Saved games won't load unless uGridsToLoad=9?

[swambast]

Hi All,

 

I have a few saved games and noticed that uGridsToLoad=9 in Skyrim.ini. I've been advised to set the uGridsToLoad=5 which I've been told was the "default". So I exit the game, make the change but then I can't load any of my previous games again. Setting it back to UGridsToLoad=9 allows them to load properly again. Any advice on what could help? If I left just at 9, would that be OK or cause issues with dialog/scripted events? Appreciate any advice.

 

SS

[Grimolfr]

ugridstoload tells the game engine how many "grids" of content to load as you move around the world. Especially in the open world (mountains, plains, etc.)

 

With it set to 9, you're loading a 9x9 grid of content (NPCs, animals, objects, etc). This causes your game engine to have to process more content for visuals, and it causes you to have to run more scripts​. A lot of scripts in the world trigger whenever the grid is loaded.

 

The default/recommended setting is 5. Increasing it causes things to load while they're farther away from you, which can sometimes cause you to miss scripted events because you're too far away to notice the effects.

 

The only really viable reason I've ever found for increasing above 5 is KW Telescope mod. I found that with ugrids set to 5, the telescope would let me look farther across the plains/mountains than actors and objects were being loaded. At one time I ran a ugrids of 11 for this reason alone. (ugrids has to be an odd #, BTW. Your system is loading a 9x9 grid, with your character in the center grid. So 4 grid squares in each cardinal direction in addition to the one you're in.

 

The problem with your save games is that they contain references to scripts and objects that are beyond the range of the 5x5 grid you're now attempting to load, meaning they're trying to access objects that haven't been loaded. Try going to a small interior cell (Breezehome or an Inn, for instance), create a clean save (save, exit, restart, reload, WAIT 24 GAME HOURS, move around, save again, exit). Then change your ugrids setting and try to reload that save. That might, hopefully clear out the references that are beyond your grid range.

[Zanderat]

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/526550-how-to-reset-ugrids-to-load-to-lower-setting/&do=findComment&comment=4289784

 

 

 

1. Run Skyrim in windowed mode. (Change in launcher or Skyrimprefs.ini)

2. Load your save and then with the game running get to your desktop either by alt-tab or ctrl-alt-delete and find your Skyrim.ini.

3. Make sure the ini isn't read-only and change the ugrids to whatever odd number lower value you want (default 5)

4. Save the ini and go back to the game

5. Open the console by typing "~" (tilde), the key left of the 1 key. Then type "refreshini" (without quotes). Hit enter and type ~

to exit the console.

5. Save your game, exit, and restart with that save.

[Grimolfr]

 

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/526550-how-to-reset-ugrids-to-load-to-lower-setting/&do=findComment&comment=4289784

 

 

 

1. Run Skyrim in windowed mode. (Change in launcher or Skyrimprefs.ini)

 

2. Load your save and then with the game running get to your desktop either by alt-tab or ctrl-alt-delete and find your Skyrim.ini.

 

3. Make sure the ini isn't read-only and change the ugrids to whatever odd number lower value you want (default 5)

 

4. Save the ini and go back to the game

 

5. Open the console by typing "~" (tilde), the key left of the 1 key. Then type "refreshini" (without quotes). Hit enter and type ~

 

to exit the console.

 

5. Save your game, exit, and restart with that save.

 

 

Yeah, Zanderat's way is better/easier and more likely to actually work.

[swambast]

Gents, thanks a million. By far the biggest secret to success that often gets overlooked when using these methods - get your character into an interior cell! I went into an inn - purchased a room and slept for 24 hours then walked out - then made the changes and it worked, thanks again!