Find the problem: Hutt Cartel. Now the game starts.

The issue was with the Militia overhaul mod. I didn't have resistance warriors and that was causing the crash. For anyone else who has the same issue if you go to the workshop page you can get instructions on modifying the .INI file

Ive tried it a few times aswell as a full uninstall and reinstall and still no good. Ive completely gutted the files on my documents now and will reinstall everything when I get chance.

@conbo9
Thank you for your investigations! I shall look into this and see if I can replicate the error. In the meantime, just in case it's a local issue, have you tried verifying game files? It's a long shot but sometimes it yields some results.

I've done some digging in the logs after a fresh install and it appears to be an issue with a corrupted texture [0004.74] Error: Corrupt texture [Texture2D XComEngineMaterials.borderGradientDashed]! Missing bulk data for MipIndex=0 Any ideas?

@Joshua Crow
That is odd indeed. Sometimes AML needs to be restarted a few times to recognize a lot of newly downloaded mods, perhaps some got left out?

Warning: Warning, Failed to load 'Perk_ThrowPlasmaIED': Can't find file 'Perk_ThrowPlasmaIED'

This error appear everytime I tried to load in AML. Then crash.

@conbo9
I haven't encountered any issues through multiple campaign starts with this modlist. You could try to refresh your config files if you have had a lot of other mods previously, I have heard that rogue settings from other mods can potentially cause issues.

Anyone encountering a crash at the first retaliation mission?