16 Hours of Flawless Gameplay

[Tragthemercenary]

I'm not a computer geek.

 

That said, I discovered something that gave me a solid 16 hours of gameplay on Skyrim, without a single freezeup, stutter, or CTD. Not even a hint that anything was wrong. Note that I have no idea that this will work for everyone, and I have a high-end rig, and Windows 10.

 

I was frustrated because Skyrim is my favorite game. However, on a rig that runs Witcher III like a charm, with 64gb of system RAM, I couldn't keep problems that plague all of us with this game from happening. I did a lot of reading on the internet, and talked to real-life computer geeks, and this was the solution that I came up with.

 

First, I went to Bitsum's website, and downloaded the 64-bit version of their program Process Lasso. Once I got used to how it works ... and I advise anyone who tries it to read the documentation ... I went to the next step.

 

Second, I started Skyrim, and only went to the loading screen. This meant that the TESV.exe was running.

 

Third, I performed a CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The game went to the desktop (I could hear the music playing in my headphones), and I opened Process Lasso. I scrolled down the list of running operations, until I found TESV.exe. Once there, I set the program to run in "High Priority Always", and Input/Output (I/O) was set to "High Priority Always". Note that this means that I can turn the computer off, and when I turn it back on, and run Skyrim, it will still be in high priority. Also note that "High Priority" means that the computer is signaled to devote extra resources to the executable.

 

I then got out of the game, and restarted it. Skyrim ran like I always hoped that it would.

 

For example, just west of Riverwood, while heading towards the Standing Stones, there is a place where the wolves attack. 90% of the time, about halfway through the fight with the wolves, the game would either freeze, or it would crash. But now, I'm getting the kind of gameplay I have with Witcher III. Also, no freezes or lags in Whiterun, or in the numerous areas around the hold where problems would occur. I've fought the first dragon ... with no crashes.

 

The program can be found at Bitsum Technologies: https://bitsum.com/

 

I hope that this helps someone who really needs it. I'm actually tempted to use the High Resolution Patch, now (the last time I used it, I hovered around 2-25 fps!).

[Kazuya482]

Curious to see some reports after a more extended period of time. Mind sharing how the game fairs 2 weeks or even a month from now?

[Tragthemercenary]

Curious to see some reports after a more extended period of time. Mind sharing how the game fairs 2 weeks or even a month from now?

 

I will do that.

 

The "16 hours" I spoke of are with one mod load, and I don't intend to add or subtract mods. This is basically an experiment, and I will share results with the Nexus community, on a regular basis.

 

Two hours, this morning, with no problems!

[Tragthemercenary]

A couple more hours of gameplay, and I went out of my way to push the computer to its limits. I never came close. Although I don't consider it a stutter, sometimes my player character pauses for about 1/2 second, and then it starts moving again. I'm convinced that these are places where the game would have crashed or frozen. But because it has so many computer assets devoted to it, these events don't happen.

 

When I've gotten up to about 100 hours with the Lasso, I might try Skyrim SE, again, using the program. I've never even got past the first chamber of Bleak Falls Barrow, without multiple crashes.

[Tragthemercenary]

About 30 hours in, without a single CTD, Freeze-up, lagging, and so on.

 

The only issue I've had, so far, is that when I loaded a savegame, there was a crash before the game fully loaded. This has only happened twice. Everything else has been flawless, so far. I thought I would let everyone know my system specs, so that you can better make up your mind as to whether this is for you.

 

Acer Inspire 64bit

Nvidia GTX 1060

Intel i7 7700 microprocessor 4.2ghz

64gb System RAM

 

Like I said, I'm not a computer geek, so I thought that this computer would run anything on the market. It's been a frustrating process with Skyrim. This is the first time I've ever had smooth gameplay since I first started playing this game.

[NTGhost]

tbh, you may not need PL and more fix your messed up rig. i have a weaker rig but skyrim runs like yours out of the Box.

 

First of all:

 

Don't install the s*** Hardwäre producers tells you to. Mostly of this is bloatware.

