Game "crashes" on saving

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:15 am

EDIT: it appears that saving doesn't crash the game at all; it just takes a very, very long time, makes the game freeze, and the sound loop. If I alt-tab out while it's in progress, the game does crash. The other information I've provided is correct though.

Hello,

Today, after loading my most recent save, I attempted to move into a different zone, at which point the game crashed. I then resolved to use the console code to travel to my destination, hopefully circumventing this particular issue. When I quicksaved before doing this, however, the game crashed again. Further experimentation has confirmed that the game crashes whenever I save it - whether the save is quick, auto, or manual. I should note that up to this morning the game had run spotlessly in its ~40 hours of playtime.

I have one mod and one fix installed - the factionless NCR Ranger combat armour and the Direct3D framerate fix - but I've tried the game with both of them disabled/uninstalled and it still doesn't work.

I'm not sure whether the game actually crashes as such. The sound starts looping and it's uncontrollable, but sometimes after I ctrl+alt+del out, I can go back into the game to find that it's saved fine and is now working alright. Other times I get "FalloutNV has stopped working". Whichever of those happens, the game does actually save and I am able to continue from the crash-causing save when I start the game up again. Can anybody help me?

Here is my DXDIAG:

Spoiler

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/12/2010, 08:03:46
Machine name: BEAUTIFUL-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista? Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100608-0458)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Extreme CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 2775MB used, 13773MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9800 GX2
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0604&SUBSYS_82811043&REV_A2
Display Memory: 4079 MB
Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
Shared Memory: 3583 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 8.17.0012.5721 (English)
DDI Version: 10
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/7/2010 23:58:00, 12338280 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4544-11CF-AA65-8DA21CC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0604
SubSys ID: 0x82811043
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
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DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00291102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

Description: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00291102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID:
Product ID:
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: "What U Hear" (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Description: S/PDIF-In (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Description: Auxiliary (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Description: Microphone (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Description: Line-In (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1348 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/12/2010 11:58:32, 697816 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectInput Devices
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Device Name: Mouse
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x00DD
FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x10DE, 0x026D
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub
| Service: usbhub
|
+-+ USB Human Interface Device
| | Vendor/Product ID: 0x04D9, 0x0461
| | Location: Port_#0001.Hub_#0001
| | Matching Device ID: generic_hid_device
| | Service: HidUsb
| |
| +-+ HID-compliant mouse
| | | Vendor/Product ID: 0x04D9, 0x0461
| | | Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_mouse
| | | Service: mouhid

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Gameport Devices
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PS/2 Devices
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+ HID Keyboard Device
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x00DD
| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_keyboard
| Service: kbdhid
|
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
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+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 1027.2 GB
Total Space: 1430.8 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: NVIDIA STRIPE 1.36T

Drive: D:
Model: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6002.18005 (English), , 0 bytes

Drive: F:
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Drive: K:
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Drive: L:
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Drive: E:
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System Devices
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Name: Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2360&SUBSYS_82081043&REV_02\4&314F28B4&0&0038
Driver: n/a

Name: VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: Creative SB X-Fi
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard RAM Controller
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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Driver: n/a

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Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_026E&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A3\3&2411E6FE&0&59
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_026D&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A3\3&2411E6FE&0&58
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0269&SUBSYS_82211043&REV_A3\3&2411E6FE&0&A0
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0267&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&0&78
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&0&70
Driver: n/a

Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0265&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&0&68
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0264&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A3\3&2411E6FE&0&51
Driver: n/a

Name: PCI standard ISA bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0260&SUBSYS_81BC1043&REV_A3\3&2411E6FE&0&50
Driver: n/a

