Thanks for trying it out.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC Performance discussion
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Thanks for trying it out.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm curious if you can't just edit into the ini but have done no research. I'm using RadeonPro and there's option there. CCC is obviously lacking as you noted. ATI Tray Tools or something else maybe. I will look here in a minute.
If you could test it with a lower res ,as it looks like you're doing it with 2-3 monitors, I would appreciate that.
The second part of my post was just in general about what I've tried
Can't wait for the new ENB effects to come out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1SfGrmjGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-HT2YmqUY
More here: http://enbdev.com/ss_skyrim01_en.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F1SfGrmjGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-HT2YmqUY
More here: http://enbdev.com/ss_skyrim01_en.htm
Quality gives no flickering.
The F3 and Skyrim modes are pretty much identical. They both run equally.
I posted about the food mod a while back but since then it has been updated and it's pretty awesome now:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1192
http://static.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/1192-1-1322241220.jpg
edit: yikes, big pic!
Maleficence
Member
Any recommendations about what settings to down to improve my FPS? I have a GTX460, but I think my bottleneck is my CPU, which as an AMD e6550 overclocked a bit.
Only 4Gb of ram mind.
Only 4Gb of ram mind.
zephervack
Member
Will do when I get home, yeah im playing on 3 screens, but now im wondering how the lod affects performance with 1 screen in Riften, so far it is the most demanding place i have found in skyrim, specially when entering the city and standing in the bridge that looks at the whole city.
So in the first video he's showing off new textures and a water mod from this very forum? And in the second I have no clue because the vid quality is terrible.
What's more, the shots on his site are shocking, and these two make me doubt everything he's claiming to have done:
The scene does not look like that without AO enabled. Is he deliberately trying to make his AO look like a miracle cure? Yes AO is a huge improvement, but the game does not look that bad without AO, as he is showing in that and the other two examples.
Edit: Comment of his from YouTube:
Smells like a FXAA Injector.
Umm he's not showing water or textures, its the lighting and added AO that's different.
It's pretty high if you don't limit other things. Give it a shot. It's definitely big.
I actually like the ENB filter/lighting. Looks less realistic but more interesting.
Nope.
All it does is help you keep track of mods and updates. It installs the files directly to the folder you need.
Nope, not for everyone. For the people who have the AO shimmering, they also have a big chance of seeing it on Quality and High Quality. I did.
I had unbearable shimmering on Perfomance, switched to Quality and it shimmered at first, then stopped. There are a few times up in snowy regions when I could notice shimmering on the pine trees, but apart from that it hasn't been shimmering at all. Very nice.
Only problem I have is sometimes it'll make the screen fade-to-black and stuff. Especially at one part in some quest where there was fire everywhere, it was like my visibility was through the eyes of a narcoleptic with a bad case of vertigo.
Yeah, there's about a hundred different results by using this non official AO. I've even heard of cases where every shadow just went disco crazy, basically. It's a damn shame and the performance hit isn't really impressive either.
I doubt we'll see much improvement unless Bethesda decides to implement a more native solution.
In any case, I'm staying away from AO for now.
I doubt we'll see much improvement unless Bethesda decides to implement a more native solution.
In any case, I'm staying away from AO for now.
Forearm Star
Member
Noob pc master race question.
I'm looking into building a PC to play most of my games, and was wondering if this game was the best of the best available as of now. Meaning if I can run this on full specs I should be good for a decent amount of time.
I'm looking into building a PC to play most of my games, and was wondering if this game was the best of the best available as of now. Meaning if I can run this on full specs I should be good for a decent amount of time.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Get help here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432590
Spend a few hours doing research.
Really pleased with the latest update to Nexus Mod Manager. Downloads are slow but have not had one screw up yet and no crashes either. I've mainly been using texture and interface mods though, so not sure how it will do with bigger files.
I am also pretty sure Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul was the cause of my constant CTDs yesterday.
I am also pretty sure Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul was the cause of my constant CTDs yesterday.
Forearm Star
Member
Do I assume correctly, that these files go in the Data/textures folder?
Indeed.
I recommend you use either the Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer. Both can be found on skyrimnexus.
skullwolfgp
Neo Member
Sorry if this has been answered already, but does the latest PC patch fix the Y-Axis sensitivity issues when in high framerate areas?
Patch notes mention a fix to mouse sensitivity issues, but we won't know for sure till it gets released on Wednesday.
FXAA artifacting is just nasty. edges look smooth but so much detail cross blending and just general lack of clarity in noisy areas of the screen like far distance brush/trees.
http://h3.abload.de/img/2011-11-29_00007zbf3v.jpg
for example: see the brush between to two mammoth it looks out of place like it was painted on there. i cant stand poorly implemented fxaa.
oneils
Member
I haven't been keeping up with this thread lately. However, I would like to link to the HARDOCP ini tweaking article published last week.
