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: April 2, 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.

โš ๏ธ 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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๐Ÿช™ Has this tool saved you time? โŒ› If so, please consider supporting its continued development. Users regularly save hours or even days of frustrating troubleshooting. Even a $1 donation (a frugal coffee!) on Ko-fi or Patreon shows your appreciation and helps validate its ongoing improvements.

๐Ÿช™ With over 550 hours of ongoing development, this advanced analyzer examines Nolvus (and general Skyrim) crash logs to help diagnose and fix 80-90% of crashes with identifiable causes, providing well-researched troubleshooting steps and links. It's currently helping over 100 different Skyrim modders each day, and stands apart from other automated analyzers with its advanced diagnoses, detailed troubleshooting steps (for most crash types) and frequent updates.
While not a replacement for talented human crash log readers, it works much faster and, when used judiciously, can free up these rare experts to focus on the more challenging crash logs that require human analysis.

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Instructions:

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.

(Click on any ๐ŸŽฏ, โ—, โ“, ๐Ÿ”Ž, or โœ… 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 "โคด๏ธ hide" will not be included in the copied markdown. This includes both the "โคด๏ธ 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)