ENB SkyRealism doesn't work properly

[tschilpi]

Hello,

 

I downloaded the ENB SkyRealism (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23765#content) and the ENB v0.119.

 

I installed the wrapper version into my skyrim folder and installed the files of the mods Vanilla Preset into my skyrim folder.

I also made the ini configurations so that it can work and I enabled SMAA by downloading it from here: http://mrhaandi.blogspot.ch/p/injectsmaa.html and installing it into my skyrim folder, I also disabled AA in the Skyrim Launcher.

 

When I launch Skyrim now, the mod seems to be enabled but it looks terrible. Everything is foggy, when I walk something like fog is always infront of me and some textures are white and not right.

What did I do wrong? Does SMAA conflict with my ATI Catalyst settings (where Smoothvision: HD Anti-Aliasing etc. is enabled for Skyrim)? How can I make it run properly?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

EDIT: I did it, I was using the wrong d3d9.dll file, so that it didn't load the ENB properly.

 

I tested it now, it works but the FPS drop is huge! From 50-60 FPS down to constantly about ~~20 FPS. Any ideas what I can do about it?

Edited November 30, 2012 by tschilpi

[MShoap13]

Did you re run the graphics card detection (simply opening the Graphics Settings panel) through the default Skyrim Launcher? This step is required for ENB to function properly.

 

This will rewrite your SkyrimPrefs.ini and your Skyrim.ini so if you have tweaks to those, backup your current ones, make the new ones for ENB, then copy the following lines from the ENB versions to your tweaked ones.

sD3DDevice=

from Skyrim.ini

sD3DDevice=

from SkyrimPrefs.ini

 

Make sure you have all of the ENB required lines in these files set up correctly as well (ENB's readme details all of this).

 

Also, SMAA is usually compatible with most types of MSAA in Skyrim (can't be 100% certain about ATI forced HD-MSAA or whatever). 2xMSAA with a well tweaked SMAA injector nets similar results to 8xMSAA with far less of an impact on FPS and VRAM usage. FXAA (through Skyrim or NVidia Control Panel even though that doesn't apply to you) will force MSAA off though and usually messes with any kind of d3d9.dll wrapper based Post Processing Injector (including but not limited to ENB and SMAA) so make sure FXAA is turned off in Skyrim.

Edited December 1, 2012 by MShoap13