Complistic
Member
MrBig said:
type fov 90 in the console. I'm going to laugh if it changes and it turns out you've been playing with it at 65 this whole time.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC Performance discussion
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type fov 90 in the console. I'm going to laugh if it changes and it turns out you've been playing with it at 65 this whole time.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
FOV seems to have a huge hit on performance.
MrPing1000
Member
pretty awesome that I can play on my q6600 at 3.2ghz HD5850, high settings, 8xAA, 16xAF FOV 90, with fps around 40-60 most of the time. Although towns it sometimes dips to around 26.
The engine definitely feels a lot more stable and optimized than oblivion.
The engine definitely feels a lot more stable and optimized than oblivion.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
I've asked this question here before and someone might have answered but I left for work after posting it and now can't find it in the thread, so here goes again:
Everything's running fantastically after the install save for this strange flickering that occurs whenever my character turns his head or moves, as if the game's lighting or color palette goes on the fritz whenever there's movement on screen. It's almost unnoticeable indoors but really sticks out at night time, though generally it's hard to ignore once you realize it's happening. I haven't tweaked the graphics yet as I'm pretty satisfied with the way things look and run so far. Anyone know how to fix this?
Everything's running fantastically after the install save for this strange flickering that occurs whenever my character turns his head or moves, as if the game's lighting or color palette goes on the fritz whenever there's movement on screen. It's almost unnoticeable indoors but really sticks out at night time, though generally it's hard to ignore once you realize it's happening. I haven't tweaked the graphics yet as I'm pretty satisfied with the way things look and run so far. Anyone know how to fix this?
Sutton Dagger
Member
LiquidMetal14 said:
What should I do if I have 12Gb?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I would leave it at 3 try 4 or so as I don't know if it will make any difference to have it use more. For 12, I may start at 6.Sutton Dagger said:
Sutton Dagger
Member
LiquidMetal14 said:
I didn't do anything? Why is it that these things (RP and this setting) help some people and not others?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Start with the default that boob and I posted earlier. It's all dependent on your HW but I manged to increase shadow detail and retain FPS with those ini edits.Nekrono said:
From all the reading, this is a Bethesda issue and they've even left out a lot in the ini's that people are discovering. Different HW configs and other variables come into play as well.Sutton Dagger said:
Complistic
Member
Anyone know what
uInterior Cell Buffer=12
uExterior Cell Buffer=64
does and if it's relatively safe?
uInterior Cell Buffer=12
uExterior Cell Buffer=64
does and if it's relatively safe?
@Complistic:
If it's anything like Oblivion (and that's a pretty sure bet):
The above values determine how many cells (whether for interior or exterior areas) are buffered into RAM. Note that usually the value of the Exterior Cell Buffer variable is automatically set by the engine based on the size of the uGridstoLoad variable. The higher that variable is, the higher the engine will raise this value. However if you want to smooth out your FPS, try manually setting a higher value for both of these, depending on how much RAM you have. For 1GB I recommend doubling the values (6 and 72 respectively). For 2GB of RAM, I use 16 and 102 respectively. For higher amounts of RAM, try raising them higher, however note that you should also raise the iPreloadSizeLimit value below
Never cared for it, myself (Oblivion being a crash-prone little bitch might've had something to do with it tho). Load screens are fast as it is.
If it's anything like Oblivion (and that's a pretty sure bet):
The above values determine how many cells (whether for interior or exterior areas) are buffered into RAM. Note that usually the value of the Exterior Cell Buffer variable is automatically set by the engine based on the size of the uGridstoLoad variable. The higher that variable is, the higher the engine will raise this value. However if you want to smooth out your FPS, try manually setting a higher value for both of these, depending on how much RAM you have. For 1GB I recommend doubling the values (6 and 72 respectively). For 2GB of RAM, I use 16 and 102 respectively. For higher amounts of RAM, try raising them higher, however note that you should also raise the iPreloadSizeLimit value below
Never cared for it, myself (Oblivion being a crash-prone little bitch might've had something to do with it tho). Load screens are fast as it is.
neoism
Member
yeah I had some problems too... I had to use openracemenu in the command thing, and fix , my character again... soo useful though. I can go back and change my character any time. I love seeing more of my bow, and my arms when I use magic... it is soo good in this game. I never used it in oblivion.moop1167 said:
but yeah I have both in my ini file, and one in perfs, and on steam -fov 85.
It is safe. IIRC it determines how many area blocks around your character are loaded into memory. Might cause problems if it's too high and you don't have enough RAM, aren't large address aware, don't have an SSD, etc. - but I set mine to something like 24 interior and 106 exterior with no problems (8GB of RAM, large address aware, and with an SSD).Complistic said:
MustacheBandit_
Member
I haven't heard of a single person who was able to save their FOV setting so please let us know what you did haha. I also think 90 FOV looks weird in this game. 80-85 seems to be the sweet spot
neoism said:yeah I had some problems too... I had to use openracemenu in the command thing, and fix , my character again... soo useful though. I can go back and change my character any time. I love seeing more of my bow, and my arms when I use magic... it is soo good in this game. I never used it in oblivion.
but yeah I have both in my ini file, and one in perfs, and on steam -fov 85.
Are you saying it's something you can fix? Or is it just the result of the FOV change?
Complistic
Member
Ok, thanks guys. It doesn't have the possibility of bricking your save like gridstoload right? If not then I'll mess around with it a little.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Complistic said:
Do not touch it unless you are messing with ugrid.
If using uGrid, I recommend setting uGridToLoad=7 and uExteriorCellBuffer=64. Any higher than that and you'll lose stability. I actually found out the formula for uExteriorCellBuffer, and it's directly tied into uGridToLoad.
