Please help me, I've tried everything (issue with weird far distance LOD textures for mountains)

[demonym]

I've disabled and reenabled authenticator, and I've tried LODgen to try and get rid of these weird far distance textures, I've installed it into programs (x86) so I use administrator to run it as the Nexus mods page provides the choice as a second option. I've installed relevant NMC texture packs patches for LOD. I've installed TESVLL's FNV edition.

This error pops up every time I try to run the LODgen program:

[WastelandNV] No options file found: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Edit Scripts\FNVLODGen_FalloutNV_WastelandNV_Options.txt

[WastelandNV] Saving LODGen data: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Edit Scripts\LODGen.txt

[WastelandNV] Objects LOD generation error: Cannot create file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\Edit Scripts\LODGen.txt". The system cannot find the path specified

I've been trying to fix this for hours now.

Mod load order (if its relating to the amount of mods I have then I'm open to suggestions because I certainly know it's a lot)

FalloutNV.esm

DeadMoney.esm

HonestHearts.esm

OldWorldBlues.esm

LonesomeRoad.esm

GunRunnersArsenal.esm

ClassicPack.esm

MercenaryPack.esm

TribalPack.esm

CaravanPack.esm

YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm

BraveNewWorld.esm

Functional Post Game Ending.esm

Freeside Redone.esm

FCOMaster.esm

FCO - The Last Few Edits.esm

TLD_Travelers.esm

MoreMojave.esp

Less Empty Primm.esp

JokerineStripMall.esm

AWSW.esm

Decrucifixion.esm

NVInteriors_Core.esm

Interior Lighting Overhaul - L38PS.esm

More Perks.esm

YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp

Unofficial Patch NVSE.esp

MuchNeededLOD.esp

Immersive Hit Reactions.esp

JustVanillaSprint.esp

Groundcover Overhaul.esp

CCSP2_5d.esp

EVE FNV - NO DLC.esp

Weapon Retexture Project.esp

NPCsSprint.esp

Quickthrow.esp

JustLootMenu.esp

Vurt's WFO.esp

Ultimate Invisible Wall Remover.esp

Uncut Wasteland.esp

FCO - The Last Few Edits - Complete.esp

avangraffscorned.esp

kochandbohr.esp

Faster Start Menu.esp

NV_Trains_MojaveEdit_Redux.esp

Harvestable Cave Fungus.esp

FCO - NPC Changes.esp

The True Revival of Luxury - An Ultra-Luxe Overhaul.esp

outsidebets.esp

Pacersgambit.esp

Windows of the Mojave v1.2.1.esp

Mojave Raiders.esp

AAM.esp

Zebumper - Animated Food and Drinks.esp

Clarity.esp

NV_IFR.esp

Novac Reborn.esp

More Perks Update.esp

CNR_Beta.esp

Ghoulified.esp

BraveNewWorld-YUP.esp

BraveNewWorld-MojaveRaiders.esp

BraveNewWorld-UncutWastelandNPCs.esp

Animated Chems.esp

LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado.esp

Glasses Fix.esp

AutoMedicKitNPC.esp

31 New Food Items.esp

Mojave Wildlife (Vanilla-Style).esp

Cut notes restoration.esp

BraveNewWorld-FPGE.esp

Functional Post Game Ending - Uncut Wasteland Patch.esp

FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting - All DLC.esp

rotfacetoriches.esp

NCR Convoy.esp

PG Camp North.esp

Convenient Fast Travel Markers.esp

TLD_Underpass.esp

Primm Reputation Restored.esp

Radioactive Tumbleweed Cut Content.esp

Strip Wall Billboards.esp

NCRTrooperOverhaul.esp

athornysituation.esp

awilderwasteland.esp

Beyond The Beef Tweaks.esp

Roberts_NewVegas.esp

FCO + CNR.esp

Decrucifixion.esp

Free the Slaves.esp

WorkingCrimsonCaravanTraders.esp

GolfWaterScene.esp

Functional Post Game Ending - YUP Patch.esp

Decrucifixion - More Victims.esp

GoodspringsWastelandAdventurerRestoration.esp

Karmic Balance.esp

BraveNewWorld-CNR.esp

Better Pickup Prompt.esp

Cut Sewers Restored.esp

DynamicCrosshair.esp

Distributed Necklaces and Chains.esp

Diagonal movement.esp

Nightkin Scripts Corrected.esp

majormodder's Junk Food to Barbeque Crisps.esp

NVxAnimatedVendingMachines.esp

NukaVend.esp

MigNammo.esp

PerkEveryLevel.esp

UnlimitedCompanions.esp

TrueCrouching.esp

Tutorial Killer.esp

TMCOTT - Restored.esp

noautoaim.esp

MoraelinsProfessionalsSuitMod.esp

HZSmoothLight.esp

JohnsonNashNCRAmmoFix.esp

faster death reload time.esp

Faster Terminals.esp

No More Double Open & Close Sounds.esp

Lucky38Overhaul.esp

The Town of Vice - A Gomorrah Overhaul.esp

FCO - OHSB NPC Edits.esp

dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp

IMPACT.esp

Eddie Hears An Explosion.esp

CIB Bighorners - HH.esp

CIB Bighorners.esp

BLIND.esp

BetterHarvesting.esp

pipboy2500_edisleado.esp

The Mod Configuration Menu.esp

CASM with MCM.esp

JustVisualObjectives.esp

Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp

