Can't Save Progress : III

» Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:30 pm

Alright so here's the problem. Recently I installed about 4-5 mods and went to try them ingame with a new character. i got through the chargen just fine and dandy and went to clear out the newbie cave nearby (admasartus). now before i entered i tried to create a save so that i wouldn't have to go through the chargen again. it started out saving just fine but 3/4 of the way through the loading bar my game CTD. I opened up Mash to try to repair my game but when i started up the saves tab i got an error message saying that the headers for the save are corrupted so thinking that it may have been one of the new mods i installed i unchecked them and tried again only to have it CTD on me at the same point of loading.

I tried saving regularly and quicksaving. I also installed the new Beta of the MCP and activated the features (except for the polish keyboard)
Nothing in my Warnings text relates to the crash (its all BC stuff).

here is my mod list:

[Game Files]
GameFile0=Bloodmoon.esm
GameFile1=Book Rotate.esm
GameFile2=GDR_MasterFile.esm
GameFile3=Morrowind Patch v1.6.5-BETA.esm
GameFile4=Morrowind.esm
GameFile5=Rise of House Telvanni.esm
GameFile6=Tribunal.esm
GameFile7=World_Of_Faces_Master.esm
GameFile8=Animated Morrowind 1.0.esp
GameFile9=BLLDV_ALL.esp
GameFile10=BTB - Alchemy.esp
GameFile11=BTB - Character (Alternate).esp
GameFile12=BTB - Equipment.esp
GameFile13=BTB - Settings.esp
GameFile14=BTB - Spells.esp
GameFile15=Better Clothes_v1.1_nac.esp
GameFile16=Better Skulls.ESP
GameFile17=Book Rotate - Bloodmoon v5.3.esp
GameFile18=CB's Gold+.esp
GameFile19=CalSurGuardMod.esp
GameFile20=Clean Atmospheric Balmora.ESP
GameFile21=Clean Key Replacer MW Renamer.esp
GameFile22=Clean KeyNamer.esp
GameFile23=Clean Nocturne.esp
GameFile24=Clean Obsidion Shield V 1.1.esp
GameFile25=Clean PJM Themed bowsets.esp
GameFile26=DM_DB Armor Replacer-Exp.esp
GameFile27=DN-GDRv1.esp
GameFile28=DNGDR-GHD Patch.esp
GameFile29=GOTYScriptTidy(MyCommentsOut).esp
GameFile30=Great House Dagoth.esp
GameFile31=Improved Postitioning.esp
GameFile32=Improved_No_Glow_v1-MW_Trib_Blood.esp
GameFile33=Key Replacer Trib & BM.esp
GameFile34=MDP Compilation.ESP
GameFile35=MTT Vol III.esp
GameFile36=Mashed Lists.esp
GameFile37=Merged_Objects.esp
GameFile38=Moon-and-Star.esp
GameFile39=NX9_Guards_Complete.ESP
GameFile40=PSsorticon.esp
GameFile41=PTE - BC Patch.esp
GameFile42=Piratelords Trade Enhancements.esp
GameFile43=Protective Guards.esp
GameFile44=Scripted_Spells.esp
GameFile45=Scrollsv1.1.esp
GameFile46=Slof's Goth Shop II.esp
GameFile47=Starfires NPC Additions ver-1.11.esp
GameFile48=TheForgottenShields - Artifacts_NG.esp
GameFile49=UniqueFinery.esp
GameFile50=Westly Presents_Exiles of Akavir_N.esp
GameFile51=correctUV Ore Replacer 1.0.esp
GameFile52=llm-easy.esp
GameFile53=vn_goldweight.esp

would cleaning some mods with TesTool have anything to do with the problems i'm facing?

» Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:24 am

You indicate that Morrowind crashed during saving the game. This pretty much ensures that the savegame is garbage, and it sounds like Mash is choking on it too, which would be expected in that case.

If you start a new game, are you able to save okay immediately after you finish the chargen process? It's worth it to try at least a few more times before you start looking for culprits in your list of plugins. If you still can't create a valid savegame after a few tries, then I would try using the binary search method to see if you can pinpoint a particular mod that is causing the problem.

» Sun Feb 14, 2010 5:34 am

~Edit~

Well apparently upon reproducing this time around after 5 successful saves in a row i think it is safe to say that it was a one time error. I would still like to know what caused it though so we could possibly prevent this from happening in the future

» Sat Feb 13, 2010 6:36 pm

Your load order is not right.

GameFile0=Bloodmoon.esmGameFile1=Book Rotate.esmGameFile2=GDR_MasterFile.esmGameFile3=Morrowind Patch v1.6.5-BETA.esmGameFile4=Morrowind.esmGameFile5=Rise of House Telvanni.esmGameFile6=Tribunal.esm

Get a copy of Mlox to fix the load order that will mess up any gamesas game.

Morrowind.esm,Tribunal.esm then Bloodmoon.esm. Morrowind should be first not Bloodmoon. Bloodmoon should be last...

» Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:12 am

Your load order is not right.

This is a misunderstanding when viewing the [Game Files] section of Morrowind.ini which is presented in alphabetical order, not load order.