Massive Z-Fighting Can't Find a Fix

[IronDusk33]

Ok, I've recently started a new playthrough, and for some reason I'm just getting MASSIVE and I mean ENOURMOUS CONSTANT IRRITATING z fighting. At the exit to the tutorial dungeon, the entire peak of the mountain in the distance is flickering in and out of existance. If I look out of Whiterun at the Throat of the World, everywhere where there is snow, it flickers. If I'm in the wind district and I look down at the White Run gate, the moss on the gate shimmers. If I'm in Farengars Study, and I look at the guard posted next to the Jarl's throne, THE PAINT ON HIS SHIELD IS FLICKERING! Needless to say, this is driving me insane, and I can't find a fix for it. I've tried looking extensively, and the only fix that is even suggested is this:

 

http://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:Z-Fighting

 

I've tried it, and it doesn't work for me. I do have the Immersive First Person mod installed, and the constant head movement does make this more noticeable, but there has got to be something wrong here, because this is just ridiculous. So I am asking, imploring, BEGGING! For some help here. I will post all the information I can below.

 

I do have ENBoost, version 5 installed with the v0252 version of the enb series. I have SKSE version 1.6.16. I have SSME version 1.8. I do have the latest Skyrim patch. I am using High settings except the tweaks suggested in the above link.

 

I am playing on a Lenovo Ideapad Laptop, with i7 Intel Processor, and Nvidia Geforce GTX 660M Graphics Card. My computer is x64 bit. I have 8 GB of Ram.

 

Here is my SkyrimPrefs.ini

 

 

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=1

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=4000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000

fGamma=1.1200

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=1000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=2500

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=8

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=768

iSize W=1366

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=10

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=30

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics 4000"

bFXAAEnabled=0

iShadowMapResolution=2048

fShadowBiasScale=0.25

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

iShadowFilter=3

bShadowsOnGrass=1

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

bDeferredShadows=1

bDrawShadows=1

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=5000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=0

bCrosshairEnabled=0

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=0

bSaveOnTravel=0

bSaveOnWait=0

bSaveOnRest=0

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=500000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=0

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=0

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0180

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=0

bMouseAcceleration=1

bUseKinect=0

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=60.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=3954

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=1510365297

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=94881

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=140000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=75000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=4.0000

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=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=250

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=50

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=40

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=7.5

fLODFadeOutMultItems=4.5

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=3

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

Here is my Skyrim.ini

[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

SIntroSequence=

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=1

bReflectLODLand=1

bReflectSky=0

bReflectLODTrees=1

Here is my enblocal.ini

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=false

ForceFakeVideocard=false

IgnoreCreationKit=true

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=256

VideoMemorySizeMb=3500

EnableCompression=true

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=true

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=false

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=false

MaxAnisotropy=16

EnableVSync=true

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

ForceLodBias=false

LodBias=0.0

VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

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

FixSkyReflection=true

FixCursorVisibility=true

 

And here is my load order (it's a long one)

 

 

Update.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Dawnguard.esm

Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp

HearthFires.esm

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

Fantasy Soundtrack Project.esp

SGHairPackBase.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

TKChildren.esm

WinterholdDestruction.esm

daymoyl.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

IronduskSickle.esp

BVFE_Serana.esp

CharGen ECE Morphs.esp

DragonPriestMasksHoodless.esp

FCO - Follower Commentary Overhaul.esp

SkyrimURWL.esp

Immersive Archey.esp

iHUD.esp

Immersive NPC in the dark.esp

betterwards.esp

FNISSexyMove.esp

SkyRealism - Encumbrance.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

FreckleMania.esp

dD - Easy Lift Bodies and Objects.esp

DiamondArmor.esp

Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_NL4.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

JZBai_CrossbowManualReload.esp

ThatsRacist.esp

EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

Inconsequential NPCs.esp

BoundArmors.esp

EveryVampireEyesGrow.esp

Exhaustion.esp

FantasySoundtrackProjectCombatMusic.esp

Thieves Guild Requirements.esp

ELFX - Dragonborn.esp

Footprints.esp

Footprints - Ash.esp

CutthroatMerchantsEasy.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp

DragonFire.esp

DragonFire-Dragonborn.esp

DragonFire - Improved Dragon Shouts Compatibility.esp

TKDodge.esp

IndividualizedShoutCooldowns.esp

HearthfireMultiKid.esp

HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp

JustMoreBlades.esp

Earlier Health Warnings--67 Percent.esp

NB-Scars.esp

Order My Items.esp

ImmersiveFP.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuOverlays.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

