mikemorton

If you are, delete or disable it. Sorted.

OK, thanks all. I have now installed and run Auslogic disk defrag, Optimizer Textures and Fancy Cache. Unfortunately none of this seems to have helped. I wonder if I've messed things up with adding/taking off mods over the past few months? I really don't want to scrub all my gameplay unless I have to, but would an uninstall/reinstall help? I can't think what else to do - or what I did wrong in the first place. The game looks spectacular when it's working properly, but these slowdowns are really getting to me :-(

Thanks for the tips - I'll report back.

It was down for a few hours but is back up now - at least for me here in the UK.

Skyrim is hard to play at the moment. When I go to a new area, the game takes ages to load the textures, then I can carry on as usual. This happens when using fast travel and also when travelling across an open area to somewhere further away. Often the on-screen action completely freezes for a few seconds before it frees up again. I have an FPS counter installed, and when the game is running properly I'm hitting 58 to 62 FPS. I have a 27" Dell monitor at 2560x1440 and this certainly does not help! I like to play the game with the graphical setting as high as possible. If I select "low" quality then I do not get the time lag problem, but the FPS counter still sticks at 58 to 62 FPS, whereas I'd expected a high jump having dropped the settings. My CPU is an old i7 960 overclocked to 3.8. I have Skyrim installed with a mish-mash of mods from Nexus and Steam workshop. I tried taking off all the mods then reinstalling my favourites one by one, but even with all mods removed the game still has the same problem. I also tried starting a new game. Whenever I add or take off a mod I always use TES 5 Edit to make sure there are no load problems, so don't think this is the issue. What's going wrong? CPU? GPU drivers? I'm using the latest (314.22), but it doesn't seem to matter as the last three drivers have not made any noticeable difference. Crysis 2 plays as smooth as silk, and the only other game in my collection that feels remotely sluggish is Far Cry 3 with the graphics maxed out. Any ideas to get Skyrim working properly again would be fantastic. The game is not unplayable, but having everything freeze for a few seconds on a regular basis is spoiling the enjoyment.

OK, thanks for that Dragonbird. Let the gaming commence!

Hi all, I was a latecomer to the Skyrim mod scene and in hindsight wish I'd added mods way back when I started - a good example being the mod that makes books you haven't yet read glow. That's a nice, simple timesaver. Are there any Witcher 2 mods everyone should consider having from the outset?

I have a fix! Download this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22620 Follow the instructions. Be aware that you have to copy the fixed file back into your saved game folder. Which can be found here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111121120945AAsnE2R

I have a fix! Download this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22620 Follow the instructions. Be aware that you have to copy the fixed file back into your saved game folder. Which can be found here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111121120945AAsnE2R

I've had the same problem for the past three days. It's very, very annoying. Like you, I've tried all the usual things to try to fix it - deactivate/reactivate mods one by one etc. I'd be perfectly happy to play this game only in first person, but there seems to be no way to lock your POV. If someone can help - please do!