Freeze/crash/ILS on loading save? (STEP Core)

[CrashGordon94]

I just recently completed a baseline STEP Core install following the guide as much as I could (skipped the mods that it said I could skip with ENBoost since it made me get that). It was working fine but I recently saved in Riverwood after talking to Sven and getting all his talk options out and now I can seem to load it. I'll freeze or it'll start loading fine with the music kicking in and everything but just not stop loading, one it just crashed to desktop.

 

I tried disabling the DynDOLOD stuff but when I started it up and went to load my file it said that it was depending on content that's no longer available, that sounded too dangerous to accept so I quit out and turned it back on.

 

Also tried loading my last save before that (an autosave just after leaving the starting cave), but it froze both times.

 

Current LOOT order, I think:

 

 

 0  0 Skyrim.esm

 1  1 Update.esm

 2  2 Dawnguard.esm

 3  3 HearthFires.esm

 4  4 Dragonborn.esm

 5  5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

 6  6 Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

      HighResTexturePack01.esp

      HighResTexturePack02.esp

      HighResTexturePack03.esp

      Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

 7  7 Cutting Room Floor.esp

      STEP DLC Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

      STEP Vanilla Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

 8  8 Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

      Brawl Bugs CE.esp

 9  9 Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

10  a Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

11  b Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

12  c Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp

13  d Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

14  e SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

15  f Dead Body Collision.esp

16 10 Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

17 11 NARC.esp

18 12 Paralyze.esp

      Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

19 13 RaceMenu.esp

20 14 RaceMenuPlugin.esp

21 15 SkyUI.esp

22 16 TradeBarter.esp

23 17 ViewableFactionRanksBothDLC.esp

24 18 SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

25 19 Point The Way.esp

26 1a SMIM-Merged-All.esp

27 1b SFO - Dragonborn.esp

28 1c SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

29 1d FarmhouseChimneys.esp

30 1e Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

31 1f ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

32 20 PilgrimsDelight.esp

33 21 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

34 22 EmbersHD.esp

35 23 Beards.esp

36 24 Brows.esp

37 25 ORM-Arvak.esp

38 26 aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp

39 27 imp_helm_legend.esp

40 28 Elemental Staves.esp

      GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp

41 29 Mage Outfit Texture Overhaul.esp

42 2a DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

43 2b Soul Gems Differ.esp

      BWS.esp

44 2c DragonShoutVoice.esp

45 2d IHSS.esp

46 2e Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

47 2f ADS.esp

48 30 Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

49 31 Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp

50 32 ClamsDropPearls.esp

51 33 Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp

52 34 Gildergreen Regrown.esp

53 35 NonEssentialChildren.esp

      Traps Make Noise.esp

54 36 WM Trap Fixes.esp

55 37 Moss Rocks - Legendary.esp

56 38 RelightingSkyrim_Legendary.esp

57 39 RealisticWaterTwo.esp

58 3a RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp

59 3b AOS.esp

60 3c ELE_Legendary_Lite.esp

61 3d STEP Core Patch.esp

62 3e Bashed Patch, 0.esp

63 3f DesyncBirdsOfPrey.esp

64 40 SolitudeExterior.esp

65 41 WhiterunExterior.esp

66 42 DynDOLOD.esp

Trying to sort DOES actually offer changes but I was too concerned to accept because of the Bashed Patch and all.

 

If any more info is needed, I'll give it, I just don't know what's needed.

[CrashGordon94]

Updating in new post since I still can't find the edit button on the original post.

 

I managed to load my save by starting a new game and loading from the pause menu in there. Still, I'd rather not sit through the carriage ride every time so if anyone can help, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Edited December 13, 2016 by CrashGordon94

[TechAngel85]

First, allow LOOT to sort your load order and accept any changes. Next, rebuild your Bashed Patch. Last, post the contents of your enblocal.ini file within spoiler tags:

[spoiler]
Content content content
[/spoiler]

[CrashGordon94]

Sorry for the delay in responding.

I did the following to rebuild the patch:

1) Opened LOOT (This time it just said "Error" with no description but worked fine afterwards) and accepted the sort changes.

2) Opened Wrye Bash.

3) Followed the steps on the wiki starting from 2 (presumed that since I've built it already I didn't need to re-enable the disabled stuff).

4) Dragged the "Docs" folder from Overwrite to "STEP Core Bashed Patch" (what I called it in the left pane), choosing to Move and Replace.

5) Ran LOOT again just to be safe, it said it made no changes.

6) Booted the game to test, trying to load the file gave me the "this save relies on content that's no longer present" message and choosing "Yes" from there lead to the same problem.

