[Solved] Can someone help me decipher this crash log?

[astrum_xeno]

Hello,

 

i'm a complete noob when it comes to troubleshoot stuff like this, i'm having an issue where my game ctd when loading saves, at first it weirdly only crashed when loading a save the first time then it would suddenly load after with no problems. Trying to fix said first-time-crash i made it worse and now i crash when trying to load ANY save, even very old ones and also when starting a new one.

this is what crashlogger has spit out: https://pastebin.com/E2XFVSKt

 

i have no idea how to read this, i've been staring at this for several hours now and i'm not a single bit smarter...

i would very much appreciate any pointers on what to do here, also sorry if my english sucks it's not my first language and i'm tired as fuck xD

 

thanks for your time and have a nice day

Edited September 1, 2024 by Stardust.exe

[astrum_xeno]

Okay i randomly managed to actually load the oldest save i had without the game complaining, and from there it gets really weird... if i try to load the most recent save from there it works without crashing, it loads just fine and i can play without problems... but when i then try to load literally the same save file from there, it crashes again, same output in the crash log...

 

so i can't load saves from the main menu, i can't load recent saves from inside recent saves, but i CAN load recent saves from inside the oldest one...

 

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[Pavlovian Afterdark]

By any chance did you installed a mod that had was ESL, like an armor mod or a weapon or a follower, whatever type. Then decide you did not wanted to have it installed and got rid of it.

Because what happened to you happens to me when I do that. Specially if I install the mod, play around for a while, make the mistake of selling an item of that mod to any trader NPC and then deciding to unistall it. It makes my saves crash on load but only when using the continue or the load from main screen. But not from old saves like happened to you. Also when you say that even starting new ones. You mean to create a new save or a new game?

[astrum_xeno]

1 hour ago, Pavlovian Afterdark said:

By any chance did you installed a mod that had was ESL, like an armor mod or a weapon or a follower, whatever type. Then decide you did not wanted to have it installed and got rid of it.

Because what happened to you happens to me when I do that. Specially if I install the mod, play around for a while, make the mistake of selling an item of that mod to any trader NPC and then deciding to unistall it. It makes my saves crash on load but only when using the continue or the load from main screen. But not from old saves like happened to you. Also when you say that even starting new ones. You mean to create a new save or a new game?

no, i didn't add or remove any mods during my time playing that save. only during trying to fix the crashes did i change anything about the load order by trying out changing some positions out of desperation... also yeah completely new games were also broken but that kinda just fixed itself? idk what happened but i can start a new game just fine now. new saves within my current game are all broken tho

[traison]

Your crash was caused by reference id 0xFF001187 called " ¸êU÷" form id 0x000001EE which is a TalkingActivator. It may have had something to do with EngineFixes and an _NPC with reference id 0xFF00080A called "Ibex".

 

0x1ee does not exist in my game, so there's something weird going on in yours. Edit: or this is something that's been added in more recent versions of the game. I'm on 1.5.97.

Edited September 1, 2024 by traison

[astrum_xeno]

2 hours ago, traison said:

Your crash was caused by reference id 0xFF001187 called " ¸êU÷" form id 0x000001EE which is a TalkingActivator. It may have had something to do with EngineFixes and an _NPC with reference id 0xFF00080A called "Ibex".

 

0x1ee does not exist in my game, so there's something weird going on in yours. Edit: or this is something that's been added in more recent versions of the game. I'm on 1.5.97.

thank you. that gave me enough of a clue to find a solution. i have demonic creatures installed, so the ibex comes from there but that was not the actual cause of my crashing as i tried spawning in like 100 of them in my only working save without problems so idk why that one was referenced there...

the real culprit was EngineFixes, fixed the crashes by setting both MemoryManager and ScaleformAllocator to false inside EngineFixes.toml after looking up possible ctd causes and solutions related to EngineFixes. i can now load any and all my saves again without problems, i hope it stays that way.