I don't have any other category but this to fit this under:
Whenever I play Skyrim, I give my computer at least an hour to force minimize or close Skyrim, But the question is "why?".
Why does Skyrim force close or minimize every once in a while?
I was told that it might be because my RAM gets full at that time, and cannot hold temporary files to run Skyrim anymore.
I was also told that it could be because of my hard drive running out of room, but I had Skyrim on my computer when I had plenty of room on my hard drive and still had the forced closing/minimizing problem then.
I think it might be the poor-quality GPU (poor quality for gaming). Info about my GPU: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-7520G.71728.0.html
it is more than likely a ram issue. skyrim's engine is supposed to give itself a 256mb dump file, and a 256mb cache file. as you run the game longer, that cache file fills up. once it reaches the 256mb limit, it's supposed to add another, and another. so on, so forth. the problem with skyrim is that instead of adding a 2nd cache pool, it just crashes. there is a mod out there that raises the pool to 512mb and solves practically all problems related to ram (as well as being a heavy modder's dream). i couldn't tell you the title to save my life, but if you can find it, that'll solve all your problems. skyrim did that to me WAY too many times. there's also a "4gb" mod that tells skyrim it's okay to use 4gb of ram. it'll never use that much, but it uncaps skyrim and prevents crashes too.
as for the gpu issue, the only thing bad about it (besides being low-end) is that it only has 512mb of ram available to it. gpu ram filling up will not cause the game to crash (it can, but very unlikely), but it will cause your framerate to DROP severely. but running the game at lower settings will solve that issue. (avoid AA and Anisotrophic filtering, as well as shadows).
hope i helped even a little :D
wow, thanks a lot! That helped a lot.
Hmmm, in your profile you say "I'm using an everyday use laptop, nothing too fancy. Piece of shit when it comes to gaming." but what are your actual hardware?
I hope you use skse and ssme cause skyrim is just bad coded if you use mods (it is shit (yea how can i say this at this overrated game . . . i know))! And don't forget the unofficial patches cause the dev's are to lazy to do the work ("we have a mod scene so they will do it").
I think this is slightly funny cause if BF3-4 don't work/use a crappy tickrate everybody complains, but if skyrim don't work it is no issue cause we have a mod scene! xD sorry but this is true.
I assume the "computer specs" refers to a computer I've actually built, but I never built a computer. I don't even know the specs of mine (except the GPU).
I do not have SKSE and SSME, nor the unofficial patches. I'm running out of room on my HDD.
No, no. I completely agree with you on the last part.
I have been pulling my hair out for the past several hours trying to get skyrim to work with skse. I have had no luck whatsoever. I really want to play nodded skyrim but I am becoming very frustrated any advice from people who have it working?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTGnQIiNVqA
hope this helps ya buddy. After everything is said and done, you should be using a shortcut of skse to launch skyrim.
I will try that a little later.