 

My enblocal.ini:

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

 

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=false

IgnoreCreationKit=true

 

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=128

VideoMemorySizeMb=2144

EnableCompression=false

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

[THREADS]

DataSyncMode=0

PriorityMode=0

EnableUnsafeFixes=false

 

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

 

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=false

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

 

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true

MaxAnisotropy=16

ForceLodBias=false

LodBias=0.0

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

EnableVSync=true

VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

 

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

EnableFPSLimit=false

FPSLimit=10.0

 

[iNPUT]

//shift

KeyCombination=16

//f12

KeyUseEffect=123

//home

KeyFPSLimit=36

//num /       106

KeyShowFPS=106

//print screen

KeyScreenshot=44

//enter

KeyEditor=13

//f4

KeyFreeVRAM=115

//B

KeyBruteForce=66

KeyDepthOfField=118

 

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]

Enable=false

Quality=1

DesiredFPS=20.0

 

[ANTIALIASING]

EnableEdgeAA=false

EnableTemporalAA=false

EnableSubPixelAA=false

 

[FIX]

FixGameBugs=true

FixParallaxBugs=true

FixParallaxTerrain=false

FixAliasedTextures=true

IgnoreInventory=true

FixTintGamma=true

RemoveBlur=false

FixSubSurfaceScattering=true

FixSkyReflection=true

FixCursorVisibility=true

FixLag=false

 

[LONGEXPOSURE]

EnableLongExposureMode=false

Time=1.0

BlendMax=0.0

 

My current load order from LOOT:

 0  0 Skyrim.esm

 1  1 Update.esm

 2  2 Dawnguard.esm

 3  3 HearthFires.esm

 4  4 Dragonborn.esm

 5  5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

 6  6 Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

      HighResTexturePack01.esp

      HighResTexturePack02.esp

      HighResTexturePack03.esp

      Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

 7  7 Cutting Room Floor.esp

      STEP DLC Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

      STEP Vanilla Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

 8  8 Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

      Brawl Bugs CE.esp

 9  9 Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

10  a Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

11  b Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

12  c Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp

13  d Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

14  e SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

15  f Dead Body Collision.esp

16 10 Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

17 11 NARC.esp

18 12 Paralyze.esp

      Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

19 13 RaceMenu.esp

20 14 RaceMenuPlugin.esp

21 15 SkyUI.esp

22 16 TradeBarter.esp

23 17 ViewableFactionRanksBothDLC.esp

24 18 SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

25 19 Point The Way.esp

26 1a SMIM-Merged-All.esp

27 1b SFO - Dragonborn.esp

28 1c SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

29 1d FarmhouseChimneys.esp

30 1e Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

31 1f ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

32 20 PilgrimsDelight.esp

33 21 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

34 22 EmbersHD.esp

35 23 Beards.esp

36 24 Brows.esp

37 25 ORM-Arvak.esp

38 26 aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp

39 27 imp_helm_legend.esp

40 28 Elemental Staves.esp

      GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp

41 29 Mage Outfit Texture Overhaul.esp

42 2a DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

43 2b Soul Gems Differ.esp

      BWS.esp

44 2c DragonShoutVoice.esp

45 2d IHSS.esp

46 2e Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

47 2f ADS.esp

48 30 Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

49 31 Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp

50 32 ClamsDropPearls.esp

51 33 Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp

52 34 WhiterunExterior.esp

53 35 Gildergreen Regrown.esp

54 36 NonEssentialChildren.esp

      Traps Make Noise.esp

55 37 WM Trap Fixes.esp

56 38 Moss Rocks - Legendary.esp

      DesyncBirdsOfPrey.esp

57 39 SolitudeExterior.esp

58 3a RelightingSkyrim_Legendary.esp

59 3b RealisticWaterTwo.esp

60 3c RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp

61 3d AOS.esp

62 3e ELE_Legendary_Lite.esp

63 3f STEP Core Patch.esp

64 40 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

65 41 DynDOLOD.esp

[TechAngel85]

Try starting a new game to see if it gives you any issues. Feel free to use LAL to skip over the intro and get in the game faster for the test.

[CrashGordon94]

Sorry for the huge delay in responding, got caught up with various life stuff.

 

I started a new game and loaded up the save at the first opportunity (didn't get LAL because I was afraid of messing stuff up). I got the "some content missing" message but it actually loaded fine.

I played through a bit and my later save at Bleak Falls Temple seems to be loading fine, I guess it was because the town was a crowded area or something? Just want to make sure, don't want to have this problem again.

[rolandito]

I'm chiming in here because I just had a similar experience.  I'd deleted Skyrim for a long time, as my last character was around Level 140 and I needed the space on my little 120GB SDD.

 

I just did a STEP:Core installation, and my character was Level 3, still in the wilderness between Helgen and Riverwood.  I quit because kids/life, and when I tried to re-load the savegame, I got the lovely ILS behavior.  I was able to load an earlier autosave from inside Helgen Keep, but when I tried to quickload (or regular load) my current game, the load screen actually froze just as the smoke appeared.  The behavior was reproducible every time I tried.

 

The solution is an SKSE plugin called Safety Load.  Apparently, the TESV engine's memory allocation function is vulnerable to unchecked race conditions, which lead to the ILS behavior.  This plugin replaces it with the regular C-language malloc().

 

Worked like a charm.

[TechAngel85]

This likely could have been fixed with Crash Fixes or a proper ENBoost setup instead of Safety Load. Safety Load was tested to be in STEP but was rejected due to suspected CTDs caused by the mod, of which the author partially confirm was an outstanding issue but it got never fixed.