My fourth attempt at my Imperial Bard, Fortuna Fortissimo, has retired early. This is about the fifth or sixth character to see early retirement (above and beyond these four attameps).

What happens after awhile is that whole cells refuse to load anymore. My latest venture had me in Riften trying to find Esbern. I find him, and get to the Ragged Flagon on our way out. The Ratway refuses to load for me. I click on the door - CTD. I try to console command (COC) my way in - nothing happens. I finally get out by COC'ing to Riften's Beggar's Rest after trying many of Riften's other cells to no avail. I get out of Riften and continue on to Riverwood.

I meet Delphine and Esbern at Karthspire. An Ancient Dragon shows up (GREAT fight, there!) and it takes me few tries to get all the enemies taken care of. So, we head into Skyhaven Temple and get to Alduin's Wall and all that done. After sleeping, I head back out to Karthspire. CTD. Crap! After messing around for a few hours (reload after reload after reload), I COC to Markarth. This is getting ridiculous.

Just to test things out, I head back on foot to Karthspire. CTD. I can not get back into this whole cell. The same with Riften's Ratway. I gave up and moved all of her old save files into her folder for such things.

Mods. I have used different combos of mods at many varying times. This game happened to the first time using character skeletal mods. I have no clue which mods do this. I'm about ready to just play vanilla games only right now.

It svcks getting to level 40 or more, doing all kinds of things and developing my characters then have the game basically shut down on me. The unsurity of the future makes me wonder if the time is worth it. Sure, I have fun while I am playing, but having to give up with so much incomplete for what I wanted that character to do is frustrating, to say the least.

I am not a programmer. I am not a modder. I am a simple-minded player that just wants things to work. Really, the game is not that amazing for me to go through so many hoops to get things working together. Am I expecting too much?

/end rant

Do you use any mods that alter cells? Immersive Creatures, perhaps? As much as I love that mod, I've noticed a lot of people have issues (myself included) with the mod causing CTDs. That said, I personally have never had a cascading CTD of the cell before (It can take a few attempts, but the randomizer will eventually favor you without a buggy spawn).

I feel your pain. I lost both Adain and Sarentia to issues... For me the problem started ( I think) when I updated my pc, not the game. I also have game issues, which lead me to the "pc" issues cause I started thinking about when my problems started.

Hang in their.

What did you expect, exactly, after adding the mods you chose to a game that is already huge? How many have you added and how many of these mods are safe to use or compatible with each other? Did you make a bit of inquiry before choosing them?

Out of curiosity, what's the size of the last saves you made?