Cities: Skylines (Steam) - Game will not load past launcher without -noWorkshop

[Mannen150]

Describe your issue
Game will not load past launcher without -noWorkshop

What is your game version?
1.16.1-f2

What expansions do you have installed?
After Dark, Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit, Green Cities, Parklife, Industries, Campus

What mods are you using?
A lot of the common mods (around 60, I believe) but none that are reported as having serious problems/depreciated.

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
If I try to play Cities: Skylines without enabling -noWorkshop, the game loads a black screen after clicking "Play" on the launcher, and then quits to desktop. I can't even get to the Main Menu without enabling -noWorkshop, which also means that I can't even try some Content Manager/Compatibility Mod tips that some people have suggested online. I also tried verifying game files, where it said that 1 file failed to validate and subsequently downloaded 739MB, however, that did not work either.

I understand that some mods will get broken by the patch and that you will experience issues with savefiles, graphical glitches, etc. but I cannot even get to the Main Menu.

Full list of mods, as of 20th March (my most recent Compatibility Report):

Load Order Mod temporary fix
Prop Anarchy temporary fix
81 Tiles 2
ACME 0.6.3
Advanced Building Level Control 1.2
Advanced Stop Selection 2.0
Advanced Vehicle Options
Ambient Sounds Tuner 2.0
Better Road Toolbar
Better Train Boarding
BOB
Broken Nodes Detector
Compatibility Report v2.3.2
CSL Map View
Custom Effects Loader
Customize It Extended
Demand Controller
District Styles Plus
Elevated Stops Enabler Revisited
Extended Managers Library temporary fix
Extra Landscaping Tools
Extra Train Station Tracks
Extra Vehicle Effects 0.4
Favorite Cims
Find It! 2
First Person Camera v2.2.0
FPS Booster
Game Anarchy 0.9.7
Harmony 2.2.2-0
Hide TME Unconnected Tracks
Image Overlay Renewal 1.8.2
Improved Transport Manager 0.2
Lifecycle Rebalance Revisited 1.6.5
Loading Screen Mod Revisited 1.1
Metro Overhaul Mod
Metro Sound Vehicle Effects Definition
Monitor It!
More Network Stuff
Move It
Network Anarchy
Node Controller Renewal 3.4
One-Way Train Tracks
OxylonEuroSoundpackSWE
Parallel Road Tool
Play It!
Ploppable RICO Revisited 2.5.3
Prefab Hook
Procedural Objects
Public Transport Unstucker
Railway Replacer
Real Time
Reversible Tram AI
Road Sign Replacer 0.4.1
Roundabout Builder
SingleTrainTrackAI
Snowfall Assets Everywhere
Surface Painter temporary fix
Swedish Emergency Vehicle Sirens - Sound Pack
TME 11.7.3.1
Train Converter
UnifiedUI 2.2
Vehicle Effects 1.9.4
Write Everywhere 0.1
Yet Another Toolbar
Zoning Adjuster 1.6

Can you replicate the issue? If yes, please explain how you did it.
Try to load in the game with these mods.

Attachments File(s) attached

 

[akeela84]

Make sure that non of your mods are on this list for broken and incompatible mods:

[Cities Skylines] Broken & Incompatible Mods - Patch 1.17.1-f4

docs.google.com

 

[Mannen150]

I managed to fix my issue. If anyone else experiences this specific issue, it was due to the fact that:

- I had unsubscribed from the old, broken Load Order Mod, but the files were still there in the workshop folder.
- Both the broken Load Order mod and the functioning Load Order mod were in the workshop folder.

To fix the issue, I made sure that I unsubscribed from both the broken and the working Load Order mods, then:

I navigated to the workshop folder (Steam -> steamapps -> workshop -> content -> 255710) and deleted the folders with the following names:

2448824112 (old, broken Load Order mod)
2620852727 (new Load Order mod)

Then I restarted my computer, and loaded Cities: Skylines up. Now I could get to the main menu, with all mods working again.