@DarkAmaranth1966 Thank you for the response!
I did as you suggested, the save loaded fine and saved ok, and I could reload it afterwards too. But again, as soon as I entered Cullen's office, everything broke again.
Did the registry cleaner and rebooted and repaired, still nothing.
But I think I might've found the culprit. I believe it was caused by an outfit retexture for Dorian (the all-black one), it was the last mod installed (although it worked fine for a while). I removed that mod and everything seems back to normal, no missing/uniteractable characters, and all the furniture and architecture seems back to normal. I can talk to Cullen again, and it even triggered a cutscene, so I guess that's a good sign.
I was so sure it wasn't the mod, since it worked fine for a while ☹️
I'll continue to pay attention to any other changes, but hopefully there will be no more crashes. I'll update if anything more changes.
@shazzarya Is the Dorian mod you have called 'Dorian in Black'? That's the one I use, and I've never had issues. However, with your system specs, I might not recommend cosmetic mods, especially hairs, since they require you having your graphics settings turned up higher than your computer can probably handle (you probably need everything turned down to the lowest setting with your GPU, it is not designed to run games like this one). It also might not be that mod in particular causing an issue, it could just be that made it one more mod than the game can handle. Mods do slow the game down a bit, it seems cosmetic/texture ones do so more than any other type.
A cosmetic mod for Dorian should not cause an issue with Cullen or any other companion, they do not share textures or anything, in my experience. I have cosmetic mods (multiple, in some cases) for all the companions, I've never heard of them clashing nor experienced a clash myself.
Still, if removing that one mod seems to have fixed it, I guess none of that matters. 😛 Come back if you start experiencing issues again, otherwise, enjoy the game. 🙂
@DarkAmaranth1966 Long time no see 🙂 Good to see you back
Good to be back, I had a bucket load or twenty of crud to deal with regarding close friends. It meant a lot of traveling so, didn't have time to game for a while, until we got that mess sorted.
@Leora85 Yes, it's that mod. And it's exactly why I was confused, because it worked very well for a while, and then things suddenly got weird. And it only returned to normal after I removed it. I guess it's no extra mods for a while, or at least until I upgrade my system. I knew it would strain my GPU, but I couldn't resist the game 😞
But thank you, your explanations cleared up a lot of my confusions regarding textures and texture relations. I'll be more wary from now on.