------------------
DirectShow Filters
------------------

DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,,
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,
LEAD DVD Playlist Parser,0x00600000,1,2,,
Full Screen Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
CT Upsampler filter,0x00100000,1,1,Upsample.ax,2.00.0005.0000
Creative Wave Writer,0x00200000,1,0,WavWrite.ax,3.01.0004.0000
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6001.7000
DivX AAC Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,daac.ax,7.01.0000.0010
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,11.00.6001.7000
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Indeo? video 5.10 Compression Filter,0x00200000,1,1,ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,11.00.6001.7110
BPM Metadata,0x001fffff,1,1,MetaBPMu.ax,2.00.0002.0000
Creative Recording Wav_Asio Filter,0x00400000,0,1,AudioRec.ax,1.00.0002.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6002.18005
CT Time-Scaling filter,0x00100000,1,1,TimeScal.ax,2.03.0009.0000
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6001.18000
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Indeo? video 5.10 Decompression Filter,0x00640000,1,1,ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6002.18158
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.6001.18000
Pearson Decryption Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,,
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6002.18005
Internal LMRT Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,LMRTREND.dll,6.00.0004.0827
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6002.18005
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
TrueMotion 2.0 Decompressor,0x00600001,1,1,tm20dec.ax,1.00.0000.0001
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18000
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
CT Karaoke filter,0x00100000,1,1,Karaoke.ax,2.00.0012.0000
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6002.18005
Creative AC3 Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,AC3Srcu.ax,3.02.0001.0000
Creative PCM Raw Writer,0x00200000,1,0,RawWritu.ax,1.00.0000.0000
CT PDP filter,0x00100000,1,1,PDP.ax,1.00.0008.0000
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
MPEG-2 Video Stream anolyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6001.18000
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18005
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,,6.06.6002.18158
DivX H.264 Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,DivXDecH264.ax,8.02.0000.0026
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
DivX Decoder Filter,0xff800000,1,1,divxdec.ax,6.03.0000.0085
CT SmartVolumeManagement filter,0x00100000,1,1,DSCompr.ax,1.00.0008.0000
Creative Audio Gain Filter,0x00200000,1,1,AudGain.ax,1.00.0000.0000
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6001.7000
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.00.6001.18000
Creative Flac Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,FlacSrcu.ax,1.00.0002.0000
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Creative MLP Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,MlpSrcu.ax,3.01.0000.0000
Creative File Reader Filter,0x00400000,0,1,FilReadu.ax,1.00.0005.0000
SVM Metadata,0x001fffff,1,1,MetaSVMu.ax,2.00.0002.0000
CT HPVirtualizer filter,0x00100000,1,1,Virtual.ax,1.00.0000.0000
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,,6.06.6002.18005
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18005
Cutlist File Source,0x00200000,0,1,qcut.dll,6.00.0002.0902
DivX MKV Demux,0x00200000,0,1,DMFSource.ax,1.00.0001.0004
CT CMSS3 filter,0x00100000,1,1,CMSS3.ax,3.00.0013.0000
AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6002.18005
WST Pager,0x00800000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.6001.18000
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6002.18005
Creative Ogg Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,OggSrcu.ax,1.00.0001.0000
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Creative NVF Filter,0x00400000,0,1,NvfSrcu.ax,3.01.0001.0000
Indeo? audio software,0x00500000,1,1,iac25_32.ax,2.00.0005.0053
Noise Reduction,0x00100000,1,1,NoisRedu.ax,3.00.0007.0000
URL StreamRenderer,0x00600000,1,0,LMRTREND.dll,6.00.0004.0827
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.6002.18005
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.6002.18005
Creative WMA Writer,0x00200000,1,0,WMAWrite.ax,5.00.0001.0000
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.6001.18000
IVF source filter,0x00600000,0,1,Ivfsrc.ax,5.10.0002.0051
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,11.00.6002.18005
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6001.18000
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18000
Creative WMA Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,WmaSrc.ax,3.01.0001.0000
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6002.18005
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,,6.06.6002.18158
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,11.00.6001.7000
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6002.18158
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Creative CDDA Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,CDDA.ax,3.00.0003.0000
Creative LiveRecording Filter SxS,0x00400000,0,1,LiveRecu.ax,5.00.0001.0000
Creative Internet Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,InetSrcu.ax,1.00.0000.0000
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.00.6002.18005
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.6002.18005
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Indeo? video 4.4 Decompression Filter,0x00640000,1,1,ir41_32.ax,4.51.0016.0003
Indeo? video 4.4 Compression Filter,0x00200000,1,1,ir41_32.ax,4.51.0016.0003

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Indeo? video 5.10 Compression Filter,0x00100000,1,1,ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6002.18158
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
DivX 6.8.5 Codec (4 Logical CPUs),0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel Indeo® Video R3.2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel Indeo? Video 4.5,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Indeo? video 5.10,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
DivX 6.8.5 YV12 Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000
Ligos Indeo? Video Raw R1.2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000

Audio Compressors:
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,
IAC2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6002.18158

