naa.. the loadscreen is fine. I meant to say moments after loading the family off and got sidetracked. I have a kitty. He likes attention. He gets it via sitting on keyboard.
I've wiped the cache four or five times and pretty much given up for this build... it just won't let me play. I don't know what is different about my install.

eeeh the pain. the mod is crashing my game within moments of it loading up... around 6:35am sim-time when everyone is apparently eating. Previous versions haven't done this. I cleared the cace and removed the few other mods I had (nointro, faster writing/more money)... still not a thing. I shoulda kept a backup version.