And every time I try installing SKse and SkuUI, it fubars my game.
I am running the Realvison ENB now with COT and RLO. I gotta say it's the most beautiful I have seen the game, but the performance is not very good, even on a GTX 780 @ 1080P. I may be going to 2560X1440 soon, so I will give this RCRN a look. I really like the customizer they have with it. Does anyone have an opinion on how the RCRN FXAA looks compared to Skyrim's own MSAA?
What are you running for texture and script packages?
The problem with the mods like Frostfall and Wet and Cold is that those scripts are constantly running in the background. That can eat away at performance and cause instability in the game. While I like the concepts behind them, I opted to remove them from my game because I'd rather the game be more stable for other mods. I quickly found that Frostfall became rather tedious as well.
I actually saw a really nice boost in performance once I activated RealVision ENB. When I was just running all the texture packs I have installed, I'd get massive FPS drops at random times and loading screens took 10-15s at times. If you haven't, make sure you go in the enblocal.ini file (Skyrim main folder) and set your VideoMemorySizeMb to RAM+VRAM-2048. By default it installs at 1024 and once I set that to 7168 the loading times dropped to 3-4s and I get almost no FPS drops.
EVGA GTX460 1GB
Just tried out Kountervibe ENB. Holy! It really gives off the fantasy vibe with its settings. Unfortunately, my puny card melts if I'm trying to do anything other than slowly turn or walk even on the lowest settings provided. Gonna have to wait until I upgrade the card to use it.
Again, this is why I have recommended avoiding the EMB's. Yes, they LOOK awesome, but they PLAY like crap. If you can't get a steady 40+ frames per second (with no dips below 30), then it is worthless to play the game. They are great for taking a staged screenshot, but otherwise useless.
Again, this is why I have recommended avoiding the EMB's. Yes, they LOOK awesome, but they PLAY like crap. If you can't get a steady 40+ frames per second (with no dips below 30), then it is worthless to play the game. They are great for taking a staged screenshot, but otherwise useless.
It depends on your hardware setup and the particular ENB you're attempting to use. Not all of them are intense. ENBs like TrueVision and RealVision are minor tweaks to apply sharpening, minor bloom, DOF, and some small filters. I can run those just fine in a playable state. But the ENBs such as Kounter which do SSAO, SSIL, SMAA, DOF, tons of bloom, lots of filters, shaders, etc will require a 700 series card with 4GB VRAM to play at anywhere close to max settings.
On another note, Sounds of Skyrim is an awesome sound mod. Really makes forests come alive with creature sounds and dungeons feel more spooky.
I ran the Realvison with FULL (RLO/ELFX + CoT + Bokeh Depth of Field + SSAO + EdgeAA + SMAA + Lumasharpen + IBL @ 1080P with an overclocked GTX 780 and it still would dip into the high 20's FPS in certain areas. Once you remove DOF and SSAO with the performance version it gets better but it just makes the the game look brighter.. kinda looks meh :\ in comparison. RCRN isn't half bad, it's a nice compromise while still be able to maintain 60FPS for the most part and dips into the 40's now and then. It also could be the grass mod I am using is killing the FPS? Outside of Riften, in the forest it gets into the 40's even with RCRN.
How intelligent is the NMM? I mean, if I download all the mods listed in the post on the previous page but in the wrong order. Can it fix it by itself?
NMM won't do load order by itself I don't think. You need to get BOSS and when it runs, it will resort NMM for you.
I couldn't disagree more. SKSE & SkyUI are the most awesome things created for Skyrim. I wouldn't play the game without SkyUI, and I've been playing & re-playing since it came out. Of course, this is my opinion & your mileage may vary.Ditto, SkyUI takes like forever to open up the vendor or any inventory screen.
I couldn't disagree more. SKSE & SkyUI are the most awesome things created for Skyrim. I wouldn't play the game without SkyUI, and I've been playing & re-playing since it came out. Of course, this is my opinion & your mileage may vary.
On another note, my new favorite mod: Thomas the Tank dragon re-placer. I'd put in the link - but I'm at work and can't get to SkyNexus. Do a search & you'll find it.