Really High Framerates

[Tragthemercenary]

Recently, I bought a brand-new Acer Inspire gaming computer, and was disappointed, at first. My framerates dropped so low it was ridiculous. 1-3 fps in Dragonsreach, in a high-end computer?

 

Then, I started doing a lot of reading. It seems that when I installed STEAM on my new computer, and installed all the games, I installed all the bad stuff from my old computer, along with it. I uninstalled Skyrim ... which is my favorite game ... and deleted everything associated with it. This took the better part of a day. When I finished, I was astonished at the new framerates. In Dragonsreach, I was getting about 220-250 fps. Outside, in very heavy rain, the framerate was anywhere between 85-155 fps. Note that I'm running about 60 mods, right now.

 

Now, I have some problems. My player character walks along a road, and suddenly starts "swimming". There is a lot of audio problems (could be my old headphones, but I'm going to replace them, tomorrow). Flickering occurs quite a bit on the water, and in the distant mountains.

 

Is this game supposed to be limited to 60fps? If so, how do I accomplish that?

 

Any ideas would be extremely useful. I really don't want to see my character swimming up the road to Riverwood!

 

My mod list:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
6 6 Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm
7 7 ApachiiHair.esm
8 8 TKChildren.esm
9 9 Skyrim Shadows and FPS Fix.esp
10 a whistle.esp
11 b EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
12 c ELFX - Exteriors.esp
13 d Book Covers Skyrim.esp
14 e Helgen Reborn.esp
15 f ELFX - Weathers.esp
16 10 SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp
17 11 BHTNF.esp
18 12 Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
19 13 SMIM-Merged-All.esp
20 14 RiversideLodge.esp
21 15 Pinegrove Lodge.esp
22 16 Immersive Wenches.esp
23 17 Immersive Weapons.esp
24 18 Bijin AIO.esp
25 19 ElysiumEstate.esp
26 1a isilNarsil.esp
27 1b private_nokillblur_test.esp
28 1c ACE BYOG.esp
29 1d Bijin Wives.esp
30 1e Bijin Warmaidens.esp
31 1f Bijin NPCs.esp
32 20 RaceMenu.esp
33 21 RaceMenuPlugin.esp
34 22 WetandCold.esp
35 23 WetandCold - Ashes.esp
36 24 TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
37 25 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
38 26 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
39 27 FNIS.esp
40 28 Footprints.esp
41 29 ELFX - NoBreezehome.esp
42 2a Convenient Horses.esp
43 2b IcePenguinWorldMap.esp
44 2c AMatterOfTime.esp
45 2d InigoPerkPointGiver.esp
46 2e FNISSexyMove.esp
47 2f FNIS_PCEA2.esp
48 30 25XCarryWeight.esp
49 31 BooksBooksBooks.esp
50 32 BooksOfSkyrim.esp
51 33 EternalTorch.esp
52 34 towConversation.esp
53 35 GoldenVendors.esp
54 36 Armored Circlets.esp
55 37 Longer Days - 4 Hours - Dawnguard.esp
56 38 Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
57 39 TKChildren.esp
58 3a Tiwa44_SpiceGear.esp
59 3b SkyUI.esp
60 3c Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

 

Thanks

[wfandrews]

If you have an NVIDIA card you can limit the frame rate to 60fps with GeoForce Experience. If you are using an an ENB you can limit it in enblocal.ini.

 

As you have noticed the game engine goes bonkers when the game is run over 60fps.

 

As a side note Hothtrooper_44_ArmorCompilation should load after Hothtrooper_44_Armor_Ecksstra.

 

Have you sorted your load order with LOOT? It is highly recommended.

 

Your monitor should be set at 60hz I believe, when playing Skyrim.

[Tragthemercenary]

Thanks for the information.

 

I did what you said, and everything is smooth as silk at 60fps. I don't use an ENB. The funniest thing I saw, before, was when my horse leapt into the air and started swimming animations, and my character was doing swimming animations, just above him! They were both above the bridge leading east from Whiterun! Didn't seem to attract the notice of anyone around, though ...

 

I do use LOOT. I have manually re-arranged the Hothtrooper files, in order. For some reason, LOOT didn't do it for me.

 

Once again, thanks.

[wfandrews]

Glad you are running smoothly.

 

While LOOT is a great tool to sort mod order it is not infallible. Always remember to read the mod description page thoroughly for the authors recommendations on the load order of that mod. Almost always LOOT will sort correctly but there will be times when you should let the mod author override LOOT's order.

[Tragthemercenary]

I appreciate the advice. I'm playing Skyrim like it was intended to be played, now, and it is a joy to behold. Thanks, once again!