Creation Kit Crashing With Infinite "file contains truncated or invalid data" popups

[Haravikk]

So this is a new one for me; I was happily modding away and suddenly when loading up a mod that was working fine only moments ago, Creation Kit gets past all the usual loading steps to where the warning window pops open (listing all the unresolved warnings from the base game/DLCs) but instead of showing anything it gives me an infinite number of popups saying "file contains truncated or invalid data" (no indication which file) before crashing.

 

I've cleared out all temporary files I can think of for the Creation Kit, and tried opening various mods (or even just the base Fallout4.esm) and everything is afflicted by the same issue.

 

There's clearly a file somewhere that is damaged, but Creation Kit won't tell me what it is, and uninstalling and reinstalling it hasn't fixed it. Fallout 4 itself runs just fine.

 

Does anyone have any ideas what file might be the problem here? If I can't fix this then I basically cannot use the Creation Kit ever again, which is a pretty major problem.

 

I'm running with Mod Organizer 2, but this has never been an issue in the past; I've been working on stuff for the past couple of weeks without any problems, and nothing else affected (game is fine, FO4Edit works etc.).

Edited January 18, 2021 by Haravikk

[pepperman35]

1. Have you tried running the CK outside of a mod manager?

2. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the CK?

[Haravikk]

Yes to both. Neither worked at the time.

 

But after posting I went away and had a coffee and… the problem seems to have resolved itself; I've no idea what (if anything) I might have done to fix it, or what caused it in the first place.

 

I don't suppose anyone has any ideas? In case it happens again, or anyone else encounters the same issue?

Edited January 18, 2021 by Haravikk

[pepperman35]

I am a firm believe that a good cup of coffee can fix many things. Glad your problem went away.