I tried all kinds of combinations of mods that I actually knew would break the game, such as enabling/disabling the following mods in numerous combinations: LW2, A Better Advent 2, the Wibbles AI mod, the Community Highlander, a handful of 'additional mission types' mods, and I think even more.

until I determine a particular mod to be the problem (I was extremely thorough here. Enable half my mods, then enable half of those, then half of those, etc. Attempt to find mod conflicts with the Alternative Mod Launcher (there were none in my setup while LW2 was enabled, so I don't even know how disabling it should become an issue in this context) Delete every single file in the 268500 'mods' folder, even the non-LW2 files Disable LW2 (obviously) and Unsubscribe from it on the Steam Workshop Uninstall XCOM 2 and then reinstall (performed twice) Validate game files through Steam (performed countless times)

- Clear config files (performed countless times).

Solutions I have already attempted (in no particular order):

Re-enabling LW2 allows the game to work correctly.

Instead of the typical 'XCOM 2 has stopped working, Windows is checking for a solution.' message, I instead receive no error message at all all that happens is the little XCOM 2 logo icon on my taskbar appears and quickly disappears. However, if LW2 is not enabled in my mod list, the game crashes on start-up I don't even reach the loading screen before the title screen. I played several missions in a LW2 campaign and wished to disable it to start a new save file. Hello, I have been trying to solve this problem on my own for a few weeks now and have not gotten anywhere.

Xcom 2 crash after tutorial