Main menu has no options

[Crimson13]

Skyrim loads fine, however nothing else besides the Skyrim logo comes up. No options to Continue, New Game, Load Game, etc. show up even after walking away for roughly 5 minutes and coming back.

 

What's odd about this is that I didn't change anything about Skyrim; no new or removing mods, no ini tweaks, no change to the load order, nothing. I was playing fine, quit the game, started later and the main menu choices won't come up. Bringing up the Task Manager says that Skyrim is running, it's not coming up as "Not Responding". Anyone know what would bring this on?

 

 

 

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

Falskaar.esm

Wyrmstooth.esp

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

AemersRefuge.esm

SPIKE.esm

XFLMain.esm

portal2mod.esp

DBBookBounds.esp

HearthFire Display Case Fix.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

aMidianborn_Book of Silence_CCO.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

ADS.esp

AOS.esp

Immersive Sounds - Aural Assortment.esp

mintylightningmod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

TradeBarter.esp

AMatterOfTime.esp

AshRocks.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

KaceAutoloot.esp

BLESSINGS - Altar Descriptions.esp

Bring Out Your Dead.esp

CarpenterChests_Hearthfire.esp

ClamsDropPearls.esp

Dead Body Collision.esp

DragonFastTravelRedone.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp

Immersive Patrols Merged All.esp

Moss Rocks.esp

Moss Rocks_DB.esp

ORM-Arvak.esp

Point The Way.esp

ShootingStars.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

SulfurRocks.esp

WetandCold.esp

WetandCold - Ashes.esp

Dragon Soul Relinquishment.esp

NoxUE2.00.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

UIExtensions.esp

SkyUI.esp

iHUD.esp

ArchmageRing00.esp

BosmerArmorMATY743.esp

Contractor Armor.esp

DK_Armor_By_Hothtrooper44.esp

Improved Closefaced Helmets_Legendary.esp

imp_helm_imp.esp

konahrik_accoutrements.esp

konahrik_accoutrements_db.esp

konahrik_accoutrements_dpe.esp

Konahriks Privilege by Edhelsereg.esp

KTABladeOfWoe.esp

skyforgedShields.esp

THBoneHawkRingCraftable.esp

THCraftableVampireArmory.esp

THCraftableVampireJewelry.esp

Unique Uniques.esp

Smithing Perks Overhaul_Remade.esp

Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp

HarvestOverhaul.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp

Lock Overhaul.esp

DeadlyDragons.esp

AemersRefuge-DG-DB.esp

Gildergreen Regrown.esp

Graesholt - Bleakcoast Cave Easter Egg Improved.esp

Hearthfire Cheat Chests.esp

MissingApprentices.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

SkyrimCoinReplacerRedux.esp

AchieveThat.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

Book Covers Skyrim.esp

Book Covers Dawnguard.esp

Book Covers Hearthfire.esp

Book Covers Dragonborn.esp

BCS - CCOR Patch.esp

Bounty Gold.esp

Civil War Overhaul.esp

AOS_CWO Patch.esp

FalskaarDawnguard.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

WeaponsArmorFixes_GuardDialogueOverhaul_Patch.esp

IslandFastTravel.esp

PeacefulMudcrabs.esp

Realistic werewolf speed.esp

RevertUSKPFortifyRestoration.esp

SFO - Dragonborn.esp

SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

AOS_EBT Patch.esp

Soul Gems Differ - E.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

Helgen Reborn.esp

DVA - Dynamic Vampire Appearance.esp

Better Vampires.esp

ajd_allowmultipleregift.esp

Predator Vision.esp

WerewolfMastery.esp

Balanced_Magic.esp

Balanced_Magic_Dawnguard.esp

DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

AOS_DSI Patch.esp

Mighty Magick - Scaling.esp

CuralmilsPhial.esp

DynamicPotions.esp

SIPP - Skyrim Ingredients Potions & Poisons.esp

Enchanting Freedom.esp

Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp

DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp

AOS_DCOd Patch.esp

ABT - Faster Bolts Improved +50%.esp

ABT - Faster Arrows Improved +50%.esp

ABT - Increased Bolts Damage (Vanilla) +50%.esp

ABT - Progressive Damage (with Nord Hero Arrow).esp

