i keep crashing when getting near the companions fighting the giant

[LaamLooo]

my first time posting here, i'm not quit sure why this keeps happening, iv looked at many pages on this topic and i can't exactly understand what's going on with my mods that might be causing this.

 

the last few lines of my papyrus log:

 

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["wolf" [lvlpredatorscript < (000847DF)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Main Quest] The cloak is being applied for the first time since game load

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["rabbit" [Actor < (00105987)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Creature] Update being forced on ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC54F)>]]; havingSex=False savedOverrideArousal=0 arousalSource=0

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Creature] Update being forced on ["Deer" [Actor < (000EBC51)>]]; havingSex=False savedOverrideArousal=0 arousalSource=0

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:03AM] [CF][Creature] Update being forced on ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC8DF)>]]; havingSex=False savedOverrideArousal=0 arousalSource=0

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["rabbit" [Actor < (00105985)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC8DF)>]] unaroused

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Started on ["wolf" [lvlpredatorscript < (000DC8E1)>]] with race/skin ["wolf" [Race <WolfRace (0001320A)>]]["" [Armor < (000C02FB)>]]

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] ["Deer" [Actor < (000EBC51)>]] unaroused

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["wolf" [Actor < (0009F361)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC54F)>]] unaroused

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["Deer" [Actor < (000EBC51)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Update being forced on ["wolf" [lvlpredatorscript < (000DC8E1)>]]; havingSex=False savedOverrideArousal=0 arousalSource=0

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC54F)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["Deer" [Actor < (000DC8DF)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] ["wolf" [lvlpredatorscript < (000DC8E1)>]] unaroused

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:04AM] [CF][Creature] Not equipping normal armour on ["wolf" [lvlpredatorscript < (000DC8E1)>]]; there is no normal armour; gender=1

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:10AM] [CF][Creature Apply] Not activating ["mudcrab" [Actor < (000EBC4F)>]]; creature isn't registered; race=["mudcrab" [Race <MudcrabRace (000BA545)>]] skin=["" [Armor < (000E40BA)>]]

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:28AM] [CF][Creature Apply] Not activating ["chicken" [Actor < (00106740)>]]; creature isn't registered; race=["chicken" [Race <ChickenRace (000A919D)>]] skin=["chicken" [Armor < (000A919C)>]]

[04/02/2019 - 11:15:28AM] [CF][Creature Apply] Not activating ["Giant" [Actor < (000C97D2)>]]; creature isn't registered; race=["Giant" [Race <C00GiantOutsideWhiterunRace (000CAE13)>]] skin=["" [Armor < (00048D94)>]]
 

 

[SleepyJim]

I used to have the same issue. It wasn't specifically related to the companions/giant scene, as it could happen even after that had been cleared.

 

What I found through lots of searching is that, essentially, that general area is a notorious CTD hotspot because it's very intensive on VRAM. There's a lot going on there, with the Whiterun exterior, lots of npcs, rivers with flowing water effects, mountains with mists and fogs rolling over them, long unbroken views etc. There's a lot to load in and handle for the game's dodgy engine and when you throw in mods and high resolution textures it can sometimes just be too much for either the game, your system, or both. There are even reports of the console versions of the game crashing around there at times.

 

I stopped having problems after using the Optimised Vanilla Textures mod on nexus, downgrading my clothing and armour texture mods to lower res versions, and stopping using fair skin for female skin textures. I'd been thinking about going back from fair skin to an older version of mature skin that I preferred anyway. Clearly what worked for me is not going to apply to everyone else, and others use the mods I had to sacrifice without problems, but my advice would be to look at skin, clothing and armour mods you're using and start downgrading their texture quality, beginning with the ones that aren't too important to you. And take a look at that optimised textures mod as well perhaps. There's likely to be a straw in your set up that's breaking the camel's back, and hopefully you can find it before having to sacrifice something you really want to keep.

 

(If you do use the optimised vanilla textures mod and find you have ugly green distant textures on things like windmills, check the mod's comments section for a fix.)

[Nazzzgul666]

Other than memory related, it might be caused if you don't use XPMSE or if it's overwritten by something it shouldn't. Which is pretty much everything except you know what you're doing, i'd suggest to reinstall or if you use MO, move it down on the left side.