Strange graphical issues with Better Cities

[Arcticwolf6]

Hi everyone, I'm attempting to use Better Cities and I'm encountering a strange graphical error that I've never seen before. It looks like huge lines jutting out everywhere. It happens consistently in Chorrol. It happens at the Anvil docks but only if I have it set to Better Open Cities. With Chorrol it doesn't matter.

 

I've pretty much narrowed it down to Better Cities but I'm not sure what to do. Any advice? I'd love to still be able to use it. Thanks.

 

Processor: Intel® Core i7-4930K CPU @3.40GHz

RAM: 16.0 GB

System type: 64 bit OS, x64 based processor

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 8990

 

Load Order:

 

Oblivion.esm
All Natural Base.esm
bookplacing.esm
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esm
Cobl Main.esm
Better Cities Resources.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCVileLair - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCHorseArmor - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCOrrery - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCSpellTomes - Unofficial Patch.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
DLCFrostcrag - Unofficial Patch.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
Idle Dialogue.esp
Streamline 3.1.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul.esp
All Natural - Real Lights.esp
Better Cities Full.esp
xulRiverEthe.esp
xulTheEasternPeaks.esp
xulCloudtopMountains.esp
xulAncientYews.esp
Better Imperial City.esp
xulBravilBarrowfields.esp
Book Jackets Oblivion - BP.esp
xulLushWoodlands.esp
xulCheydinhalFalls.esp
xulSilverfishRiverValley.esp
xulBlackwoodForest.esp
xulBeachesOfCyrodiilLostCoast.esp
xulColovianHighlands_EV.esp
xulChorrolHinterland.esp
xulArriusCreek.esp
xulSnowdale.esp
xulAncientRedwoods.esp
xulJerallGlacier.esp
Sounds of Cyrodiil.esp
xulEntiusGorge.esp
xulCliffsOfAnvil.esp
xulBrenaRiverRavine.esp
bartholm.esp
All Natural.esp
Oblivion_Character_Overhaul.esp
xulTheHeath.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt.esp
All Natural - SI.esp
Symphony of Violence.esp
Book Placement v2.esp
OblivionReloaded.esp
Oblivion XP.esp
xuldarkforest.esp
xulAspenWood.esp
xulFallenleafEverglade.esp
P1DkeyChain.esp
Cobl Si.esp
Cobl Silent Equip Misc.esp
Better Cities - IC Imperial Isle.esp
xulRollingHills_EV.esp
xulSkingradOutskirts.esp
xulStendarrValley.esp
xulPantherRiver.esp
Better Cities .esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Skingrad Outskirts.esp
xulImperialIsle.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Barrowfields.esp
Cobl Glue.esp
VaultsofCyrodiil.esp
PTArtifacts.esp
Immersive Interiors.esp
Better Cities - Open Better Cities.esp
Oscuro's_Oblivion_Overhaul - Knights of Nine.esp
Cobl Tweaks.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Cheydinhal Falls.esp
KvatchRebuilt-CheydinhalFalls patch.esp
xulPatch_AY_AC.esp
Kvatch Rebuilt - No More Burned Ground.esp
Better Cities - Unique Landscape Snowdale.esp
OOO-CliffsOfAnvil patch.esp
Alternative Start by Robert Evrae.esp
Better Cities Chorrol - Immersive Interiors.esp
Better Cities - All Natural.esp
Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp
OOO-JerallGlacier patch.esp
Better Cities IC Waterfront - Unique Landscape Imperial Isle.esp
MidasSpells.esp
Better Cities Anvil Open - Knights of the Nine.esp
OOO-Snowdale patch.esp
Better Cities - Alternative Start Arrive by Ship.esp
Better Cities Chorrol - Knights of the Nine.esp
Better Cities Bravil - Unique Landscape Panther River patch.esp

 

 

RAM: 16 gb

Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 8990

Windows 8.1 64 bit

Intel i7-4930K 3.40GHz

 

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/rtdVcgs.jpg?1

[shinobi2008]

Wow, never seen anything like that before. Did you install ENB or any other shaders by any chance? Have tried starting a new game without Better Cities? Here's what you do if you have not done this. Teleport to testinghall (coc testinghall). Set all cities to closed state (make sure you do this or the cities will be a mess). Save and Exit. Deactivate the Better Cities.esp. Rebuild the bashed patch if you are using Wrye Bash. You can keep the Better Cities.esm active; it won't do anything without the other files. Now start a new game. Go to Chorrol and see if you still see the same graphical errors. If you don't, perhaps you installed the mod incorrectly? And you would need to use BOSS to sort your mod order.

 

P.S make a backup of your current save somewhere safe along with information regarding which mods were active.

Edited October 30, 2015 by shinobi2008

[Malurth]

Wow, I have the exact same issue, actually! But I don't even have Better Cities. I do have the unique landscape stuff, so maybe that is the culprit.

 

The only other mods we have in common are All Natural, UOP, Oblivion Reloaded, and Oblivion XP, as far as I can tell.

 

Edit: Yes indeed, after disabling all of the xul .esp files (looking back, I actually missed a few) and rebuilding the Bashed Patch, all of the symptoms vanished. Hopefully this is all the fault of one bad .esp, and isn't some sort of issue we're both experiencing where changed landscapes mods always bug out. In such a case it might be Oblivion Reloaded's fault, methinks. Idk.

Edited October 30, 2015 by Malurth

[lubronbrons]

maybe it's clipping issue

you can try this Land Magic

install that mod last after everything

then run exe Land Magic patch based on your system 32 or 64 bit

hope solved some land clipping issue

[Malurth]

I'm pretty sure it's oblivion reloaded. I had all those unique landscape mods disabled, and I was still getting graphical glitches. Once I saw the screwed-up lines again like the screenshot OP posted, I decided to disable OR entirely; this definitely fixed it, everything is fine even with those landscape mods activated.

 

I know the last release of OR was like three days ago, so it's current enough to apparently be buggy without people noticing, I'm guessing.

[wellden]

OR was released Sept. 15th (3.0.2)...not 3 days ago and I have it running fine with better cities. See my post on OR site. Over 1600 people have it running beautifully with all kinds of mods. I have tested it along with many others and it works beautifully. The water is the best ever. If you uninstall...you are missing out. The author of OR tests it extensively to make sure of compatibility with a large variety of mods. I can assure you it works

[shinobi2008]

I agree with wellden. I also use OR along with BC and UL compilation and whole bunch of other mods and no graphical glitches whatsoever unless it's my fault that is.

Edited November 1, 2015 by shinobi2008

[wellden]

" unless it's my fault that is".

And I agree with shinobi2008. 99.9% of all mod issues came back on me for not reading all documentation that comes with a mod. BTW, new version of OR releasing soon, I think. Grass shader problem (which looks similar to screen above) and equipment mode fixed. Many thanks to Alenet for a fantastic job on OR!