F4SE has never worked. Getting really annoying

[pawss67]

Hey there,

 

Just as the title says, no matter what I do F4SE always causes fallout 4 to stop working with the simple "Fallout 4 is not working, windows is looking for a solution" window. I have tried EVERYTHING: Renaming F4SE to Fallout4Launcher.exe, I have tried completely deleting all F4SE files and reinstalling, reinstalling FO4, turning off all of my mods, turning off my anti-virus, adding fallout 4 to the exclusions, updating all mods/files including f4se after deleting all previous F4se related files, restarting my PC..... Everything.

 

I love Fo4 and modding the game, in fact, I have over 1000 hours in Fallout 4, it's my go-to game. But this is making me really annoyed, and has from the beginning of the f4se. It seems to be an issue only I have encountered, as there is no logical reason I can find that would make this happen. To make it weirder, every time I try to run f4se from the NMM, apparently f4se was not installed. I figured it was a file-path issue or an install issue however even when using the direct filepath and after re-installing f4se after deleting all the files as mentioned above, it still happens. No idea what the hell is going on... The fact that I'm a hardware guy and have no idea what to do with software doesn't help.

 

PC info:

 

ram: 32gb

MOBO: asus z170 pro gaming

CPU: intel i7-6700k 4ghz

GPU: GTX1080TI X2

Other stuff:

Several case fans, mobo liquid cooling, 4X samsung 850 evo 1tb SSD

Edited April 28, 2017 by pawss67

[gromulos]

exactly WHERE are you installing F4SE ?

 

it SHOULD be installed here ----> Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4

 

NOT in the data folder or any where else independantly

Edited April 28, 2017 by gromulos

[pawss67]

I have it installed in my Fallout 4 folder, Steam/ Steamapps/ Fallout 4. It isn't in my Data folder

[gromulos]

latest version?

 

http://f4se.silverlock.org/

Edited April 28, 2017 by gromulos

[Moksha8088]

I think you need to initialize the game with the regular start up at least once, then run F4SE.

[gromulos]

I think you need to initialize the game with the regular start up at least once, then run F4SE.

 

that IS true

[pawss67]

It is the latest version, downloaded it today to give F4SE a try again. I have always used the normal initialization, and after trying that again it still doesn't work. windows 8, 7, vista compatability as well as administrator stuff do not work either.

Edited April 28, 2017 by pawss67

[gromulos]

no clue then because mine has worked from day 1 when i got the game back in September, which as you know there have been several updates since.

[pawss67]

no clue then because mine has worked from day 1 when i got the game back in September, which as you know there have been several update

 

I think you need to initialize the game with the regular start up at least once, then run F4SE.

 

Ah geeze. I'm stumped too. Thanks for responding

[Greslin]

I've been using Extender since the FO3 days, and have never had a problem.

 

1. Make double-super-sure that your Fallout build is at the latest version, and that you're using the latest version of F4SE. If there is any discrepancy at all between them, it won't work. Seriously. Double triple super check.

 

2. Don't rename anything. Just unroll the SE package into your Fallout directory (as the others said, *NOT* in Data).

 

3. When you install F4SE, make sure that everything actually got written. You may have a UAC issue if your Steam directory is in the customary "Program Files" location. Mine is installed in C:\Games, and I've never had a permission problem.

 

4. When you launch your game, run "f4se_loader.exe". If you did all of the above correctly, that should fire up F4SE, which in turn will fire up your Fallout 4 game.

 

If you don't have a problem with your machine or OS, and your game itself isn't FUBARed in some way, and it STILL doesn't work, you probably have a version mismatch or a file permissions problem.