CTD when nearing friendly port
 

I am on my first patrol. Though I set out from Memel, I figured I would return to Wilhemshaven. But every time I try to do so, I get a CTD with no error message.

I've tried reloading a saved game several times, but I keep getting the CTDs, even at 16x TC.

I have all my graphics settings maxed. SH5 runs perfectly except for this issue.

Phenom II 965 x4 3.4 ghz
8 gigs of RAM
GTX 460
Windows 7 64 bit.
SH5 is on a SSD.

Thanks for any suggestions.


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Accurate German Flags
SteelViking's Interior Mod V1.2
SteelViking's Interior Mod V1.2.2 Patch
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DynEnv v2.9 - 1. Main Mod
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Conus' Graphic Mod 1.1
Small_trees_SH5_V1
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MarineQuadratKarte

As I've read on other threads, Kiel has a lot of buildings, friendly ships and just a lot of things to load in General.

How hot is your GPU and CPU when playing the game. Make sure you have fan settings turned up as when you enter Kiel and other ports things get a little toasty in there.

Also try turning down your settings when leaving and entering the port, then turn them back up when you are out of the area.

I am also not an expert at these problems, you are also more senior than me. But I am just giving some small tips that may help you.

Happy sinking!

The thing is, it crashes when I'm still 20km-30km away from port and in the map screen, so nothing new is being displayed. My fans don't sound like the CPU/GPU is under load, and performance is fine until the ctd, which happens instantly.

The game renders 30KM radius around the submarine, and the load often will spike and crash due to a very sudden load.