How to setup thread affinity and priority?

[Stoneage]

I'm using Skyrim with TESV Acceleration Layer but how can permanently setup the cpu affinity and priority to tesv.exe when I must start the skse_loader first? I'm using this shortcut to start skse_loader: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C START "Skyrim" /high /affinity 3 "D:\The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim\skse_loader.exe" and setup a high thread priority and affinity to 2 cores. To be honestly I hardly see any improvement but I would like this boost on my tesv.exe? How can I apply this when I must start skse_loader first?

[Stoneage]

I'm using Skyrim with TESV Acceleration Layer but how can permanently setup the cpu affinity and priority to tesv.exe when I must start the skse_loader first? I'm using this shortcut to start skse_loader: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C START "Skyrim" /high /affinity 3 "D:\The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim\skse_loader.exe" and setup a high thread priority and affinity to 2 cores. To be honestly I hardly see any improvement but I would like this boost on my tesv.exe? How can I apply this when I must start skse_loader first?

 

Problem solved. I use process.exe and a batch file from the internet with delayed loading (/wait) and pause (choice):

 

start /wait skse_loader

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 01

choice /D N /T 1 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 11

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 01

choice /D N /T 1 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 11

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 01

 

choice /D N /T 1 > NUL

process -a TESV.exe 11

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -p TESV.exe High

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -p TESV.exe High

 

choice /D N /T 10 > NUL

process -p TESV.exe High

 

When I look in the task manager TESV.exe is high priority!

Edited December 26, 2011 by Stoneage

[runicNomad]

I used this program for saving the affinity and priority of tesV

http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html

really useful I think

[Stoneage]

I used this program for saving the affinity and priority of tesV

http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html

really useful I think

 

I can't see where you can change both? The title of the program title "Priority Saver" and I can't see any in the documentation?

[runicNomad]

hmm does it not save the affinity then...

I use it and it is set to all cores and high priority and it stays there

when I click on the app or process I get all the new options from prio

[Stoneage]

hmm does it not save the affinity then...

I use it and it is set to all cores and high priority and it stays there

when I click on the app or process I get all the new options from prio

 

Thanks for the reply. Are you sure TSVE.exe get a high priority? I didn't noticed much improvement in the game. This is my story: This laptop isn't really a gamer laptop neither it is a good laptop but with some effort you can play "The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim" with medium settings. I recommend to install Ati Tray Tools and enable every tweak options you can select except of one option title "alternate pixelcenter". Also I suggest to change the resolution to 1024x600. Unfortunatley you must edit the preference files as the Skyrim loader doesn't like this resolution. Install the TSVE acceleration layer and run the game with my priority and affinity batch loader (you need to install process.exe from here: http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/processutil/processutil.htm). Don't forget to update the video card driver with my version. I suggest to download some mods with the nexus modder as it makes the game looks nicer and some mods are performance related too. I also run Turion Power States Optimization and Control in scaler mode with only one frequency and I set the fan speed to max because this laptop overheat very quickly and wants a thermal shutdown in a second. With this you should get about 20-25 FPS. Not very much but best bang for the bucks.

Edited December 27, 2011 by Stoneage