Don't autostart s*** you don't really need. Most of them bloatware too.

For the best exp you neet the bare driver file and a sqeaky clean win10.

Windows 10 is dumb in guessing what needs the most priorirty. It is going a bit better with the "Gaming Mode" of the recent update (1807 afaik) but it needs still a hint.

 

Task Manager in Adminmode is all what you need.

 

PL is good for autosettings, because yes you CAN set this in the Regedit too but it is a HELL of Work to do so.

but like i start. you need to clean up your rig in the first place. PL only push the clutter to the side to makes your game run.

[SkyGuy88]

I'll add to what Tragthemercenary is saying, Google CPU background, different OS have different ways of opening it. CPU background shows you what programs start running on computer start up. Half of that crap does not need to be running whilst in game,sorry. Also, I deactivate from the web prior to going into game and I run steam in offline mod.

[Tragthemercenary]

tbh, you may not need PL and more fix your messed up rig. i have a weaker rig but skyrim runs like yours out of the Box.

 

First of all:

 

Don't install the s*** Hardwäre producers tells you to. Mostly of this is bloatware.

Don't autostart s*** you don't really need. Most of them bloatware too.

For the best exp you neet the bare driver file and a sqeaky clean win10.

Windows 10 is dumb in guessing what needs the most priorirty. It is going a bit better with the "Gaming Mode" of the recent update (1807 afaik) but it needs still a hint.

 

Task Manager in Adminmode is all what you need.

 

PL is good for autosettings, because yes you CAN set this in the Regedit too but it is a HELL of Work to do so.

but like i start. you need to clean up your rig in the first place. PL only push the clutter to the side to makes your game run.

 

It took me a little while to understand exactly what you were getting at, but I agree that there's an awful lot of background stuff that's being run, at the same time that I'm gaming. This is why a relative who IS a computer geek is coming over to, today, to tell me what I can safely shut down, and exactly what needs to be running. Thanks!

[Tragthemercenary]

I'll add to what Tragthemercenary is saying, Google CPU background, different OS have different ways of opening it. CPU background shows you what programs start running on computer start up. Half of that crap does not need to be running whilst in game,sorry. Also, I deactivate from the web prior to going into game and I run steam in offline mod.

With my old computer, I learned ... early on ... to run Skyrim in offline mode.

 

Yesterday ... for the first time ... I added ENB's to the game, and broke my rule about not adding or subtracting mods to the game. If anything, the game seems to be more stable than it was (not to mention gorgeous views!).

[NTGhost]

 

tbh, you may not need PL and more fix your messed up rig. i have a weaker rig but skyrim runs like yours out of the Box.

 

First of all:

 

Don't install the s*** Hardwäre producers tells you to. Mostly of this is bloatware.

Don't autostart s*** you don't really need. Most of them bloatware too.

For the best exp you neet the bare driver file and a sqeaky clean win10.

Windows 10 is dumb in guessing what needs the most priorirty. It is going a bit better with the "Gaming Mode" of the recent update (1807 afaik) but it needs still a hint.

 

Task Manager in Adminmode is all what you need.

 

PL is good for autosettings, because yes you CAN set this in the Regedit too but it is a HELL of Work to do so.

but like i start. you need to clean up your rig in the first place. PL only push the clutter to the side to makes your game run.

 

It took me a little while to understand exactly what you were getting at, but I agree that there's an awful lot of background stuff that's being run, at the same time that I'm gaming. This is why a relative who IS a computer geek is coming over to, today, to tell me what I can safely shut down, and exactly what needs to be running. Thanks!

 

Depending of what you tell us here, be sure he will tell you to drop some of your "favorite" Programms you use...i would say "belive him and drop it".

If you want a specific thing to do, ask him how to do that, WITHOUT your fav Programm. Like cheking mails or Browseing in the internet. You really DON't need the "GMX Mail Programm" or similar.

You also don't need and kind of "Search Bar" ever, modern Browsers have build this in.