sombrereptile

Hey, thanks for your reply. I was doing a little googling/investigation, and it seems that I (may) have fixed the issue with the disappearing trees. All I changed was the load order of some mods into a more logical one. HOWEVER, I am still getting some very irritating artifacts/tearing when looking up at the sky. It's basically random shapes of white, pink, and black that flicker and morph randomly. I'm wondering if that could be caused by a mod I have... so I might just try disabling some and testing it again. Hoooowever, an even more irritating issue right now is that every time I exit Skyrim, within a few seconds my computer will completely freeze up. This has happened every time for the past few weeks, and I am completely perplexed by this issue. Occasionally, my computer will also freeze when starting/closing Steam, so there might be a connection there. I'm going to make a thread on the steam forums hoping that there might be some more specific help I could find there, but if you (or anyone else) happen to know anything about such issues, I'd love to hear any suggestions. Oh, and as a note I do have a few of those mods you mentioned already. I saw a mod spotlight that featured a few mods to enhance the quality of distant terrain, and downloaded them all. Haven't really been able to enjoy them too much, and they have not changed the issues with graphical artifacting and the very odd freezing that happens upon exiting the game. Thanks again.

Does this appear at all times for you? I've been having a similar issue with something like this, though it's more of a flickering than a constant tear in the sky. Also having issues with flashing trees >.< I'm afraid I don't know how to fix your issue, but hopefully we'll both find some answers.

Hello lovely people of the vast nexus, I have recently built my first gaming PC, and was very excited to join the 'master race', especially when it came to Skyrim. I had been playing on the 360 since release, but seeing all the screenshots and awesome mods out there made me feel like I was missing something. So after building my new rig, I was thrilled to boot up Skyrim and see that settings had been set to their highest. However, I immediately noticed issues. At first, I encountered something that perhaps is rather common: distant mountains would flicker as I moved around, and this immediately turned me off to the game. I was hoping for crystal clear graphics and all that goodness, but already had an issue. After posting around, I found one of Gopher's videos (which are just excellent for their level of depth and clarity), which outlined how to address the issue of 'Z-fighting'. After tweaking the .ini files, I found that the flickering mountains were no longer visible! Joy! Hoooowever, there was another problem now... Come to think of it, I noticed this issue beforehand as well, but it seems to have gotten worse after applying the tweaks to address the Z-fighting issues. Generally, the issue I am having is with trees that are somewhat far away. They appear to flicker rapidly, disappearing and reappearing. This tends to stop when I am stationary, but not always. In addition, I am encountering some very noticeable artifacting/tearing when looking around, moreso in the sky than anywhere else. I realize this is somewhat of a loose description, but it's the best I can do. I'd really love to get back into Skyrim, and I've even sunk a few hours in already even with the trees flickering just because I'm THAT desperate. If anyone has any suggestions for a fix, I'd love to hear them. For reference, I am running Skyrim on a i5-3470 3.2GHz processor, with a XFX R7870 2GB GPU. I have tried googling my issue, but only found people with different issues than the one I am encountering. Also, I have been having a peculiar issue where after exiting Skyrim, my computer will frequently freeze up. This seems to happen when I start/close Steam sometimes too, and is equally irritating. If anyone has any ideas regarding that, I'd be very appreciative. Hope this wasn't too much of a wall of text... just really unsure of what to do, especially coming into the Skyrim PC scene this late. THANKS IN ADVANCE!