Reanimate FX.esp

SGHairNPCOverhaul.esp

Omegared99-GalleryOfArmor.esp

SpeechTree.esp

SkyUI.esp

SmartCast_1_0.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp

Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp

Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp

Thundering Shouts.esp

AmazingFollowerTweaks.esp

AFT_NoDances.esp

Immersive Weapons.esp

Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

TKChildren_DB.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

AOS.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

Traps Are Dangerous.esp

AOS2_EBT Patch.esp

AOS_TAD Patch.esp

UniqueWeaponsRedone.esp

AOS2_GDO Patch.esp

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

TheNewRadiantApparel.esp

Gri_BeastFeet.esp

CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp

ELFX - Dawnguard.esp

Book Covers Skyrim.esp

Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp

ExpandedWinterholdRuins.esp

Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp

BCS - CCOR Patch.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp

Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp

HarvestOverhaul.esp

Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

Civil War Overhaul.esp

DeadlyDragons.esp

Rebirth Monster.esp

Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

CCO_SIC_Patch.esp

dD-DG-DB-Immersive Creatures EBT Patch.esp

Rebirth Monster - SIC Patch.esp

CWINPCImprovements.esp

CWIELnFXPatch.esp

AOS2_WAF Patch.esp

Unique Uniques.esp

UniqueBowsReplacer.esp

WerewolfPerksExpanded_1.6.esp

WerewolfPerksExpanded_1.6b.esp

WetandCold.esp

AOS2_WetandCold Patch.esp

WetandCold - Ashes.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp

WetandCold - Holidays.esp

BetterDGEntrance.esp

FSP - Dawnguard Edition.esp

LostLongSwords&Bastards.esp

Throwing_Weapons_Redux.esp

Corpse_Preparation.esp

SkyHavenHome.esp

Cloaks.esp

Dragon Soul Relinquishment.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

SMIM-FarmhouseFlickeringFix.esp

PrinceandPauper.esp

TKChildren_V.esp

HearthfireMultikid_PNP Patch.esp

PNP TKChildren.esp

TKChildren_HF.esp

Inconsequential PNP patch.esp

Duel - Combat Realism.esp

Stealth Skills Rebalanced_COMPLETE.esp

UniqueArmorsReplacer.esp

SoSFC.esp

ACE Enchanting.esp

Immersive Patrols Merged All.esp

HarvestOverhaulCreatures_RND_Animal_Loot_All_DLC.esp

KDC - kevinsterable - Deadly Stronger Poisons.esp

BetterMagic_FULL.esp

AFT_NoFriendlySpellDamage.esp

Illusion Perks Overhaul.esp

ImmersiveSpells.esp

konahrik_accoutrements.esp

ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp

Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

ACE Melee.esp

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

CCO_Frostfall_Patch.esp

1nivWICCloaks.esp

Smithing Perks Overhaul_Remade.esp

1nivWICSkyCloaksPatch.esp

Inconsequential NPCs - Enhancement.esp

SoSFC Cloaks.esp

Replacer Visuals for Spell Effects.esp

Teleport.esp

FS_UltimateAssortment.esp

JewelryCompilation.esp

Really Radiant Raiment.esp

ACE Armor.esp

DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp

AOS2_DCOd Patch.esp

CWIDawnDragonPatch.esp

Sneak Tools.esp

konahrik_accoutrements_db.esp

AlternativeCraftingSystem.esp

AtronachForgeFix.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp

Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

Extended Encounters.esp

The Graves of Falkreath.esp

Run For Your Lives.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp

Brevi_MoonlightTales.esp

Lanterns of Skyrim - All In One - Winterhold Destruction Ruins.esp

ACE Synergy.esp

RedMountainErupts.esp

dovahkiinrelax.esp

Blindfolds_of_Skyrim.esp

ACE Magic.esp

ACE Realistic Fighting.esp

Scarcity - Less Loot Mod.esp

Scarcity - 6x Loot Rarity.esp

Scarcity - 4x Merchant Item Rarity.esp

When Vampires Attack.esp

Open Cities Skyrim.esp

Open Cities Skyrim - WCHolidays.esp

ELFXEnhancer.esp

OCS + Hearthfire Patch.esp

InconNPCs+OCS.esp

AOS2_CoT3_1_patch.esp

TESV Armors Patch.esp

TESV Leveled List Patch.esp

TESV NPC Patch.esp

TESV Spells Patch.esp

Warburg's 3D Paper World Map - Texture 2.esp

warburg's 3d paper world map - dawnguard.esp

Edited June 12, 2014 by IronDusk33

[IronDusk33]

Ok, I've recently tried re-validating my Skyrim ini files, and that seems to have reduced it very slightly. But not much. I also feel I need to reiterate that this is not the normal z-fighting that Gopher complained about in his Stiv playthrough. I'm in Whiterun, (I have open cities installed) and I look out to the Throat of the World, not some mountain on the other side of Skyrim, and EVERYWHERE there is snow and rock, the texture flickers.

[IronDusk33]

Ok, I have a backup of a pure vanilla Skyrim, I tried looking at the same spots with that, and there was no Z-Fighting. I copied over the ini files from that copy to my modded copy of Skyrim, no change. So its not my hardware or my ini files that are messing with this.

[IronDusk33]

Ok, I fixed it. Turns out there is a setting in Immersive First Person view, that causes distant objects to flicker when it is a low number. The default preset (number 12) had it set to 800, the preset I edited and used (number 1) had it set to 10.

 

*facepalm

 

So disregard all the ranting above.

[QueenMaeve99]

Ok, I fixed it. Turns out there is a setting in Immersive First Person view, that causes distant objects to flicker when it is a low number. The default preset (number 12) had it set to 800, the preset I edited and used (number 1) had it set to 10.

 

*facepalm

 

So disregard all the ranting above.

[QueenMaeve99]

What was the thing that you had set to 10 but change to 800