diff --git a/source/Enderal DLL/src/EventListener.cpp b/source/Enderal DLL/src/EventListener.cpp
index d0d48ed0c..8f2dd8c9d 100644
--- a/source/Enderal DLL/src/EventListener.cpp	
+++ b/source/Enderal DLL/src/EventListener.cpp	
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ auto EventListener::ProcessEvent(
 			}
 		} else if (a_event->menuName == RE::LoadingMenu::MENU_NAME) {
 			LoadScreenFrameFix::OnMenuOpen();
+		} else if (a_event->menuName == RE::MainMenu::MENU_NAME) {
+			LoadScreenFrameFix::OnMainMenuOpen();
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (a_event->menuName == RE::DialogueMenu::MENU_NAME) {
diff --git a/source/Enderal DLL/src/Patches/LoadScreenFrameFix.h b/source/Enderal DLL/src/Patches/LoadScreenFrameFix.h
index 91f4f64ed..1f0cd9fc6 100644
--- a/source/Enderal DLL/src/Patches/LoadScreenFrameFix.h	
+++ b/source/Enderal DLL/src/Patches/LoadScreenFrameFix.h	
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@
 // the art is centred the computed correction is ~0 and nothing more is written. It also converges
 // again by itself if the engine re-applies its own transform.
 //
+// The measurements are read from the billboard *geometry's* bound, never the attachment node's,
+// although corrections are written to the attachment node. The attachment node's worldBound
+// merges every child, and Enderal's loadscreen NIFs carry fog emitters whose bounds are
+// world-space particle bounds: empty on the first frames of a main-menu load, but alive during
+// gameplay cell transitions, and they do not follow the node's scale. Measuring the merged bound
+// therefore turned Resize into a runaway on cell transitions - shrink the node, re-measure a
+// bound the shrink did not change, shrink again - until the art collapsed onto the attachment
+// origin (which also collapses the child NIF's translation; the origin projects left of centre
+// at mid-height, exactly where the wreckage sat). Belt and braces, every correction is also
+// clamped per art instance, and a clamp hit is logged as a warning: if that line ever appears, a
+// measurement is wrong again - find out why before loosening the clamp.
+//
 // Note this leaves loadingmenu.swf and the movie's GFx viewport completely untouched. Moving the
 // matte inside the movie is not an option in any case: it fades in through a timeline cxform ramp
 // starting at alpha 0, and setting any property on a timeline instance from script (in-movie
@@ -42,36 +54,85 @@
 namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 {
 	inline bool g_enabled = false;
-
-	inline void Install(bool a_enabled)
-	{
-		g_enabled = a_enabled;
-
-		if (a_enabled) {
-			logger::info("Loading screen frame fix armed");
-		}
-	}
+	inline bool g_mainMenuSeen = false;
 
 	namespace detail
 	{
-		// The loading screen billboard is the only thing attached to the UI3D scene while the
-		// Loading Menu is up, and the only node there with a non-empty bound - the sibling fog
-		// emitter has none.
-		inline RE::NiAVObject* FindArt()
+		struct Art
+		{
+			RE::NiAVObject* root{ nullptr };   // the menuObjects attachment node - corrections are written here
+			RE::NiAVObject* shape{ nullptr };  // the billboard geometry - measurements are read here
+		};
+
+		// Everything applied to one art instance so far. Long loads swap the art NIF mid-stream
+		// and the engine can re-apply its own transform underneath, so the totals are keyed on
+		// the shape pointer (unique per NIF, unlike the attachment node) and reset when it
+		// changes.
+		struct State
+		{
+			const RE::NiAVObject* shape{ nullptr };  // identity only, never dereferenced
+
+			float scale{ 1.0f };  // cumulative resize factor, clamped to [1/3, 3]
+			float shift{ 0.0f };  // cumulative X translation, clamped to +/-150 units
+
+			float         lastRatio{ 0.0f };  // resize stability gate, see Resize
+			std::uint32_t stableTicks{ 0 };
+
+			bool loggedResize{ false };
+			bool loggedCentre{ false };
+			bool warnedClamp{ false };
+		};
+
+		inline State g_state;
+
+		// The largest non-particle geometry in the slot's subtree - the art billboard. Fog
+		// emitters are NiParticles-derived and must not contaminate the measurement: their
+		// bounds are computed in world space from the live particles, so they neither follow
+		// the attachment node's scale nor hold still.
+		inline RE::NiAVObject* FindShape(RE::NiAVObject* a_object)
+		{
+			if (!a_object) {
+				return nullptr;
+			}
+
+			if (a_object->AsGeometry()) {
+				return a_object->AsParticlesGeom() ? nullptr : a_object;
+			}
+
+			RE::NiAVObject* best = nullptr;
+
+			if (const auto node = a_object->AsNode()) {
+				for (const auto& child : node->GetChildren()) {
+					const auto found = FindShape(child.get());
+					if (found && (!best || found->worldBound.radius > best->worldBound.radius)) {
+						best = found;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return best;
+		}
+
+		// The loading screen art is the only billboard attached to the UI3D scene while the
+		// Loading Menu is up; slots holding nothing, or only emitters, are skipped.
+		inline Art FindArt()
 		{
 			const auto manager = RE::UI3DSceneManager::GetSingleton();
 			if (!manager) {
-				return nullptr;
+				return {};
 			}
 
