F4SE CTD when started from MO2

[akaTwoSheds]

So first off thanks for reading what's sure to be a long winded question :smile:

 

Next, what all I've got:

Win 10 16 GB of RAM running on a 1 TB SSD drive, nVidia GTX1080 w 16 GB of RAM.

The current version of FO4 - 1.10.130 I believe

The current version of F4SE - 0.6.16 rel 19

I use Mod Organizer 2 - v 2.2.0 rev 179a738 which is set to run using admin privileges

I hadn't played Fallout in a while and a couple of weeks ago got the urge so I fired up MO2 and after many updates, started F4SE. I got a brief black screen as if the game were starting up but then it closed and I was back to MO2 which quickly closed the "MO is locked while the executable is running" pop up.

 

Much fruitless troubleshooting takes place and I now know the following:

 

Validated the install files using Steam. I'm able to start the game from there and get to the main menu so it seems that the problem isn't with the game itself.

Removed all of the mods and tried starting F4SE via MO2 which gave me the black screen then back to MO2 just like before. Glad I have a copy of the mods :smile:

I can't recall if I created them or MO2 did, but in my run list I have Fallout and the Fallout launcher. I tried running Fallout from MO2 (it's running C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4.exe) and got the black screen then back to MO2 again. The Launcher does run normally though.

If I open the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\ folder and select F4SE_Launcher.exe and run it with admin privileges it starts the game up - progress! Except it doesn't seem to be running any of the brief list of mods I've reinstalled. The Settings menu off of the main menu does indicate F4SE is running but Looks Menu doesn't come up when I start a new character.

For what it's worth I also use MO2 for both Skyrim LE - the non-Steam version, and Skyrim SE - the steam version - and both of them start up just fine.

 

Before I wipe and restart from scratch, does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks again!