Stuck in main menu

[Antiforma1]

i am stuck in the main menu for some reason.i updated the game recently from 640 to 1170 also updated my mods and drivers maybe its an incompatible mod.

also i use vortex.

 

it looks like this:

 

[traison]

I would be suspicious of mods with dlls in them. Also have a peek in the Papyrus log. If you have a mod that replaces startmenu.swf, remove it.

[belegost]

Check your if SKSE version is correct for the your game version.

[Antiforma1]

On 11/17/2025 at 2:32 PM, traison said:

I would be suspicious of mods with dlls in them. Also have a peek in the Papyrus log. If you have a mod that replaces startmenu.swf, remove it.

 

On 11/17/2025 at 3:58 PM, belegost said:

Check your if SKSE version is correct for the your game version.

I have removed the mod that replaced the startmenu and also removed mods that dont work properly or are just too old.the skse version seems to be the correct one 1170 but nothing seems to work the main menu now shows the logo but nothing else.

 

[traison]

You didn't specify whether you removed any dlls. But if we assume you're down to basically running only SSE Engine Fixes and it's still broken, then the next step would be to log file IO traffic with Sysinternal's Process Monitor and see which file is the last one it loaded.

 

If you're wondering which dlls to remove, then here's a hint: you don't need pwetty gwaphics or floppy tits when the game isn't even working, so:

ENB, CS, CBPC, SMP, all po3's mods, DAR, OAR, SexLab, SweetFX, DynDOLOD, MDNM, all the crash fixes and engine patches except for Engine Fixes and any asi files and their loader if those are a thing in Skyrim.

 

Q: But I don't want to remove all these mods, I just got them installed.

A: Move the dll files out of the SKSE\Plugins directory, and put them back afterwards; or if that's too much to keep track of, then rename the extensions of those dll files to .creampie, or .banana (lots of room for imagination here).

[Antiforma1]

On 11/19/2025 at 3:20 AM, traison said:

You didn't specify whether you removed any dlls. But if we assume you're down to basically running only SSE Engine Fixes and it's still broken, then the next step would be to log file IO traffic with Sysinternal's Process Monitor and see which file is the last one it loaded.

 

If you're wondering which dlls to remove, then here's a hint: you don't need pwetty gwaphics or floppy tits when the game isn't even working, so:

ENB, CS, CBPC, SMP, all po3's mods, DAR, OAR, SexLab, SweetFX, DynDOLOD, MDNM, all the crash fixes and engine patches except for Engine Fixes and any asi files and their loader if those are a thing in Skyrim.

 

Q: But I don't want to remove all these mods, I just got them installed.

A: Move the dll files out of the SKSE\Plugins directory, and put them back afterwards; or if that's too much to keep track of, then rename the extensions of those dll files to .creampie, or .banana (lots of room for imagination here).

i dont mind removing them i can install back in later.so i removed smp,po3 mods,oar,sexlab etc but there is no change also how do you use Process Monitor?

i have a dll called skee64 is that for skse? 

Edited November 20, 2025 by Antiforma1

[traison]

26 minutes ago, Antiforma1 said:

i have a dll called skee64 is that for skse?

 

RaceMenu. Your mod manager should have known the answer to this question.

 

26 minutes ago, Antiforma1 said:

...how do you use Process Monitor?

 

To explain that I'd have to explain how Windows works. The short version is, filter for file IO traffic from SkyrimSE.exe, run the game until it's stuck, then check the log for CreateFile calls with a Read disposition.

 

And whatever you do, don't upload a procmon log online. They contain far more information than you think.

Edited November 20, 2025 by traison

[Antiforma1]

22 hours ago, traison said:

 

RaceMenu. Your mod manager should have known the answer to this question.

 

 

To explain that I'd have to explain how Windows works. The short version is, filter for file IO traffic from SkyrimSE.exe, run the game until it's stuck, then check the log for CreateFile calls with a Read disposition.

 

And whatever you do, don't upload a procmon log online. They contain far more information than you think.

It took me some time but i finally created the log file but there is a lot of things there what exacly am i looking for?

also should i put the log so you can take a look?

[traison]

21 minutes ago, Antiforma1 said:

...there is a lot of things there what exacly am i looking for?

 

I would be looking for the last files opened or read by SkyrimSE.exe before it froze. Theory being that it was loading something and got stuck on it.

 

22 minutes ago, Antiforma1 said:

...should i put the log so you can take a look?

 

If you trust me to read it then sure. Save it filtered so that it only contains events from SkyrimSE.exe. Consider encrypting it before uploading - never know who else is watching.

[Antiforma1]

44 minutes ago, traison said:

 

I would be looking for the last files opened or read by SkyrimSE.exe before it froze. Theory being that it was loading something and got stuck on it.

 

 

If you trust me to read it then sure. Save it filtered so that it only contains events from SkyrimSE.exe. Consider encrypting it before uploading - never know who else is watching.

i think i have been here before anyway yeah its fine.yes it only have the Skyrim.exe log.

here:  

Logfile.rar

[traison]

Remove "RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Falskaar.esp".

[Antiforma1]

3 hours ago, traison said:

Remove "RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Falskaar.esp".

I have done what you told me and yeah the game is still the same weird.

[traison]

In that case I'd have to see this problem for myself to figure out.

[Antiforma1]

21 hours ago, traison said:

In that case I'd have to see this problem for myself to figure out.

ok so after removing almost all of my mods i manage to make the main menu to finally appear.now i have to install my mods one by one to find the problem. 

 

[Antiforma1]

On 11/22/2025 at 4:16 PM, Antiforma1 said:

ok so after removing almost all of my mods i manage to make the main menu to finally appear.now i have to install my mods one by one to find the problem. 

 

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this issue is fixed i dont know what caused it but apparently the game works fine now.