 			for (const auto& slot : manager->menuObjects) {
 				const auto object = slot.get();
-				if (object && object->worldBound.radius > 0.0f) {
-					return object;
+				if (object) {
+					const auto shape = FindShape(object);
+					if (shape && shape->worldBound.radius > 0.0f) {
+						return { object, shape };
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
-			return nullptr;
+			return {};
 		}
 
 		// 1.5.97 never fits the load screen model to the viewport at all - the billboard grows with
@@ -87,42 +148,63 @@ namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 		// Verified against 1.6.1170 at 3840x1080: predicted 0.1781, measured 0.1777.
 		//
 		// Returns true when it changed the node, so the caller re-measures before centring.
-		inline bool Resize(RE::NiAVObject* a_art, float a_projectedRadius)
+		inline bool Resize(RE::NiAVObject* a_root, float a_projectedRadius, RE::GFxMovieView* a_view, float a_aspect)
 		{
 			if (a_projectedRadius <= 0.0f) {
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			const auto view = RE::UI::GetSingleton()->GetMovieView(RE::LoadingMenu::MENU_NAME);
-			if (!view || view->GetViewScaleMode() != RE::GFxMovieView::ScaleModeType::kShowAll) {
+			if (a_view->GetViewScaleMode() != RE::GFxMovieView::ScaleModeType::kShowAll) {
 				// Under kExactFit the stage is stretched to the whole screen, so the frame is as
 				// wide as the art already is; resizing to a kShowAll target would blow it up.
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			RE::GViewport viewport;
-			view->GetViewport(&viewport);
-			if (viewport.height <= 0 || viewport.width <= 0) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			// kShowAll fits the 1280x720 stage to the shorter axis, so above 16:9 the stage covers
-			// (16/9)/aspect of the screen width, and at or below it the full width.
-			const float aspect = static_cast<float>(viewport.width) / static_cast<float>(viewport.height);
-			const float stageWidth = aspect > (16.0f / 9.0f) ? (16.0f / 9.0f) / aspect : 1.0f;
+			// kShowAll fits the 1280x720 stage to the shorter axis; the caller guarantees the
+			// viewport is wider than 16:9, so the stage covers (16/9)/aspect of the screen width.
+			const float stageWidth = (16.0f / 9.0f) / a_aspect;
 			const float target = 0.35617f * stageWidth;
-			const float ratio = target / a_projectedRadius;
+			float ratio = target / a_projectedRadius;
 
-			// Wide deadband: 1.6.1170 lands within 0.2%, so it never trips this
-			if (ratio > 0.95f && ratio < 1.05f) {
+			// Wide deadband: the arts are not all authored at the 794.7-unit width the target is
+			// derived from (a correct 16:9 load measured 9% under it), while the smallest real
+			// 1.5.97 defect, 21:9, still needs a ratio of 0.75.
+			if (ratio > 0.85f && ratio < 1.15f) {
+				g_state.stableTicks = 0;
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			a_art->local.scale *= ratio;
+			// A measurement taken mid-flight looks exactly like the 1.5.97 defect for a frame or
+			// two: cell transitions attach the art before the engine's aspect squeeze lands, and
+			// long loads fade a swapped art in. Only act on a value that has held still for
+			// several consecutive frames - the real 1.5.97 oversize is permanent, so the one
+			// legitimate fix is merely delayed ~80 ms, well inside the fade.
+			if (std::fabs(ratio - g_state.lastRatio) > 0.02f) {
+				g_state.lastRatio = ratio;
+				g_state.stableTicks = 1;
+				return false;
+			}
+			if (++g_state.stableTicks < 5) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			g_state.stableTicks = 0;
 
