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SO I tried validating the game cache and it said 1 file was missing and that it would be re-acquired. How do I get it to re-acquire the file?

I don't think it's a load order issue. I sorted with loot and checked manually, and the game had been running fine with that load order up to that point.

I run Skyrim with mods. Did my setup. Had everything running fine, the game was playable. Then something weird happened. During a visit to Falkreath, a dragon showed up, so I went to talk to Lydia to hand her a bow to shoot it with. When I tried to talk with her, the game froze. I couldn't alt+tab out, so I tried to ctrl+alt+delete to close it with task manager. Doing that made the skyrim window become giant black box that covered my entire desktop and no matter what I did would become the active program. So I had no choice but to reset using the button on the side of my computer. While resetting, it applied some sort of windows update. Now whenever I try to launch Skyrim (using the SKSE launcher as I always do) the game CTDs after the Bethesda logo. Can anyone help me figure out what might have changed to make it start crashing?

It was the Interesting NPC's patch. Thanks everyone who helped me with this.

Are the patches even really necessary to play with their respective mods? 'Cause at this point they seem to be more trouble than their worth, since it started working after I got rid of realistic ragdolls, but died when I added the patches back in.

I guess I must have done it on accident then. Regardless, I'm back to my first issue, and this time I can be sure it's not the Requiem patches because I uninstalled them all and it's still hanging on that screen. I also can't find anything wrong with TES5Edit.

I can also confirm it's not any of the Requiem patches this time, as I uninstalled them all and it's once again hanging on that screen.

Found out it was the Duel Sheath Redux Patch I have that wont go away and decided to re-enable itself. But now I'm back to the first problem. It's like the gods of Skyrim just don't want me to play...

Great, did that, found out it was the resources patch that was doing it. Now I have a different issue. After I tried re-installing all the patches I had disabled up to that point, it started CTDing instead of hanging there forever. And it continued to do so after I got rid of every single one. What did I do wrong this time. I swear, Requiem's killing me, and I haven't even gotten to play it yet...

Whenever try to initialize Skyrim, it skips the Bethesda logo animation and goes straight to the Skyrim logo, and doesn't bring up any menus. Because I'm not the best with mods, I can't figure out the issue. I mean, I'm pretty sure everything has it's masters, and I've ran LOOT serveral times. Also can't seem to find anyone else on the internet with this issue. Am I just stupid? Can someone help me out here? Please? Note: Skyrim is in it's default Steam directory. This is a screencap of what it's doing. Here is my load order: Active Mod Files: 00 Skyrim.esm 01 Update.esm 02 Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp [Version 2.0.3] 03 Dawnguard.esm 04 Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp [Version 2.0.3] 05 HearthFires.esm 06 Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp [Version 2.0.3] 07 Dragonborn.esm 08 Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp [Version 2.0.3] 09 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm 0A HighResTexturePack01.esp 0B HighResTexturePack02.esp 0C HighResTexturePack03.esp 0D Footprints.esp 0E SkyUI.esp 0F Convenient Horses.esp 10 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-4.esp 11 Requiem.esp 12 Thieves Guild Requirements.esp 13 Chesko_WearableLantern.esp 14 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp 15 Requiem - Resources.esp 16 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp 17 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hardcore.esp 18 TorchRadius.esp 19 Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp 1A dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp 1B RaceMenu.esp 1C ImportantInformationOverhaul.esp 1D RaceMenuPlugin.esp 1E PumpingIron.esp 1F Dr_BandolierDG.esp 20 iHUD.esp 21 Footprints - Ash.esp 22 Requiem - Dragonborn.esp 23 AOS.esp 24 AOS_CoT 3.1 compatibility patch.esp 25 ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp 26 3DNPC.esp 27 FCO - Follower Commentary Overhaul.esp 28 Requiem - USKP Patch.esp 29 3DNPC - Requiem Patch.esp 2A AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp 2B RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp 2C ESFCompanions.esp [Version 0.3.7] 2D Dr_Bandolier.esp 2E Run For Your Lives.esp [Version 1.2.3] 2F Civil War Overhaul.esp 30 FireAndIceOverhaul.esp 31 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp 32 Requiem - FIO Patch.esp 33 Requiem - Guard Dialogue Overhaul Patch.esp 34 Requiem - Heavy Shield Fix v1.7.3.esp 35 RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp 36 When Vampires Attack.esp [Version 1.1] 37 RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp 38 RND_USKP-Patch.esp 39 SplashofRain.esp 3A stranger_danger.esp 3B WetandCold.esp 3C WetandCold - Holidays.esp 3D Cloaks.esp 3E 1nivWICCloaks.esp [Version 2.3] 3F Civil War Overhaul - Requiem Patch.esp 40 1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp [Version 2.3] 41 Requiem - Cloaks of Skyrim Patch.esp 42 Immersive Patrols II.esp 43 Requiem - HearthFires.esp 44 Chesko_Frostfall.esp 45 Lenhador.esp 46 Requiem - Immersive Patrols II.esp 47 RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp 48 RND_AnimalLoot.esp 49 DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp 4A DragonCombatOverhaul - Requiem Patch.esp 4B DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn - Requiem Patch.esp 4C The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp [Version 1.2.8] 4D Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp [Version 2.4] 4E AOS_CTD_Fix.esp

Well, I have all the DLCs and I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong with my load order. If it helps any, I've started getting messages saying "Failed to initialize renderer" when launching through SKSE. Do you use BOSS for your load order? And the missing masters doesn't have to just be a DLC. This thread goes over some of the "failed to initialize" error troubleshooting with SKSE. Yeah, I use BOSS. The reason I say this is strange is because this started happening right as I neared the Guardian Stones. Up until then, it was completely fine.

Well, I have all the DLCs and I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong with my load order. If it helps any, I've started getting messages saying "Failed to initialize renderer" when launching through SKSE.

Yes, I have mods installed.

Ok, so a while ago, I started playing Skyrim with mods (including SKSE), and created a new character. As soon as I got out of Helgen, the game crashed with no error messages. When I clicked on the SKSE launcher, the startup window appeared, then closed, and the game never started. There was no error message. After a few attempts, I decided to try and launch Skyrim with the normal launcher provided by Steam, and this time the game started, but as soon as the Bethesda logo faded, the game crashed. Does anyone know how I can get Skyrim to work?