SKSE Framerate Reduction

[PlutoHimself]

I have not been able to use SKSE recently because it is absolute murder on my framerate (exact numbers unknown, because I don't really care about fps, except when it makes the game unplayable).

 

I've seen other topics on this, but the responses pretty much boil down to someone saying "SKSE shouldn't affect your fps!". Well, obviously, but it is.

 

I use about 40 mods, BOSS'd into playing nice with each other. I have SkyUI 2.2 installed, but just played and ignored the message for a long while. My fps is consistent and acceptable, if not perfect. My system also has no stability issues.

 

If I launch Skyrim using the SKSE launcher, however, it's all downhill. Load screen times are close to two minutes, even between cells I've just left. The FPS is so low it makes combat almost impossible (and basic navigation is iffy too).

 

Now I know I can use SkyUI without SKSE. However, I'd love to start using Economics of Skyrim and/or the Flying Ring Beta, so I'd like to solve this problem.

 

I don't think it's possible that it's a mod conflict, because there's no ESP for SkyUI to conflict. Steam is in a non-UAC (Windows 7 64 home) directory, and both Skyrim and SKSE are the latest patches (1.7.7.x and 1.5.11, respectively). I'm flummoxed because the drop is consistent and replicable and really, really annoying.

 

If anyone with a better knowledge of SKSE's inner workings could lend a hand, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[DrakeTheDragon]

If it didn't change its workings from OBSE, FOSE and the other Script Extenders so far, all it does is still only start the game, hook into the DLL code loaded into memory, expand it with the new script functions and everything, then close. So while playing the game the Script Extender isn't even running anymore. That's why people keep saying it can't cause FPS slowdowns, it's no longer present once you're in the game.

 

I'd rather say some of your SKSE-requiring mods are causing the FPS loss. Those won't run without SKSE, so that's why they don't affect your FPS when you start the game without SKSE, they can't, they aren't running.

 

Likely somebody more knowledgeable about the inner workings of SKSE will drop in next, but if it's still working the same way as all others did, I'd check the mods which require SKSE about being the culprit for your slowdowns.

Edited August 31, 2012 by DrakeTheDragon

[PlutoHimself]

While that makes a lot of sense, the only SKSE mod I use is SkyUI. I haven't started using the others yet. SkyUI changes the interface, so that part of the mod works well enough, but the plugin doesn't start, which is fine.

 

Is there any documentation that SkyUI can cause that kind of framerate loss? Do you know?

[Virmos]

I have the exanct same problems, described in this thread and could also not find anything even NEAR a sollution for this problem. all people say: It'S your mods which require skse OR skse is not affecting your frame rate.

But i keep having problems if i load skyrim with the skse launcher.

now to understand me. MY PC IS A MONSTER. when i play skyrim normally it rouns around 90 fps. and in small places 150 and up.

Activating skse EXTREMELY fu*** my fps, then it's only around 5-15 fps. I cannot play normaly until i turn skse of.

I think one understand that this fu***** sucks!!! because i can't get all mod to work probably.

 

please help

 

//Alex

 

 

THIS IS A BIG EDIT!!! BECAUSE I THINK I JUST FOUND OUT WHY SKSE IS REDUCING OUR FRAMERATE

 

First question you have to answer yourself: AM I USING ANY KIND OF 'Lucid Virtu' PROGRAMS?

If so, you just found out what is causing the extremely high frame rate drop.

All you now have to do, is adding the skse_loader.exe to the list from virtu, that switches on your graphic card.

If You have questions contact me.

Edited December 29, 2012 by Alex21xx

[Threk]

Although Alex21xx's answer didn't directly apply to me (I don't have "Lucid Virtu") I had a similar enough situation that it led me to the answer. (Thanks Alex!)

My laptop has 2 graphics processors and the system decides which one to use based off application profiles.

 

"TESV.exe" was in NVIDIA's list of applications, but "TES_.exe" isn't. Anything that wasn't listed uses the default Intel graphics processor instead of NVIDIA's.

 

For me, right clicking on "TES_.exe" and selecting "run with graphics processor->change default graphics processor..." let me see and edit the profiles. Once I set "TES_.exe" to match "TESV.exe" my framerate went from mid-teens to mid 30s.

[MacCarell]

I came here super confused because it went from 60 to 30... Turns out my laptop was just unplugged...

 

Check the plug if you've got a laptop ladies and gents.

Also couldn't hurt to see if NVIDIA or whatever you're using has the applications under it's control instead of the Intel graphics. I added skse_loader.exe to it just to be safe. Idk if it actually makes a difference.