ENB/SweetFX Issues

[vitalsine]

Hey everyone! I have been going at this now for a couple days. Just got everything running pretty seamlessly and now I want to focus on polishing my ENB and SweetFX settings. I am using a slightly modified version of "The ENB of the Apocalypse - New Vegas" by Shrutesh. I am running the ENB v249 d3d9.dll (newest), because I was experiencing problems with some of the older versions (like transparent weapon etc). First I would like to talk about SweetFX. By default, SweetFX should be enabled with this ENB preset, but when my game loads up, and I hit scroll lock, there are no changes. When I hit Print Screen it also saves the SS with the prefix ENB, so I am assuming the ENB is taking the picture, not SweetFX. This leads me to believe that SweetFX is disabled. (I've only ever used ENB, never a combo.) I have tried launching the game two ways. Firstly, I use the 4gb launcher. I have all the .exe and .dll files (ENB and SweetFX files) in the "exes" folder... I get ENB to run, but no SweetFX. I have tried by just launching NVSE, and no luck. ENB but no SweetFX. I've tried both the wrapper and injector versions of ENB. I would really like to get SweetFX working so that I can bring my game to the next level. Still running very smooth without it, 100+fps with ENB activated. Here are some screenshots...

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d0o1dabmanix1ww/mrEPFe-AjF?lst

 

 

One thing that has been really bugging me is this weird hair bug with ENB. The DOF looks amazing, but when you look at an NPCs hair, sometimes the DOF is disabled around it, almost creating an outline of the characters head. I think most of you know what I mean. I am pretty sure there is no way to disable it, but with my current setup it is terrible, especially on Summer Smiles. Check the link above for pictures. Another issue I am having is that some of the NPCs are almost orange on the interiors. One example is Chet, I took a picture of him so that you guys could check it out. I am going to take one of Trudy in the Saloon because she is by far the worste. If anyone has any info on any of these problems, I would really appreciate it. First on my list is getting SweetFX working though.

 

Here is my load order, in case it helps...

 

FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

ClassicPack.esm

MercenaryPack.esm

TribalPack.esm

CaravanPack.esm

Afterschool Special.esm

Caliber.esm

CaliberXhonesthearts.esm

CaliberXgunrunners.esm

CFWNV.esm

FOOK - New Vegas.esm

FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esm

Inventory Access.esm

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm

AWorldOfPain(Preview).esm

More Perks.esm

More Traits.esm

NVInteriors_Core.esm

NVInteriors_WastelandEditon.esm

NVInteriors_ComboEdition.esm

NVInteriors_ComboEdition_AWOP.esm

Project Nevada - Core.esm

Project Nevada - Equipment.esm

Project Nevada - Extra Options.esm

Weapon Mod Expansion.esm

WME - GRA.esm

WME - DLCs.esm

wsex.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - CompletedWorkorders.esm

ELECTRO-CITY - Highways and Byways.esm

oHUD.esm

New Vegas Redesigned II.esm

MikotoBeauty.esm

Project Nevada - Rebalance.esp

Project Nevada - Cyberware.esp

WMR.esm

SomeguySeries.esm

Interior Lighting Overhaul - L38PS.esm

Niner.esm

FCOMaster.esm

Mission Mojave - Ultimate Edition.esp

MMUE-CP-NVInteriors.esp

FPSWeaponWheel.esp

Readius_NV.esp

The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

The Weapon Mod Menu.esp

FOOK - New Vegas.esp

FOOK - New Vegas DLCs.esp

PerkEveryLevel.esp

Project Nevada - Cyberware Additions.esp

Project Nevada - Rebalance Complete.esp

Project Nevada - All DLC.esp

CONELRAD 640-1240.esp

NewVegasBounties.esp

NewVegasBountiesII.esp

wsexInnuendoAnims.esp

wsexInnuendoNPCs.esp

More Perks Update.esp

More Traits Update.esp

BM4A1.esp

epock.esp

pyDoF.esp

Powered Power Armor.esp

1nivVSLArmors.esp

LeatherBackpack - eng.esp

QS_Blackwolf_NV_Backpackmod.esp

Type3 Leather Armors.esp

TGsArmorCollectionVegas.esp

Armor by Race w Undies.esp

Body by Race.esp

NVR- Lore version.esp

New Vegas redesigned- Honest Hearts.esp

AWOPCaliberXAmmoPatch.esp

MMUE-CP-AWOP+NVInteriors.esp

NVWillow.esp

ShilohDS-Color Maps and Icons.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp

