Troubleshooting after new mod addition

[TheMedusan]

Hey everyone,

 

I am definitely new at using mods in Skyrim, so I need a bit of help with this one:

 

So I downloaded some recommended mods, installed using NMM, and they were working great with minimal performance hit. Here are those mods, though I don't think that this is the load order they were in:

 

Skyrim.esm

SPIKE.esm

HearthFires.esm

Update.esm

--------------------------Initial Mods---------

Chesko_Frostfall.esp

SkyUI.esp

RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp

RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp

RealisticRoomRental.esp

RRR_Hearthfire-Patch.esp

KnapsackEnhanced.esp

Cloaks.esp

Convenient Horses.esp

The Dance of Death.esp

posesivecorpses.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

WATER.esp

WATER Plants.esp

RND_Water-Patch.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

Better Dynamic Snow.esp

Crimson Tide - Blood.esp

StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp

hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

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So, after a few hours of playing I thought I would add some that I had wanted to as I found them on Nexus:

 

-----------Second Phase Mods------------------------------

Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp

Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp

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So the game boots up well enough, and it will load the game after a slightly increased loading time. However, even at start screen its possible to tell something is wrong because all the text in the game that isn't just a graphic (ie. the Bethesda signage on bootup) is markedly more grainy in character.

 

Once gameplay begins it is incredibly choppy, with massive decrease in fps, and a second lag or so between a command and an action, the shadows are not to spec, the mountains in the distant look almost painted, etc. Generally speaking the game seems to be barely running.

 

Naturally I deactivate the mods that were installed second on NMM, and there is no change. The game runs just as poorly as before with no symptom change regardless of if the second group of mods are being used or not.

 

I did a TES5 check and (assuming I used it properly) there was nothing wrong detected.

 

 

What's recommended at this point to fix this? Uninstall everything? Is there another tool I could be using to help fix this?

 

 

 

Thanks a bunch in advance

 

 

 

By the way, here are my specs (they aren't great):

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System Information

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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1

System Model: Dell System XPS 15Z

BIOS: Default System BIOS

Processor: Intel® Core i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8086MB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

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Display Devices

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Card name: Intel® HD Graphics Family

Manufacturer: Intel Corporation

Chip type: Intel® HD Graphics Family

DAC type: Internal

Display Memory: 1696 MB

Dedicated Memory: 64 MB

Shared Memory: 1632 MB

GPU processor: GeForce GT 525M

Driver version: 267.21

DirectX support: 11

CUDA Cores: 96

Core clock: 600 MHz

Shader clock: 1200 MHz

Memory clock: 900 MHz (1800 MHz data rate)

Memory interface: 128-bit

Total available graphics memory: 4095 MB

Dedicated video memory: 2048 MB DDR3

System video memory: 0 MB

Shared system memory: 2047 MB

Video BIOS version: 70.08.53.00.07

IRQ: 16

Bus: PCI Express x16 Gen2

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives

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Drive: C:

Free Space: 44.5 GB

Total Space: 695.3 GB

[Rennn]

After adding the Unofficial Hearthfire Patch, you have several patches for Heathfire. Those are probably conflicting. Try using only one patch for Hearthfire.

 

In addition, the Realistic Lighting Overhaul is a framerate hit. You probably should avoid it with your weaker graphics card.

 

 

Since the performance problems continued after disabling the mods, you should load an older save from before you installed the second batch of mods. Something may have gotten stuck in your new saves. That's why it's a good idea to back up your main save before you install any new mods. (Unless you know from a developer's standpoint exactly what the mod changes, ofc.)

[TonyTitan]

Skyrim Flora Overhaul is a MASSIVE FPS killer on weaker machines. And you don't actually have a weak machine, but it could be 'stronger'...Believe me, I 'thought' I had a pretty stout machine only to find out from Skyrim how much it has aged in the past 2 yrs since I built it. LOL! And that's not Skyrim's fault really....It's just all the mod authors that are making these really cool HD mods that I'd love to run all at once, and can't. And the Flora Overhaul was one of them.

[TheMedusan]

Hey guys, thanks for all your advice!

 

What I've done is delete every one of the second group mods, and re-install a few of the first ones for good measure. I also realized I had previously installed the FXAA injector, which isn't on the NMM, so I manually took that out of my game files.

 

It seems that its back to what it was! I even have Flora running and the effect is barely noticeable.

 

Again, thank you so much!