Infinite Loading Screens

[Prenihility]

Started getting an infinite loading screen after I went to Chris Haversam to talk about rocket components. Got one, went back to him, then an infinite loading screen when trying to go back to the REPCONN Basement. Infinite loading screen on loading my save once, too. And again when I fast travel to a location. Damn this game is garbage...

 

Not heavily modded. 4GB Patcher Installed. Anyone's guess is as good as mine. Oblivion modded is more stable than this steaming pile of diarrhea. Been playing for hours without problems and all of the sudden. Using MO2. And I understand the game wasn't intended for it, but I could've sworn i've been using it because I saw some other users on YouTube using MO before. And when I first started playing the game 4 years ago I exclusively used MO. Logged 160ish hours.

 

FalloutNV.esm
DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
GunRunnersArsenal.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
Vurt's WFO.esm
NevadaSkies.esm
FCOMaster.esm
JIP Selective-Fire.esm
YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp
FCO - NPC Changes.esp
WeaponModsExpanded.esp
WMX-DLCMerged.esp
WMX-POPMerged.esp
ABetterSturdyCaravanShotgun.esp
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
WMX-EVE-AllDLCMerged.esp
FCO - GlowingOne.esp
FCO - OHSB NPC Edits.esp
FCO - Russell.esp
FCO - HD Teeth.esp
The Weapon Mod Menu.esp

Edited April 10, 2020 by Prenihility

[dubiousintent]

* Please see the paragraph about "auto-saves" under the 'Essentials for Getting Started' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article. If you have been using the built-in "auto-save" feature and you get the endless "roulette wheel" when loading a save game, then your current save game file is corrupted and you will have to either go back to a save before the corruption occurred (hard to tell) or start over.

* Did you install Steam to it's default location? If so, please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more but didn't change it for older games); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. With the game moved out of the default location you will not need to be running it as an "Administrator Account", which is safer. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

Disabling "User Account Control" (UAC) only stops Windows from prompting you to grant "administrative" credentials to an application that the system says must have a "UAC elevation". Disabling UAC does not automatically then enable the permission for such applications. Instead, (for all intents and purposes) it automatically denies them. (Please read this MS article on how it works in Win10. The basics have been there since the inception of UAC with Vista.)

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then (while logged in as an "Administrator Account") need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

* Do you have "New Vegas Stutter Remover" (NVSR) installed? If so, please see the 'Issue: CTD after 10-20 minutes of play (post-Win10 2017 FCU)' and 'Issue: CTD without warning, "Out of Memory error", or stops responding after the Main Menu' entries in the 'Solutions to "Crash To Desktop" (CTD) problems' section in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide.

Alternatively, if you are running Win7 or Win10, try using the "New Vegas Tick Fix (NVTF)" mod instead.

* Related to the NVSR problem, for problems AFTER a save game is loaded see also 'Issue: Incomplete save game load' in the "Troubleshooting" guide.

-Dubious-