Huh. Well so it did. That is very bizarre. Something I did after that point in the troubleshooting process must have fixed the original issue, and compatibility essentially propped up a different issue that looked very similar. It appears to be working normally now. Thanks so much for your help! I c...

Yeah, if you look at my OP, running the game (and steam) in compatibility mode was one of the things I tried to correct the issue. It didn't help or hurt; so I left it. I can turn it back, but it won't correct the problem.

Whoops. My bad.

settings file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U6j4ih ... sp=sharing

mods folder:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_A4kGh ... sp=sharing

Mods should be the same on laptop and desktop. Deleted all mods, then synchronized with the save.

Here's the .dat:

https://pastebin.com/5FbNpXvx

Here's my most recent log, loading in on the terminal with mods enabled:
Before this, based on linked posts with similar issues, I tried defragmenting the hard drive. No luck.

https://pastebin.com/3y9iZgiE

I checked. And my previous save which gave me no problems on my terminal was .17.14

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