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Troubleshooting Introduction

This is a collection of articles on troubleshooting TES IV problems -- gotchas, common mistakes, CS bugs, etc. The basic ideas and topics were originally discussed in this ESF thread.

These topics could be organized in a lot of different ways, but for now we can start with a simple list.

I've created it as a category so we can add more specific topic articles in the category.

What follows is essentially a long list of some common mistakes and their effects on players and/or the CS. Please suggest more ideas if you can.--Dev akm 17:56, 20 February 2007 (EST)

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-= Obscure Problems =
-These issues don't occur very often, and we don't even really know what causes them, but they hurt nonetheless.
-== Pathgrid CTDs ==
-Does anyone really know why the pathgrid CTDs happen? The last thread about it I remember didn't find a solution.
-This is an older problem that plagued both UL and OOO for a while. Basically, [http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=495607 changing pathgrids is risky] and requires a lot of testing to avoid CTD issues. I didn't find any surefire solutions for this either. Does anyone know if this topic has been written about in any more detail than the introductory [[Path_Grid_Generation|Path Grid Generation]] article and [[A_beginner%27s_guide%2C_lesson_3_-_The_external_world#Path_Grids_.28simple.29 |Path Grids (simple)]]?
-== Black Screen Bug ==
-This is the [http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=517690 Infamous Nvidia + HDR Black Screen Bug].
-This bug can usually be fixed by the mod-creator. It is usually caused by problems in a custom mesh. This can happen if the mesh creator forgot to assign a valid material to part of the mesh. It can also happen if you have an opaque texture assigned to a transparent portion of your mesh. It can even sometimes be caused by a standard shader like the GhostEffect.
-It can also usually be solved by updating the tangent space of certain mesh nodes in a .nif file. NifSkope has a spell to do this.
-Once you've narrowed down which .nif is causing the problem, simply open it in NifSkope, right-click each NiTriStrips/NiTriShape node and select ''Mesh -> Update Tangent Space''. This works most of the time.
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