Fixed (hopefully).
If anyone is using an NVidia GeForce video card and is having crash issues, check this thread.... The "sky_box" fix seems to solve the problem.....
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...55#post5165255
My problem was I had not played OOTP for a little while. Last time I played OOTP I was still on a previous OOTP version, so when I did the OOTP update tonight and ran into a problem, that's right where I assumed the issue was. Turns out because it's been a while since I last played, my video card has updated drivers a few times as well and that seems to be where the issue came in.
Anyways.... all appears to be good.
Haven't posted here in a while so I hope all has been good with everyone!