Crash in Sleeping Tree Camp área.

[Habel]

I played a level 14 game that went pretty well, it only crashed twice after a long time.
The problem was when I decided to walk through the tundra of Witherun and it crashed, I went back in and it always crashed in that area, I tried waiting time, teleporting and the same thing keeps happening, there is no crash log from it either.

[Nabinkemper]

Please post your mod list. If there are any mods that potentially impact the giants camp these would be the first culprit.

If your game is a recent installation and there are no mods, perform a file verification. From the Steam library, right-click Skyrim SE > Properties > Installed Files > select - Verify Integrity of Game Files.

[Ihateeverybody]

Here is my GUESS.

It is Whiterun being Whiterun. There is just simply too much there. Too many spawns. And when Skyrim Immersive Creatures gets in the mix SOMETIMES. One thing is one too many.

My ADVICE. Go play somewhere else in skyrim for a day or too. Don't wait or pass time. Just go somewhere else until cell reset then go back and try again if you REALLY need to go that way.

Its simply too much. Giant's, Mammoths, Undead, Ghosts, Bandits, Wolves, Sabercats, Trolls, spiders and whatever else is added in by mods. Its just too much some days.

That's not even counting deer, elk, foxes and rabbits and most of the above chasing them.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Yeah, this is, unfortunately, vanilla behavior.

I quick save like it's an addiction whenever I'm approaching or in the Whiterun area. The crashes don't happen often, but when they do, it's always inconvenient and I'd rather lose only a minute or two than possibly an entire trip's worth.

[Habel]

Ok, I'll try to go to that area after a day.
Thanks.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Habel:

Ok, I'll try to go to that area after a day.
Thanks.

If you can, in the Immersive Creatures MCM screen with the Animals, Creatures, Ore Golems configuration there is in the Upper right of the page, an additional spawn. Try dialing it down from 3x to 1x. I have been doing that for the last 6 months. It doesn't eliminate all whiterun crashing but I have noticed less.

I don't know if it will be noticeable to you you or your situation. You seem to have a lot more mods (Graphics stuff especially).

Some other general advice. Try to do Manual saves. Don't rely on Auto or Quicksaves, when saving try to be stationary. This is just good housekeeping stuff.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Yea had the same issue with SIC I didn't get it entirely stable either due to the SIC spawning system

[Habel]

Is having many manual saves bad?

[Nabinkemper]

Originally posted by Habel:

Is having many manual saves bad?

No, it just takes up space in Documents/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/Saves.

Manual saves are more stable. Having several backed up also protects you when making mod changes that result in a crash. You can just return you mods to a previously stable setup and load a manual save that was made at that time.

[Habel]

Ok, I tried lowering the number of creatures in the day and night mod but it keeps crashing in that area. I saw that before doing CTD one of those times I saw 2 bipedal dragon skeletons.
I have tried previous saves and CTD continues to occur in that area.

[Nabinkemper]

Try removing Skyrim Immersive Creatures. Although some have had mixed success keeping the game running with this mod, it appears by the bug reports and the fact that the compatibility list is a google docs file, that the mod is unstable.

When testing, do NOT use your current save! Create a test character (patron of an inn, Bannered Mare). Head directly for the area around Sleeping Tree Camp and see if it crashes.

[Habel]

Okay, I think I found the mod causing the CTD.
It's called: Whitepeak Tower - Dawnguard Themed Player Home (SE) - RU
I tried removing several mods and realized that this tower is near the area where the CTD appears.
Now the problem is if I get rid of it will it corrupt the game? Uses assets from the base game.

[Nabinkemper]

Originally posted by Habel:

Okay, I think I found the mod causing the CTD.
It's called: Whitepeak Tower - Dawnguard Themed Player Home (SE) - RU
I tried removing several mods and realized that this tower is near the area where the CTD appears.
Now the problem is if I get rid of it will it corrupt the game? Uses assets from the base game.

No, removing a mod that uses base game assets will not corrupt the game.

However, It will make it possible for the the current save file to become corrupt as it is advised to not remove mods mid play through. This is due to mod assets being baked into the save file. When removing mods, you would need to roll back to a save before the mod was added, or start a new game.

[Habel]

Well I'll have to repeat my entire adventure for the eleventh time because I think I've had that mod from the beginning xD

[Habel]

I was able to save it, I replaced the translated Russian version with the original and it doesn't give CTD.
Thanks for the help.