Workaround for vsync-Havok-issue needed

[Sulo]

Hi!

 

I have to play Skyrim with disabled vsync, otherwise the game is unplayable for me. If I enable vsync, the game crahes every few minutes or even more often. If I disable it, I can literally play for hours, but the Havok engine is going bonkers. The game becomes unplayable in indoor areas, so I have to exit the game and switch the vsync mode. Annoying...

 

Here my quick specs: WinXP, C2D6850,4GB 1333, GTX260, Driver 306.81 WHQL, - game running between 50-70 fps smooth. SKSE,USKP, 50+ mods + batched patch, no ENB or similar enhancers

 

If my system would be the problem, then why can I play with disabled vsync for so long? Today I got home from work and until football started I played 3 hours straight or so, without even exiting the game one time. So my constellation (rig, game, mods) seems to be okay, otherwise it would CTD anyway... Additionally: it does not matter, if iPresentInterval is set to 0 or 1 - only the driver setting counts.

 

The Nvidia Inspector's FPS limit does not work, for some unknown reason:

 

FPS limiter problems

 

Anyone encountered a similar problem, anyone knows a workaround? The fps limiter from GriefReaper here from the Nexus does also not work, D3DOverrider doesn't work also.

6 Months ago the game ran very well with even more mods on the same system and now I got crashes all the time. While looking for the error I found out, that the ONLY solution to all my problems is just and simply to turn the vsync off. Can't be that easy. As I wrote, I can play for hours without even one crash, but the havok engine going crazy is annoying me too much.

 

Thank you for any suggestion.

[zyg0tic]

What works for me is just to set FPS Limiter in Nvidia Inspector to 45 FPS and use iPresentInterval=1. I leave all Nvidia Control Panel 3d settings at default. This solved a lot of issues for me. A higher FPS limit didnt work very well and would sometimes exceed the limit, causing NPCs to fall out of the sky when they loaded and such. The crashing with vsync enabled might have to do with some other setting or mod.

[Sulo]

What works for me is just to set FPS Limiter in Nvidia Inspector to 45 FPS and use iPresentInterval=1. I leave all Nvidia Control Panel 3d settings at default. This solved a lot of issues for me. A higher FPS limit didnt work very well and would sometimes exceed the limit, causing NPCs to fall out of the sky when they loaded and such. The crashing with vsync enabled might have to do with some other setting or mod.

 

As linked above, the limiter unfortunately does not work with me. I had the same settings like you. The problems occured also on a vanilla installation. Thx, anyway :)