dD-Reduced Ragdoll Force.esp

WMXUE.esp

Jump Fall Fixer.esp

EVE FNV - ALL DLC.esp

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp

ILO - GS Shack.esp

ILO - NSkies URWLified Patch.esp

Bouncing Natural Breasts.esp

MikotoBeauty.esp

FOOK-PN Convergence.esp

FCO.esp

FCO - Willow.esp

FCO - Niner.esp

MoreNiner.esp

1nivPNSLPatch.esp

Type3MClothing.esp

CFW-PN-DLC.esp

CFW-PN.esp

AWOP - Dead Money Redone.esp

AWOP - Balance and Cleanup.esp

K3KSuperToolKit.esp

MCL_Weapon_Pack.esp

K3KBriefcaseBomb.esp

WMXUE-CouriersStash.esp

MMUE-CP-WMXUE-EVE.esp

MMUE-CP-Convergence (Stage 1).esp

FOOK-PN-WME-WMXUE-EVE Convergence.esp

FOOK-PN-MicaWpnPak CP.esp

FOOK-PN-AWOP Weapon Convergence.esp

MMUE-CP-ILO.esp

WMR Convergence Edition.esp

Merged Patch.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

Total active plugins: 115

Total plugins: 115

Thanks!

Edited January 26, 2014 by vitalsine

[SariDecember]

Hi vitalsine,

 

glad to see, that someone else is struggling as I do! :P

 

I encountered some similar problems and maybe I got some answers for you!

 

I've managed to run SweetFX with SomberENB (but it looked really crappy)! Important here is, that you add the d3d9_swfx.dll (or whatever you've named it) as ProxyLibrary in the enblocal.ini NOT the enbseries.ini! I've tried the same with ENB of the Apocalypse but I got to the same point as you did! I'll watch this thread, maybe someone can help us out!?

 

The "Arc" you see around the hairs is something you have to deal with because it's an ENB-typical problem with alpha channels. The arc you're seeing are the actual borders of the hair mesh, only that everything except the hairs is made transparent by a texture channel. The ENB doesn't recognize these transparent areas and thus, doesn't/can't apply the DOF in that area.

 

When it comes to the texture issues (Doc's hair) see this thread where Brigand231 helped me out with a solution for some texture issues I had.

TL:DR version: use the injector version of your ENB, add the fnv4gb.exe to the enbinjector.ini by hand and use fnv4gb.exe to run the game. That solved all my crashes and texture issues!

 

Hope that helped, now let's see if someone can solve our SweetFX problem!?

[vitalsine]

Thanks for the reply Sari! Anyway... I guess I can live with the hair mesh thing. I don't believe Doc's hair is a texture issue, it is just when looking at him from certain angles, his hair can appear black on the right side of his head and its white on the other. If I move around to the side where it was just black, now its white. lol. It's like a weird shine of some sort. The texture itself is fine.

 

Here is where I stand now. I downgraded to the v194 ENB that Shrutesh says to install, and voila! SweetFX works when loaded up. Only problem is, there is this major delay first, when I open the game. Menus work fine, just takes a minute. But as soon as my game loads up, my video adapter farts out and screen goes black. When it comes back I have to bring up the process manager to close the game. Weird. I have tried running the game with and without the 4gb launcher. Using multiple methods. I have all the appropriate files in the exes folder, I have some other 4gb launcher in the root that also works, and I have tried with just NVSE and all of them have the same results. When I go to load my game, it takes a while, then video adapter screws up, black screen... I am running a Radeon HD 7970, not OC'd. I edited a few ini values a while back that were related to memory. Is there any chance that those might have something to do with the current issue? I am looking for a solution now... really wanna figure this out!!!

Edited January 26, 2014 by vitalsine

[vitalsine]

Yes! I got it working! Here is my setup...

 

I HAVE to use ENB v173. Maybe its because I have an AMD/ATI card? I toggled ForceNvidiaCard (not really sure if that helped). I am using the 4gb loader in which you have to put the exe and dll files in the exe folder. My setup is like...

 

...\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas ... has all the default files, no dlls, no nvse, no nothing. Just what was originally installed with the game.

...\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\4GB ... has the fnv4gb.exe and fnv4gb_helper.dll and there is the source folder and a folder called exes

...\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\4GB\exes ... this is where I installed NVSE, the ENB and everything else. Make sure you also move both the FalloutNV.exe and launcher to this folder too.

 

Anyway, that is my setup. I actually referred to your thread and instead of fixing the texture it fixed sweetfx. Someone made a post about having to use only 173 with ATI/AMD, not sure if it was even related to sweetfx. Gave it a whirl and it works. Hopefully I dont experience any transparent guns. Thatd stink. Until I find a workaround for a newer ENB I will be stuck with this. Looks amazing though.

[vitalsine]

I am having one new issue now. The windows at the Goodsprings School are flickering, kinda weird. I toggled ENB and SweetFX and they dont seem to be the problem, but I have never noticed it till now lol. Here are a couple screenshots of the flickering, and a pic of the Docs hair...

