Infinite Loading Loop

[Kainschilde209]

I just recently purged and redid my Fallout 4 install, and I've encountered a strange problem. I use F4SE, and usually if you try to use the F4SE loader when Steam isn't open it'll open Steam and then load the vanilla Fallout 4 launcher. Earlier I had Steam open and managed to use the F4SE Launcher just fine. The game crashed on me (no bug there, my computer just can't handle Nuka World very well) and when I tried to reload the game it loaded the vanilla launcher. I made sure Steam hadn't closed and saw a message next to Fallout 4 in my games library that said "Syncing". I waited for that to go away and tried to use the F4SE launcher again and once again the vanila launcher loaded. Just out of impatience and frustration I went ahead and hit play on the vanilla launcher and it closed then reloaded again. Now no matter how I try to launch the game I get the vanilla launcher, even if I use that launcher to begin with.

 

I use NMM to manage and launch the game, but I get this result whether I use NMM, launch via Steam, or open the file folder to use the Fallout 4 or F4SE.exe files. What did this sync break and how do I fix it?

[Ethreon]

Syncing shouldn't break anything as that's save related.. regardless, you can turn it off if you think it does, somewhere in steam's cloud options.

[Kainschilde209]

Well it was working fine before the sync and since it happened now I'm getting this weird loop. I understand what you're saying about it's purpose, but that is literally the only difference between when it worked and when it didn't. I haven't installed or removed any mods or changed any settings.

[Kainschilde209]

Turns out the problem was with Steam, not FO4. They pushed an update last night that fixed the problem.