FNVLODGen.esp

Total active plugins: 135

Total plugins: 145

Thank you for your time.

[M48A5]

If you were to remove the inactive plugins (10), you would still be very close or over the plugin limit. If you are you the FNV Mod Limit Fix, we need to know what else you are using that does not show in your load order. If you aren't using the mod limit fix, you should be.

 

And you haven't tried everything. You first need to get Steam and the game installed out of "Program Files". The Windows User Account Control prevents any changes to be made to any file in "Program Files".

Edited September 16, 2020 by M48A5

[demonym]

I already installed the FNV mod limit fix. I don't have another drive to install steam and FNV's relevant files into, would it be alright to make a new file in Documents or in another recommended place in the C: drive and install from there? I'm relatively new to this.

With everything re-enabled, the mod lod order is:

FalloutNV.esm
DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
OldWorldBlues.esm
LonesomeRoad.esm
GunRunnersArsenal.esm
ClassicPack.esm
MercenaryPack.esm
TribalPack.esm
CaravanPack.esm
YUP - Base Game + All DLC.esm
Interior Lighting Overhaul - Core.esm
BraveNewWorld.esm
Functional Post Game Ending.esm
Freeside Redone.esm
FCOMaster.esm
FCO - The Last Few Edits.esm
TLD_Travelers.esm
MoreMojave.esp
Less Empty Primm.esp
JokerineStripMall.esm
AWSW.esm
Decrucifixion.esm
NVInteriors_Core.esm
Interior Lighting Overhaul - L38PS.esm
More Perks.esm
YUP - NPC Fixes (Base Game + All DLC).esp
Unofficial Patch NVSE.esp
MuchNeededLOD.esp
JustHitMarker.esp
Immersive Hit Reactions.esp
JustVanillaSprint.esp
Groundcover Overhaul.esp
WMIMNV.esp
CCSP2_5d.esp
EVE FNV - NO DLC.esp
NPCsSprint.esp
Quickthrow.esp
JustLootMenu.esp
Vurt's WFO.esp
Ultimate Invisible Wall Remover.esp
Uncut Wasteland.esp
FCO - The Last Few Edits - Complete.esp
avangraffscorned.esp
kochandbohr.esp
Faster Start Menu.esp
SimpleStreetLights.esp
SimpleStreetLights (Extra Lights).esp
NV_Trains_MojaveEdit_Redux.esp
Harvestable Cave Fungus.esp
FCO - NPC Changes.esp
The True Revival of Luxury - An Ultra-Luxe Overhaul.esp
outsidebets.esp
Pacersgambit.esp
Windows of the Mojave v1.2.1.esp
Mojave Raiders.esp
AAM.esp
Zebumper - Animated Food and Drinks.esp
Clarity.esp
NV_IFR.esp
Novac Reborn.esp
More Perks Update.esp
CNR_Beta.esp
Ghoulified.esp
BraveNewWorld-YUP.esp
BraveNewWorld-MojaveRaiders.esp
BraveNewWorld-UncutWastelandNPCs.esp
Animated Chems.esp
LightUpAndSmokeThoseCigarettes_edisleado.esp
Glasses Fix.esp
AutoMedicKitNPC.esp
Functional Post Game Ending - Populated Casinos Patch.esp
31 New Food Items.esp
Mojave Wildlife (Vanilla-Style).esp
Functional Post Game Ending - Uncut Extra Collection Patch.esp
Cut notes restoration.esp
BraveNewWorld-FPGE.esp
Functional Post Game Ending - Uncut Wasteland Patch.esp
FNV Realistic Wasteland Lighting - All DLC.esp
rotfacetoriches.esp
NCR Convoy.esp
PG Camp North.esp
Convenient Fast Travel Markers.esp
TLD_Underpass.esp
Primm Reputation Restored.esp
Radioactive Tumbleweed Cut Content.esp
Strip Wall Billboards.esp
NCRTrooperOverhaul.esp
athornysituation.esp
awilderwasteland.esp
Beyond The Beef Tweaks.esp
Roberts_NewVegas.esp
FCO + CNR.esp
Decrucifixion.esp
Free the Slaves.esp
WorkingCrimsonCaravanTraders.esp
GolfWaterScene.esp
Functional Post Game Ending - YUP Patch.esp
Decrucifixion - More Victims.esp
GoodspringsWastelandAdventurerRestoration.esp
Karmic Balance.esp
BraveNewWorld-CNR.esp
Better Pickup Prompt.esp
Cut Sewers Restored.esp
DynamicCrosshair.esp
Distributed Necklaces and Chains.esp
Diagonal movement.esp
Nightkin Scripts Corrected.esp
majormodder's Junk Food to Barbeque Crisps.esp
NVxAnimatedVendingMachines.esp
NukaVend.esp
MigNammo.esp
PerkEveryLevel.esp
UnlimitedCompanions.esp
TrueCrouching.esp
Tutorial Killer.esp
FixHitESP.esp
TMCOTT - Restored.esp
noautoaim.esp
MoraelinsProfessionalsSuitMod.esp
HZSmoothLight.esp
JohnsonNashNCRAmmoFix.esp
faster death reload time.esp
Faster Terminals.esp
FCO - GlowingOne.esp
No More Double Open & Close Sounds.esp
Lucky38Overhaul.esp
The Town of Vice - A Gomorrah Overhaul.esp
FCO - OHSB NPC Edits.esp
FCO - Russell.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main NV.esp
IMPACT.esp
Eddie Hears An Explosion.esp
CIB Bighorners - HH.esp
CIB Bighorners.esp
BLIND.esp
BetterHarvesting.esp
pipboy2500_edisleado.esp
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
CASM with MCM.esp
JustVisualObjectives.esp
Weapon Retexture Project.esp
Interior Lighting Overhaul - Ultimate Edition.esp
FNVLODGen.esp
tmzLODadditions.esp


