Textures Unstable/Missing

[Acacophony]

So I've been playing with the same load order for around 15 hours of gameplay. I have made some tweaks, tried out a couple new mods, but basically kept it the same.

 

I will be the first to admit that I didn't back up my saves before messing with it, which I know is really bad and that's on me. I'm still hoping someone can help me, though.

 

Recently I used NMM's mod profile feature to disable all my mods and create a "clean" profile for testing my own creations. Now that I'm finished, I swapped back to my previous profile to continue my game. I noticed that it didn't actually re-enable all the mods properly, so that might have contributed to this problem.

 

Today I tried out a new mod (1930's retro fashion) on top my current load order, but when I loaded it up into my game, almost all my textures were just missing. The meshes are still there, and it looks like the light scattering information is still there, but the textures themselves are just black. Here's a screenshot of what I am talking about

I managed to fix it by uninstalling the mod and then verifying my game files through steam, and that fixed it the first time. When uninstalling the mod by itself didn't fix the issue I figured it must be unrelated, so once I validated my game files and was sure the game was working properly again, I gave it another try and had the same issue. The second time, though, validating my game files did NOT solve the problem for that save. I backed up to an earlier save and things appeared to be fine until I started moving. Some camera angles cause the whole game to snap back into something like the image above, where as others are just normal. This is the case for both 1st and 3rd person.

I organized my order with LOOT, made adjustments for individual mods based on the mod author's requirements, and then used Wrye Bash just to take a look at the load order make sure there was no complications. It didn't really require a bash patch that I saw, so I'm not using one. The only adjustment I made was using FO4Edit to sort the master files for a couple mods because they were asking for them out of order.

The files I resorted the masters for were:

K9TacticalHarness

Armorsmith Extended NightVision

Z_Horizon_Patch_ArmorsmithExtended

Scrap Everything - Ultimate Edition

Here is my full load order. It is a heavy load and has never been 100% stable. I get random ctds that I can't re-create, but they're not very frequent so I just save a lot. I used to get random ctds like this just with the vanilla game too, just not quite so often, because my laptop isn't the best for Fallout 4.

It's worth stating that I also have a lot of texture mods installed that don't end up in the load order because they aren't plug-ins. I suspect my random ctds might just be because of the heavy texture loads, and have been meaning to experiment with adjusting my graphics preferences to see if that helps.

Fallout4.esm=1

DLCRobot.esm=1

DLCworkshop01.esm=1

DLCCoast.esm=1

DLCworkshop02.esm=1

DLCworkshop03.esm=1

DLCNukaWorld.esm=1

Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch.esp=1

ArmorKeywords.esm=1

Armorsmith Extended.esp=1

Reverb and Ambiance Overhaul.esp=1

DarkerNightsDetection.esp=1

FAR.esp=1

Insignificant Object Remover.esp=1

OVT.esp=1

LooksMenu.esp=1

LooksMenu Customization Compendium.esp=1

KSHairdos.esp=1

Lots More Female Hairstyles.esp=1

AzarPonytailHairstyles.esp=1

CBBE.esp=1

UniquePlayer.esp=1

Companion Infinite Ammo.esp=1

Wasteland Workshop Streetlights.esp=1

HomePlateConnected.esp=1

Vivid Weathers - FO4.esp=1

Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Autumn.esp=1

Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Far Harbor.esp=1

Vivid Weathers - Nuka World.esp=1

DarkerNights.esp=1

Armorsmith All DLCs Patch.esp=1

BetterSettlersNoLollygagging.esp=1

BetterSettlers.esp=1

BetterSettlersCleanFacePack.esp=1

BetterSettlersFarHarborPatch.esp=1

SteevinsClothesPack.esp=1

SC-AE Patch.esp=1

SC-BetterSettlersPatch.esp=1

Harness-calyps.esp=1

SC-CalypsHarnessPatch.esp=1

slevins_chemVFX-Light.esp=1

EveryonesBestFriend.esp=1

Glowing Animals Emit Light.esp=1

Crimsomrider's 1950s Feminine Outfits.esp=1

Better Cooking Stations.esp=1

Better Cooking Stations - Far Harbor + Nuka World patch.esp=1

Friffy_Fixed Curtains.esp=1

Friffy_Fixed Rugs.esp=1

K9TacticalHarness.esp=1

LongerPowerLines3x.esp=1

Armorsmith Extended NightVision.esp=1

OCDecorator.esp=1

OCDecoratorDLC.esp=1

OCDispenser.esp=1

Some Assembly Required.esp=1

OWR_CraftableDecor.esp=1

OWR_CraftableDecor_CW.esp=1

SciFiGuru_Paintings.esp=1

3dscopes-framework.esp=1

3dscopes-replacer-FarHarbor.esp=1

3dscopes-replacer-NukaWorld.esp=1

3dscopes-replacer.esp=1

Smoke-able Cigars.esp=1

Some Assembly Required (Legendary Patch).esp=1

Swinging Meat Bags.esp=1

TunableRadio.esp=1

Eli_Faction Housing Overhaul - The Castle.esp=1

WET.esp=1

Port-A-Diner Perfection.esp=1

OWR.esp=1

Tina's Candy Land.esp=1

female_player_soldier_fix_robot.esp=1

CWSS Redux.esp=1

console.esp=1

Settler Sandbox Overhaul.esp=1

Z_Horizon.esp=1

Z_Horizon_DLC_All.esp=1

Z_Horizon_DEFUI.esp=1

Z_Horizon_Diff_Wanderer.esp=1

Z_Horizon_Patch_ArmorsmithExtended.esp=1

Z_Horizon_StrictCarryWeight.esp=1

Z_Horizon_Tags.esp=1

Scrap Everything - Ultimate Edition.esp=1

and here is my laptop's specs

Lenovo ThinkPad, WIndows 10 Pro

Intel Core i7 - 5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.39 GHz

8 GB of ram

64 bit OS

AMD Radeon R7 M265 Series display adapter

My computer actually has switchable graphics, but I only play FO4 on the AMD adapter. Unfortunately my computer will only display the dedicated memory for the integrated graphics card and not the dedicated card, so I can't give that information. However, I've played hundreds of hours in Fallout 4 and I don't think my hardware is inherently the problem even if its not the best.

Edited March 24, 2017 by Acacophony

[greekrage]

not sure but that could also be caused by settings with your shadows...

 

Example ..when i disable shadows i get that type of effect where some things are black...(even in the load screen )

[Acacophony]

My shadows are set to "low quality" which is what they've always been set to, except for when I want to take really good quality screen shots.

 

I can post my .ini files if that might help?

Edited March 25, 2017 by Acacophony

[greekrage]

try raising them just to test and see what happens...

 

Also you might wanna try bilago's fallout 4 configuration tool that could help set you up with shadows without the cost of too many frames.

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/102/?tab=2

[Acacophony]

I will give raising the shadow quality a try tonight but I'm not too optimistic, since I've played hundreds of hours on my currents settings without issues. I'm pretty sure there's something going on with the mod loadout or my texture files.

[BlahBlahDEEBlahBlah]

If the textures are black, probably means they are being seen. If not, they'd most likely be a nice happy purple ballon animal look.

 

To be honest it looks, yet not likely, like when the lighting of an interior cell has been set to not reflect off actors (I forget what the actual setting is called).

 

Other than that, I don't know. Sorry.