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[xorterenshe]

First off, the FPS problem. This is similar to a problem I had with Black and White 2.
Every time I start the game, it runs perfectly fine. The game automatically gives me really high settings, since I have a pretty good rig, and the game runs as smooth as real life. After about 5 minutes in game, though, there starts to be some mouse lag and a tiny bit of chopping. It's still playable, but pretty annoying. After another 5 minutes, the game becomes so laggy it's unplayable. If I press the escape key to open up the pause menu, the mouse and ability to choose options is perfectly fine. Once I close the pause menu, it goes back to being unplayable.

If I exit out of the game to desktop and immediately come back, it is still unplayable. However, if I exit the game and wait for about 5 minutes then come back, it is running perfectly again. I have no idea what is going on or how to fix it. At least in Black and White 2, the game would only be unplayable for about 10 minutes and then go back to running smoothly. But Skyrim stays unplayable till I exit out for a few minutes, and I dont want to play the game in 5 minute intervals then have to quite out.

My graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M. I have 4 gb of RAM. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit.
I've tried running the game in compatibility mode for XP and running it as administrator, but that didn't fix it.

Secondly, the battery-mode problem.
I've put it in a spoiler box because, somehow, the game stopped doing this the last time I turned it on. However, I will not remove this information as someone else might end up having this problem or it might come back.

Spoiler

I installed Skyrim to my external hard-drive (to save on space), and that's what I'd done all these tests on. I thought that perhaps moving it to my normal hard-drive might fix it, but when I did, starting the game caused the most obscure and annoying problem I've ever encountered.
When the title screen comes up with the "continue", "new", "load", et cetera... options, just moving my mouse over any of the options causes my computer to go into Battery-Mode and my AC adapter actually turns off. So, I exit out of the game to desktop and the AC adapter stays off. So, I unplug it from the wall and re-plug it in. Finally it works again.
I start up the game again because I didn't think it had to do with the game... 8 times I tried to start the game and it always switched to battery-mode when I hovered over any option (I tried different options some of the times). Thus, I figured I'd continue the game and then un-plug and re-plug the adapter once I was in it. It would go back to AC-mode, but as soon as I moved my character, it'd go back to battery-mode.

So now I cant test to see if having it on my normal hard-drive will make the game run faster because the game is too demanding on my battery, causing it to drain extremely quickly. I cant stay in-game long enough to see if the lag will come back.

This is a problem I've never even heard of before. And it's not a problem with getting power to my house. That much I know. Can any of you think of a solution?

Edited by xorterenshe, 14 November 2011 - 03:26 PM.

[lol3]

Have you found out how your battery problem was fixed? I am experiencing the same issue, exactly as you described, but nothing I do seems to solve this problem...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

First off, the FPS problem. This is similar to a problem I had with Black and White 2.
Every time I start the game, it runs perfectly fine. The game automatically gives me really high settings, since I have a pretty good rig, and the game runs as smooth as real life. After about 5 minutes in game, though, there starts to be some mouse lag and a tiny bit of chopping. It's still playable, but pretty annoying. After another 5 minutes, the game becomes so laggy it's unplayable. If I press the escape key to open up the pause menu, the mouse and ability to choose options is perfectly fine. Once I close the pause menu, it goes back to being unplayable.

If I exit out of the game to desktop and immediately come back, it is still unplayable. However, if I exit the game and wait for about 5 minutes then come back, it is running perfectly again. I have no idea what is going on or how to fix it. At least in Black and White 2, the game would only be unplayable for about 10 minutes and then go back to running smoothly. But Skyrim stays unplayable till I exit out for a few minutes, and I dont want to play the game in 5 minute intervals then have to quite out.

My graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M. I have 4 gb of RAM. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit.
I've tried running the game in compatibility mode for XP and running it as adminitrator, but that didn't fix it.

Secondly, the battery-mode problem.
I've put it in a spoiler box because, somehow, the game stopped doing this the last time I turned it on. However, I will not remove this information as someone else might end up having this problem or it might come back.

Spoiler

I installed Skyrim to my external hard-drive (to save on space), and that's what I'd done all these tests on. I thought that perhaps moving it to my normal hard-drive might fix it, but when I did, starting the game caused the most obscure and annoying problem I've ever encountered.
When the title screen comes up with the "continue", "new", "load", et cetera... options, just moving my mouse over any of the options causes my computer to go into Battery-Mode and my AC adapter actually turns off. So, I exit out of the game to desktop and the AC adapter stays off. So, I unplug it from the wall and re-plug it in. Finally it works again.
I start up the game again because I didn't think it had to do with the game... 8 times I tried to start the game and it always switched to battery-mode when I hovered over any option (I tried different options some of the times). Thus, I figured I'd continue the game and then un-plug and re-plug the adapter once I was in it. It would go back to AC-mode, but as soon as I moved my character, it'd go back to battery-mode.

So now I cant test to see if having it on my normal hard-drive will make the game run faster because the game is too demanding on my battery, causing it to drain extremely quickly. I cant stay in-game long enough to see if the lag will come back.

This is a problem I've never even heard of before. And it's not a problem with getting power to my house. That much I know. Can any of you think of a solution?

[xorterenshe]

Have you found out how your battery problem was fixed? I am experiencing the same issue, exactly as you described, but nothing I do seems to solve this problem...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The time it stopped switching to battery-mode was the first time I'd tried to start the game without having my mouse connected to my laptop and instead used the touch-pad. That's the only thing I did differently when it stayed on AC-mode. After, I tried playing the game again with the mouse plugged in, and it stayed on AC-mode. So far, it hasn't had the battery problem since, even with my mouse plugged in.

I'm not sure if that's helpful or not, as it's highly unlikely to be the cause, but that's the only information I have, sorry. ///_^'