hmmm, maybe I have found the root of my prroblems...
well, it still is CTDing, but i gotta reinstall anyways, i think its the Racerboy SH4 effects...maybeprolynot...maybe your mod hates me?
I dunno, i will retry later
EDIT: okay its later...and nothing at all is working...it all feels futile really...
this is the third time tonight i have deleted and reinstalled EVERYTHING and i'm still CTD'ing...even with the mod setup you are using. its not working. Are you using SH3 Commander? thats the only thing left at this point
EDIT Deux

kay its working, but now, it reaches the last centimeter of loading and it hangs there for a few minutes then CTDs...I am using the same exact (down to the letter) mod setup, and i was using Thomsen's water, i am removing that and just using the flat sun fix...i have a hunch that the game loads the graphics last, o its a good place to start I assume