infinite loading screen all of a sudden on all saves.

[infiniteeverlasting]

I uninstalled a certain LL mod that caused my game to CTD at launch (which means i didnt even get to load a save with that newly installed mod so no saves included an instance where that mod was in use).

however after installing and immediately uninstalling that mod my game no longer loads any saves and is stuck on an infinite loading screen that just wont stop. it just keeps loading and loading and loading.

 

i tried out this "safety load" mod but it didnt help: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46465/?

 

ive also been using this mod ever since i started playing skyrim (Continue Game No Crash): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/78557/?

so i doubt it's that mod that is causing the problem since it never gave me any issues before. The only thing that I have done to my skyrim since it last ran properly was install and uninstall 1 mod. Could it be that NMM didnt properly uninstall the mod fully and some pieces/remnants of the mod may still be in my skyrim?

[LeddBate]

Given that removing any mod that uses scripts is usually a bad idea in mid-game, you're probably right.

Have you tried verifying your game cache through Steam?

There are various "save cleaners" available on the Nexus. I haven't ever used any myself, but some folks report various degrees of success using them.

 

And here's a troubleshooting guide from Darstyler. If any of it helps you, please give him a kudo. The two suggestions I gave above are detailed (with links) below.

 

Here is a list of things you may do to stabilize your game :

/// Useful informations :

• Dangerous mods list.

• CTDs troubleshooting page on Reddit very usefull informations concerning CTDs...

• Verify gamecache.

/// Load order / mods conflicts :

• Use L.O.O.T once and click on the "sort plugins buttons".

• Create a wryebash patch including leveled lists.

• Create a merged patch with Tesedit excluding leveled lists

/// Settings / memory :

• Have you installed the skse patch ? >> memory blocks log.

• Backup your ini files and delete the files. Skyrim.ini / SkyrimCustom.ini / SkyrimPrefs.ini found in C:\Users\Utilisateur\Documents\My Games\Skyrim then use your vanilla launcher to autodetect and use best settings for your computer.

/// Cleaning and correcting potential bugs :

• Clean your master files to eliminate potential problems.: Gopher's videos cleaning your masterfiles on the Nexus Tesedit page.
  Start Tes5edit, simply untick everything, (right-click/select none) and add only a tick to the esm/esp you want to check + update.esm, Tesedit knows what to do and will load all the dependencies automatically.
  - Begin with loading only Skyrim + update, ITM / UDR + save ctrl +s and close.
  - Then load Skyrim + update + Dawnguard, ITM / UDR + ctrl +s and close.
  - Then load Skyrim + update + Hearthfire, ITM / UDR + ctrl +s and close.
  - Then load Skyrim + update + Dragonborn, ITM / UDR + ctrl +s and close.

• The method above can be used to clean mods. If I'm correct LOOT should tell you which plugin you should clean. You may load all your mods with Tes5edit and use the (right-click in the left pane) apply filter to show conflict losers. Wait till Tes5edit has finished. Caution : don't try to modify anything while using this filter, it's not intended for.

• In the left pane, Expand the subsections and examine conflicts. Once an entry is expanded to the bottom and selected, the right pane shows which mods modify the entry. The last one on the right is the last loaded in your load order and the conflict winner.

• Expand the following subsections, depending on where the problems occur. Cells for CTDs inside buildings, grottos, etc... and worldspace for exterior. The goal is to target mods that edit the same places and conflict. Open the bloc note and write those mods.

• Once done, close Tes5edit and open each mod with Tesedit, one by one and use the UDR cleaning procedure (Gopher's videos cleaning your masterfiles on the Nexus Tesedit page) to ensure all the deleted references will be transformed in disabled references = no CTDs from this point.

• If you suspect a mod in particular, using the conflict looser / winner method above, you can decide to change its load order or uninstall it.

/// Save game :

• Don't uninstall mods at mid-game, there are no clean save in Skyrim but using save script cleaner can help removing orphan scripts.

/// Meshes healer :

• Read here, this is potentially a cause of CTD that you can resolve by following the mod procedure on this page.

[Rexeos]

"Could it be that NMM didnt properly uninstall the mod fully and some pieces/remnants of the mod may still be in my skyrim? "

 

I guess rather NMM failed to restore your game into point before mod, I doubt that some residues from new mods can make those troubles. I had similar troubles with NMM.

 

If you install mod back, does it work? If so, than there are some files NMM failed to restore.

 

 

ps:I have switched to Mod Organizer, after realizing that NMM has troubles like you are describing; once turned off electricity during uninstalling few mods and Skyrim was damaged to the point I couldnt repair it - that was my braking point to move to MO and Wrye. With MO I removed many mods without recommended uninstall procedure and had no problems at all. I play only Legendary edition. I liked NMM because its very easy, but once I have started to use combination of mods, trying to figure out how some mods dependencies are working, or installing/reinstalling textures to choose my best liking, NMM was not good for this kind of operations + fail to go back to restore points few times.

Edited May 13, 2017 by Rexeos