-			static bool logged = false;
-			if (!logged) {
-				logged = true;
+			const float total = std::clamp(g_state.scale * ratio, 1.0f / 3.0f, 3.0f);
+			ratio = total / g_state.scale;
+
+			if (ratio > 0.999f && ratio < 1.001f) {
+				if (!g_state.warnedClamp) {
+					g_state.warnedClamp = true;
+					logger::warn("Loading screen art correction clamped ({:.3f}x scale, {:.1f} units of shift applied) - a measurement is off, not converging", g_state.scale, g_state.shift);
+				}
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			g_state.scale = total;
+			a_root->local.scale *= ratio;
+
+			if (!g_state.loggedResize) {
+				g_state.loggedResize = true;
 				logger::info("Loading screen art resized: projected radius {:.4f}, target {:.4f}, scaled by {:.3f}", a_projectedRadius, target, ratio);
 			}
 
@@ -130,15 +212,52 @@ namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Runs once per frame for as long as the Loading Menu is up, started from EventListener
-	inline void Centre(std::uint32_t a_pass)
+	// Runs once per frame from the LoadingMenu::AdvanceMovie hook below. Earlier versions
+	// self-scheduled through AddUITask instead, seeded from the MenuOpenCloseEvent: that worked
+	// for main-menu loads, but whatever pumps the SKSE UI task queue does not run during gameplay
+	// cell transitions - there the loop measured exactly once, at menu-open, *before* the engine
+	// applies its (16/9)/aspect squeeze, saw the art dead centre, and never ran again to see it
+	// drift. AdvanceMovie is called every frame the menu animates, on every load path.
+	inline void Tick()
 	{
 		if (!g_enabled) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// The Main Menu's 3D background lives in the same menuObjects array, and on a load
+		// started from the main menu it is the only billboard there until the menu is gone -
+		// the art attaches later. Correcting it visibly dragged the menu background to centre
+		// the moment loading began, so while the Main Menu is open (including the tail of a
+		// quit-to-main-menu load) the scene is left entirely alone; the engine's own placement
+		// of that background is acceptable on every runtime.
 		const auto ui = RE::UI::GetSingleton();
-		if (!ui || !ui->IsMenuOpen(RE::LoadingMenu::MENU_NAME)) {
+		if (!ui || ui->IsMenuOpen(RE::MainMenu::MENU_NAME)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Game startup runs a Loading Menu as well, and there the background is attached
+		// *before* the Main Menu first registers as open, where the gate above cannot see it.
+		// Nothing framed ever loads that early, so stay idle until the Main Menu has existed.
+		if (!g_mainMenuSeen) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// At 16:9 and narrower there is nothing to fix on any runtime - the X drift and the
+		// missing 1.5.97 fit both exist only above 16:9 - while measurement noise (authoring
+		// variance, mid-attach states) is still there. Stay out entirely.
+		const auto view = ui->GetMovieView(RE::LoadingMenu::MENU_NAME);
+		if (!view) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		RE::GViewport viewport;
+		view->GetViewport(&viewport);
+		if (viewport.width <= 0 || viewport.height <= 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const float aspect = static_cast<float>(viewport.width) / static_cast<float>(viewport.height);
+		if (aspect <= 16.0f / 9.0f + 0.005f) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -146,9 +265,14 @@ namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 		const auto camera = manager ? manager->camera.get() : nullptr;
 		const auto art = detail::FindArt();
 
