Skyrim stuck at dragon logo, I found the problem but don't know how to solve it.

[Manti]

OK SO I have that issue where after hitting "New Game" Skyrim will simply cut to the Imperial Dragon logo with the music playing but the game just won't start.
After some messing around with NMM, I've discovered that Skyrim will run totally fine as long as only the official plugins are active.
I really see no point in playing the game unless I can have my mods, however, so this isn't really a fix for me.

Can anyone help me figure out why skyrim won't run any mods?

[pleasenoname3]

conflict or save corruption. trace back your steps.

[Ilja]

Very likely either load order or mod compatibiltiy issue. Did you sort your load order with LOOT?

Load order and resource priority basics
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/523890681419356033/

Originally posted by pleasenoname3:

conflict or save corruption. trace back your steps.

This is not a sign of save file corruption. Skyrim will actually inform the player, if the save is corrputed.

[Manti]

I've already sorted out my mods a few times, so I don't think that's the problem. The game was working fine two days ago and now it isn't.

Also, timeline of me and Skyrim (i.e what I noticed, what I tried and what happened):

Got Skyrim, DLed 200 or so mods (and used LOOT to sort them) and played the game just fine
Two days later, decide I should download even more mods and so I do that (and used LOOT to sort them too)
Try to start Skyrim, hitting new game will give me the Dragon Logo+Music while hitting Load/Continue traps me in an infinite load screen
Deactivated all the new mods after restarting my computer, the problem persisted
Deactivated every single mod, the game worked fine
Reactivated every mod, problem persists but I am unsurprised.

I was thinking I might have to just re-install the game and see how that goes, but if anyone has any ideas about what to do, I'm all ears.

[Ilja]

Try to validate your master files with cleared appcache folder, in case the have been damaged. That may save you from reinstalling your game.

[Quick link] Validating master files
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/535150948617437868/

[Manti]

I've followed the steps in that post but it unfortunately didn't solve the problem :( One thing I;ve noticed is that I validated the game cache twice, and both times it said that a file was going to be re-acquired. I'm not sure what that means but it's what happened

[Ilja]

Well, I answered to that question in the post. It happens every time.

There is still this try, in case that your game is hitting in to very persistent memory bug in Skyrim.

SKSE, memory and skse.ini
http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/540740500921363665/

One other thing to check is that if you have any Workshop mods in your Data files. Workshop is suffering from a bug and usubscribing from files does not remove them. Is it possible that bugged Workshop file is trying to force itself in to your game and causing this problem?

[Manti]

Thank you for your continued help! I've gone ahead and done the memory thing, but it hasn't fixed the problem. I've also never used the Steam Workshop in my life so I don't think that's the problem either.

[Ilja]

This is getting interesting. Are you perhaps using Windows 10? Problems with it are usually related to game launching itself and this would be the first time I ever hear that it would affect to modding game. Still, I can't really figure out anything else right now.

Well, at least not before I get my morning coffee. It seems that I slept quite late this day.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500687692

[Manti]

I am using windows 10 but I've played heavily modded Skyrim on it before and have had it for quite some time, so I doubt this is the issue. All my drivers are up to date to after checking, so that can't be it.
I've reinstalled Skyrim and some mods, so I'm going to see how that goes and get back to you. My brother suggested that I may have downloaded a mod that ended up messing all my other mods up, and while I doubt that's what it is I can't help but wonder if he's right haha

[★Kelvy★]

200 mods and a missing master file/s (ESM or ESP) and of course load order.
Read what LOOT is telling you to fix.

[Manti]

Update: after reinstalling and activating only one mod (a new house mod) Skyrim will get past the dragon logo and actually go for a new start! I'll test it with a few more mods (an armor, animation, overhaul, follower and alternative start) and see how that goes

[Manti]

I'm currently running 182 out of the 269 mods i downloaded, so far everything is working.
I have noticed however that the "Dragon logo" stage appears to be an intermediary between the main menu and the game's intro. idk if that helps at all but hey. I'll try running the game with every single mod activated now, wish me luck

[Manti]

Skyrim works! I still have no idea what the initial problem was, and I have no idea if it's been solved, but the game works with all 200+ installed mods so I'm happy. Thank you everyone that's helped with this :)