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i need help with game stability

Stating the obvious here, but from what you describe, with the constant and frequent CTD's, your game is broken.

Removing mods obviously is the easiest way to break a game, but sometimes adding mods as well can bring about unforseen errors.

Have you used console commands to move a quest on, or something like that? That too, can have unintended consequences which can include CTD's. I know many people use them and have no issues, but if you move a quest stage on, that can cause a problem further down the line which ends up in a CTD.

The only thing I can suggest, and it's painful is, either restart completely, or, go back to a point in your saves before you added one or several mods, and try to play on from that point. Either way, you lose progress.

Sadly Bethesda save games are fragile things, and can break at any time no matter what you do. It's just the nature of the beast.
 
1ae0bfb8 said:
Stating the obvious here, but from what you describe, with the constant and frequent CTD's, your game is broken.

Removing mods obviously is the easiest way to break a game, but sometimes adding mods as well can bring about unforseen errors.

Have you used console commands to move a quest on, or something like that? That too, can have unintended consequences which can include CTD's. I know many people use them and have no issues, but if you move a quest stage on, that can cause a problem further down the line which ends up in a CTD.

The only thing I can suggest, and it's painful is, either restart completely, or, go back to a point in your saves before you added one or several mods, and try to play on from that point. Either way, you lose progress.

Sadly Bethesda save games are fragile things, and can break at any time no matter what you do. It's just the nature of the beast.
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the only commands i use are the basics tcl and tgm and only when im building a settlmentive found that the problem might not just be tied to the game like i thought im trying to figure out if the problem is tied to some files that should not be there and if i need to update my nvidea geforce
 
tgm is god mode, right? would you use that to carry massive stacks of stuff? perhaps unload those stacks into a local workbench so you can build a settlement?
it's not unheard of for a workbench to have a load of items in them, and when you approach a settlement, it causes a ctd due to the amount of stuff in the workbench. not saying this is the root cause, but i am saying that this is a known limitation and it could be a contributor to your issues.
when you say files that should not be there, i'm not sure what you mean. do you mean loose files in your data directory perhaps? a missing texture that is/was a loose file could contribute to a ctd if it cannot be found.
other than those two thoughts, i'm all out of further ideas to try and help you diagnose the root cause.
 
I have a recommendation which I believe everyone that mods fallout should use... FO4Edit. You don't need to be a modder to use it, you don't even need to make patches or edit things (though this is half the fun of modding fallout). It gives you a world view of every mod you have installed and how they interact with each other. It also helps you sniff out dodgy mods. Most importantly it helps you make an educated choice on what mods to stick with or drop, especially when you notice that you have multiple mods overwriting each other. In some instances this isn't a big deal but from my experience mods which edit the same cells and quests can make things get quite sticky and gross. I'm sure there's appropriate terminology for that but I'm no modder.

If you start using FO4edit you'll see how certain mods like SS, conqueror, etc, don't really edit too much of what's already there which is great. A lot of new big-little mods like these rely on scripts which can lead to their own issues but are ultimately better. But now I'm speculating.

Get in there, dig around, you'll start to build a picture in your head which you can relate to strange happenings in your game. I don't know how many times I've been able to pinpoint problematic mods just by knowing how they influence other aspects of the game.

Just to be clear though, I'm not a computer wizard so take my advice with a grain of salt.
 
1ae0bfb8 said:
tgm is god mode, right? would you use that to carry massive stacks of stuff? perhaps unload those stacks into a local workbench so you can build a settlement?
it's not unheard of for a workbench to have a load of items in them, and when you approach a settlement, it causes a ctd due to the amount of stuff in the workbench. not saying this is the root cause, but i am saying that this is a known limitation and it could be a contributor to your issues.
when you say files that should not be there, i'm not sure what you mean. do you mean loose files in your data directory perhaps? a missing texture that is/was a loose file could contribute to a ctd if it cannot be found.
other than those two thoughts, i'm all out of further ideas to try and help you diagnose the root cause.
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Don't play with tgm nor use "scrapall"... there are just some things not meant to be.
 
Grim Experiments said:
I have a recommendation which I believe everyone that mods fallout should use... FO4Edit. You don't need to be a modder to use it, you don't even need to make patches or edit things (though this is half the fun of modding fallout). It gives you a world view of every mod you have installed and how they interact with each other. It also helps you sniff out dodgy mods. Most importantly it helps you make an educated choice on what mods to stick with or drop, especially when you notice that you have multiple mods overwriting each other. In some instances this isn't a big deal but from my experience mods which edit the same cells and quests can make things get quite sticky and gross. I'm sure there's appropriate terminology for that but I'm no modder.

If you start using FO4edit you'll see how certain mods like SS, conqueror, etc, don't really edit too much of what's already there which is great. A lot of new big-little mods like these rely on scripts which can lead to their own issues but are ultimately better. But now I'm speculating.

Get in there, dig around, you'll start to build a picture in your head which you can relate to strange happenings in your game. I don't know how many times I've been able to pinpoint problematic mods just by knowing how they influence other aspects of the game.

Just to be clear though, I'm not a computer wizard so take my advice with a grain of salt.
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I use the auto clean function and hit all my dlc files after a new install. My CTD's have gone way down, though not sure if this is part of it or what.

Just an aside, I have also encountered CTD with pip-boy management... when I access and switch from inventory to quests etc... or if I hit "T" to go to perk tree, CTD. Found out it was VIS-G ... reverted back to Valdicil's.

Also, what Raider Overhaul version? I have heard around that the 11.c is very stable compared to the latest 12+ versions.

So there are many other things going on that can cause this.

John
 
MrCJohn said:
I use the auto clean function and hit all my dlc files after a new install. My CTD's have gone way down, though not sure if this is part of it or what.
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Yeah same here. I find it funny how gamers need to clean the vanilla game files but it does help. Though that could be a placebo.
 
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