Brother needs some help (CTD error please read.)

[bojanni]

Does your brother use SKSE? I was triggered by 'missing road textures'. Missing textures can be a result of shortage of memory so it is wise to use the latest SKSE with an appropriate ini file for better memory management (.ini file here). Also, as mentioned by Valkasha it is advised to use ENBBoost, especially when many texture mods are used.

[Kurzusseus]

Does your brother use SKSE? I was triggered by 'missing road textures'. Missing textures can be a result of shortage of memory so it is wise to use the latest SKSE with an appropriate ini file for better memory management (.ini file here). Also, as mentioned by Valkasha it is advised to use ENBBoost, especially when many texture mods are used.

 

I've heard a lot about ENBBoost but never used it, I don't like ENB texture packs, I prefer the more natural 2046x texture packs.

My brother doesn't have the exact texture packs I do, his computer is weaker. He does use the latest SKSE but not ENBBoost, color me

a noob for saying this- but I didn't use ENBBoost because I thought you HAD to have an ENB texture mod to use it.

 

Also I don't want it, nor does he, want it to change his or my games current textures. ENBBoost wont do this?

Edited September 17, 2014 by Kurzusseus

[bojanni]

Enb's are not texturepacks but more a graphical enhancement suite with modern lighting fx, bloom etc. It also has some memory management features . You can disable all graphical features and only use the memory features. That's what ENBboost does. So you can safely use it, your game won't look any different apart from hopefully no more missing textures. If the missing textures are still there, there is another problem

[gromulos]

My question about the ENB boost is will it affect FPS in a negative way, IE: lower FPS

[Valkasha]

In many cases it actually improves FPS for people that experience fps dips caused by memory filling up. But I'd say any fps loss is worth fixing this problem.

[bojanni]

I don't think so, but I did not perform tests because the difference between 0 fps (CTD) and a higher number than 0 (playing Skyrim) is big enough for me :)

[Kurzusseus]

Ok so Valkasha, you think that why my brothers game is crashing is because of fps? And ENBBoost will maybe help fix this?

we do have kinda low ranking computers and are going to be upgrading this December or so, I can say that fps is a problem

for me and my brother, but his game ran smoother then mine until recently, that's why I figured his crashing was solely on a mod

that was not compatible with one listed above.

 

As for bojanni, I think I'll try and get ENBBoost for us both, if it can help improve fps, memory problems, WITHOUT having to add or change

textures, lighting, etc I'm good, and so is my brother. I don't like the ENB series lighting or anything they add, too me, it ruins the feel of Skyrim's weather, IMO.

So I use things like Amidianborn landscape textures, and Realistic Lighting, it kinda changed Skyrim for me, but in a way I was still comfortable

playing it with them.

[Valkasha]

ENBoost, the one from my link, doesn't add the ENB effects like adaption, shadows, anti aliasing, depth of field etc, just the boost.

 

An alternative and more simple (but not perfect) solution would be safety load:

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/46465/?

Edited September 17, 2014 by Valkasha

[Kurzusseus]

I'm trying ENBBoost and so far I can see some improvements in my gameplay, I'll be getting it for my brother soon but I'd like to get some information on how to properly set my ENB.ini file.

I looked up a tutorial video where someone explained it but I'm worried that I may have done something wrong, I tested in game, the whole area loads faster (barely encounter missing textures)

but it appears that my game crashes if I run while scaled at 6. I'm pretty sure this is normal however XD

 

I'd like to post my ini settings and if someone could look them over and tell me the dangers

of my edits and how to best avoid stuttering in game;

 

 

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=true

ForceFakeVideocard=false

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=128

VideoMemorySizeMb=1920

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=false

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true

MaxAnisotropy=16

EnableVSync=true

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=true

EnableFPSLimit=false

FPSLimit=60.0

[iNPUT]

//shift

KeyCombination=16

//f12

KeyUseEffect=123

//home

KeyFPSLimit=36

//num / 106

KeyShowFPS=106

//print screen

KeyScreenshot=44

//enter

KeyEditor=13

//f4

KeyFreeVRAM=115

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]

Enable=false

Quality=1

DesiredFPS=20.0

[ANTIALIASING]

EnableEdgeAA=false

EnableTemporalAA=false

EnableSubPixelAA=false

EnableTransparencyAA=false

[FIX]

FixGameBugs=true

FixParallaxBugs=true

FixAliasedTextures=true

IgnoreLoadingScreen=false

IgnoreInventory=true

FixSsaoWaterTransparency=true

FixSsaoHairTransparency=true

FixTintGamma=true

RemoveBlur=true

FixSubSurfaceScattering=true

 

 

 

 

Thank you all so far for your continued help. You may not have entirely solved my brothers CTD error

but you solved both our rendering issues it would appear, and some fps rate. I'd like to use ENBBoost

and so would my brother, but I also want to make sure my save isn't in danger, like- can I remove ENBboost

and it not destroy my save?

Edited September 17, 2014 by Kurzusseus

[bojanni]

ENBBoost doesn't do anything with your save-file so it is perfectly safe to use. If your game still CTD's when using ENBboost it is more likely something else that is causing it, but not ENBBoost. What are your / your brother's system specs (VRAM size)?