ABT - Increased Progressive Damage (with Nord Hero Arrow) +50%.esp

ABT - Recover +35% Arrows and Bolts.esp

Skill Config.esp

summon well summon more - thegreylight.esp

dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp

HeartBreaker.esp

Beards.esp

Brows.esp

TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

The Eyes Of Beauty - Elves Edition.esp

3DNPC.esp

XFLConfig.esp

XFLDialogue.esp

XFLPanel.esp

XFLPlugins.esp

3DNPCEFF.esp

Slightly Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

Height Adjusted Races - Dragonborn.esp

Height Adjusted Races - Dawnguard.esp

Height Adjusted Races.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp

rcrnShaders.esp

RCRNdgdb.esp

RCRNvolumetric.esp

No More Glowing Edges.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB + FS + WT.esp

RealisticWaterTwo.esp

RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp

RealisticWaterTwo - Wyrmstooth.esp

RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Wyrmstooth.esp

RealisticWaterTwo - Falskaar.esp

RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Falskaar.esp

AOS_RWT Patch.esp

BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp

JiubQuestMarkers.esp

AOS_WetandCold Patch.esp

Death Souls.esp

PhysicsImpactDamageFix.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

SUM.esp

 

[phazer11]

This sounds familiar. There was someone else having this issue, we got them sorted out. Why don't you look through some of the older threads. Especially in the Solved portion in the forums. It may have been before that section really caught on so look around; try adding the Keyword Menu to an Advanced Search and switch the radio button (bubble) to say "Search Titles Only"

 

If you can't find it my first question before looking any further through the guantlet that is your plugin list; is, did you start using ENB between the last time it worked and the time this happened. If so make sure your Hardware AA is disabled through your video drivers setting utility i.e. Nvidia Control Panel or Nvidia Inspector.

[Crimson13]

I went through what came up in the searches and didn't find the same problem. Funnily enough though a topic you created came up but it was the opposite of me, menu options but no Skyrim emblem, haha. It came from here: https://forum.step-project.com/showthread.php?tid=2441&highlight=Menu

 

Underneath the first post of yours however Neovalen brought something up: Missing main menu, yes. (corrupted ESM/ESP)

So that might be the problem. But again, it's odd because I didn't do or change anything from playing, quitting, and playing later. Not a damn thing. And no, I don't use any ENB. The closest thing I use is ENBoost and the whole Skyrim Memory patch + SSME thing. Game has never run smoother with those, tell you what. ...Well, besides this. But you know, so far really nice.

 

So I figured maybe it was the Batched Patch that went off or SUM. So I went and got rid of them and did a new one and still the same problem. However though, I didn't tick the "Run BOSS" box in SUM for one main reason. I have been getting errors popping up saying how the Batched Patch is missing a master, which is aMidianborn_Book of Silence_CCO.esp. I've gone and checked and it's wrong, the Batched Patch does have aMidianborn_Book of Silence_CCO.esp as a master. So SUM gets pissy and doesn't merge .esp's and pouts and when I bring up Wrye Batch it says that the .esp's that SUM left are corrupted. All of this doesn't happen when I untick the "Run BOSS" box though so that's what I do. And the game has been running fine so far like that for weeks.

 

Oh, and I checked the Nvidia Control Panel and the hardware AA was set to application controlled which I assume is through Skyrim.

[Crimson13]

I gotta stop forgetting ****.

 

Apparently I did do something in between playing, I updated Bring out Your Dead. And I found out that Bring out Your Dead is what's causing the issue, so if anyone is reading this and you have an older version of that don't update. Kinda weird how it could cause that but whatever.