unable to start new game

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so i did a complete reinstall and used the mod manager to put some mods in to play with a friend, now whenever i try to play on my own i get a pop up that says "we were unable to start a new game" i turned off all the mods and it fixes but then im stuck with the vanilla game, ive verified files and that doesnt work at all, does anyone have a fix for this

[Mike Garrison]

Try the mods one at a time until you find the one (or the combination) that is broken.

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Originally posted by Mike Garrison:

Try the mods one at a time until you find the one (or the combination) that is broken.

i did that, they would work but then when i tried adding 1 it would give me the error, i would disable that mod but then it would still give me the error. The issue is i have the exact same mods installed as my friend and they game runs with 0 issues for him

edit: even when i remove mods and get the game to start, if i try to run the mods after it gives me an error saying i cant load the save file

[Moonbane]

You didnt remove mods correctly. And the save file sounds like it was tainted.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3024252010&searchtext=remove

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Originally posted by Moonbane:

You didnt remove mods correctly. And the save file sounds like it was tainted.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3024252010&searchtext=remove

i went into the mod manager via the game, turned off mods that made it so the game wouldnt start, then when i did start a game i tried turning them on and it still made it so i could not load the game

[Moonbane]

Your game is tainted, properly remove all the mods.

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Originally posted by Moonbane:

Your game is tainted, properly remove all the mods.

ive done that and ive done a complete reinstall, twice

[Chaosolous]

You likely didn't removed your previous mods correctly and have residual files. You will need to go through the long, stupid and arduous process of doing a clean install. It sucks, and takes forever but it's the only way to un-bork your game.

Sometimes when you remove a mod, it leaves residual files that break your game. This is why everyone says "mod at your own risk" because you can literally, LITERALLY, break your game into never working again.

[Chaosolous]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3165940575