Trying to Use ENBoost with No ENB

[bloodycosmos]

EDIT: I have solved this issue. After doing some looking around I found out that I needed to install directx 9.0c because even though the game worked before, for an ENB you need to have the older version of directx installed in order for it to work. This is the thread where I gathered that information from: http://forum.step-project.com/topic/4790-windows-81-update-1-and-enb-dll-errors/

 

I'm completely new to modding Skyrim, so forgive me if I come across as stupid.

 

So I'm wanting to use ENBoost because of all the graphical mods I plan on installing and the fact that Skryim only uses so much memory, but I'm not interested in installing an actual ENB. I take the d3d9l.dll, enblocal.ini, and the enbhost.exe files from the wrapper version and place it into my main Skyrim folder. When I load up the game through SKSE with Mod Organizer the game will show the Bethesda logo and then straight up crash afterwords. I know that no mods are causing the problems because I only have a couple installed and have tried disabling them to no affect. I have also made sure to configure my enblocal and skyrimpref settings according to this particular guide here:

 

I don't know what to do to in order to get the game to not crash.

 

In the case that I do manage to get ENBoost to work without it crashing, another question I have is if I should turn off antialiasing and anisotropic filters through the Skyrim Launcher? I heard that the enblocal.ini already has that configured so you don't need it enabled.

 

I appreciate any help, thanks for your time. Sorry for being a complete noob too.

Edited March 6, 2016 by bloodycosmos

[TonyOQuinn]

The long answer is use the STEP guide to install a stable Skyrim platform with everything you need to start modding.

The short answer, which may get you going: Use this STEP guide to configure your skse.ini. And this STEP guide for enblocal.ini.

In your enbseries.ini, you can simply disable enb effects (enboost will still manage AA and AF).

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=false

p.s. Yes, you should disable aa, af, and water effects when you select a video profile in Skyrim Launcher, because enb will handle those effects.

Edited March 5, 2016 by Tony_OQuinn

[bloodycosmos]

 

The long answer is use the STEP guide to install a stable Skyrim platform with everything you need to start modding.

The short answer, which may get you going: Use this STEP guide to configure your skse.ini. And this STEP guide for enblocal.ini.

In your enbseries.ini, you can simply disable enb effects (enboost will still manage AA and AF).

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=false

p.s. Yes, you should disable aa, af, and water effects when you select a video profile in Skyrim Launcher, because enb will handle those effects.

 

 

So I've followed pretty much of all of that to a T and it's still crashing on me.

[TonyOQuinn]

In that case I should have given you the correct link to the long answer STEP Guide. I recommend go through this guide and adhere to it up to the point where STEP recommends you make a backup. You should have a stable Skyrim with enb or only enboost and a vanilla mod list close to this:

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Edited March 5, 2016 by Tony_OQuinn

[bloodycosmos]

 

In that case I should have given you the correct link to the long answer STEP Guide. I recommend go through this guide and adhere to it up to the point where STEP recommends you make a backup. You should have a stable Skyrim with enb or only enboost and a vanilla mod list close to this:

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

 

 

I have already followed that particular guide to a T, the only mod that I have installed is the Unofficial Legendary Patch as well as SKSE. I have tried toggling off those mods and everything and it still manages to crash me. I'm not really interested in having an actual ENB preset installed, I just want the enblocal to work in order for Skyrim to be able to properly use the memory.

[TonyOQuinn]

You are Johnny-on-the-Spot, sir, and I am Mr. Stumped because STEP all about stability. Maybe I can help find a typo or we're overlooking something simple. Could you post your enblocal.ini, skse.ini, and from your MO profile folder skyrimprefs.ini?

[bloodycosmos]

You are Johnny-on-the-Spot, sir, and I am Mr. Stumped because STEP all about stability. Maybe I can help find a typo or we're overlooking something simple. Could you post your enblocal.ini, skse.ini, and from your MO profile folder skyrimprefs.ini?

 

No problem, I'm completely as stumped as you as to why this is a problem. I should have gone ahead and listed those things earlier.

 

enblocal.ini

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=false

IgnoreCreationKit=true

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=512

VideoMemorySizeMb=7816

EnableCompression=true

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

[THREADS]

DataSyncMode=1

PriorityMode=0

EnableUnsafeFixes=false

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=false

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true

MaxAnisotropy=16

ForceLodBias=false

LodBias=0.0

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

EnableVSync=false

VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

EnableFPSLimit=false

FPSLimit=10.0

[iNPUT]

//shift

KeyCombination=16

//f12

KeyUseEffect=123

//home

KeyFPSLimit=36

//num / 106

KeyShowFPS=106

//print screen

KeyScreenshot=44

//enter

KeyEditor=13

//f4

KeyFreeVRAM=115

//B

KeyBruteForce=66

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]

Enable=false

Quality=1

DesiredFPS=20.0

[ANTIALIASING]

EnableEdgeAA=false

EnableTemporalAA=false

EnableSubPixelAA=false

[FIX]

