Why does Fallout 4 look like crap and run poorly when Skyrim looks beautiful?

[Sirenapples]

Saving and reloading doesn't help. I had to completely restart the game.

 

That Nexus link memory texture patch whatever thing didn't seem to help, my character would remain with unloaded armor textures until restart and it would happen randomly.

 

 

Downloading ENBoost stuff solved my texture issues, but now my game is damn near unplayable at times where it infuriatingly stutters to hell and back, freezing for seconds at a time sometimes, especially when it actually matters like when I'm getting skullbanged by super mutants. When it does run it seems to be running a lot better though, up until the "stuttering" / freezing.

 

I just barely had to pull the plug on my computer because my game was so unplayable that it didn't even want to close right and even after it closed my computer was a steaming pile of crap unable to so much as exit Task Manager.

 

 

I'm on Windows 10... with an AMD computer which from what I've read seems relevant. As mentioned, it runs Skyrim on High + lots of mods with little to no issue. It's not a bad computer, but it feels like a pile of junk while trying to play this game I've waited so long to finally play.

[motormatt48]

You said it the best...Fallout 4 is just Crap...Mods or no Mods...

[soupdragon1234]

I'm on Windows 10... with an AMD computer which from what I've read seems relevant. As mentioned, it runs Skyrim on High + lots of mods with little to no issue. It's not a bad computer, but it feels like a pile of junk while trying to play this game I've waited so long to finally play.

 

You havn't mentioned what your computers specs are yet... and the recommended specs for FO4 has changed since Skyrim's days FO4's textures for starters are 2-4k (Skyrim's Official HD texture pack's are only 1k) so you could well be running out of Vram amongst other things. AMD's cpu's if thats what you have are well behind the curve of Intel's chips nowadays.

 

And HIgh settings in Skyrim isn't Ultra. If you can't manage that even on a 4+ year old game its really no wonder you're having issues with FO4 my old i7 920 / HD 7950 combo could comfortably play at Ultra + 2k textures with fps to spare and I gave that computer away. :ermm:

Edited January 31, 2016 by soupdragon1234

[Sirenapples]

I don't really know much about sharing system information. But.

 

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x30
CPU Stepping: 0x1
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3493 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)

Video Card:
Driver: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
DirectX Driver Name: aticfx32.dll
Driver Version: 15.301.1201.0
DirectX Driver Version: 8.17.10.1433
Driver Date: 23 Dec 2015
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1

Primary VRAM: 1024 MB

Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

 

Memory:
RAM: 11211 Mb

 

Total Hard Disk Space Available: 1875119 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 1526453 Mb

 

 

My "Installed Software" is bloated with crap Lenovo and AMD had preinstalled, I don't really know what I can uninstall without damaging anything or something.





But it sounds like I might be running out or VRAM as you mentioned. 1024 is only 1GB right? I think recommended is 3. I thought I had more than that. Which I dunno... Advanced Settings in Control Panel shows I have 6629MB, just that 1024 is dedicated. If that makes any difference.

Edit:
Well. Maybe I'm not running out, the 1024 IS just dedicated, but it still uses the rest if it needs to right?

So perhaps the problem is my computer can't process things fast enough?

Edited January 31, 2016 by Sirenapples

[SharraShimada]

Your spec-list does not really show the CPU.

CPU Family: 0x15
CPU Model: 0x30
CPU Stepping: 0x1
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3493 Mhz
4 logical processors
2 physical processors

Thats not letting us know, what series of CPU you are using. Its a Phenom? Phenom II? Whatever? Its even possible thats an A-series.

All we know is, that it has 4 cores at 3,4GHz, but thats only one of the needed infos.

 

But yeah, you are running out of video ram. 1024MB is not enough for high-res textures in FO4.

And from the amount of system RAM you have (11GB) which is an unusual size, i think its 12GB but your graphic-chip takes 1GB from the 12, so it leaves 11 for the system.

But that means: You have a CPU with integrated AMD-Graphics, but no dedicated graphics-board in your system.

 

With that in mind, you have to be grateful, FO4 is running at all. Thats not "gamers hardware" by all means.

Sorry to tell you the truth, but i dont think, you will be able to run FO4 will full capabilities the engine could provide.

[steve40]

I'm finding that the 1.3 beta update eliminates the blurry texture problem, as well as eliminates the lag spikes in built-up areas. I presume it's the "texture threading problem" that Bethesda fixed.

[Sirenapples]

I updated to 1.3 after reading that.

 

I uninstalled ENBoost afterwards. The game runs so much better (Even with ENBoost active it seemed not to stutter as hard, but I didn't play for long with it + 1.3, neither did I go into the city areas where I had the most trouble). However, it did not fix the texture issue.

 

I made a convenient example right here:

 

http://imgur.com/a/di4aj

 

Only thing missing is the armor example, but I haven't seen the same armor that I was noticing the issue in before due to playing on a new character after updating.

 

What's happening seems to be, I'm not 100%, but it seems like after going through any load door the game just remains permanently half-loaded like that with the crap textures as though they were in the distance and not loaded yet or something. If I save and quit the game, then reinter the game then you get the second pic, taken after restarting. Then the textures work properly, until the bug appears again sooner or later.

 

My game hasn't stuttered more than a second or two one or two times since uninstalling ENBoost and updating to 1.3. Hesitant to reinstall ENBoost... It really hit's my game/computer hard it seems. *sigh*

 

Another note is I don't think I see any performance difference when the textures are loaded properly vs when they are screwed up.

Edited February 1, 2016 by Sirenapples

[Boombro]

Many did report much better FPS.

It may be a good idea to get ENBoost and see if it makes it better even.

[Deleted3507349User]

I finally tried ENBoost on top of the 1.3 beta. It seems to work better for a while, then it starts getting stuttery. Never had the problem with vanilla.

[Sirenapples]

With ENBoost active again the game freezes on loading, like it use to. I just have to let it sit for a few seconds just like before. Load times are so much longer with ENBoost on than without, and it stuttered heavily when I alt-tabbed back into it until several seconds had passed. Just now I had to use task manager because the game froze and went unresponsive when I quit.

 

I haven't planed enough to really see if it stutters too much mid-game...

 

In fact I think I'll leave this post unsubmitted until then.... *Elevator music*

 

Yeah, it seems to be running almost as badly as before (At least it was when I quit). Something about ENBoost is messing up my game. I have to choose between reliable gameplay, or working textures.

 

Edit:

Ugh, the load times are so unbearable.

 

I just uninstalled ENBoost again and what do you know, fast load times again. But then there's the damned texture problem back once more.

 

http://imgur.com/a/iEaxm

 

The first two are after loading the game.

The second two are after fast traveling once, just a minute later.

 

 

What does ENBoost do that fixes the texture problem? What can I do to fix this texture issue without having ENBoost on? Or, alternatively, what can I do with ENBoost to make it not screw my game/computer up?

 

Edit: I installed http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/978/? and then reinstalled ENBoost... For some reason when using both, I still get the texture issue. (But not when just using ENBoost)

Edited February 2, 2016 by Sirenapples