Weird environment effects

[v3nny01]

Hello everyone, I have one weird bug on my game that only appeared after I completed the 1st quest of the companions and went back to Whiterun.

First, I had a weird fog like texture everywhere and then I had this instead of the lensflare effect :

 

https://imgur.com/tupMv3J

 

https://imgur.com/3fKr6jZ

 

Here is my mod load order :

 

00  Skyrim.esm
01  Update.esm
02  Dawnguard.esm
03  HearthFires.esm
04  Dragonborn.esm
05  Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp  [Version 3.0.15]
06  HighResTexturePack01.esp
07  HighResTexturePack02.esp
08  HighResTexturePack03.esp
09  aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp
0A  Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
0B  Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
0C  dbcowlfix.esp
0D  SkyUI.esp
0E  dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
0F  XPMSE.esp
10  FNIS.esp
11  AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp
12  Differently Ebony.esp
13  Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
14  Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
15  Daedric Dawnbreaker.esp
16  Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
17  RealisticWaterTwo.esp
18  PerkusMaximus_Master.esp
19  Pre PaMa WAFR CCF CCOR Patch.esp
1A  Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
1B  SMIM-Merged-All.esp
1C  ktxcompleteskyforge.esp
1D  LeftHandRings.esp  [Version 1.5]
1E  LeftHandRings - Dawnguard.esp  [Version 1.5]
1F  Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp
20  ElementalArrows.esp
21  RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
22  Cloaks.esp
23  SPOAsilverknight.esp
24  Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
25  Vivid Weathers.esp
26  Vivid Weathers - Extended Rain.esp
27  Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
28  Character Creation Overhaul.esp  [Version 1.4]
29  CCO - Diverse Races And Genders.esp
2A  CCO - Dynamic Skill Progression.esp
2B  CCO - Oblivion Carry Weights.esp
2C  Dual Sheath Redux.esp
2D  Better Followers - NP.esp
2E  dragonsoulstoperks.esp
2F  CCO - Permanent Birthsigns.esp
30  Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
31  Cloaks - USLEEP Patch.esp
32  Immersive Music Temples.esp
33  Immersive Music.esp
34  MidasSkyrim.esp
35  Midas Magic Expanded.esp
36  Ritual Armor of Boethiah.esp
37  private_nokillblur_test.esp
38  HarvestOverhaul.esp  [Version 2.8.2]
39  HarvestOverhaulCreatures.esp  [Version 2.8.2]
3A  Improved Dragon Shouts.esp
3B  Improved Dragon Shouts - Dawnguard.esp
3C  Improved Dragon Shouts - Dragonborn.esp
3D  Skyrim Unbound.esp
3E  UnreadBooksGlow.esp  [Version 2.2.0]
3F  PerkusMaximus_Warrior.esp
40  PerkusMaximus_Mage.esp
41  PerkusMaximus_Thief.esp
42  PerMa_USLEEP master patch.esp
43  Bashed Patch, 0.esp
44  iHUD.esp
45  DEM_Display Equipped Magic.esp
46  Natural Lighting and Atmospherics.esp
47  Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Flame Atronach Fix.esp
48  merge.esp
49  PatchusMaximus.esp
4A  Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

I also have the Enhanced Shader ENB with NLA if that helps. Hope anyone can help me, thanks.

[Guest deleted80903]

Yeah, so I had a similar issue with light glow effects inside snow caves. When looking at light sources, especially cave entrances, I would get a solid square of light surrounding those light sources.

 

The most likely cause of your issue is that a file in data\textures\effects has some problematic transparency issues.

 

How could this happen? Two ways I can think of off the top of my head: (1) you installed a new mod that changed some effects textures, but the mod already had isses, or (2) you used a texture optimizing utility on the textures in textures\effects and it didn't play nicely with a texture's transparency.

 

(1) can happen pretty easily because with mods that are textures only, people install them sometimes in the middle of a game since it won't mess up load order.

 

You can diagnose this for sure on your end by unticking mods that change the textures\effects folder until you find the culprit. Or in my case, since I have loose files, I temporarily renamed the effects folder to "_effects" basically forcing the game to use vanilla resources instead of those files. When I saw in game that this fixed my problem, I then had proof that some file in the effects folder was my issue. From there it was trial and error, though you should be able to look at the file previews and get a good idea of what file is the problem.

 

Depending on your mod setup and weather mods, the texture path of the problem file might be different for you, but effects is a good place to start.

 

What is pretty certain is that it's not related to the quest you finished. You are likely noticing it just now because you happened to see a weather type where the effect was used.

Edited March 27, 2020 by melvinius

[v3nny01]

Hi, thanks for the info, I'll try to look at it tomorrow and see if I can find what's causing it. My guess is it's either the ENB or the NLA for ENB mod.