Hey- mostly asking to see if this is a issue exclusive to me and my older hardware/software, or if its something thats plaguing more than just me, Before the 1.6 update i was able to run 500+ modlists with only an absurd initlaizing time(sometimes even 2-3 hours) which was acceptable.

But since the 1.6 update, i have been suffering from an issue that sometimes even 50 mod modlists will be stuck initalizing forever (waited for over 5 hours to confirm) At first i considered it might be a mod incompatibility error, but it seems to happen no matter what mods are used. and is as far as i can guess random.
I have both cleared out my config files, and cleanly reinstalled the game. and changed my mod loader to rimsort (While also trying just using steam and the inbuilt mod loader)

Using this mod(the issue happens no matter if its enabled or not)
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3535481557
I have found the point where it freezes during what the mod calls
"loading Progress:Executing delayed initialization tasks"
"Calling all static constructors...(Name of mod here)"
The specific mod there is generally random, as in removing the mod just causes it to change to another one(generally the lowest on the mod order)
(for example right now its smart oddysey. but it was
"The Dead Man's Switch - AncientCorps"
"Nice Bill Tab"
and so on, seemingly forever.

Why im sure this isn't a specific mod issue. is that when i do get get a modlist to work, then adding even a single mod, no matter what it is causes it to load forever. even if the mod added changes a single texture or does basically nothing, it still results in the modlist being foreverload.

Im not posting a modlist because it is happening in different combinations of mods.