DO NOT TOUCH INTERIOR CELL BUFFER. It'll just degrade performance/cause crashes.
Complistic
Member
Thanks for letting me know. I think I'll just leave grids and such alone for now.
Alright so in addition to this happening in every building I enter, my game constantly 'splashing' when I'm in a dungeon with water - where I hear the splash sound effect constantly, have my screen flash, and watch my character sputter around on dry land trying to go into the swimming animation, I'm now beginning to have textures (meshes?) go missing:
(it's a dragon)
Whaaaaaat the fuuuuuuuck is going on.
(it's a dragon)
Whaaaaaat the fuuuuuuuck is going on.
If you set FOV through Steam's Launch Options will it break achievements? Also will it remain every time I start the game?
I'd really like to know this because sometimes I load a game and think I'm playing with a custom 75 FOV but when I bring the console and type the command the FOV actually changes, I have to save the game and restart it and it's really annoying at this point.
I'd really like to know this because sometimes I load a game and think I'm playing with a custom 75 FOV but when I bring the console and type the command the FOV actually changes, I have to save the game and restart it and it's really annoying at this point.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Anybody else getting huge FPS drops with FOV changes? 80 and above give me like 8-10 FPS loss... weird as hell considering the game's performance seems to depend on CPU speed and my GPU isn't even being pushed hard.
Also strange that changing the overclocks on the GPU makes no difference on FPS, even with FOV raised...
Also strange that changing the overclocks on the GPU makes no difference on FPS, even with FOV raised...
diztrukted
Member
so i was running everything fine then i decided to try to radeon pro suggestions in the OP .....
now my fps run in the teens when i was getting a good 30-40 before.
I deleted the profile but hasn't seemed to fix it the drop in framerate
edit: nevermind, had to restart the computer
now my fps run in the teens when i was getting a good 30-40 before.
I deleted the profile but hasn't seemed to fix it the drop in framerate
edit: nevermind, had to restart the computer
User 85168
Banned
Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you guys can answer couple of questions.
I have a semi oldish laptop, does adequate with games like sc2, but I'm not completely sure how it will handle skyrim.
It has an i5 processor, 4gigs of ram, and nvidia 310m.
As far as I know, there is no demo for this game, right? I cant try and see how it will run, unless I borrow my friends steam account and download it?
Anyone have a guess how this laptop will handle skyrim?
I have a semi oldish laptop, does adequate with games like sc2, but I'm not completely sure how it will handle skyrim.
It has an i5 processor, 4gigs of ram, and nvidia 310m.
As far as I know, there is no demo for this game, right? I cant try and see how it will run, unless I borrow my friends steam account and download it?
Anyone have a guess how this laptop will handle skyrim?
Sutton Dagger
Member
I thought I would try everything on low (as that is about the console level) and WTF, how did I used to play like this. I mean it isn't even just about the graphics, it completely changes how I would have to approach the game given the fact enemies etc pop into existence really close. Glad I made the transition to PC gaming.
Edit: that was at 1080p as well so it would look even worse on 360/PS3...
Edit: that was at 1080p as well so it would look even worse on 360/PS3...
D
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LiquidMetal14 said:
This worked! Great boosts to framerate. I actually need to limit my framerate now, because indoors I get like 150fps and the physics go crazy.
Faffed around for several hours trying this and that and I reckon this is about as good as I can get it on NVIDIA hardware without resorting to any screenshot trickery or uGrids, and without screwing over distance detail:
Wish I could make the farthest trees look as good, but regardless of what I try it's a no go - see anything I'm missing LiquidMetal14?
Specs:
3-Way NVIDIA GTX 580 SLI
Intel i7-2600K @ 4.4GHz
8GB RAM
Wish I could make the farthest trees look as good, but regardless of what I try it's a no go - see anything I'm missing LiquidMetal14?
Code:
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bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
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iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
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b30GrassVS=1
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bCrosshairEnabled=1
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bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
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bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
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bDialogueSubtitles=0
bGeneralSubtitles=0
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.2400
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1000
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=10.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
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fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.8000
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
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fVal0=0.5000
uID0=1007612
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fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
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fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=60
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uMaxDecals=1000
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecals=100
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
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bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
bReflectSky=1
[Papyrus]
iMinMemoryPageSize=100000
iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=3000000000Specs:
3-Way NVIDIA GTX 580 SLI
Intel i7-2600K @ 4.4GHz
8GB RAM
What the hell?Jubbly said:Faffed around for several hours trying this and that and I reckon this is about as good as I can get it on NVIDIA hardware without resorting to any screenshot trickery or uGrids, and without screwing over distance detail:
Wish I could make the farthest trees look as good, but regardless of what I try it's a no go - see anything I'm missing LiquidMetal14?
3-Way NVIDIA GTX 580 SLI
Intel i7-2600K @ 4.4GHz
8GB RAM
Those screens look atrocious. With that rig you should be getting much better IQ.
DennisK4 said:
Can you share your config? I'll try it in the morning and see if it helps.
EDIT: The VeryHigh.ini in the Steam folder, from which the launcher pulls its settings, has "iMultiSample=16," which I copied across into my SkyrimPrefs.ini. Thing is, 16 doesn't work, which is why the launcher reverts to 8 and puts that in your SkyrimPerfs.ini. Using the exact same config as above I turned iMultiSample to 8 and this is the result:
Whole load better, but those rear trees still bug me. Dennis?
BoobPhysics101
Banned
DennisK4 said:
4) DirectX 11.