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
iMinMemoryPageSize = 1024
iMaxMemoryPageSize = 3072

Fantastic fix thank you!

[Yichiii]

★Kelvy★님이 먼저 게시:

Open Cities must be at bottom of load order.

Thank you so much it worked

[lupus_hegemonia]

Crash on saving meaning corrupted saves, meaning something REALLY bad.
Doesn't matter if you running 200 mods or 20. There is a mod (or more) that breaks your game.

[SevereArtisan]

janstuivenberg님이 먼저 게시:

I had the same problem and if you have a PC system with 8GB of memory than add/change this in Skyrim.ini. It solved the problem for me.

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
iMinMemoryPageSize = 1024
iMaxMemoryPageSize = 3072

I ran into the same/a similar issue today where even trying to make a new regular save made my game CTD. Current save was clean, no dirty mods, mod order was sorted with LOOT, etc. so I was wondering wtf was going on and this fixed it. Ty so much for posting this.

EDIT: Nvm, I managed to save successfully twice (One regular save, then on quicksave right after) then the issue popped up again. :/

[01101]

[Papyrus]
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableProfiling=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=2000
iMinMemoryPageSize = 1024
iMaxMemoryPageSize = 4096

Works for me with an i9 and 32gb RAM. Before reading this thread, however, it didn't have the PageSize entries... and I was getting CTD on saves after a certain point even after cleaning the previous save.

[smr1957]

These type of crashes can be due to many different causes - one solution DOES NOT apply to all.

If you are having a CTD on saving and are unable to determine the reason, DO NOT start changing Papyrus.settings - that is rarely the real solution, and usually causes more harm in the long run.

With a CTD on save problem, you need to start your own thread.

As an aside, one of the more frequent causes of this issue is the removal of mods midplaythrough - a major do not do. And cleaning saves DOES NOT WORK! Saves CANNOT be fixed! Forr full information, see:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/489830/discussions/0/1520386297681801135/

[lupus_hegemonia]

Stevie, check my topic about my horrible shadows and gimme a clue what to do to solve it.

[Chronus]

For those still referring to this and dealing with this issue, the solution is the same as it is for Fallout 4. It's yet another Creation Engine issue. Here is the solution:

1. Load an older save (as long as it doesn't have CTD on save glitch, then load it)
2. Create a NEW save (through pause menu)
3. Type in console command player.kill
4. Load your latest save (the one that had CTD glitch)
5. Type in console command player.kill
6. Try saving (I usually just use quicksave)

I copied and pasted this from here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/615805-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/65383891

Post #5

I have used this method many times. If you do it right it works like a charm and you lose no progress.

[Warhero]

For anyone suggesting player.kill method it doesn’t work.

1. You can’t save when dying!

2. You can’t save cause your game crashes!!!!

Please explain how to do the method.

As for the papyrus solution I tried it and it also did not work.

[The Spirit]

Hey all. I know this is an old post but I have been spending the last two nights trying to figure out how to fix this and I finally figured out a work around that hopefully will help save people a lot of trouble. I was having this issue where when my in-game time reached 8am, anytime I hit save (auto, quick, or manual) it would just crash to desktop. I tried the kill yourself method, nothing, I tried adjusting the Papyrus, nothing. I still don't know what caused the problem but I noticed that I didn't have the problem when I would loaded into other characters. That gave me an idea. What you need to do is load into the game that won't save and pull up console commands. Type in "showracemenu". When you do this it allows you to remake your character. Don't change any setting on your character. Immediately exit to name your character. When the name box comes up, slightly alter the name of your character (for example my character name was "Jessara" so I named her "Jessar". This will create a new character file. Once this is done go ahead and quick save. Exit to main menu and load back into your newly made character. Then fast travel so that the in-game time is well beyond the time that it was crashing. At this point you can go back to "showracemenu" and edit your name back to what it was. Then go ahead and save the game. When I did this, it did not crash. To be clear this is the exact process I did. It is possible that some of these steps were not necessary but this worked. I have my character with my original name and all of my progress is saved. Hopefully this will save some frustration.