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frau kaleun · 02-01-12, 10:27 AM

Thanks Duci, I have seen stuff about savegame sizes being an issue, but I don't think that's the problem here as I can save with no problem (and load those saves and play from them) and enter any location I've tried with no problem but *only* if I have not waited, slept, fast-traveled or used one of the carriages for quick travel from one city to another during a given playing session.

I did this over and over again last night after trying out some of the suggestions I found online, and it was always the same. I had no problems until I did one of those things. I could move around from place to place and make saves (either auto or manual) with no CTDs but as soon as I used one of the options that caused a "quick advance" of the in-game time, the next time it tried to save (or load a new cell, which usually autosaves so I think it's saving that's the issue) the game would crash.

If I reloaded a save I could play fine and make saves while playing and reload those saves and it was fine - until I waited/slept/etc. and after that point, it was impossible to save without a CTD. A manual save would cause it as well as anything that caused the game to autosave.

I don't have many mods but I read something after I posted about some of the mods for Proudspire Manor causing trouble with saving, but intermittently and sometimes only after hours of gameplay does the problem pop up. I am using one of the mods in question and I hate to give it up since the house is pretty much useless to me without it, but I am going to try removing it and see what happens. I will have to travel all the way back to Solitude from Breezehome and pick up everything I've stored there and then carry it somewhere else, fortunately I think it's only some weapons and the light armor/apparel I looted from the Dark Brotherhood and a few books. I think between the two of us my follower and I can lug it all somewhere else, sadly this will all have to be done in "real time" in order to get a decent save once it's stashed away elsewhere. Probably just store it all back in Whiterun since the only mods I have for that location are an enchanting table and some extra bookshelves and I've had them in place since (almost) Day One for this character with no problems at all. Stash everything in one of the original storage containers just to be safe and then get a good save and get out, remove the Proudspire mod, and see what happens.

If that doesn't work then I can just repeat the process as needed with other homes and keep removing the associated mods, and then anything else I'm using, until I see if something can be identified as the culprit.

I will really hate for it to be one of the mods for the player homes, since they are a big part of what makes owning the properties worthwhile.

02-01-12, 10:27 AM	#968
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Thanks Duci, I have seen stuff about savegame sizes being an issue, but I don't think that's the problem here as I can save with no problem (and load those saves and play from them) and enter any location I've tried with no problem but only if I have not waited, slept, fast-traveled or used one of the carriages for quick travel from one city to another during a given playing session. I did this over and over again last night after trying out some of the suggestions I found online, and it was always the same. I had no problems until I did one of those things. I could move around from place to place and make saves (either auto or manual) with no CTDs but as soon as I used one of the options that caused a "quick advance" of the in-game time, the next time it tried to save (or load a new cell, which usually autosaves so I think it's saving that's the issue) the game would crash. If I reloaded a save I could play fine and make saves while playing and reload those saves and it was fine - until I waited/slept/etc. and after that point, it was impossible to save without a CTD. A manual save would cause it as well as anything that caused the game to autosave. I don't have many mods but I read something after I posted about some of the mods for Proudspire Manor causing trouble with saving, but intermittently and sometimes only after hours of gameplay does the problem pop up. I am using one of the mods in question and I hate to give it up since the house is pretty much useless to me without it, but I am going to try removing it and see what happens. I will have to travel all the way back to Solitude from Breezehome and pick up everything I've stored there and then carry it somewhere else, fortunately I think it's only some weapons and the light armor/apparel I looted from the Dark Brotherhood and a few books. I think between the two of us my follower and I can lug it all somewhere else, sadly this will all have to be done in "real time" in order to get a decent save once it's stashed away elsewhere. Probably just store it all back in Whiterun since the only mods I have for that location are an enchanting table and some extra bookshelves and I've had them in place since (almost) Day One for this character with no problems at all. Stash everything in one of the original storage containers just to be safe and then get a good save and get out, remove the Proudspire mod, and see what happens. If that doesn't work then I can just repeat the process as needed with other homes and keep removing the associated mods, and then anything else I'm using, until I see if something can be identified as the culprit. I will really hate for it to be one of the mods for the player homes, since they are a big part of what makes owning the properties worthwhile.