DAO freeze on loading screen windows 11

I've been trying to revisit DAO after playing it years ago on an old laptop. I just got a new one with windows 11, redownloaded the game with the 4gb memory patch and followed my old mod list, however whenever i start a new game (whether it's the campaign, awakening, leliana's song, etc.) it freezes on the loading screen? The audio still works and i can still move the pc and interact but all i see is a frezon loading screen. I've set affinity to only one CPU, lowered all the graphics settings, prioritized it in the task manager and everything but it still persists. sometimes im able to get past the first cutscene by minimizing the window and reopening it, but once i transition areas or otherwise cause a new loading screen to appear it happens again.