nisen Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Hi ive been playing the game with ugridstoload 9 and wanted to try the mod Skyrim Distant Detail suggesting it should be 5 for performance reasons so attempted the tweak guide Skyrim Enthusiast Graphics method in the Faq section at the bottom to lower it without starting a new game. i tried it lowering it back to 5 exactly as descibed (and then deleted the three lines for ugrids and cell buffers in the ini) Now when i launch the game either thru the launcher or skse, the Skyrim logos turned pink and trying to load any save game shows one of the random images in pink then CTD, no error message. Ive tried deleting the skyrimprefs.ini and skyrim.ini but the logo still appears pink. I first tried loading the backup of my ini's and save files but same thing. The only thing that works is starting a new game, but even with this, the Skyrim logo and random load screen images are pink. I also tried loading the old saves while paused in the new playthru but they still CTD Does anyone know why these console commands to reset the ugridstoload completely broke the savegames? Apparantely theres another method (described in the comments) but ididnt see that before trying the one listed in the Faq Edited April 26, 2012 by nisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Changing uGridstoload to a lower value on a current game will mess things up. If you have a save that you haven't lowered uGrids and then saved, it may work if you change uGrids back before loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisen Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) no go, same old CTD, ive also tried just changing them touGridsToLoad=5uInterior Cell Buffer=18uExterior Cell Buffer=36 thats what the latest save should be set to, but since its default adding it isnt necessary Im really curious since nomatter what the ini config used the game allways lauches with the pink Skyrim symbol so it isnt a corrupted save file or corrupted ini file, all i can think is its somehow corrupted the TESV.exe itself Edited April 26, 2012 by nisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Have you tried a new game, it may just be in the older saves... EDIT: But yes somethings up with the main menu before a save can be loaded. Edited April 26, 2012 by fms1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisen Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Im playing a new game now, nothing else can do. Its not so bad, managed to get a pretty close facegen to my previous character, and the first character was more of a test run making all the mistakes, leveling up without doing any quests, just focusing on what mods looked good, was getting kindof boring and unballanced but I still wanto know what the hell happend, and why the logo and load screens are STILL pink should i try redownloading the TESV.exe? Is doing that as simple as removing it from the game folder and lauching Steam and checking game integrity? Edited April 26, 2012 by nisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Most likely, if your at the latest patch (I'm still 1.4.21 and in offline mode). I still would like to know what went wrong (pink logo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisen Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 yea latest official version 1.5.24.0 but dont wanto do that without good cause, three things could happen: either it fixes the pink logo and images or has no effect, or it goes and breaks something else. Not the best odds, and i didnt even know the exe could be altered like that, if it can be, what else have the mods and previous ini tweaks changed sofar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yes I would think it has to be something else, that stores some kind of game data and not the exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisen Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Ok to simplify what im asking itd help to directly show what i did 1. first backed up the MyGames/Skyrim folder2. lauched the game3. opened the console and typedsetini "ugridstoload:general" 5 and enter, gave a confirmation message saveini and enter, gave another confirmation messagerefreshini and enter, gave a third confimation message4. closed the console, and saved the game5. exited the game6. opened the Skyrim.ini and deleted three lines uGridsToLoad=9, uInterior Cell Buffer=50, uExterior Cell Buffer=100 and saved it7. lauched the game thru the game launcher, got to the menu and exited (letting the game check the ini settings whatnot, This was when the pink logo first showed)8. lauched the game with skse_launcher.exe. Noticed the pink logo again. Tried to load the last savegame. CTD 9. swapped the Skyrim folders thinking the backup Skyrim folder would be insulated from whatever screwed up10. repeated step 711. launched the game with skse, pink logo still there, save games all still CTD Edited April 26, 2012 by nisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 You should have a uExterior Cell Buffer=36 under [General] by default in Skyrim ini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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