FixGameBugs=true

FixParallaxBugs=true

FixParallaxTerrain=false

FixAliasedTextures=false

IgnoreInventory=true

FixTintGamma=false

RemoveBlur=false

FixSubSurfaceScattering=true

FixSkyReflection=true

FixCursorVisibility=true

FixLag=false

[LONGEXPOSURE]

EnableLongExposureMode=false

Time=1.0

BlendMax=0.0

 

skyrimprefs.ini

 

 

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=2

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=8000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=0

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=1e+007

fGamma=1.0000

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=3500

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1080

iSize W=1920

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960"

bFXAAEnabled=0

iShadowMapResolution=4096

fShadowBiasScale=0.15

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=0

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000

fBlockMaximumDistance=250000

fBlockLevel1Distance=70000

fBlockLevel0Distance=35000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.5

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=1000

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=100

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15

fLODFadeOutMultItems=15

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=3

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

EDIT: SKSE ini is the same as what you've already listed above.

Edited March 5, 2016 by bloodycosmos

[TonyOQuinn]

Here's a couple of things to to start out with.

enblocal.ini

[PROXY]

; this is a minor thing not related to ctd, but I recommend an smaa helper

; STEP recommends Mr. Haandi http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html

; You'll need to rename the .dll to something like enbd3d9_smaa.dll

EnableProxyLibrary=true

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=enbd3d9_smaa.dll

[ENGINE]

; EnableVSync=false <-- this may be a problem, should be true unless you force vsync in the video control panel (not adaptive)

; without vsync or limiter fps is going through the roof, could cause ctd at loading screen

EnableVSync=true

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

; EnableFPSLimit=false <-- true unless you force vsync in video control panel

EnableFPSLimit=true

; FPSLimit=10.0 <-- this is equal to monitor refresh rate or slightly less

FPSLimit=60.0

[ANTIALIASING]

; EnableEdgeAA=false <-- this should be true, eventually we want enboost to handle aa

EnableEdgeAA=true

p.s. Can you launch the tools from MO, Creation Kit, or TES5Edit? In TES5Edit, can you see all the plugins?

Edited March 5, 2016 by Tony_OQuinn

[bloodycosmos]

 

Here's a couple of things to to start out with.

enblocal.ini

[PROXY]

; this is a minor thing not related to ctd, but I recommend an smaa helper

; STEP recommends Mr. Haandi http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html

; You'll need to rename the .dll to something like enbd3d9_smaa.dll

EnableProxyLibrary=true

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=enbd3d9_smaa.dll

[ENGINE]

; EnableVSync=false <-- this may be a problem, should be true unless you force vsync in the video control panel (not adaptive)

; without vsync or limiter fps is going through the roof, could cause ctd at loading screen

EnableVSync=true

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

; EnableFPSLimit=false <-- true unless you force vsync in video control panel

EnableFPSLimit=true

; FPSLimit=10.0 <-- this is equal to monitor refresh rate or slightly less

FPSLimit=60.0

[ANTIALIASING]

; EnableEdgeAA=false <-- this should be true, eventually we want enboost to handle aa

EnableEdgeAA=true

p.s. Can you launch the tools from MO, Creation Kit, or TES5Edit? In TES5Edit, can you see all the plugins?

 

 

So I went ahead and did your suggestions with the vsync even though I do have it set up in my NVIDIA controls and it still crashed. I've decided to completely start from scratch. I will be uninstalling Skyrim completely as well as remove the couple of mods that I have and basically do another fresh installation. After that I will only be putting in the ENB files into my Skyrim, no Mod Organizer or SKSE or anything else. So basically I will have a clean Skyrim with only the ENB just to see if that works.

[bloodycosmos]

 

Here's a couple of things to to start out with.

enblocal.ini

[PROXY]

; this is a minor thing not related to ctd, but I recommend an smaa helper

; STEP recommends Mr. Haandi http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html

; You'll need to rename the .dll to something like enbd3d9_smaa.dll

EnableProxyLibrary=true

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=enbd3d9_smaa.dll

[ENGINE]

; EnableVSync=false <-- this may be a problem, should be true unless you force vsync in the video control panel (not adaptive)

; without vsync or limiter fps is going through the roof, could cause ctd at loading screen

EnableVSync=true

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

; EnableFPSLimit=false <-- true unless you force vsync in video control panel

EnableFPSLimit=true

; FPSLimit=10.0 <-- this is equal to monitor refresh rate or slightly less

FPSLimit=60.0

[ANTIALIASING]

; EnableEdgeAA=false <-- this should be true, eventually we want enboost to handle aa

EnableEdgeAA=true

p.s. Can you launch the tools from MO, Creation Kit, or TES5Edit? In TES5Edit, can you see all the plugins?

 

 

I have ended up solving this issue, as it turns out I found out that I needed to install directx 9.0c because even though the game worked before, for an ENB you need to have the older version of directx installed in order for it to work now. This is the thread where I gathered that information from: http://forum.step-project.com/topic/4790-windows-81-update-1-and-enb-dll-errors/

 

I did want to thank you for your time with trying to help me with this issue. I appreciate the links you've given me and they have helped me to set up my new installation of Skyrim where I tested only the ENB files.