Shriekwind Bastion - full with freezes/crashes

[Hex: Screaming Steve]

Look out for Shriekwind Bastion, guys. This place is filled with evil wizards that cause your game to crash or freeze.

[<111> triple1tribe]

Very true. I can testify to the validity of said wizards.

[KimPrime]

Everytime i try to open the door to go in the screen goes black and i have to use Task manager to kill the game.

[Omkring N7]

I get this too, but the sound bugs and it kills my ears. This is shortly followed by a game crash ofc xD

[KimPrime]

MIne was SMIM old version new fixed it but Becareful of WET and Cold as I can't get back to falkreath without crashing now since the 2.12 update.

[Omkring N7]

Vanilla Skyrim here... R.I.P

[BadArkane]

I have the same issue it seems. I can't exit Shriekwind Bastion without getting an infinite loading bug.

[TheHatInTheCat]

I'm getting a strange repeatable freeze very close to shriekwind bastion. Notably when approaching a chest at the end of a path nearby. First and only issue so far which is just ODD.

[BadArkane]

Originally posted by Lord RugDump:

I'm getting a strange repeatable freeze very close to shriekwind bastion. Notably when approaching a chest at the end of a path nearby. First and only issue so far which is just ODD.

Yep that whole area is affected.

[TheHatInTheCat]

Originally posted by Bad Arkane:

Originally posted by Lord RugDump:

I'm getting a strange repeatable freeze very close to shriekwind bastion. Notably when approaching a chest at the end of a path nearby. First and only issue so far which is just ODD.

Yep that whole area is affected.

So I found out that walking to specific freezing points no longer freezes if I walk up to them completely naked, as in all weapons and armor unequipped. If anybody else has an area where they get repeatable freeze can you test out if walking to them naked stops your freezing?

[Belegost]

Originally posted by Mike Litoris Pink:

Originally posted by Bad Arkane:

Yep that whole area is affected.

So I found out that walking to specific freezing points no longer freezes if I walk up to them completely naked, as in all weapons and armor unequipped. If anybody else has an area where they get repeatable freeze can you test out if walking to them naked stops your freezing?

I can confirm that. Had 100% repeatable crashes when approaching the said chest. Since I'm running a lot of mods I thought maybe one of them is the cause - it appears to not be so.

Removing clothing (but not weapons - seemed to be fine) allowed me to get to the chest, loot it and go back. So this appears to be a workaround.

[TheHatInTheCat]

I had been playing fine and suddenly the issue is back. No mods have been added or removed in that time. This is just beyond me right now.

[jyn]

this continues with SSE. i'm stuck in Shriekwind Bastion and cannot get out :-/

edit: i got infinite loading screens for the 2 exits i found at the top of the dungeon (at the "end"). i was able to escape by leaving the entrance of the dungeon (where you enter at ground level, beginning the dungeon). NOTE: i also had to fast travel away from the dungeon - if i walked ~25meters away from the entrance the game would freeze. good luck

[Avrie]

I've seen this error pop up around here before. Believe it or not several people fixed it by verifying their game cache in steam, then properly cleaned the masters. edit - and also correcting the master file time stamps.

"TucoPacifico1980 Dec 3 @ 11:43am
Did the time stamps for the Update and DLC files, as Arthmoor strongly advised. Then cleaned the masters, no more crash at Shrieking Bastion."

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=818230170

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=798271427

However you no longer need to fix the timestamps if you download the beta update, and also download the newest version of SSEedit ... links are all in the guides

[SkZ_DoPe]

the game was permanently crashing after 5 to 10 seconds after i loaded my game where it crashed last time, loading an older save solved it