Phostwood's Nolvus Crash Log Analyzer

A separate, more general Modded Skyrim version of the analyzer is also available, which shares 98% of the same code.

Last updated: August 28, 2025  

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Find your Nolvus crash logs at:
[Nolvus_Directory]\Instances\Nolvus Ascension\MODS\overwrite\NetScriptFramework\Crash
Replace [Nolvus_Directory] with your actual Nolvus installation directory.

As of Nolvus version 6.0.7 beta, crash logs move to:
[My_Documents]\My Games\SKSE
Replace [My_Documents] with your actual directory path.

Or, alternately, use the Test Log to simulate almost every possible crash log issue at once.

⚠️ NOTE: Not all crash issues can be detected with this tool. This automated analysis follows a formulaic approach and may miss subtleties that human reviewers can catch. If this analyzer is less-helpful towards a particular series of related crash logs, please see bottom of page for a list of communities in which to request a human analysis.






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Instructions:

  1. If you are crashing anytime after reloading a save midgame or after using Alt+Tab to switch out of Skyrim, first try quitting out of Skyrim, relaunching, and then reloading, as this will often prevent reoccurrence of some issues. The best practice is to never load a save without first quitting out of Skyrim. To prevent auto-reloading after dying, consider using a fun alternate death mod such as Shades of Mortality - Death Alternative SKSE.
  2. Usage Recommendation: Where possible, test and compare results from multiple related crash logs, as some crash logs may contain insightful indicators that others do not. Also, some diagnoses lack confidence unless the same issue repeats. Be sure to relaunch Skyrim for each test (see above).

(Click on any 🎯, ❗, ❓, 🔎, or ✅ emoji next to a diagnosis to copy it, along with its markdown formatting, to your clipboard for sharing on Reddit's r/Nolvus or the Nolvus Discord. Please note that any sections you've chosen to "⤴️ hide" will not be included in the copied markdown. This includes both the "⤴️ hide" list item and any indented child list items beneath it.)

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Diagnoses:

(click "Choose File" or copy-paste file contents for analyzing)