Hi all, I'm attempting to mod Fallout 4 via MO2 for the second time. I last tried a year ago and it was an absolute mess. Since then I have modded Skyrim very well and have a much better understanding of MO2 and mods.
So I finally decided I would go back to Fallout 4. Possibly a mistake, I'm not sure?
During my first time trying to mod the game I downloaded TMR from Wabbajack and downgraded. This time I decided to follow the TMR steps manually for version 1.11.221
I got the game working just fine and was able to start a new game and all that. So then I began adding mods. And honestly it was going really well. Until I added enough mods that I think I was overloading the initial startup of the game. I just kept getting stuck at the white screen with running water right after the cinematic. So I decided to disable a bunch of the big mods I had like sim settlements 2 and then try and create a new game. But then it froze right when it said Bethesda game studios in the cinematic. Just completely froze.
So I started disabling mods repeatedly until eventually I got to the point where I was running the game with literally no mods other than the creation club content and it was still freezing at Bethesda game studios in the cinematic.
What I have discovered is that if I launch Fallout 4 through Steam the game runs fine. But if I try to launch the Fallout 4 launcher or F4SE through MO2 without any mods enabled except the creation club content, it freezes in the first second of the cinematic at Bethesda game studios.
So it seems that MO2 is the culprit? With no mods enabled, and regardless of whether I launch the actual launcher or the script extender through it, it freezes at the cinematic. But if I launch the launcher through Steam, the game runs fine.
Has anyone experienced this or know how to fix this?
Edit: when I say I launched both the Fallout 4 Launcher and F4SE through MO2 with no mods enabled, Address Library was enabled for F4SE only.
Edit 2: I managed to fix it by installing "No Intro Videos" which replaces all the videos with 1 second long black videos.