Trouble with 4GB Enabler and ENBoost

[rgeddie123456]

I don't know what went wrong but I can't seem to get these two to work together! I downloaded the 4GB Enabler (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55061/?) and have been using it for some time, it works well on its own. I got ENBoost from here (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/51670/?)

 

It says on the page of the 4GB Enabler If you want to use an ENB, SweetFX, or FXAA Injector you need to add the following launch options to the shortcut
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\FNV4GB.exe" -laaexe .\FalloutNV4GB.exe

 

Now, I've done that and when I run the game, I can clearly see the white message on the upper left corner of the screen. ENBoost is working well however, when I finish loading a saved game, the game's FPS decreased dramatically. (from 60 constant to 30-35). Another problem is that the game is kinda grey and not colorful like it used to be. Surely, this is an error but I don't know what I did wrong.

 

If you guys have any idea, please help me out. Maybe I was careless and missed an important note, I don't know :(

 

[dubiousintent]

For FNV4GB you need to create an "exes" folder in the game root folder (Fallout New Vegas\exes). The unmodified game launcher goes in there. That is also where you put the ENB version of D3D9.dll. It sounds like you have done this because you are getting the ENB display messages in the upper left corner of the screen.

 

Two things then: if you are not happy with the appearance of the game under the "preset" you are using, you can try others. Please read this entry in the wiki article "Fallout NV Mod Conflict Troubleshooting Guide" first, though.

 

Second: ENB will cause an FPS drop, period. There is always a trade-off between performance and "pretty" whether it's "post-processors" or high res textures. A drop of around -30-50 FPS is expected with ENB. So your result is right in the expected range. Doesn't sound like you did anything wrong. Continue reading the ENB entries from the point I gave earlier for some suggestions on possible tweaks to improve performance.

 

But 30-35FPS is quite playable. This is an older game. It doesn't take advantage of multi-core processors and the latest hardware. You can't expect the performance of the latest games, so lower your expectations.

 

BTW: Windows 10 has an even bigger hit on ENB. The author isn't using Win10 and can't fix it at the moment, if at all.

 

-Dubious-

Edited August 10, 2016 by dubiousintent

[rgeddie123456]

Thanks for the reply, Dubious!

I've gotten it to work properly now. I played around with some of the settings and I only had to turn on "UseOriginalPostProcessing" under "Effects", the (kinda) grey effect problem was solved. The massive FPS drop was due to the other effects such as AA, these were also under "Effects" and I gained FPS after I disabled them. Silly of me to come running here without checking out and changing the settings.

 

My laptop's GPU is only a GT 750 M so obviously I want to get the best performance possible, that's why I got mods like the 4 GB Enabler and ENBoost. I used them when I previously played Fallout 3 and they worked well. One quick question though, do I have to turn off AA and AF (via the FalloutNV launcher, in "Options" under "Play") ? I saw they were off in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JwmlFrO_kA)

[RoyBatterian]

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\FNV4GB.exe" -laaexe .\FalloutNV4GB.exe

 

This forces the file to be called FalloutNV4GB.exe and does *not* create a directory called "exes". This is suggested so that any files added to the root folder (like ENB or sweetfx) will work properly without any further work on the users part.

 

The injector.exe, or any additional loaded shaders or dll's will not work correctly if you put the d3d9.dll into the "exes" folder, and other dll's in the root folder may also not load which can cause any number of problems.

 

The downside is you need to either add this FalloutNV4GB.exe (or FalloutMO.exe) to the driver profile manually for nvidia users, or create a new profile for that exe for ATI users so that the driver detects the game is running.

 

I have created a patch recently to make this all easier without all the hassle, I just need to make a patching program that stupid antivirus software doesn't freak out about. :|