The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - MODS & TWEAKS

CaptainRAVE · 22 Nov 2011 at 16:49

I don't know if it has patched for me or not, but I don't seem to be getting any problems?

Just wish the mod manager would work - can't even see which mods I have installed now. I don't want to go back to the manual method

Pighardia · 22 Nov 2011 at 16:58

LOL, actually for some reason i had some ridiculous setting on in CCC, now i have disabled it i am back to ultra with the injector mod and getting constant 60fps outside of cities, but still anywhere from 15-50 inside of cities.

What exactly does FXAA do? I can't really find an explanation for it anywhere, should i use that and normal AA?

Kelt · 22 Nov 2011 at 17:09

Pighardia said:
LOL, actually for some reason i had some ridiculous setting on in CCC, now i have disabled it i am back to ultra with the injector mod and getting constant 60fps outside of cities, but still anywhere from 15-50 inside of cities.

What exactly does FXAA do? I can't really find an explanation for it anywhere, should i use that and normal AA?

I turned off normal AA, turned on FXAA, looks great and got an increase in fps.

KNiVES · 22 Nov 2011 at 17:10

Pighardia said:
LOL, actually for some reason i had some ridiculous setting on in CCC, now i have disabled it i am back to ultra with the injector mod and getting constant 60fps outside of cities, but still anywhere from 15-50 inside of cities.

What exactly does FXAA do? I can't really find an explanation for it anywhere, should i use that and normal AA?

FXAA is anti-aliasing

It's a different method to the traditional multi-sampling we've all been using for years, but a hell of a lot cheaper - in fact it gives roughly the same effect as 4xMSAA for virtually no cost at all. On modern machines the FPS hit is basically nothing at all and more and more games are using it.

It can be used in tandem with MSAA because FXAA works on transparent surfaces such as wires, fencing, foliage, explosions and special effects - all of which MSAA can't do. Most people elect just to use FXAA though; it's more than good enough.

FXAA is arguably the biggest breakthrough in terms of graphics in a few years, since the advent of bumpmapping.

Pighardia · 22 Nov 2011 at 17:14

OK thanks, i think i will try just using FXAA then, before i had both on(through CCC). Lots of people seem to be using both, but it isn't like it doesn't look great anyway and i am trying to claw back a few fps here.

KNiVES · 22 Nov 2011 at 17:15

I find that at higher resolutions using both is absolutely unnecessary. You just can't tell the difference.

Pure MSAA will look worse than pure FXAA simply because there's a massive amount of foliage in the game. Pure MSAA will run even worse too.

sniffy · 22 Nov 2011 at 18:31

KNiVES said:
FXAA is anti-aliasing It's a different method to the traditional multi-sampling we've all been using for years, but a hell of a lot cheaper - in fact it gives roughly the same effect as 4xMSAA for virtually no cost at all. On modern machines the FPS hit is basically nothing at all and more and more games are using it.

It can be used in tandem with MSAA because FXAA works on transparent surfaces such as wires, fencing, foliage, explosions and special effects - all of which MSAA can't do. Most people elect just to use FXAA though; it's more than good enough.

FXAA is arguably the biggest breakthrough in terms of graphics in a few years, since the advent of bumpmapping.

Nice post mate. I wasn't entirely sure what FXAA was all about but this explains it nicely.

LateX'Dog · 22 Nov 2011 at 18:38

Pighardia said:
OK thanks, i think i will try just using FXAA then, before i had both on(through CCC). Lots of people seem to be using both, but it isn't like it doesn't look great anyway and i am trying to claw back a few fps here.

I just have Transparency AA enabled in my Nvidia control panel. Set to 4x.

arknor · 22 Nov 2011 at 18:53

sniffy said:
Nice post mate. I wasn't entirely sure what FXAA was all about but this explains it nicely.

fxaa blurs the jaggies and looks horrible imo

damadom0 · 22 Nov 2011 at 18:54

some nice mods.

Im going to wait until they have patched it up and graphics drivers are solid before i start modding.

Ginger-Menace · 22 Nov 2011 at 19:51

how to get the 4gb patch to work now? worked befor the little update to skyrim!

Paul_cz · 22 Nov 2011 at 20:02

Dup said:
Alternative method for Large Address Aware patch:

http://skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1013

Not tested it though as I'm at work.

This seems to work well as alternative. I use ugridstoload 7 and no crash in 2 hours. Without it it would crash already.

HaggisUK · 22 Nov 2011 at 20:19

Level curve mod, should make it a bit easier to reach higher levels without having to level skills you never use

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1094

Narj · 22 Nov 2011 at 21:47

iamtheoneneo said:
you mean this:
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OMG it's huge!

CaptainRAVE · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:06

Re-installed the mod manager and it seems to be working again

Mr Krugga · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:10

Back to FXAA Injector Custom Settings-More Colourful and Realistic without Unnecessary Effects for me.

ENB series mod is causing more problems than it solves.

If anyone finds a decent config that looks more "realistic" than this, let me know.

CaptainRAVE · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:11

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=607

Not seen this one before.

Rob43 · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:16

Can anyone please help me here, is there a fix for skyrim detecting the wrong gfx card in the launch options ? I have a 6970 but it's detected as an 8600gs

Tried a few things,drivers,edit config. but nothing seems to work

It's doing my head in

Rob

Pighardia · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:22

Rob43 said:
Can anyone please help me here, is there a fix for skyrim detecting the wrong gfx card in the launch options ? I have a 6970 but it's detected as an 8600gs

Isn't that just what the custon dll does?

Is it actually causing any problems?

Mine doesn't detect any gfx card, it just says ENB

Neil79 · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:38

CaptainRAVE said:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=607

Not seen this one before.

Nice will keep an eye on it