Total active plugins: 145
Total plugins: 145

[M48A5]

You don't need another drive to install the game outside of program files. Program Files is a protected file folder on the hard drive and Windows UAC prevents any changes to any files installed in the Program Files folder. You cannot even remove the "Read Only" flag from the Program Files folder.

 

You can install Steam and any games anywhere else on your existing hard drive. You can even install Steam directly to "C:" and run the game from there.

 

So, again, what else do you have installed that does not show in the load order? You know, things like NVSE, NVSR, 4 GB patch, texture mods, etc.

[AusAllerWelt]

Did you install all resources from the FNVLODGen page? Your issue has to do with something going wrong with lod generation. The program is missing the assets to correctly generate the lods, so it's coming out like this.

 

The only other thing you could do is delete everything from textures/landscape/lod and meshes/landscape/lod. You can also just delete the lod folder itself from those locations. This will reset your lods back to vanilla.

[dubiousintent]

As the others have said.

 

Please see the wiki "Installing Games on Windows Vista+" article for why the original default Steam behavior of installing games to the "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files(x86)" folder tree was bad (they learned better, and don't do that any more but didn't change it for older games); and why "disabling UAC and running as Administrator" is NOT sufficient, with instructions how to move it. Among other things, later versions of Windows (since the game was released) force files in "system protected" folder trees to be "read only" regardless of how you set them manually. It includes instructions on how to correctly move the Steam folders out of that folder path.

Don't move it to "User\Documents" either, as "executable" files are not permitted to run from there for similar "anti-malware" reasons.

 

This is the single most important thing you can do to fix and protect yourself against problems in the future. As much of a PITA as that is, it's never going to be any easier than now. System updates often cause issues with games installed to these folder trees. With the game moved out of the default location you will not need to be running it as an "Administrator Account", which is safer. Please see the 'Restoring to "Vanilla"' section of the wiki "FNV General Mod Use Advice" article as well.

If you did move Steam out of the default location, then likely any access privilege problem is one of "File and Folder permissions" on the parent "root" folder under which you installed the games. If this is not set correctly to allow at least "System", "Administrators", and "Users" to have "Full Control" then you can't overwrite other files or make changes. You then (while logged in as an "Administrator Account") need to enable the "Properties | Security | Advanced | Change Permissions" setting of the parent folder to enable the box: "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object", so those changes get applied to the existing files and sub-folders.

-Dubious-