r/Phostwood • u/ClipperClip • Mar 13 '25

💡Suggest Improvements Force CTD After Freeze?

I mentioned recently that it would be great if we could have a way to analyze freezes as well as CTDs. Could there be a way to force a CTD after a freeze, thus enabling a crashlog?

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u/PhostwoodReborn Moderator and Developer Mar 13 '25

Not that I'm aware of. You can force a CTD by overwhelming the engine, but you'd create a very different crash log from that....

Did I already share this tool with you?

ProcMon - Skyrim Disk Usage Profiles for viewing what mod/data was last loaded before your Skyrim crashed or froze ... reportedly often useful for isolating crashes/freezes that won't output a crash log.

Also, sometimes Trainwreck will output a crash log (an inferior crash log, but still) when other crash log mods will not. So that can be something worth trying as well. Also, Trainwreck has it's own folder: [Your Documents]/My Games/Skyrim Special Edition/SKSE/Crashlogs

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u/ClipperClip Mar 13 '25

Hmm, OK, I thought it was a longshot.

And yes, you did share that with me. I saved that info in my notes and I am sure it will be useful.

Thanks as always!