The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

The shadow settings are the Skyrim settings not ENB, inside SkyrimPrefs.ini

[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5
fInteriorShadowDistance=4000.0000
fShadowDistance=8000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
iShadowMapResolution=2048

If you have ENB Ambient Occlusion on it's settings are in enbseries.ini

[SSAO_SSIL]
SizeScale=0.4
SourceTexturesScale=0.4

These 2 probably have the most impact on performance. Lower them a bit (0.1 at a time maybe) and see if you get better FPS.

Lots more settings you can edit with GUI in game using Shift+Enter to open it. Look for the ones with quality options High/Low etc to change first. I have turned down the SSAO_SSIL qualities to lowest. Haven't really seen much difference, if any. Probably want the console open at the same time to stop your mouse movement affecting the game.

In enblocal.ini I have all the Antialiasing turned off.

[ANTIALIASING]
EnableEdgeAA=false
EnableSubPixelAA=false
EnableTemporalAA=false
EnableTransparencyAA=false

I use SMAA instead.

Have fun getting Crossfire to work with ENB :). At least DoF not working with it won't bother you as you turned it off.
 
Cheers, tried those didn't make much diff, I had three AA settings at false to begin with.

How do you navigate the GUI because it's a ******* night mare with a mouse?

Console?
 
I guess your settings must have been close to mine then if it didn't make much difference.

If you press the ` key (to the left of 1 key) it opens the console and that will stop the game moving about as you use the mouse to change stuff in the GUI.

The [Memory] section in enblocal.ini can make quite a bit of difference too. Make a copy before changing stuff tho. Here is mine:

[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=true
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=256
VideoMemorySizeMb=8192
EnableCompression=false
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false
 
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Fanatic said:
I guess your settings must have been close to mine then if it didn't make much difference.

If you press the ` key (to the left of 1 key) it opens the console and that will stop the game moving about as you use the mouse to change stuff in the GUI.

The [Memory] section in enblocal.ini can make quite a bit of difference too. Make a copy before changing stuff tho. Here is mine:

[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=true
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=256
VideoMemorySizeMb=8192
EnableCompression=false
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false
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Thanks, it was impossible to use before.

I'll try those.


Made no difference sadly, and the GUI is still useless, if I do manage to change anything it doesn't save.
 
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Well, I thought I was getting close to finishing modding my game, seems am still far from it.

Maybe by end of March I can finally start to play. :/

Having some bad luck with getting the game to be stable. I decided to disable Syrim Flora Overhaul because it was causing me huge FPS stuttering, wasn't fun and games seeing my FPS drop to 0 to 40 everytime I moved or turned in some parts of the game.

Disabled it and I get really playable FPS again, a stable 20-50. I might try it again but the lower version.

Been trying some house mods, I installed Riverside Lordge with Saunra which is based between Riverwood and Whiterun in the waterfall area.

It's a really nice house and mod but it seems it was causing me to crash sometimes when I entered that area or when I left the area, so I disabled it. Might try it again later.

After testing for a bit (I guess I play 20 minutes or so to test if am stable or not) I saw how borning my character is... shes like a statue. So it seems I need to look for some mods to give her life so she doesn't just "sit" there or "stand" like a stick.

Woo... so many mods to choose from and I thought I was getting close.

Have to say, am really fed up with how many bad mods out there which are buggy or doesn't work with this mod or it requires this mod for it to work which also needs a other mod installed and of cause they all got problems or bugs.

It's a sad state for the game to be in and it's giving me a head ache.

Anyway, decided to go though my list of mods and try to fix some of the "conflicts" which are just this texture vs this texture, seems I can remove a lot of the "texture" plugins and just merge them with some of the big HD packs.
 
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IronWarrior said:
Well, I thought I was getting close to finishing modding my game, seems am still far from it.

Maybe by end of March I can finally start to play. :/
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I think most people will tell you that they install one or two mods at a time, test it, play a bit, see if they like it and are sure it's stable, then they install a few more, play some more, then think about installing some more, etc.

Most mods actually don't cause problems certainly not the well known/popular ones, although they do often have dependency requirements.

The trouble is there are so many things that can go wrong and if you install everything all at once then trying to track down problems can be a nightmare. Texture mods generally don't usually cause crashes because they don't usually have scripts, they're simply replacements for vanilla textures - unless you're running out of VRAM.

I had a water mod installed then I decided to install a different one - bad idea. Had constant CTD's after that which was diagnosed as scripts left behind in the savegame, got that cleaned up then everything was fine for ages - then suddenly it started crashing again for no obvious reason, but I installed the memory patch and hey presto, back to stability.

I guess the point is take it one step at a time (and be prepared to do some homework on occasion)

Once you got it settled and stable, which is 99% of the time, then just relax and enjoy.
 
One of the downsides of such a heavily modded game...I want to try all the mods :(
Haviong played it before (when it originally came out) my second installation meant I went straight for the main page of this modding thread and installed every single mod recommended :)
For the most part it's stable...
 
Is it weird that no matter how many times I try I can't get this game to look as good as the first time I modded it? even using most of the same mods lol with so many overwrites and things it just doesn't come out looking as good as this.....

skii15_zps04af948c.jpg~original

newsky6_zpse40254b3.jpg~original
 
Blackjack Davy said:
I think most people will tell you that they install one or two mods at a time, test it, play a bit, see if they like it and are sure it's stable, then they install a few more, play some more, then think about installing some more, etc.
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I been installing a few at a time, booting the game up, run around for a few minutes to half a hour then repeat.

Don't want to add mods when I really start to play since that can cause bad saves or even break your game when you spent so much time on it.

Might as well start at the beginning and get everything working together nicely.
 
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