It has a pretty good summary of what graphical improvements are possible when tweaking the ini file.
Tweaking Skyrim Image Quality
It has a pretty good summary of what graphical improvements are possible when tweaking the ini file.
Tweaking Skyrim Image Quality
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Have any AMD users here braved the new newer drivers? Some seem to be happy with them.
Mod questions:
I'm not having a great deal of fun despite thinking much of Skyrim represents an improvement over Oblivion. I think it is because I am fast traveling everywhere, and anytime I have to step outside I'm only thinking "please don't let there be dragon #236 out here" instead of exploring and enjoying the world.
Are there any mods that:
1: Greatly reduce the number of random dragon encounters?
2: Speed up horses and/or leave them exempt from stamina burnout?
Thanks.
You're the first person I've heard of that actually wants REDUCED dragon encounters.
I've actually been thinking of downloading the mod that makes dragons harder. I like the overall difficulty, but I find dragons too easy.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Very cool, but I really doubt I would notice any of that if I tweaked the ini.
holy YES. this is exactly what i've been looking for. a true performance guide.
Xilium
Member
I've seen it brought up quite a bit on various forums for the reasons you yourself mentioned. The Dragons all have the exact same attack pattern and don't get any harder other than having more HP. For me, they've just become an annoyance that has to be dealt with before continuing my current quest.
Anyway, haven't tried it myself but there was a comment in one of the mods that is supposed to disable random dragons with the console. I'll be checking it out myself later.
Tazmahn from Skyrim Nexus said:
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Good thorough analysis there. Gonna link that Hardcop guide.
im not laughing? what part did you not like? saturation is high, it does look like lava instead of fire.
.Anyone tried the glacier HD retexturing mod? Looks great.
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1439
Also, this mod looks really good as well:
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1822
I could not get these to work. Not sure why. Anyone try this yet. The table in the Whiterun isn't changing for me.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Anyone have times where FPS goes down to 25 fps using the FXAA preset 1? I am on a GTX580 and have everything maxed.
It looks like an ancient cartoon representation of lava and resembles nothing of either real fire or lava.
I'm not liking the ENB mod at all.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, sorry if I came off as an asshole. There's just a lot of great information and knowledgeable poster there that can help. You don't want make hasty decisions when you're looking to spend a lot of money on a PC.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Gonna try the mod organizer now. I uninstalled the 4 mods from nexus to be safe and will ptu them through the organizer.
It asks me to set up game when I first open it. What's that mean?
It asks me to set up game when I first open it. What's that mean?
ColonialRaptor
Member
So can you still use the FXAA injector mods?
It says somewhere on those mods that you have to revert back your version of the game?
HUH? I don't want to do that.. what does that involve?
There is a Skyrim 4GB which I'm using, but I hope someone makes a Skyrim 8GB. I don't know why Bethesda would be so teh lame and limit the game like that, why not allow it to actively adjust to the system memory capabilities of the PC that is playing the game..
Oh yeah... Console port... developed by modders... yadda yadda.
It says somewhere on those mods that you have to revert back your version of the game?
HUH? I don't want to do that.. what does that involve?
There is a Skyrim 4GB which I'm using, but I hope someone makes a Skyrim 8GB. I don't know why Bethesda would be so teh lame and limit the game like that, why not allow it to actively adjust to the system memory capabilities of the PC that is playing the game..
Oh yeah... Console port... developed by modders... yadda yadda.
Holy shit at that fire. The contrast/saturation for the image overall is too high for my liking, but FUCK does that fire look fucking real. Like motherfucking lava pouring out.
Is there a mod for just that fire? Or what? Is it the FXAA injector?
Felix Lighter
Member
It's not a 64 bit .exe. They should have included one though.
I have been using non patched TESV.exe because of random CTDs but haven't really tested the patched exe without FXAA. I'm running on default FXAA Injector files btw.
That's ENBSeries i believe.
ColonialRaptor
Member
This makes me more confused...
So can I use the FXAA injector currently? Is everyone using it? If I just install it and run straight away now, will it work?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Ok the mod organizer is running but why doesn't it install the mods when I click them to install? They just go in the mod folder in the organizer main folder.
NVM, I sort of see. Testing now.
NVM, I sort of see. Testing now.
Lows to 26 fps would be not playable for me [especially without motion blur] and thats on 580 lol. Strange that they havent compared performance in indoor with shadows, because for me hit on 8192 was small, but indoors my fps was in digits [i know thats the Skyrim bug :\].
Still i'll need to test blur =32 on my shadow settings ;p
Shadows look ugly here on their settings.
http://www.hardocp.com/images/articles/1321981181clLKgyExjK_4_5_l.jpg