Better Cities freezing around Anvil

Post » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:59 am

Hi, I hate to have to ask for modding help but I'm finding Oblivion so much more unstable than Skyrim or Morrowind modding. I seem to be having an utterly bizarre crash (as in 'Oblivion has stopped working', not a CTD) in my game around the Anvil area. Basically, I'm using the Alternate start mod when you arrive by boat, and I choose to start in Anvil docks. I managed to get this crash happen every time I followed this path; I follow the docks around outside of Anvil, following the outer wall of the city. When I get onto the road with the ruins which are on your right, the game then crashes. Sometimes I get to the fork in the road, and sometimes its just after passing the bridge leading to Castle Anvil, but its always at this point. If I wait for ages after starting and then follow this route, it still happens. If I approach the road from the OTHER side, as in walk through Anvil, come through the gate and approach from the west, it doesn't crash at that same point anymore, although it will crash after a bit more time. If I instead choose to start in Leyawiin or Imperial City, I don't get any crashes, even after 15 minutes of wandering about. I've narrowed it down to Better Cities causing the issue, because when that is disabled the crash stops completely. I'm using Qarl's Texture Pack, although I don't see how it can be a memory issue; I'm running the game on a 660GTX which has 2GB of VRAM, and in addition have an i5 Quad Core at 3.4GHz and 16GB of RAM. I would really like to know what the issue may be, because I can't play the game knowing that this may cause other random crashes elsewhere in the game.
Load order, as sorted by BOSS:
Spoiler
Oblivion.esm
Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod.esm
Francesco's Optional New Items Add-On.esm
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm
Mart's Monster Mod.esm
FCOM_Convergence.esm
Better Cities Resources.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
Better Cities .esp
Francesco's Creatures and Items Resources.esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Bosses.esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of Stronger Enemies.esp
Francesco's Optional Chance of More Enemies.esp
Francesco's Optional Leveled Guards.esp
FCOM_Francescos.esp
FCOM_FrancescosItemsAddOn.esp
FCOM_FrancescosNamedBosses.esp
LoadingScreens.esp
LoadingScreensSI.esp
Enhanced Water v2.0 HD.esp
Enhanced Water v2.0 HD - SI Addon.esp
Book Jackets Oblivion.esp
Streamline 2.1.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp
Book Jackets DLC.esp
GrimbotsSpellTomes.esp
MaleBodyReplacerV5.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp
FCOM_BobsArmory.esp
Requires: 'Bob's Armory Oblivion.esp'.
Oblivion WarCry EV.esp Active
FCOM_WarCry.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul - No Daedric Items.esp
FCOM_Convergence.esp
FCOM_RealSwords.esp
FCOM_DurabilityAndDamage.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - More Wilderness Life.esp
FCOM_SaferRoads.esp
FCOM_LessRats.esp
FCOM_DiverseGuardUnity.esp
FCOM_Archery.esp Version
Mart's Monster Mod - RadiantAITweaks.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Shivering Isles.esp
Fransfemale.esp
EVE_StockEquipmentReplacer4FCOM.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Book Jackets.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
EVE_KnightsoftheNine.esp
FCOM_Knights.esp
EVE_ShiveringIslesEasterEggs.esp
Alternative Start by Robert Evrae.esp
Oblivion XP.esp
EVE_KhajiitFix.esp
Mart's Monster Mod - Resized Races.esp
Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp
Better Cities Full.esp
Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp
Better Imperial City.esp
Better Imperial City FPS Patch.esp
FCOM_BetterCities-Bravil.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
I am also using HGEC Body and DarN DarkUI. They only came in OMOD format, and I needed the wizard from OMM.
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Dean
 
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Post » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:35 am

My game used to crash at the Anvil harbor due to memory overload. I was using Better Cities but not Qarl's. Add Qarl's to the mix and my guess is that is what is causing the crash.
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