-		if (art && camera) {
-			const auto&        centre = art->worldBound.center;
-			const float        radius = art->worldBound.radius;
+		if (art.root && camera) {
+			if (detail::g_state.shape != art.shape) {
+				detail::g_state = {};
+				detail::g_state.shape = art.shape;
+			}
+
+			const auto&        centre = art.shape->worldBound.center;
+			const float        radius = art.shape->worldBound.radius;
 			const RE::NiPoint3 probe{ centre.x + radius, centre.y, centre.z };
 
 			float x = 0.0f, y = 0.0f, z = 0.0f;
@@ -162,23 +286,31 @@ namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 
 				if (std::fabs(perUnit) > 1e-8f) {
 					// Size first - it moves the art, so centring has to measure afterwards
-					if (detail::Resize(art, std::fabs(perUnit) * radius)) {
+					if (detail::Resize(art.root, std::fabs(perUnit) * radius, view.get(), aspect)) {
 						RE::NiUpdateData updateData{};
-						art->Update(updateData);
+						art.root->Update(updateData);
 					} else {
 						const float delta = (0.5f - x) / perUnit;
 
 						// ~1 px at 3840 wide; below that the loop has converged
 						if (std::fabs(delta) > 0.05f) {
-							art->local.translate.x += delta;
+							const float total = std::clamp(detail::g_state.shift + delta, -150.0f, 150.0f);
+							const float applied = total - detail::g_state.shift;
 
-							RE::NiUpdateData updateData{};
-							art->Update(updateData);
+							if (std::fabs(applied) > 0.05f) {
+								detail::g_state.shift = total;
+								art.root->local.translate.x += applied;
 
-							static bool logged = false;
-							if (!logged) {
-								logged = true;
-								logger::info("Loading screen art centred: projected x {:.4f}, moved {:.2f} units along X", x, delta);
+								RE::NiUpdateData updateData{};
+								art.root->Update(updateData);
+
+								if (!detail::g_state.loggedCentre) {
+									detail::g_state.loggedCentre = true;
+									logger::info("Loading screen art centred: projected x {:.4f}, moved {:.2f} units along X", x, applied);
+								}
+							} else if (!detail::g_state.warnedClamp) {
+								detail::g_state.warnedClamp = true;
+								logger::warn("Loading screen art correction clamped ({:.3f}x scale, {:.1f} units of shift applied) - a measurement is off, not converging", detail::g_state.scale, detail::g_state.shift);
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -186,16 +318,44 @@ namespace LoadScreenFrameFix
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Loading screens outlast any fixed budget, so this simply follows the menu; the cap is
-		// only a backstop in case the menu is somehow never reported closed.
-		if (a_pass < 7200) {
-			SKSE::GetTaskInterface()->AddUITask([a_pass]() { Centre(a_pass + 1); });
-		}
 	}
 
-	// Called from EventListener when the Loading Menu opens
+	inline void AdvanceMovieEx(RE::IMenu* a_this, float a_interval, std::uint32_t a_currentTime);
+	inline REL::Relocation<decltype(&AdvanceMovieEx)> _AdvanceMovie;
+
+	inline void AdvanceMovieEx(RE::IMenu* a_this, float a_interval, std::uint32_t a_currentTime)
+	{
+		_AdvanceMovie(a_this, a_interval, a_currentTime);
+		Tick();
+	}
+
+	// VR is left alone: a headset has no pillarbox, and the rest of the widescreen work
+	// (MenuAspectRatioFix) is desktop-only as well
+	inline void Install(bool a_enabled)
+	{
+		if (!a_enabled || REL::Module::IsVR()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		g_enabled = true;
+
+		REL::Relocation<uintptr_t> vtbl(RE::VTABLE_LoadingMenu[0]);
+		_AdvanceMovie = vtbl.write_vfunc(0x5, &AdvanceMovieEx);
+
+		logger::info("Loading screen frame fix armed");
+	}
+
+	// Called from EventListener when the Loading Menu opens: forget the previous load's totals.
+	// Node addresses can be reused across loads, so the pointer-identity reset alone is not enough.
 	inline void OnMenuOpen()
 	{
-		Centre(0);
+		detail::g_state = {};
+	}
+
+	// Called from EventListener when the Main Menu opens. Until that first happens, any billboard
+	// in the UI3D scene is the menu background being staged during startup, not loading art.
+	inline void OnMainMenuOpen()
+	{
+		g_mainMenuSeen = true;
 	}
 }