Textures not showing at times, seeing purple models

[VikingPrince]

Not sure what the issue is here. I thiiiiiink I remember hearing back in the long ago, in the before times, that this indicated Skyrim using too much memory and failing to load textures, but this seems unlikely; I have 16 GB of RAM.

 

It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I have to quit and reload the game. Simply saving and reloading doesn't do the trick; I have to quit to the title screen and load from there.

 

Ideas?

 

EDIT: One thing that is a possibility. I am using Real Girls Realistic Body Texture for UNP UNPB and SeveNBase - WIP. the large version that takes 100MB VRAM. I have an 8GB RX 480, so again, it seems unlikely that a mere 100 MB texture is really killing me in terms of VRAM...but I don't know what else could cause the issue. The textures do once in a while show up black (the body texture, I mean) but not often, and reloading fixes it too.

 

It isn't that frequent an issue and quitting to the start screen and reloading always fixes it, but I'm curious why it's happening.

Edited April 29, 2017 by VikingPrince

[iXenite]

How much VRAM do you have? That is what matters - and what is most likely running out. You must also remember Skyrim is an old game, built on an even older engine. It has its limits, and oftentimes those limits are much shorter than that of our PC's. You may be running out of VRAM, or, the game simply cannot keep up with all of the high resolution things you've put in it - and therefore it is not able to consistently display everything at once at all times. Hopefully that makes sense.

[VikingPrince]

How much VRAM do you have? That is what matters - and what is most likely running out. You must also remember Skyrim is an old game, built on an even older engine. It has its limits, and oftentimes those limits are much shorter than that of our PC's. You may be running out of VRAM, or, the game simply cannot keep up with all of the high resolution things you've put in it - and therefore it is not able to consistently display everything at once at all times. Hopefully that makes sense.

 

Edited the OP. I have an 8GB RX 480. I'm running the large version of the texture mod I mentioned above, and it once in a while fails to load that texture too, showing up black - but still, it's 8GB VRAM. Seems unlikely I'm using it all.

Edited April 29, 2017 by VikingPrince

[iXenite]

 

Edited the OP. I have an 8GB RX 480. I'm running the large version of the texture mod I mentioned above, and it once in a while fails to load that texture too, showing up black - but still, it's 8GB VRAM. Seems unlikely I'm using it all.

 

 

 

If you're using Windows 10, then you can only use 4GB's of VRAM on DX9 titles. But like I said earlier, your PC is not the only limiting factor. The games incredibly ancient engine architecture is a big factor as well. You may simply have too much for the engine to properly handle. Both are real possibilities.

[Algabar]

In addition to DaddyDirection: If you're on Win 10 or Win 8, Windows will limit the usable memory for 32bit applications (like Skyrim) to 4 GB. Bug or "feature"... Your 16 GB won't help you in this case. The only way to bypass this limit is using ENB on Win 7 64, So, sadly, it is absolutely possible to run out of VRAM with Skyrim....

 

There are ways to optimize memory usage with SKSE and ENB, but posting something without knowing your OS, system specs and load order would be pure guessing.

 

EDIT: I'm writing too slow... :sick:

Edited April 29, 2017 by Algabar

[iXenite]

In addition to DaddyDirection: If you're on Win 10 or Win 8, Windows will limit the usable memory for 32bit applications (like Skyrim) to 4 GB. Bug or "feature"... Your 16 GB won't help you in this case. The only way to bypass this limit is using ENB on Win 7 64, So, sadly, it is absolutely possible to run out of VRAM with Skyrim....

 

There are ways to optimize memory usage with SKSE and ENB, but posting something without knowing your OS, system specs and load order would be pure guessing.

 

EDIT: I'm writing too slow... :sick:

 

I believe the 4GB system RAM limit is more to do with Skyrim being a 32-bit application, not the version of Windows. However the VRAM limitation is an OS related issue.

[VikingPrince]

Well, maybe that's the issue. If it becomes a problem I'll check out the medium version of that skin texture mod. I could post my load order and system specs (computer's up to snuff, just built it a couple months ago, Windows 10, Kaby Lake, running from SSD, etc.) but frankly if my choices are going to be (1) switch to the medium version of the texture mod that only need 17MG VRAM, or (2) spend time tweaking things with ENB, I'll just switch the texture mod. And yeah, I'm running old-school Skryim, not the SE.

 

Thanks for the help.

[iXenite]

Is that the only texture mod you're using? Also, what resolution are you playing the game at? If you want to see how much VRAM, or other system resources, are being used by the game then consider getting something like the Skyrim Performance Monitor or CAM to monitor system resource usage during gameplay.

Edited April 29, 2017 by DaddyDirection

[VikingPrince]

Is that the only texture mod you're using? Also, what resolution are you playing the game at? If you want to see how much VRAM, or other system resources, are being used by the game then consider getting something like the Skyrim Performance Monitor or CAM to monitor system resource usage during gameplay.

Unofficial High Resolution patch and SMIM are the only two that should be actually showing up at this point. I've got a Daedric armor retexture and some weapons mods that no doubt have their own textures, but those really shouldn't be showing up at the moment; I'm just running some low-level test characters to test things out, and those sorts of things aren't showing up yet.