nipnapcreations Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Does anyone know of the overall/general impact on processors/gameplay that mods have? Is it a HUGE impact? I have about 20 or 30 mods, mainly bug fixes, texture changes, and the usual stuff. (UFO, SKYUI, ACE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Short answer: It depends. Long answer: There are so many different mods and so many different computer configurations. Bug fixes generally have negligible impact. Graphics mods could have zero impact on a powerful computer or overload and crash a less powerful one. For all other stuff... it depends. Since downloading them isn't going to cost you anything, try them and find out. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonslayer2k12 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Texture mods would be the first thing that comes to mind where performance takes a hit. Using 2k or higher will start the process of slowing things down, go up to 4k and it gets worse. Then lengthy scripting mods will probably add to that slowdown just a bit and if the scripts have errors then the game messes up a lot and corrupts your save game file eventually. That ENB stuff will cost you some FPS here and there too but it does make the game look better. You could just try slimming down to the unofficial skyrim patch and some other basic mods and ENB and see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragosch Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) On my systems (old and new ones) ENB actually made Skyrim far smoother to play, with better graphics and it made an end to game freezes and lag (which I had before where many particles were used). So you cannot say by default that ENB will cost you some fps. Edited August 16, 2012 by Ragosch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipnapcreations Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 I am using almost no texture mods. The only texture mods I use are for player hair, face, body etc. I don't have any 2k or HD, as I'm running a lower end PC. I've downloaded a few mods that say they will help with fps, frames, sharpness, and boosting fps etc. Most of what I have edits the perks, has bats and some minor scripts, edits player homes, adds two player homes, new weapons and armor, new crafting and lore, and bug fixes and the unofficial patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragosch Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I am using almost no texture mods. The only texture mods I use are for player hair, face, body etc. I don't have any 2k or HD, as I'm running a lower end PC. I've downloaded a few mods that say they will help with fps, frames, sharpness, and boosting fps etc. Most of what I have edits the perks, has bats and some minor scripts, edits player homes, adds two player homes, new weapons and armor, new crafting and lore, and bug fixes and the unofficial patch. Even on my oldest machine, a single core AMD with Nvidia 7600 GT, Skyrim runs fluently since I have this ENB installed. I even made it work on a HD 3000 graphics notebook. Vanilla Skyrim itself does not seem to be very demanding, it is just not very good implemented and needs therefore the help of external solutions like ENB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipnapcreations Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 I am using almost no texture mods. The only texture mods I use are for player hair, face, body etc. I don't have any 2k or HD, as I'm running a lower end PC. I've downloaded a few mods that say they will help with fps, frames, sharpness, and boosting fps etc. Most of what I have edits the perks, has bats and some minor scripts, edits player homes, adds two player homes, new weapons and armor, new crafting and lore, and bug fixes and the unofficial patch. Even on my oldest machine, a single core AMD with Nvidia 7600 GT, Skyrim runs fluently since I have this ENB installed. I even made it work on a HD 3000 graphics notebook. Vanilla Skyrim itself does not seem to be very demanding, it is just not very good implemented and needs therefore the help of external solutions like ENB. Which ENB is it? I know there are a lot of them. Which one do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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