Start up lock up

[Thasic]

When I start up New Vegas, about half the time I get to the load game screen, choose a game and then the roulette wheel image starts and just keeps running. The game never actually loads up and I have to Ctrl/Alt/Del to get out. I don't think it's a load order problem but I am not sure what's going on. I played the game once before, through to the end without this issue, but that was before this latest patch. Anyone have any ideas how to correct this problem. Here's my mod list, in case someone knows of a mod that may be causing the issue. I just picked up Old World Blues but I was having this problem before I DLed that DLC, so that is not the cause.

 

FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

HonestHearts.esm

Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esm

RBX.esm

drgNV - Melissa Companion.esm

Primary Needs HUD.esm

Tales from the Burning Sands.esm

wsex.esm

Lings.esm

AEFCore.esm

RaiderGirlCyanNV.esm

SpeedyResources.esm

SKINNY in Vegas Basic.esp

OperationFixedTerrain.esp

OFT_HonestHearts.esp

Purge Cell Buffers.esp

CASM.esp

Vurt's WFO.esp

Immersive Karma.esp

Karma-Less Petty Crime NV.esp

Sorter - Combined.esp

Sorter - Dead Money.esp

Sorter - Combined - Weighted.esp

Sorter - Empty Consumables.esp

Sorter - Empty Consumables - Dead Money.esp

PerkEveryLevel.esp

Full_SPECIAL_Stats_Overhaul_Mod.esp

BrighterPipboyLight+.esp

Hardcore (Refined Rates).esp

LFox Bottle That Water.esp

Better Binoculars High.esp

Automated Reloading Bench.esp

WeaponModRecipesS.esp

Moddable Unique Weps.esp

Improved ammo.esp

RasRepair.esp

Scrap Scavenger.esp

BartertownDangerous.esp

Centered 3rd Person Camera.esp

PMT - Assassin Suit Tweaks.esp

PMT - Reduced Ammo and Chems.esp

PMT - Gravity Kills.esp

PMT - Total Challenge Remover.esp

XP_Slower_100.esp

durability.esp

pnv.esp

pnvhh.esp

Robots Balance Overhaul.esp

XFO - 9a - Enemies - AI revamp.esp

AEFDeadMoney.esp

AWSW.esp

Western Sky.esp

Western Sky - Darker Nights.esp

SimpleStreetLights (Extra Lights).esp

NewVegasBounties.esp

NewVegasBountiesII.esp

pnvnvbount1.esp

Area 51.esp

Love Shacks.esp

Hell's Clinic.esp

Take Out Trash.esp

Express Delivery.esp

00 red cross.esp

GoodspringsSewer-1.22.esp

Silverpeak Bunker.esp

The New Bison Steve Hotel.esp

Vance's Gun Quest Full Patch.esp

Vault_34_better_reactor.esp

populatedcasino-medium.esp

wsexInnuendoAnims.esp

wsexInnuendoNPCs.esp

GFemalePyjamas.esp

Alice Armor.esp

bzArmour.esp

DeadMoneyFemaleTuxedo.esp

NWghostbodysuit.esp

QSondraOutfits.esp

T3Belts_BootsNV2.esp

VegasChokers.esp

Wolfeco_Courier.esp

LeatherBackpack - eng.esp

Type3 Leather Armors.esp

Unique Items & Col_NOBONUS.esp

theHeroNV_1.1.esp

Companion Module Pack.esp

NVWillow.esp

Cass_Redux.esp

SaveCass.esp

SunnyCompanion.esp

Veronica_Redux_Type3_Alice_Lings.esp

VeronicaRechargerPistol.esp

GBetterHookers.esp

Follower Home Marker.esp

BetterGamePerformanceV4.esp

 

Total active plugins: 96

Total plugins: 96

 

Could it be corrupted saves? Should i start a new game?

[maboru]

I'd move Old World Blues below Honest Hearts and both Western Skies down to just above Better Game performance at the bottom to start. Actually if you haven't done so yet download the latest BOSS - http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35999 - (I chose the installer version) and run it on its own as opposed to running it from FOMM, that sets your load order to the latest best configuration, leaving the unrecognized mods at the bottom to move up into the load order manually and gives Bash patch suggestions for many of them. Then check GothikaGeist's various load orders in the other thread to aid you with the unrecognized ones.

 

Then there's the companion thing. They're just not working for me. I had to drop Sunny Smiles, Misty and Melissa (not that she'd have stayed with a good character for long anyway), and all my RR companions. I'd get increasing hangs and crashes after picking them up and for some reason my CPU use would start to soar from the mid 20% to over 80%. After disabling them my hangs and crashes would go back to normal (horrible thing that we have to accept some hangs and crashes as normal!), but my CPU usage would stay red lined. That's my signal for a save games delete and a re-start.

 

Unfortunately, this last time I had to evetually drop Willow too for the same reasons but on her site llamaRCA is updating her game to 1.4 and the new GECK and will come out with an update when she works it out. I'm afraid that's something many if not all of the other companion authors will have to do as well. It would probably be a good idea for all mod authors to do the same. I've recently gotten to the point where I can do merged patches with FNVEdit but that hasn't seemed to help too much.

 

It seems the 1.3 and 1.4 patches have basically changed the game in mid stream thus their having to put out a new GECK that cripples some mods that used the old one.

 

I'm not sure if I'm going to start yet another new game yet because at this point I'm mightily bored with the beginning of the game! I may just put it up and come back to it in a few months.

Edited July 19, 2011 by maboru

[GothikaGeist]

First: Get rid of Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esm, sorry I forgot to mention the new bug fix maboru found: http://www.ravenmodding.terminal47.net/?p=768%3Elang=en

 

 

Second: Put Old World Blues UNDER Honest Hearts, since it's newer.

 

 

Third: Once again, I forgot that companion mods are pretty much broken. That was my fault entirely, sorry.

 

Finally: You can also try uninstalling all fomods and re-install them MANUALLY, ONLY if all else fails.

 

 

What I did, personally:

 

 

1) Uninstall all FOMODS

2) Uninstall Fallout NV

3) Reinstall Fallout NV

4) Install FOMODS manually