[FIXED] Infinite Loading Screens

[Cocobeef]

So this is about my 5th playthrough of FO4 and I usually have similar issues but this time I just can't figure out how to fix it.

I am currently running just over 200 mods on Vortex and have tried running the game in many different ways, same res as monitor, windowed, administrator, etc.

I have F4SE. All drivers are up to date, cache is verified, I attempted to disable every mod I have and then launch the game just in case any of them gave me items on startup that could have caused the problem, but nothing.

I have downloaded BethINI from nexus to help and still nothing. No clue at this point what else I could possibly do so I am giving in and asking for help after a long night of trial and error.

Thanks for any replies in advance.
(Also, there are no cycles or issues within Vortex that the program has mentioned, and if it had I have already messed with the load order.)

EDIT:
I have been trying to get it to work since I posted this and still nothing - at this point i have also moved the Vortex download folder to the same drive (C drive to D drive) and still nothing. I have tried different settings and deleted my INI and Prefs and then had the game recreate fresh ones, still nothing.

Another thing I should have mentioned was that when the game is opened and in the menu, "Creation Club" and "Mods" are blacked out and I thought maybe it needed time to load all my mods, but it still didn't load. I know my mods must be detected because I have a mod that changes the games ambient sounds to make it creepier, which also replaces the menu music. The menu music was the mod I had installed and not the base game audio, which confuses me even more. How come my game refuses to start even after being completely reset? I don't see how there could possibly still be an issue. I am running out of ideas and have searched many discussions on steam and watched many Youtube videos yet I cannot find anything at all that could help me.

+ tried to reinstall
+ tried to run in compatibility

Here is the fix for anyone who is suffering the same problem:

I went into the Fallout4Prefs and changed "iPresentInterval=1" to "=0" and then launched the game with the same monitor resolution and in fullscreen.

This seemed to do it for me, good luck whoever is reading this.

[Tommyk]

I disabled vsync and my loading times got from "cook a medium size meal" to 20sec

before
epic long loading times
no disc activity
no cpu activity
no gpu stress

after
disc, cpu and gpu run and loading times are okayish

lock picking now plays fast fast, but I dont care because those loading times where killing me

[CiD EviL]

I get that prob from time to time and what do is go back to windows and then back into the game and it stops that infinite loading BS

hope it helps let us know

[Cocobeef]

Originally posted by CiD EviL:

I get that prob from time to time and what do is go back to windows and then back into the game and it stops that infinite loading BS

hope it helps let us know

Okay so what just happened is very strange to me.

I tried that thing you said about tabbing to windows multiple times yesterday and no dice. I was just about to figure out the vsync stuff and for some reason when I tabbed back in it worked. I did nothing different than yesterday, and the load time was very short. The only difference was that my computer was completely turned off and then back on.

This may be temporary, so if it happens again I will try the vsync option and see if that helps as well. I am very confused as to why this game is so unreliable but I am going to take what I can I suppose.

Thanks for the replies guys

[Tommyk]

Hope you get it sorted out!

for nvidia you can set 3D settings by application. /rigtklick desktop to get to 3D settings

good luck!

[Cocobeef]

Here's an update for you guys and for anyone who might use this thread in the future:

vsync seems to have done it (FINALLY)

I was having inconsistent load times with the alt+tab fix and it was super annoying so I decided to try vsync to see if I had any better luck and it seems I have.

FIX:
I went into the Fallout4Prefs and changed "iPresentInterval=1" to "=0" and then launched the game with the same monitor resolution and in fullscreen.

The load time was quite quick considering, and I was able to have it be successful twice in a row so far, so if something happens again I will come back and change this, but for now I will mark this thread as solved for anyone who wants to know how to potentially fix this problem.

Thanks for telling me to try vsync because I don't think I would have figured that one out on my own.

Anyways hopefully this helps someone out in the future

[Tommyk]

Cool that it worked for you too! Thanks for the update to let others know!

I was baffled that programming was linked to fps in fallout

It is a bit annoying that the lockpicking minigame runs fastfast, but I take that over having insane long loading times.

there is also a mod that does the vsync trick via library. have not tried it because mine is running fine now and I dont feel like tinkering any more :D

cheers

[Fábio]

One thing that helped me if the infinite loading was in the menu screen, was deleting old saves.

[Tommyk]

oh yes, an important hint too!

too many saves slows the loading since F4 goes through all of them on load.

btw, this is one of my favourite mods: Sim Settlements
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/21872

[Paprsek]

Experienced prolonged delay in fast travel black screen without detecting extensive CPU or disk usage (apart from at the onset of fast travel). Have had some degree of improvements after following advice from others in (1) turning off vsync (Nvidia setting) and (2) setting Fallout4_Default.ini (& Fallout4Prefs.ini for good measure) iPresentInterval from 1 to 0.

The improvement doesn't sustain though. There must be more into delays on fast travel or new location load.

[ThatSaintConrad]

Originally posted by Tommyk:

I disabled vsync and my loading times got from "cook a medium size meal" to 20sec

before
epic long loading times
no disc activity
no cpu activity
no gpu stress

after
disc, cpu and gpu run and loading times are okayish

lock picking now plays fast fast, but I dont care because those loading times where killing me :lunar2019grinningpig:

how do I turn off vsync

[Tommyk]

> how do I turn off vsync

basicly it is changing these 2
First is vsync and secound fixes mouse jitter due to unleashed sync
I was a stupid d3ecision to link loading cells to sync. very very stupid

iPresetInterval = 0
and
bForceIgnoreSmoothness = 1

ofc they set that in multible files, grrr

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PUBzsZOko

Cheers & Have fun!

[Cocobeef]

Wow this thread was helpful to someone 2 years later thats kinda epic

[Texas Red]

hey do you know what to do when you've reached your giga cap of 86 gigs of mods and try to disable some to play your game but the mod menu won't load and is stuck in infinite loop and i did try everything listed here

[Wolf]

Originally posted by Paprsek:

Experienced prolonged delay in fast travel black screen without detecting extensive CPU or disk usage (apart from at the onset of fast travel). Have had some degree of improvements after following advice from others in (1) turning off vsync (Nvidia setting) and (2) setting Fallout4_Default.ini (& Fallout4Prefs.ini for good measure) iPresentInterval from 1 to 0.

The improvement doesn't sustain though. There must be more into delays on fast travel or new location load.

This helped me thank you. playing with 400+ mods and my game didn't want me to load in to the prydwen. after putting iPresentInterval from 1 to 0 i loading in withing 5 seconds! thanks again

[I sold my child for V-bucks]

Holy moly this helped thank you, you legends!