Game Simply Will Not Start

[ZaneFHarrel]

Hello all, I have been having this issue for probably about a month now however I took a break so I didn't get to frustrated from it. Anyway I still can not figure out what is happening, everything should work but it doesn't. If launching the game through Steam the launcher will appear and I will click Play however nothing happens after that. If launching through SKSE I will click on the skse64 loader then the typical black box will appear for half a second but nothing will happen after that. I have sorted my load order with LOOT and my mods are installed with Vortex, I know Vortex has some issues however a vast majority of these mods I've had easily working with Vortex before so I highly doubt that is a problem. Any and all help is appreciated.

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp

254 FE 0 AHZmoreHUDInventory.esl

6 6 BSAssets.esm

7 7 BSHeartland.esm

8 8 BS_DLC_patch.esp

9 9 Campfire.esm

10 a RaceCompatibility.esm

11 b Shadowmark.esp

12 c SkyUI_SE.esp

13 d YOT - Your Own Thoughts.esp

14 e iNeed.esp

15 f iNeed - Extended.esp

16 10 MoonAndStar_MAS.esp

17 11 Undeath.esp

18 12 RelightingSkyrim_SSE.esp

19 13 Cutting Room Floor.esp

20 14 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

21 15 Joy of Perspective.esp

22 16 1nivWICCloaksNoGuards.esp

23 17 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

24 18 Holds.esp

25 19 DBDawnstar Sanctuary SSE.esp

26 1a OpulentThievesGuild.esp

27 1b Man Those Borders!.esp

28 1c ancient watchtowers.esp

29 1d RREnhanced.esp

30 1e Thunderchild - Epic Shout Package.esp

31 1f Fort(ified) Dawnguard.esp

32 20 Akaviri Ruins of Savirien-Chorak.esp

33 21 AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

34 22 OwnCivilWar.esp

35 23 WayshrinesIFT.esp

36 24 Dwarfsphere.esp

37 25 CFTO.esp

38 26 Immersive Encounters.esp

39 27 Cloaks.esp

40 28 Raven Rock.esp

41 29 Inigo.esp

42 2a Artifacts.esp

43 2b DigitigradeKhajiit.esp

44 2c msa.esp

45 2d Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

46 2e Better Claws And Gauntlets.esp

47 2f Oblivion Gates Remade.esp

48 30 Hunterborn.esp

49 31 VariousGuardReplacer.esp

50 32 Immersive Patrols II.esp

51 33 WZOblivionArtifacts.esp

52 34 Skyhaven_modified.esp

53 35 Bloodworm.esp

54 36 ReachMageIS.esp

55 37 SpellResearch.esp

56 38 Frostfall.esp

57 39 50 More Perk Points.esp

58 3a AcquisitiveSoulGemMultithreaded.esp

59 3b DwarvenFate.esp

60 3c Vivid WeathersSE.esp

61 3d IcePenguinWorldMapPaper.esp

62 3e Tools of Kagrenac.esp

63 3f Immersive Weapons.esp

64 40 Convenient Horses.esp

65 41 notice board.esp

66 42 ExtraBlades.esp

67 43 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

68 44 HoldBorderBanners.esp

69 45 Arma_Thalmoris.esp

70 46 SeaElfSubracesSE.esp

71 47 DwemerSpectresLegendary.esp

72 48 DustAdept.esp

73 49 Sneak Tools.esp

74 4a PaladinArtifactsAndArmor.esp

75 4b ArtifactsOfBoethiah.esp

76 4c Aethernautics.esp

77 4d AHZmoreHUD.esp

78 4e AK- Cowl of the Grey Fox.esp

79 4f BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp

80 50 beltfastenedquivers.esp

81 51 Better Claws And Gauntlets - Immersive Armors.esp

82 52 Better Daedric Artefacts.esp

83 53 Better Shrouded Armour - SSE.esp

84 54 BetterStaffofMagnus.esp

85 55 Oblivion Gates in Cities.esp

86 56 bgSkjoldur.esp

87 57 BonemoldWeapons.esp

88 58 Bound Armory Extravaganza.esp

89 59 BoundArmor.esp

90 5a Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

91 5b Classic Morag Tong armor.esp

92 5c Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

93 5d Cloaks - USSEP Patch.esp

94 5e Dwemer Certified.esp

95 5f DestructibleDisplayCases.esp

96 60 DTNecromancerCamp.esp

97 61 DwarvenFateArmor.esp

98 62 DwarvenSorceryArmor.esp

99 63 FireBurns.esp

100 64 Fist Of Pain.esp

101 65 Fizzle.esp

102 66 FNIS.esp

103 67 ForgottenMagic_Redone.esp

104 68 Imperial Armor Redistribution.esp

105 69 FranklyHDImperialArmorsAndWeapons.esp

106 6a Frostfall_Seasonal_Temps_patch.esp

107 6b HB-WL-CraftableLanternOilPatch.esp

108 6c HornsAreForever.esp

109 6d Jop - BrumaPatch.esp

110 6e JoP - Immersive Armors Patch.esp

111 6f MA-DiversifiedDivines.esp

112 70 MagicArmorVisuals.esp

113 71 Moonlight Tales Special Edition.esp

114 72 MountsInventory.esp

115 73 NecromancerAmulet.esp

116 74 Nordic Adventurer's Armor.esp

117 75 Oblivion Gates Remade - 1st Person Messages.esp

254 FE 1 Oblivion Gates Remade - Alternate Textures.esp

118 76 Oblivion Gates Remade - Map Markers.esp

119 77 OblivionJailSystem.esp