Audio Capture Sources:
"What U Hear" (Creative SB X-Fi,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Auxiliary (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Line-In (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
Microphone (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000
S/PDIF-In (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000

Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
SB X-Fi Synth A [BF00],0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
SB X-Fi Synth B [BF00],0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
,0x00000000,0,0,,
SB X-Fi Audio [BF00],0x00200000,2,2,,6.00.6001.18000

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
SB X-Fi DMusic Synth [BF00],0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000
SPDIF Out,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000
SB X-Fi Synth A [BF00],0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000
SB X-Fi Synth B [BF00],0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000
SB X-Fi Audio [BF00],0x00200000,2,2,,6.00.6001.18000

BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.6002.18005

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.6001.18000

BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.6002.18005
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.6001.18000

BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6002.18005
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6002.18005
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6002.18005

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6001.18000

Audio Renderers:
Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
DirectSound: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158
DirectSound: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi),0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6002.18158

Thanks!!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:28 pm

No idea if this could possibly be related, but it used to be that when I alt-tabbed out, the song on the radio would continue playing normally. Now the sound loops, just like during the freeze, although it skips forward to the position it should be at when I alt-tab back.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:40 pm

I had this issue when I had altered my timescale to = 1 for some reason. Probably unrelated though, unless you've also altered the timescale.

If you haven't- have you tried turning off the radio and seeing if the problem persists? I had some odd issue with codecs causing crashes on fast-travel while listening to the radio. That was a hard one to diagnose.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:44 pm

I had this issue when I had altered my timescale to = 1 for some reason. Probably unrelated though, unless you've also altered the timescale.

If you haven't- have you tried turning off the radio and seeing if the problem persists? I had some odd issue with codecs causing crashes on fast-travel while listening to the radio. That was a hard one to diagnose.

Thanks for your suggestions! I've tried editing the timescale and turning off the radio, but neither seem to have resolved the issue. My experimentation with them has kind of clarified it, though: it seems that the game doesn't crash when I save, it just takes a long, long time. Not perfect, but it's still far more tolerable than restarting the game after every save.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:13 pm

A couple things I can think of:

How large are you save games?
Do you have an idea of what your memory usage is while the game is saving (when you've brought up task manager)?
How much free space do you have on your hard drive and how large is your page file (if you're using win 7 just search "pagefile" in the start menu the help topic will point you to that info)?
How defragmented is your hard disk and does it take a very long time to start the game as well?
Try starting a new game to test if this issue is also present in a fresh playthrough from the beginning- this will help suggest whether it is a general problem like a memory leak or an issue specific to your current playthrough.

Your save files should not be larger than 10 megs. Even if they were 40 megs it would be unlikely to be the sole source of your problem, but may be indicative of something causing there to be a whole lot of unnecessary info in them. If they're stupidly large then we have a more obvious problem.

It's also possible that if memory useage is unreasonably high or if you are close to maxing out on system resources that your save information may be being pulled from a combination of memory and a heavily fragmented page file. This could compound long save times and if you were extremely close to running out of system memory then I could imagine unusually long save times. It is possible, if this is a completely new issue and occurs even in a fresh new play through, that this may be caused by a memory leak introduced in recent patches although this would be slightly odd as reports of NEW memory leaks post patch have been sparse.

For clarity, what are you system specs?

Hope I can help!
- A sea monster named Jim

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:42 pm

Thanks for your suggestions! I've tried editing the timescale and turning off the radio, but neither seem to have resolved the issue. My experimentation with them has kind of clarified it, though: it seems that the game doesn't crash when I save, it just takes a long, long time. Not perfect, but it's still far more tolerable than restarting the game after every save.

Hi Armaros,
Looking at your DXDiag, interesting rig.
Hi-end PC from ~2007, plenty of CPU.
Updated to 2010 with lots of memory.
Bit soft in the vidcard (by today's standards), 9800 with 512MB.
Perfectly nice vidcard though - but I hope you're not trying to run with AA, or vsync heheh...
Giant RAID 0 array, using the motherboard hardware not Windows, good call.
But I'm concerned - motherboard chipset drivers for your mobo do not appear to be installed.
What is the exact model # of your mobo?
You can use http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html to help get information.
Not sure if issues are sound-related...? but maybe.
Regards

Edit: Forgot to mention, the Playing Cards caused crash on save for me.
Once I got rid of them (every last one) my crashes stopped...

