The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

Luke_Bowman · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:13

ThaReaperGuy said:
Most are posted by Neil in the OP under the guide, think they're the main 3 though.

Running RealVision ENB (performance) on top of all your other suggested graphical mods and getting anywhere from 50fps in demanding scenes to 120capped inside.

Would like to average 60+fps obviously and would like to retain as much visual quality as possible

Luke_Bowman · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:13

Also, with RealVision ENB a lot of scenes seem too dark in the shadows.

Any advice?

DaleTheWhale · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:42

Luke_Bowman said:
Also, with RealVision ENB a lot of scenes seem too dark in the shadows.

Any advice?

Are you also using Realistic Lighting Overhaul?
This causes darkness to be near black.

I did really enjoy it, making use of torches, wearable lanterns and magic but switched it out eventually for Relighting Skyrim, which made shadows less dark.

However if you press SHIFT + ENTER it will bring up the ENB settings, and under enblocal.ini (or one of them) you can tweak the interior and exterior lighting to make it brighter.

Regarding performance, textures won't hurt your FPS that much as you have the memory bandwidth to load them in.
It's the extra features like the ENB/DOF, distant terrain objects & certain animations that hit the hardest.

Have you enabled DOF through Realvision?
That hit my performance the most.

Fanatic · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:48

2x GTX970s... FPS is just 60, everywhere. DoF and Ambient Occlusion both on.

Tis nice. Sometimes the ENB FPS counter says it drops to 59.1 or 58.2, but there is no noticeable lag or stutter when it happens.

Devious · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:56

2 x 970's here but still drops in the 40's in a few places.

Fanatic · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:58

Wow. You must have a biblical amount of high res texture mods then.

You have the same CPU as me as well only yours is clocked 600MHz higher.

Neil79 · 3 Dec 2014 at 13:03

Fanatic said:
2x GTX970s... FPS is just 60, everywhere. DoF and Ambient Occlusion both on. Tis nice. Sometimes the ENB FPS counter says it drops to 59.1 or 58.2, but there is no noticeable lag or stutter when it happens.

1X 970 G1 OC here, 60FPS all the time bar the odd 50/55fps drop in two of the major cities. AO On - DOF Off

DaleTheWhale · 3 Dec 2014 at 13:18

Outside whiterun can knock your FPS down a lot if you're staring at the grass with DOF.

But everywhere else should be OK, with slight drops when loading new textures in.
I would expect 1 x 970 to be perfect, my 2 x 680's are handling it fine.

Neil79 · 3 Dec 2014 at 14:28

After learning the Bend Will dragon shout from Saering's Watch and using the shout on the Wind Stone, the Dragonborn will be asked to cleanse the other four stones (Sun, Beast, Earth, and Water) to release them from Miraak's influence.

Stuck on this bit, every time I kill a Dragon Miraak comes in and steals the soul which stops me unlocking the Bend Will dragon shout

Any advice? Did ask before but it was Dragonborn I'm stuck in not Skyrim main quest

Fanatic · 3 Dec 2014 at 14:43

You can still get the free soul from Ustengrav if you haven't already. And he doesn't come every time, so you just gotta keep on killing them dragons.

Neil79 · 3 Dec 2014 at 14:54

Fanatic said:
You can still get the free soul from Ustengrav if you haven't already. And he doesn't come every time, so you just gotta keep on killing them dragons.

Cheers

He is coming every time throughout Skyrim, so probably bugged

I've got the shout but it remains locked till I get more dragon souls or something

DaleTheWhale · 3 Dec 2014 at 15:08

What this dragon soul all about?
Spoilers!? :eek:

Neil79 · 3 Dec 2014 at 15:24

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Dragonborn:_Main_Quests

5960xNvidiaGamer · 3 Dec 2014 at 20:07

Ok so I have a fresh install of Skyrim, is there a list to follow for modding so I don't get the order wrong. I did use an ENB on Gtaiv and it looked decent and that's something ive not tried on Skyrim. Can someone give me a order to install things if thats possible, maybe one of you guys will know. Going bed now so will check replys in the morning, hope someone has a clue. I edited all the ini files exactly like it wanted and was careful to install everything correct.

Goose · 3 Dec 2014 at 20:42

Search youtube for Predcaliber (or something like that), he has a couple of step-by-step guides for installing an ENB and a bunch of texture mods.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 3 Dec 2014 at 20:54

Ok cool thanks mate.

Uncle Petey · 3 Dec 2014 at 20:57

You could always check the OP of this thread

DaleTheWhale · 3 Dec 2014 at 21:08

Think you missed my signature, XFX

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I even posted my mod order list for best compatibility aha.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 4 Dec 2014 at 00:06

I have just followed every step from the tutorial videos made by Predcaliber, simple to follow and game worked first time. The shadows are still terrible and blocky. I know I followed every step so not sure why. I can't play it like that. Here are all the mods the same as he had https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82401287/Screenshot 2014-12-04 00.07.16.png .I have a better system and card than him so I am confused now lol. Will check back in the morning lads, 2 long hours that took

DaleTheWhale · 4 Dec 2014 at 00:11

Please check my guide, I made it as simple as possible for a reason!
All you need to do is click the links and install.