These may be stupid questions, but always worth asking (per those errors):
Did you activate Aric’s and Restart the game before trying to start up the new game? That continue button works fine for 99% of mods, but Aric’s is a special snowflake and edits things that have to be reinitialized with a newly started game.
Are there any other mods involved?
The continue button will only work for mods that only change files that are only loaded and used when a progress starts (i.e. after the loading screen). Continuing without restart, was only intended for people who change their mind about the mods, especially if there were errors, as the mods can still be safely reverted at that point.
Yeah, always restart after mod activation. Usually forces me to anyway, but on rare occasions it doesn't manually close it anyway.
Normally use improved random portraits, but this mods info says that's compatible. And aren't even using it for these tests/reinstalls because want to get this working before try adding another mod.
The vanilla mod system always required a restart after applying mods. My bugfix, which is included as part of Aric's Mod, altered the mod system and added the option to accept the changes without restarting. If you do not receive a longer report after applying the mod or do not have two options afterwards, then it would mean that the files were not replaced properly.