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:05 am

If from the following it's not obvious what the problem could be, don't worry about it - I just got my way through the last hour or so using the minimum number of saves possible, and I think I'm going to need some time to recover before my next playthrough (oh lordy was my ending poignant). Thanks so much for being willing to help in any case.

My saved games all seem to be around 6MB in size
When I saw the task manager while it was running, it was using around 400K of memory, out of 8GB
I have to admit I'm not very attentive when it comes to defragmenting, so my hard drive's probably not in the best of states! The game starts up really quite quickly though.
My specs are: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9650 @ 3GHz, 2 9800GX2s (sli is broken though so I have no idea what combination they're working in), 8GB terrible 667MHz RAM, my paging file is 8489MB

You can probably tell that it's rather a good machine in the hands of a rather incompetent user. I'll take your advice about trying a new game when I can summon the willpower; if this is any help, though, I loaded a save from the same playthrough from about 10 hours ago and the same issue affected that. Thanks again!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:15 pm

Hi Armaros,
Looking at your DXDiag, interesting rig.
Hi-end PC from ~2007, plenty of CPU.
Updated to 2010 with lots of memory.
Bit soft in the vidcard (by today's standards), 9800 with 512MB.
Perfectly nice vidcard though - but I hope you're not trying to run with AA, or vsync heheh...
Giant RAID 0 array, using the motherboard hardware not Windows, good call.
But I'm concerned - motherboard chipset drivers for your mobo do not appear to be installed.
What is the exact model # of your mobo?
You can use http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html to help get information.
Not sure if issues are sound-related...? but maybe.
Regards

Edit: Forgot to mention, the Playing Cards caused crash on save for me.
Once I got rid of them (every last one) my crashes stopped...

My motherboard is a P5N-E SLI guy, and to be honest I'm afraid to do anything remotely related to it. I gather updating the chipset could solve my SLI issues (according to the testimony of some people who had similar issues in the past), but for now I'm happy leaving well enough alone

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:05 am

I just started facing similar problems myself.

The game would quicksave, autosave, and manually save just fine, but any future saves, half-an-hour into the game, and it'll crash. I can't progress any further in my game because of the new patch. I tried running with and without mods and the problem would persist. This never happened before the patch so I'm fairly certain it has little to do with my rig or mods.

Please Bethesda/Obsidian, fix this problem in the next patch :brokencomputer:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:10 pm

My crashing when saving problem seems to have been solved by running the MasterUpdate process of FNVEdit. Just make a copy of FNVEdit, rename it to FNVMasterUpdate, and run that application.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:04 pm

Also try disabling the framerate fix, I've not had to use it but as I understand it may not be compatible (and not needed?) with the latest patch.

ETA: Oh also are you reusing old save slots, or does this happen when using a new save slot too? Or are you storing loads of different types of loot in one container? That last question may seem odd, but in Oblivion there was a rare bug that caused a CTD on saving or corrupted the save if you filled a container with too many items (long list of items rather than 2000 of 1 item), it wasn't well documented because so few people encountered it and it took me ages to figure it out - just wondering because it's the same game engine if FONV could have the same issue?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:19 pm

My motherboard is a P5N-E SLI guy, and to be honest I'm afraid to do anything remotely related to it. I gather updating the chipset could solve my SLI issues (according to the testimony of some people who had similar issues in the past), but for now I'm happy leaving well enough alone

Armaros,
Make sure to install this package:
Nvidia Chipset Driver Package V1.12 for32& 64bit Windows Vista
...from the http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us.
Your product is a motherboard, Socket 775, then P5N-E SLI is right there on the list (near the bottom).
There is only 1 driver offered called 'Chipset'. Install it.
I can't link directly to this 44MB package (because of Asus javascript and security).
Also-
Your latest BIOS is 1406 (2009/11/30 update).
You can use CPU-Z to see what your BIOS version is - or use the excellent ASUSUpdate tool.
You can download the new BIOS to a file on your desktop, then let the Asus tool update BIOS from this file - and within Windows!
It's safe and foolproof to update BIOS this way. (No floppy boot disks or DOS required, heheh...)
Anyway - there have been many recent BIOS updates for your rig (all addressing 'issues').
Update your BIOS, install your Chipset and tune up your SLI and your rig.
You will wonder why you never got around to it before...!
L8R

Game "crashes" on saving - any type