Floating, independent textures/Textures outside of mesh

[RosyGrogEnigma]

My wit's end, that is where I'm at. I have a problem with low-res textures appearing away from structures, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it (except restarting the game, which works for five minutes). Since a picture says more than a thousand words, I'll cut down the length of this post considerably by posting a screenshot.

 

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/AyleeshaSilversong/Skyrim/OMFGHorror.jpg

 

So far the problem is mostly restricted to Solstheim exteriors, although I've seem some instances of textures hovering above the ground in interiors as well. I've had a similar problem in the Fallout games, but there a quicksave/load has fixed it. Here, I have to quit the game and restart, but the problem returns when I enter a new area. When I first arrived in Solstheim everything was dandy, but after a couple of hours this problem started, and I've been unable to find a fix, probably mostly because I can't think of a way to frame my Google search properly. :S

 

My mod list *deep breath* :

 

Achieve That!

Acquisitive Soul Gems

aMidianBorn Book of Silence – Armors

aMidianBorn Book of Silence – Content Addon

aMidianBorn Book of Silence – Unique Items

aMidianBorn Book of Silence – Weapons

aMidianBorn Caves and Mines

aMidianBorn Wolf Armor and Skyforge Weapons

AOF Detailed Mountains

Apocalypse – Magic of Skyrim

Auto Unequip Ammo

Bandolier

Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized

Better Dialogue Controls

Better MessageBox Controls

Better Stealth for AI Followers

Book Covers Skyrim

Breezehome FullyUpgradable

Campfire

Categorized Favorites Manu

Cinematic Fire Effects

Clear Skies Fix

Climates of Tamriel

Cloaks of Skyrim

Clothing and Clutter Fixes

Complete Alchemy and Crafting Overhaul

Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade

Convenient Horses

D13 Faster Get Up, Stand Up

Daedric Dawnbreaker

Deadly Dragons

Designs of the Nords

Double Torch Radius

Dovakhiin Relaxes Too

Dust Effects

Dynavision

Enhanced Lights and FX

Even Better Quest Objectives

Falskaar

Female Face Retexture

Fences of Skyrim

Fix Lip Sync

Follower Commentary Overhaul

Footprints

Frostfall

Guard Dialogue Overhaul

Harvest Overhaul

HD Enhanced Terrain

Helgen Reborn

High Definition Ivy

Hold Border Banners

Hunterborn

Hunters Cabin of Riverwood

iHUD

Imaginator

Immersive Amazing Follower Tweaks

Immersive Armors

Immersive Fallen Trees Mod

Immersive Roads

Immersive Weapons

Improved Sneak Detection

iNeed

Lanterns of Skyrim

LeanWolf’s Better-Shaped Weapons

Lockpick Graduation

Lovely Hairstyles

Moonlight Tales

moreHUD

Move it Damnit for NPC Companions and Followers

Natural Grass Texture Floor

No Sneak Attack Sound

Paper World Map

Perkus Maximus

PerMa Defluffing Perks

PerMa Headless

Populated Skyrim Hell Edition

Predator Vision

Pretty Face

Pumping Iron

Pure Waters

RaceMenu

Realistic Ragdolls and Force

Realistic Smoke and Embers

Realistic Water Two

RealVision ENB

Recruit More Blades

Ren’s HD Shrines

Revenge of the Enemies 2016

Rugnarok

Ruins Clutter Improved

Run for Your Lives

SkyFalls + SkyMills

Skyrim –Community- Uncapper

Skyrim Flora Overhaul

Skyrim HD – 2k Textures

Skyrim Project Optimization

SkyUI

SMIM

Sometimes Pick Up Books

Soultrap Sound Edit

Splash of Rain

Status

Sustained Spells

The Eyes of Beauty

Thundering Shouts

Transparent Wave Spray

TreesHD

True Storms

UFO

Unique Uniques

Unlimited Bookshelves

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch

Upgrade and Fix for TreesHD

Vivid Clouds and Fog

Vivid Landscapes – All in One

Vivid Landscapes – All in One – Smim Farmhouse Stuff

Watercolor for ENB and Realistic Water Two

Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade

Wet and Cold

When Vampires Attack

Winter is Coming – Cloaks

Wiseman303’s Flora Fixes

XP32 Maximum Skeleton

Your Own Thoughts

 

Any help would be appreciated. :smile:

[Project579]

Are they actually texture can u walk through them?

[RosyGrogEnigma]

Can walk through them, yes. Annoyingly, on some ruined towers the low-res textures hide the openings, so I can't see where to enter, and even worse, I can't see archers behind them.

[Project579]

I never saw something like do u know the mod that is editing that area?

[Darkstyler35]

Hello,

 

It looks like a LOD issue. Does saving where it occurs and reloading the save resolves the problem ? And when coming back later by fast travel it happens again randomly ? I had a similar issue several months ago, seemed to have disappeared by itself. Suggest to googlesearch it : https://www.google.fr/#q=skyrim+LOD+issues.

 

Good luck

[RosyGrogEnigma]

If I save where the problem is and reload immediately, the problem persists.

If I save and quit the game, then the problem is gone when I reload.

 

The problem is only gone where I saved, though. All other locations are corrupt when I reach them, whether I fast travel there or walk. After a while, the location where I loaded becomes corrupt as well.

 

Fort Frostmoth and Tel Mithryn:

 

 

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/AyleeshaSilversong/Skyrim/Fort%20Frostmoth%20Corrupt.jpg

 

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/AyleeshaSilversong/Skyrim/Tel%20Mithryn%20Corrupt.jpg

 

 

 

 

It seems I've started getting some grey ground textures as well. Could corrupt textures be causing this? Would the fix be to reinstall my mods?

[Project579]

It's a LOD issue i just had it using TES5LODgen on Enderal the LOD doesn't disappear when you load the location, using DynDOLOD fixed it for me; restoring vanilla LODs may work as well.

[Darkstyler35]

<Could corrupt textures be causing this> I don't think this has anything to do with textures, but LOD not unloading or something. Problem is it's difficult to target an eventual culprit mod directly using a selective loading, as reloading the game corrects the issue.

• If you have a C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\lodsettings folder with something in it, you may try to rename it to invalidate it's content, then test enough time in game.
• Untick 50% of your mods, beginning by the end of your load order and test in game. Then depending on if the problem occurs again or not, increase /decrease the remaining loading mods to find the culprit.
• Backup your ini files and delete the files. Skyrim.ini / SkyrimCustom.ini / SkyrimPrefs.ini found in C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Skyrim then use your vanilla launcher to autodetect and use best settings for your computer and test in game.

[RosyGrogEnigma]

I started the unticking routine, but with over 160 mods installed, I wanted to try every other solution first. :P You mentioning it was a LoD issue made me go through all my mods, and it appears I've found the culprit, so thanks. :)

 

I am using RealVision ENB for Climates of Tamriel V; however, I had installed Particle Patch and Subsurface Scattering Patch for RealVision ENB. Once I removed those and installed the ones recommended for RealVision ENB for CoT V, the issue disappeared*. :)

 

What made me think that it was a texture issues was what I mentioned as "grey ground textures". It seems as if the fallen ash everywhere is lighter and smoother now than it used to be, so that is what tricked me.

 

 

*Of course, those are supposed to be installed before any of my other graphics mods, so we'll have to see what troubles I've made for myself this time.

[Darkstyler35]

Glad you've resolved you're issue, good luck with your game.