What’s causing the game to freeze in between loading new stages/areas

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Seemingly at random, my game freezes at the loading screen after I walk through a door, cave entrance, or other exit to get to the next area. I end up having to open the task manager to terminate the game. I have Dragonborn, Dawnguard, and various other mods installed.

Edit: My game never freezes during a fast travel, while waiting, manually saving, or during the initial load when I start the game.

Best Answer

Infinite loading screens are a result of poor memory management in Skyrim. The latest vesion of SKSE can be configured to rectify this problem. To configure SKSE to fix Skyrim's memory management, add the following code to Data\SKSE\SKSE.ini in your Skyrim directory (create the files and folders if they don't exist).

[Memory]
DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=768
ScrapHeapSizeMB=256

SSME does the same thing.

Bonus: If you're using large mods, particular HD texture and high-poly mesh replacers, ENBoost will also help you avoid random crashes when the game exceeds its 2GB memory limit.

Bonus #2: Add the following code to SKSE.ini to make sure it removes script bloat from your saves left by uninstalled mods.

[General]
ClearInvalidRegistrations=1
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