Constant CTDs despite having reinstalled, deleted all mods and turned off all anti-virus software

[MyFaceBurns]

I am getting CTDs during the 'Loading flags' or rarely just afterwards. This happens every time. It has never occurred prior to installing Jade Dragons.

I've deleted all my mods, reinstalled, verified integrity of the game cache, restarted my PC, turned off all my anti-virus software and still the problem persists. Turning off all DLCs also results in the same result result.

If I revert the game version to 2.7.2 (and turn off Jade Dragon) it works fine.

Update: reverting to 2.7.2 then back to 2.8.1 has mysteriously fixed the problem.

 

[thuff]

after 2.5 hours of troubleshooting, this is what fixed it for me.

 

[MyFaceBurns]

after 2.5 hours of troubleshooting, this is what fixed it for me.

Really odd. I hope this post helps any with the same problem.