New to Modding, suffering random CTD's - Please help!

[grolschhorne]

 

Yeah I got issues around 2,8 GB too (missing textures, CTD) so the next step is ENBBoost. I don't know if you heard of it, but it's part of the ENB suite that enhances memory usage. So download the latest enb from here: http://enbdev.com/mod_tesskyrim_v0264.html (use the arrow at the bottom), and move (from the wrapper folder) the files to your Skyrim folder where TESV.exe is located (so not the data folder).

 

In the enblocal file change the values to this:

 

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true => this way only the memory fuctions are enabled and not the graphical features.

 

and

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=256

VideoMemorySizeMb=3968

 

 

 

Ok, will do. Thanks again Bojanni. Just a quick question though, is this a complete replacement for my current Enb? Or will it run alongside my current on (RealVision Enb V26.2b)? I don't mind if I have to change it, I just want to make sure before I remove it.

[grolschhorne]

I went ahead and just copied the files into my skyrim folder as suggested, leaving my current ENB in place also and loaded the game. I was able to fast travel from one side of the map to the other multiple times, and sleep for 4 days straight, another thing that would regularly cause a CTD. I then left my whiterun home and was just about to fast travel back to Markarth to continue questing as I felt that the test had been successful, and then suddenly i had another CTD lol. I would say that the change is better than before, but might not have actually fixed the issue completely.

 

Again I had the performance manager running in the background and here is the up to date screen shot:-

 

http://i1031.photobucket.com/albums/y379/gavinhorneuk/Screenshot_3_zps35a28841.jpeg

 

I will have to play the game for an extended session to see how much more stable the current change has made it for definite, but in the meantime are there any other tweaks that you can suggest to improve stability even further?

[grolschhorne]

I have managed to play the game with the changes for a longer period of time and it seems that I am having one or two issues that I have never encountered before as well as the occasional CTD. Could the new issues be related to the changes?

 

The issues that have just started to happen are as follows:-

 

1. Suddenly losing the ability to move if overencumbered. I regularly take more than I am supposed to carry when crafting in my basement at lakeview manor as I tend to craft a full set of armour and so need a variety of different materials to do so. I have never had this issue before, but now at random intervals I just stop moving completely. I have tested this on several old saves as well as my current save and it now seems to happen every time I go over my weight limit. I installed the 100x carry weight mod (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/8128/?tab=2&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fmodfiles%2F%3Fid%3D8128&pUp=1) to counter act this issue but it doesn't seem to be working at all.

 

2. Sudden lag spikes during gameplay. I was playing for approx 1 hour or so and was walking around the streets of Falkreath. The city came under attack by a dragon which I killed, and afterwards as it was late I decided to sleep at the Inn for the night. As soon as I used the sleep function, the game became very juddery and became unplayable. I managed to leave the inn hoping that a change in world space would rectify the problem but it did not so I saved the game and reloaded it to see if that would clear the issue but it did not. The only way I could make the game run properly again was to exit the program and reload it from scratch. Again, this has never happened before.

 

3. I did not notice this yesterday when I tested the new changes, though I could have missed it as I was a little over tired yesterday but now when I load Skyrim I get the white ENBsuite message in the top left corner followed by the following message in deep red "PATCH SPEEDHACK ENBoost turned on in enblocal.ini, graphic modification disabled". Obviously I am not sure what this means, and so am wondering if this is an error message of some sort?

 

On the positive side, I have noticed that I don't seem to be getting as many blue/missing textures since the changes which is a very welcome improvement.

 

I am very sorry if this seems like a bit of a wasps nest of problem's but I am feeling like I am in way over my head and would very much so appreciate any further advice that you could give to me. I would also like to just again say thank you for your help so far also.