Yes, it's Another Player Asking for Help with Macro Stutter

[ADD1CTEDGAM3R]

Hey, everyone.

So, I know everyone and their Mother is sick and tired of threads created by players looking for help with Macro Stutter. But, I seriously need some help here.

I've been looking and looking here on the forums to try and solve my Macro Stutter issue, but it persists regardless. There's a number of things that I've tried, including (but not limited to) changing Distant Object Detail settings, changing Shadow settings, adjust Display Driver settings, etc. So far, the only thing that seems to have actually helped is adding the following line to my Skyrim.ini file under the [General] section: iFPSClamp=60.

iFPSClamp=60 is apparently supposed to force the game's engine to stay at 60 FPS. It's been effective at reducing the severity of the stuttering, but when they do occur (the stutters), everything seems to slow down into slow motion. If my character is running down a pathway and a stutter occurs, the game seems to move in slightly reduced motion until the FPS climbs back up to 60. Now, this might sound frustrating, but it's honestly been less frustrating than the stuttering itself! Macro Stutters, for me, are very jarring because of their severity. The slow motion doesn't seem quite as bad because it's not jerky and jarring.

That said, I'm still trying to find ways of eliminating, or at least heavily reducing the stuttering without having to use the iFPSClamp=60 method.

Below, you'll find everything useful that I can think of. If there's something else you need to assist, just ask me.

System Specs:

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CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K OC'd to 4.8GHz via MSI OC Genie

Game Drive: SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD

GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC Edition

OS Drive: Samsung 840 Series 250GB SSD

RAM: 16GB of G-Skill Ripjaws DDR4

 

 

Load Order (note that some of these plugins have been disabled and merged by Wrye Bash) (also note that most texture packs are high-res)

 

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HearthFires.esm

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WM Flora Fixes.esp

Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm

Campfire.esm

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NARC.esp

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Rebirth Monster - WAFR Patch.esp

Dual Sheath Redux.esp

FNIS.esp

ENB Snow FX.esp

ArmorOfIntrigue.esp

BrighterTorchesBiggerMagelight.esp

TorchRadius.esp

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Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

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SoS - Civilization.esp

SoS - The Dungeons.esp

SoS - The Wilds.esp

Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

AlwaysPickUpBooks.esp

6x magickaregen.esp

Now, I know that there are a lot of high-res texture packs there, and I also use an ENB (Seasons of Skyrim ENB True HDR of "Performance Mode" w/ Ambient Occlusion enabled). However, disabling the ENB honestly doesn't appear to do much; I still get almost the same amount of Macro Stuttering... I even dropped Skyrim Flora Overhaul from the latest version to the "Basic Edition" which adds A LOT less to the game. But, even that hasn't availed me of this nagging Macro Stuttering.

What else do I do here, guys and gals? If I have to, I'll live with using iFPSClamp=60 to simply have the game go into slow motion when a stutter hits, but I'd prefer to just be able to do away with them entirely.