Is there a usual cause to a simple music overhaul causing CTDs?

[Guest]

Hi Guys,

 

Want to use a Final Fantasy music overhaul in my game, I played it for a while and it's really nostalgic and brings a new feel to Skyrim. The problem is I am very certain it's causing CTDs on rare-ish occasions (sometimes within 30 minutes, sometimes a few hours) - i've tested it with and without this mod, and the crashes have stopped since I removed it.

 

There is no .esp, and i've looked in the folders and can't see any scripts. As far as I can tell it's literally just overwriting Skyrims native soundtrack and effects with identical file names, which I allow it to do in MO2. This would seem like such an unlikely mod to cause CTDs because it's so basic in what it does.

 

The only reasons I can guess at are that the mod was made for LE and contains '.xwm' files, which I assume run with SSE as for the most part I can hear the music working as intended - but perhaps not reliably. The only other thing I can think of is SSE has a file size limit, or length it adheres too in terms of music and SFX and any overwriting files that exceed either of those constraints cause the game to stop.

 

If anyone can offer any advice I would be grateful. Here is the mod in question:

 

 

[Husky1o1]

That would be interesting for me to know as well. I have a similar situation - or suspicion - as I have been getting super random CTDs lately too, while walking somewhere in the wilderness for example. This has been happening some time after installing Sounds of Skyrim and Ambience Overhaul. The behavior is very unpredictable and not reproducible. I verified all meshes from all my mods for problems - often the cause for CTDs - even though they worked in the past and sure enough they are still working now.

[Reelz]

Didn't know music can do ctd's... I thought they affect only amulets and rings. I usually don't use them because if they change wearing sound - "unlimited amulets and rings" won't work, but there is no ctd's, just mods stop working.