120 78 Potions.esp

121 79 PrvtIRoyalArmory.esp

122 7a RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp

123 7b RaceMenu.esp

124 7c RaceMenuPlugin.esp

125 7d RealDaedricArtifacts_Ghostrunner.esp

126 7e Ring of Khajiiti.esp

127 7f Scaling Bound Weapons.esp

128 80 ScrimshawExpanded.esp

129 81 Shields of the Holds.esp

130 82 SilencedPrisoners.esp

131 83 SkoomaBusiness.esp

132 84 skoomaeffect.esp

133 85 Skooma SE.esp

134 86 Skoombag - Make Some Skooma!.esp

135 87 Sleeved Guards.esp

136 88 Sleeved Imperials.esp

137 89 Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp

138 8a Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp

139 8b StavesAtback.esp

140 8c TES5SE NPCs Travel.esp

254 FE 2 USSEP Compatibility Patch - JvM's Patch.esp

254 FE 3 USSEP Compatibility Patch Fixed.esp

141 8d TGJewelrySmelterSSE.esp

142 8e Undeath Immersive Lichdom.esp

143 8f UIL & Path of the Revenant Patch.esp

144 90 UndeadFX.esp

145 91 Unique Uniques.esp

146 92 Vivid Weathers SE - Bruma Patch.esp

147 93 Vivid Weathers SE - Extended Snow.esp

254 FE 4 WayshrinesIFTBSBruma.esp

148 94 WetandCold.esp

149 95 Andromeda - Unique Standing Stones of Skyrim.esp

254 FE 5 CH Bruma Patch.esp

150 96 Imperious - Races of Skyrim.esp

151 97 MLU.esp

152 98 MLU - Immersive Armors.esp

254 FE 6 MLU - Unique Uniques.esp

153 99 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp

154 9a Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp

155 9b Apocalypse - Ordinator Compatibility Patch.esp

156 9c Dwemer Certifed - Ordinator Patch.esp

157 9d Elemental_Staffs.esp

158 9e Ordinator - Beyond Skyrim Bruma Patch.esp

159 9f Sacrosanct - Vampires of Skyrim.esp

160 a0 Wildcat - Combat of Skyrim.esp

161 a1 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

162 a2 YOT - Andromeda.esp

163 a3 YOT - Apocalypse.esp

164 a4 YOT - Convenient Horses.esp

165 a5 YOT - Cutting Room Floor.esp

166 a6 YOT - Frostfall Module.esp

167 a7 YOT - Hunterborn.esp

168 a8 YOT - Imperious.esp

169 a9 YOT - iNeed.esp

170 aa YOT - Moonlight Tales Overhaul.esp

171 ab YOT - Ordinator.esp

172 ac YOT - Sacrosanct.esp

173 ad YOT - SWIFT.esp

174 ae YOT - Thunderchild.esp

175 af YOT - Wearable Lanterns.esp

176 b0 YOT - Wet and Cold.esp

177 b1 YOT - Wildcat.esp

[saurusmaximus]

It sounds like one of your SKSE-dependent mods isn't playing nice. Figure out which mods need it, then disable them, one by one (including any associated patches) until the game will start.

 

If that doesn't get it, you may have a bad SKSE install, try deleting skse64_loader.exe and and the skse_x_x.dll (replacing the "x"s for the version number) and reinstalling.

[Jakebuck90]

Try using "LOOT"

[blitzen]

Did you check the skse log file?

[COMBATFUN]

Use Loot to sort it dude! Than update SKSE, install Papyrus Util and SSE Engine Fixes.

[blitzen]

From the original post: "I have sorted my load order with LOOT and my mods are installed with Vortex"

Two people did not really read the post. It does raise the question of exactly what is meant, since Vortex will sort for you using a built-in LOOT.

 

@ZaneFHarrel The use of a spoiler when displaying load order information (or any large block of text or image) would be excellent.

[Deleted58783396User]

the issue sounds like either:

 

1. one or more of your mods is missing master files, this will cause an immediate CTD upon game load - however LOOT should of pointed this out. i dont know how Vortex works in comparison to NMM but in the Plugin Section it should highlight mods with missing master files in red. so should Vortex not include this feature, Download and Run Wrye Bash, and see if it disables any mods (if a mod is missing a master file, Wrye Bash will notify of this and disable the mod that is missing the Requirement)

 

2. access privileges rights: Run SKSE As Administrator (right click on skse_loader, and click on Run As Administrator)

 

 

Note: Right Click on skse_loader - click on Compatability, and tick the box Run As Administrator, do the same for Skyrim.exe and Skyrimlauncer.exe. this ensures you have proper Access Privileges. which 9 times out of 10 fixes programs refusing to load.

[ZaneFHarrel]

I've uninstalled then reinstalled SKSE countless times now, still nothing. I've tried running skse as an administrator, I've done everything I can think of. So I suppose the last thing I can due is the long process of enabling an disabling mods one by one in hopes of that fixing the problem. I may not have the game fixed but thanks for your help none the less.