kiddwickidd Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I play Skyrim on my laptop. I have Dawnguard & Hearthfire installed - all legit through SteamI have 15ish mods installed via NexusI have 1 subscription with workshop.I have never had any issues with the game. I basically stopped playing Skyrim just before Christmas in order to do the family and holiday thing and not be rude.I went to start playing again on Saturday and my launcher WILL NOT LAUNCH!!! If I go through Steam, the box pops up that says it is preparing to launch Skyrim, but that is as close as it gets.If I use the launcher on NMM, or from the launcher in the Steam/skyrim folder it also does not launch, but I do get a window that pops up after a couple minutes that says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000185). Click OK to close the application"I have not added any mods or changed anything - I simply stopped playing for a month.I have tried launching with task manager open, and it does pop up in the list - but after a couple of minutes it just disappears from the list (when I launch from Steam) or I end up killing it when I have to click OK on the error message. I sent a support request to Steam on Sunday and have so far only received the automated response emails. Yesterday I sought out Bethesda tech support but have not heard from them either.I have verified the integrity of the game cache - it says "1 files failed to validate and will be reacquired"I have confirmed that all my drivers are up to date. I am really starting to get frustrated and desperately need help!!!!I even preordered Dragonborn even though I was having the launch issue - I was hoping an overnight restart and scan would fix me up, but obviously it didn't :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamefever Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We have gotten a new patch since you came back to play the game. Welcome to the woes of modding, only the modders will help you trouble shoot. Pretty much your saves are dead.You have to reinstall via STEAM, I strongly advise you to unsubscribe to STEAM WORKSHOP Use the Nexus to find your mods and make sure you download only the one's that are kept up to date for now,This is becuase next week when you get DragonBorn autodownloading on your computer all those mods you installed are going to stop working for a few weeks until those authors update to Dragonborn themselves. Protip -armors and weapons should be fine-Most houses and locations should be ok-Textures should be ok -Overhuals will most likely not be fine-Even Blood mods may not work p[roperly in Dragon Born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddwickidd Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 All this time I was under the impression that patches were to fix things, who knew lol I was going to unsubscribe to the workshop one already - it is just a jagged crown craftable thing that I never got to using in the 2 months I had it so it won't be missed. How does one reinstall via Steam? Steam has to be the most useless invention ever imo - I only use it because its mandated. Pinko Commie .........sorry, rant mode was firing upOnly one of my saved games will be missed, but there was a good chance I was going to start from scratch anyway so I don't think many tears will be shed Most of my mods are armor and weapon related - glad to hear they should be safe,I have CBBE, UFO and a couple custom followers - fingers crossed on those.Sounds like I'll screen shot my NMM list and then search out my list once the DLC is released Thanks for the advice, hopefully someone can get me launching before the DLC does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamefever Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 open Steam Games Library Right Click on Skyrim You get the different options there-You can use unistall-You can try properties and try the Reverify Cache option-that should force the game to update and or apply fixes to things that could be missing If you were using NMM-just use that after verifing integrity of the game-Unistall the mods with NMM-Then you should see a bunch of Caution signs on the right -Click on those it'll take you right to your mods site -Check the changes and reread the description page to avoid hours of headache later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddwickidd Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Well, I still have no assistance from Steam or Bethesda ...... I will attempt the reinstall and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for your assistance :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddwickidd Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Official response from Bethesda "More than likely, one of your mods is conflicting with a recent official update for Skyrim. If you are running any third party mods, it should be noted that support is not provided for Skyrim if third party mods and plugins are installed, including Steam Workshop mods, SKSE, Skyboost, Nexus Mod Manager, and Script Dragon. As these mods were never officially tested by the development team, they may have unintended effects on the game. If you experience issues while using third party mods, we advise deleting them completely, not disabling them, and reverting back to game saves prior to their installation. For support on user-created contact, we recommend contacting the mod/plugin author." I'm trying it - I just want to friggin play!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamefever Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 So since I'm not Bethsada huh what? Look guy post your BOSS log and or Load Order. Then let modders that've been doing this for a few years have a look at what your trying to accomplish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddwickidd Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 I don't know what a BOSS log is. I have uninstalled Skyrim. Unsubscribed to the one workshop add on I had.Deactivated all Nexus mods.Deleted all Nexus mods.Uninstalled NMM.Deleted everything in the Skyrim destination folder and all saved games.Then I reinstalled. Still no change. Please tell me more of this BOSS log. I want to be able to provide whatever information will allow someone to fix me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkonacid Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Please tell me more of this BOSS log. I want to be able to provide whatever information will allow someone to fix me BOSS is a program that sorts your mods an puts them in the best load order. If you haven't been using this, it may be part of your problem. Once downloaded and installed, open the BOSS GUI. You'll se an option for "BOSS Log Format." Select "Plain Text," copy the results, and paste them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddwickidd Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 I have removed all mods and Nexus Mod Manager, is it still possible to be a load order issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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