Help - Crashing at game start loading, can't find the cause.

Post » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:44 pm

Could some of you people help me troubleshoot what's wrong with my game suddenly? I can't load the game - it crashes right at the start menu, right before the continue/load/config menu itself appears. I can't figure out why.
I played just fine last night; only thing that changed since then is that I updated Apachii's skyhair and Asis. Then rebuilt bashed patch, ASIS.jar, and BOSS'ed, for the sake of it. I tried reverting both mods to their previous versions with NMM, doesn't help, the game still doesn't load. Under WryeBash, 'saves' tab, the latest saves appear completely synchronised with current load order. (Not that it could matter, as I don't actually get the chance to try and load any savegame, nor start anew)

Only single thing that seems off, is that Wrye Bash colors Dawnguard.esm and Hearthfire.esm with red backgrounds. Which should mean they're supposed to be deactivated. Which I don't do, because it doesn't make sense, and because I have several dependencies to these esms.
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I "verified game cache" from Steam, and updated Wrye Bash to the latest (it was one version late). Dawnguard and Hearthfire are listed fine now, no red backgrounds. Game still doesn't load.
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Active Mod Files:
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00  Skyrim.esm01  Update.esm02  Dawnguard.esm03  HearthFires.esm04  ApachiiHair.esm05  3rdEraWeaponsMoS.esm06  AOM.esm07  ClimatesOfTamriel.esm08  SkyMoMod.esm09  SPIKE.esm0A  HighResTexturePack01.esp0B  HighResTexturePack02.esp0C  Brawl Bugs CE.esp0D  Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp  [Version 1.2.4]0E  Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.3]0F  Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.2]10  Chesko_Frostfall.esp11  Morning Fogs.esp12  ClimatesOfTamriel-VanillaNights-Lvl-1.esp13  ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp14  Further Dark Dungeons for ENB.esp15  Dark Dungeons for Dawnguard.esp16  Economics of Skyrim.esp17  AOM.esp18  Legionettes.esp19  Real Wildlife Skyrim 0.1.esp1A  SkyMoMod Lore-Friendly Standard v10.esp1B  Auto Unequip Ammo.esp1C  Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp1D  WetandCold.esp1E  SkyUI.esp1F  Cloaks.esp20  R18Pn - Leere  Armor.esp21  R18Pn - Diano Armor.esp22  Schwertleite Set.esp23  Sovngarde Steel Armor and Weapons.esp24  theRoadstrokersRoyalElvenSet.esp25  Tribunal Robes by Zairaam.esp26  Vidala'sDress.esp27  warchiefarmor.esp28  3rdEraWeapMoS-lvlList.esp29  DeadlyDragons.esp2A  Radiance.esp2B  Run For Your Lives.esp  [Version 1.1]2C  The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp  [Version 1.2.3]2D  BetterQuestObjectives.esp2E  Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp2F  Headtracking.esp30  dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp31  Improved Dragon Shouts.esp32  Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp33  EmpoweredMagic.esp34  EmpoweredMagic_Dawnguard.esp35  FNISspells.esp36  Path of Shadows.esp37  ACE Realistic Fighting.esp38  The Dance of Death - Dawnguard Edition.esp39  ACE BYOG.esp3A  ACE Speech.esp3B  ACE Archery.esp3C  ACE Armor.esp3D  ACE Enchanting.esp3E  ACE Melee.esp3F  ACE Smithing.esp40  ACE Synergy.esp41  StavesofSkyrim.esp42  3DNPC.esp43  Lyla.esp44  mayatola UFF.esp45  Michelle.esp46  EMCompViljaSkyrim.esp47  Basvanbeu MuscleTextureChanger with Navetsea set.esp48  WATER.esp49  Bashed Patch, 0.esp4A  ASIS-Dependency.esp4B  ASIS.esp

Please HEEEELP... :wallbash: I guess I could just delete and reinstall Skyrim completely, but with that mod list, I strongly suspect I'd be unable to continue with my current character - which I like a lot. This crash sounds like something obvious that I could have missed, like I just inadvertently unchecked a mod that the game needs to load, or something like that. But I just can't see anything wrong. It loads up to the menu background, and crashes right when it should display the start menu itself. I don't know what I should try - maybe a fresh eye on my problem and/or modlist could come up with a solution?
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