redravens13 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 To say: This was not an issue before the next-generation update. At that time I was using a Win 10 Pro machine. After the update, the game was trashed not only for mods but also for the vanilla game as well. I waited for the F4SE and the F4UOP to be updated before I reinstalled my game. The vanilla game was still crap. Mods slowly caught up as best as they could, including my personal mods. So I took the time to build a new Win 11 Pro machine. After reloading all new game files, and working mods, the crash and freeze issue was the same on 11 as in 10. After the update, after some crashes and freezes, the game would load on a different monitor, not my primary monitor, at best, or load in the background and not be able to bring up into the foreground, at worst. My issue is due to running more than 1 monitor. All this after the update. My fix: The .INI file and/or files have become corrupt. For the many times this has happened, it involved different ".INI" files and at times more than 1 of the ".INI files. So I now just delete them all. Depending on what drive or file you load your game file on, for me my .INF files are spread across 3 locations. 1: Windows OS location, "Windows drive, usually C drive" Documents/My Games/Fallout4 - this is where your save files are also. 2: Steam location, will be on the Windows, "C" drive unless you put it on another drive. There will be a file in the Steam folder for Fallout4. This will be in the My Games folder or Programs folder that has your saved files and backups of the game files. In my case, Steam is located on a dedicated programs drive. 3: In my case, my game is located on a dedicated game drive. ALL .INI files must be deleted as 1 or more are corrupt. Restart and reset your personal game settings and all needed and all the needed .INI files will be recreated. If you are lucky your saved files will not be corrupted as well. That sucks when it happens. But it is what it is. Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBombed Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 As a side note, I always download mods manually, then install them with Vortex. I also archive the manually downloaded mods, including a link to the mod page, on an external drive, it makes it easier to reinstall them if needed as I can easily find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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