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d93vnhrvdrlapz8/Sweet.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fcy5hvkactf13yq/Weird%20Black%20Hair%20on%20Doc%20Mitchell%20ENB.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/el2bhstx4xuyi6o/Flickering%20Windows%201.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj9iyylee5ymen/Flickering%20Windows%202.jpg

 

Also, it seems that my gun only goes semi-transparent when I am aiming down the ironsights. I guess I can live with that for now until I find a way to use a newer ENB.

Edited January 26, 2014 by vitalsine

[vitalsine]

FIXED!

 

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/12163439284_a230df6acf_o.jpg

 

http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2765&p=46370#p46370

 

 

I am using a setup that uses both ENB and SweetFX. I can only get SweetFX to work with v.173. Anything up to v.246 will crash my game once I load or start a new game. Once I start using 246/249 I can get the game to work, but SweetFX no longer loads?! Weird. Am I missing something? I have the ProxyLibrary and everything setup correctly, obviously, otherwise it wouldn't work with the older versions. Game still looks great, just want to benefit from the new additions. I am running a Radeon 7970.

 

 

 

 

You have Afterburner running, because only this software have specific bug of not working ENBSeries after 0.173.

 

 

 

I do have Afterburner installed, but it is not open or running. Let me try uninstalling it. Like I mentioned before though, ENB has always worked for me, never ever had an issue until I tried to pair it up with SweetFX using "The ENB of The Apocalypse New Vegas". I am running the game using the 4gb launcher, the one where you have to place everything in the "exes" folder. I was unable to get everything working with the injector, I could get ENB going, but no SweetFX. I'll let you know if I make any progress. Thanks Boris!

Breakdown Update:

Standalone ENB (all versions) works

ENB .173 & SweetFX works

ENB .194-.216 + & SweetFX broken Problem: Black screen at load.

ENB .246+ & SweetFX broken Problem: Game works but SweetFX will not work with ENB.

Update:

Just uninstalled Afterburner and I still can't get the two to work together past ENB .173. .173 + SweetFX works great, I played for about 4 hours earlier without a crash and 135 mods. Like I said earlier, if I put the DLL from ENB .246-249, everything loads up and the game works, but there is only ENB. The SweetFX is bypassed for some reason with that DLL. I am assuming that if it wasn't bypassed it would crash like the other versions. But yea, after my screen goes black, sometimes it boots me to desktop and says that my display driver adapter failed, something along those lines any way. Must be a driver issue? Is there a stable release of the ATI drivers that I should be running or the newest are good? I am running the newest stable drivers.

 

 

 

 

I did tests with Afterburner and it fail to work if mod size is above certain one. What is wrong when using SweetFX together, i don't know and can't help, because two d3d9 libraries are not supported, it's just a trick.

 

 

 

Ok cool. I will have to live with the combination of .173 and SweetFX for now then. I am going to keep working to see if I can find a way around this. I'll let ya know if I have any luck. Thanks again! Love your work!

Update:

Yup, there are no solution to get SweetFX working with ENB .173+, at least on my rig. Tried the injector, wrapper, all diff versions. No luck. Time to actually start playing and stop modding haha. I have to admit the combination of the two looks amazing. I just hate the transparency issues... Have a great night!

 

 

@Vitsaline,

You are aware of the fact that newer versions of the ENB have a separate ENBLocal.ini file where you should set the proxy up yes ?

Cause if you still set it up in the ENBSeries.ini i can imagine that it can give problems.

i don't know for sure if it could lead to problems, but i'm just guessing..

 

 

It worked! WoW!!! haha. So after some further testing... I can now get ENB .246+ to work with SweetFX! Woohoo! Looks amazing, and it also seems to run WAY better than previous. Almost a 13 fps increase and it looks even better lol! I guess all I had to do was modify the ENBSeries.ini file to point to the original d3d9.dll and then I edited ENBLocal to enable the d3d9SWFX.dll and enable proxy library. This is great. Thanks a million! Should I also copy over my edits from enbseries to enblocal? Thanks a million Marcurious! I am also using 4gbNVSE now. Seems to work even better.

Will post some screenshots soon.

Edited January 27, 2014 by vitalsine

[SariDecember]

Hey, congratz! Thanks for reporting back with the solution, so adding the d3d9swfx.dll to the enblocal did the trick? Because that's what I also wrote in my first reply!? ;)

[vitalsine]

Hey, congratz! Thanks for reporting back with the solution, so adding the d3d9swfx.dll to the enblocal did the trick? Because that's what I also wrote in my first reply!? :wink:

 

lol DOH! I think I missed your first reply haha. Thanks a million Sari. The game looks so freakin amazing!

[SariDecember]

Nevermind, sent you a pm...

Edited February 6, 2014 by SariDecember