New Vegas won't load the main menu on boot

[kalkwahoon]

Hey everybody,

Yesterday I got inspired to reinstall NV and do a new playthrough. Today, I got it all modded. NVEdit, LOOT, and Vortex all seem to show no errors, but when it boots the main menu doesn't show up. It just sits at a black screen with some HUD elements on it and the menu music playing. I'm not sure where to even start looking to try and fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I attached a screenshot, and here's my load order from LOOT:

0 0 FalloutNV.esm
1 1 DeadMoney.esm
2 2 HonestHearts.esm
3 3 OldWorldBlues.esm
4 4 LonesomeRoad.esm
5 5 GunRunnersArsenal.esm
6 6 ClassicPack.esm
7 7 MercenaryPack.esm
8 8 TribalPack.esm
9 9 CaravanPack.esm
10 a Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm
11 b SomeguySeries.esm
12 c NVInteriors_Core.esm
13 d New Vegas Redesigned 3.esm
14 e FCOMaster.esm
15 f AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm
16 10 NVInteriors_ComboEdition.esm
17 11 Interior Lighting Overhaul - L38PS.esm
18 12 Gomorrah Redesigned v2.esp
19 13 The New Bison Steve Hotel.esm
20 14 AWOPDeadMoney.esm
21 15 Bitter Springs Redesigned.esp
22 16 Companion Core.esm
23 17 RobCo Certified.esm
24 18 Project Nevada - Core.esm
25 19 Project Nevada - Equipment.esm
26 1a CFWNV.esm
27 1b URWLNV-001-Weather.esm
28 1c Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp
29 1d Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp
30 1e Project Nevada - Extra Options.esm
31 1f D.E.I.M.O.S..esm
32 20 oHUD.esm
Project Nevada - Honest Hearts.esp
33 21 Project Nevada - Rebalance Complete.esp
34 22 Project Nevada - All DLC.esp
Project Nevada - Dead Money.esp
Project Nevada - Gun Runners' Arsenal.esp
35 23 Project Nevada - Cyberware Additions.esp
36 24 Vurt's WFO.esp
WMIMNV.esp
37 25 IMPACT.esp
38 26 dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp
39 27 EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp
40 28 New Vegas Redesigned 3.esp
41 29 FCO - NPC Changes.esp
42 2a WeaponModsExpanded.esp
43 2b AWOPMonsterPatchVanilla.esp
44 2c URWLNV-007-Interiors.esp
45 2d ArmorChanges.esp
46 2e WildWastelandChecklistNVU.esp
47 2f OldWorldRadio.esp
48 30 FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting - All DLC.esp
49 31 WMX-GunRunnersArsenal.esp
50 32 WMX-OldWorldBlues.esp
51 33 WMX-HonestHearts.esp
52 34 WMX-EVE-AllDLC.esp
53 35 CFW_Fix_POSTFIX-AiO.esp
54 36 AWOP-IMPACT-WMX-EVE AllDLC.esp
55 37 Project Nevada - WMX.esp
56 38 Project Nevada - EVE All DLC.esp
57 39 ADAM Complete.esp
58 3a ADAM - MERGE.esp
Project Nevada - Lonesome Road.esp
59 3b AWOPDeadMoneyVendorPatch.esp
60 3c WMX-DeadMoney.esp
61 3d WMX-LonesomeRoad.esp
Project Nevada - Old World Blues.esp
62 3e Weapon Retexture Project.esp
63 3f MeleeReachFixed.esp
64 40 Better Clothing v1.2 Experimental.esp
65 41 A Better Veronica.esp
66 42 CompanionImplants.esp
67 43 Simple DLC Delay.esp
68 44 CouriersStashCornerMessage.esp
69 45 Glasses Fix.esp
70 46 RobCo Certified Friendly Hit Fixer.esp
71 47 ILO - PipBoy Light.esp
72 48 URWLNV-005-LonesomeRoad.esp
73 49 URWLNV-003-HonestHearts.esp
74 4a ILO - URWLNV Ultimate Edition Patch.esp
75 4b FCO - GlowingOne.esp
76 4c FCO - PathFixing Vanilla.esp
77 4d The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
78 4e True Wasteland Economy.esp
79 4f ReconLaserWeapons.esp
80 50 gunrunnersexpanded.esp
81 51 Leather backpack - rus.esp
82 52 InteriorOwnership.esp
83 53 Be Merciful.esp
84 54 NewVegasBounties.esp
85 55 NewVegasBountiesII.esp
86 56 Russell.esp
87 57 NewVegasBountiesIII.esp
88 58 TeslaWeaponsPack.esp
89 59 TurboLaserWeapon.esp
90 5a FNV Tammer's NIF-Bashed Armor and Outfits Pack.esp
91 5b NukaCola-Ojo.esp
92 5c MECourierUniform.esp
93 5d CourierRangerArmorV2.esp
94 5e HeavyPlasmaRepeater.esp
95 5f Enclave Advanced Power Armor.esp
96 60 Advanced Recon Armor.esp
97 61 Stealth Suit MkII Helmet.esp
98 62 Dark Justice Duster.esp
99 63 AAACourierRiotGear.esp
100 64 JustVanillaSprint.esp
101 65 Aim View Switcher.esp
102 66 CIB Supermutants - Overlords.esp
103 67 ReconUnderArmor.esp
104 68 Advanced Recon Range Finder.esp
105 69 Loot Unconscious Victims.esp
106 6a Conelrad 640-1240.esp
107 6b LeatherBackpack - eng.esp
108 6c ADAM - Trooper Gloves.esp
109 6d FCO - OHSB NPC Edits.esp
110 6e FCO - Russell.esp
111 6f FCO - The New Bison Steve.esp
112 70 WMX-POPMerged.esp
113 71 Inventory Search.esp
114 72 URWLNV-002-DeadMoney.esp
115 73 URWLNV-004-OldWorldBlues.esp
116 74 Vanilla UI Plus.esp
117 75 The Weapon Mod Menu.esp
118 76 Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp
119 77 ILO - A World of Pain.esp
120 78 ILO - D.E.I.M.O.S.esp
121 79 ILO - GS Shack.esp
122 7a ILO - NVInteriors Project.esp
123 7b ILO - New Vegas Bounties II.esp
124 7c ILO - New Vegas Bounties.esp

[dubiousintent]

Please see the 'Common Game Problems' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article.

If the problem persists, then see either the 'Solutions to Starting the game problems' or the 'Solutions to "Crash To Desktop" (CTD) problems' sections in the wiki "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting" guide.

 

(I'm guessing you are running Win10 and need to install the older DirectX9 DLLs as detailed in the "Solutions to Starting the game problems" section specifically, but did notice other issues described that you need to address.)

I recommend anyone read the entire "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article to understand the differences between this game and others you may have experience with; especially if this is your first attempt to play a modded FNV or it's been more than a year since you last did so. It is designed for someone who has never played a modded PC game before, so it tries to avoid making any assumptions, is kept "up-to-date", and covers years of "lessons learned".

-Dubious-