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  1. jjensson
    This was helpful, and i think it answers all my questions. Thanks!
  2. jjensson
    Sheson, i referred to your post back in 2018 (?) when you said that the user should either make a second Dyndolod run only for Bruma, and only for trees. Or alternatively do one single run, but after that to delete all BTO files in the BSHeartland folder (<- my preferred method, b/c i'm doing it overnight and time is no issue). I read the infos in the link you provided, but i'm still unsure what the best practice should be these days. Should i only generate tree LOD for Bruma, or can i generate object and terrain LOD as well, without making Bruma look worse than in the default state? Oh, and what about BSHeartland_Underside.nif, will it make Bruma worse due to the missing data in the mod, or will it be an improvement?
  3. jjensson
    I'm successfully using Dyndolod v3 with the Elysium Remastered modlist, which was released recently and includes Bruma by default. Does the old Bruma workflow still apply (delete all .bto files in Terrain\BSHeartland\Objects) in the new version of Dyndolod? And more importantly, should i delete BSHeartland_Underside.nif or is it safe to use?
  4. jjensson
    Wow, this is all new to me. It's the first time i'm using grass cache. It's Rudy ENB Zangdar's Cut. I'm gonna try to make those adjustments and report back. Much appreciated, guys!
  5. jjensson
    I have changed some textures and re-run all the LOD generators in my Elysium mod-list, including a new grass cache. But i have far grass that has different color than near grass. I used the STEP settings for all the tools, because i don't trust the default settings left by the Elysium author (b/c not sure if those are the settings really used). What could be the reason for the issue seen in the pics?
  6. jjensson
    This is very helpful, i'm sorry for the rookie mistake. One single switch wrong, can break your neck... EDIT: I trusted that the default MO2 settings for the executables in Elysium are correct. But it seems that the modlist author did develop the list on a standard install and added the Stock Game folder afterwards, without adjusting the paths. Now that i corrected the mistake for DynDOLODx64, TexGenx64 and LODGenx64, all worked out and the tools generated output as usual. To be checked in-game, yet, but i don't expect any shocking surprises.
  7. jjensson
    It was a "-C:" by default. I changed it to "-D:", but i gotta admit, i need to read up on what it means. I got further now, but now i have the error "LOD billboards not found", although i generated already. Gonna try to fix that and report back. Thanks for the quick help, Sheson!
  8. jjensson
    It is, i just checked. The file is there in the virtual data folder of MO2 and can be accessed. I just opened it in the data tab of MO2. Version.ini - it contains "Version=3.00".
  9. jjensson
    I have a big issue. Everything is installed properly, i've read all the precautions and rules around the new versions, but still i'm getting: "DynDOLOD Resources SE version information not found" With another modlist, the previous version did run after i set the needed exceptions in Windows Defender, but with this modlist even the previous version doesn't want to run. Here's what i know and tried: 1) Everything, including Steam, is installed on drive Q:, a dedicated gaming drive - and my SkyrimSE is a legal version (1.5.97) 2) The arguments in MO2 are set properly by the modlist: -sse -C:"Q:\Elysium\Stock Game\Data" 3) I don't use an Anti-Virus program 4) I did set all exceptions in Windows Defender for files AND folders (including DynDOLODx64.exe, TexGenx64.exe, Texconvx64.exe, LODGenx64.exe) 5) tried with Windows Defender completely disabled 6) DynDOLOD and Resources SE are the newest versions 7) tried running MO2 in admin mode 8) LODGenx64 and TexGenx64 run through without problems, and generate proper output as far as i can tell 9) DynDOLOD Resources SE version information is located properly in Q:\Elysium\mods\DynDOLOD Resources SE\Meshes\DynDOLOD\lod\version.ini - it says Version=3.00 I'm completely helpless and can't find anything on Google either. Any ideas what else i could try? Log is included (user name is replaced for privacy reasons). DynDOLOD_SSE_Debug_log.txt
  10. jjensson
    OK, ultra trees w- all billboards works well. The only issue i have is that the billboards from EVT differ drastically in brightness from those of the Standalone Oaks mod. I tried fixing the latter with Photoshop, and learned the hard way that sRGB on export is *not* the way to go. []-) Thanks again for the help and your patience, Sheson!
  11. jjensson
    [checks Dyndolod glossary for 10min... aaah! ] What is the difference, performance-wise, b/w traditional tree LOD and Ultra Trees with billboards for all levels? Is there a visual advantage, besides being easier to manage as you say? A disadvantage would be that i can't use Dyndolod to automatically darken the tree LODs, right?
  12. jjensson
    Thx, Sheson. Bad news is that the issue was resolved only if i loaded the save in the swamp. Now i loaded inside Solitude, then left through the gate, and outside the issue was back. I need a bit to fully digest your last reply, but meanwhile i'll remove the flags and go from there.
  13. jjensson
    Thanks for the reply, Sheson. I've re-generated the LOD multiple times, i always re-do ALL patches if something changes in my load order. And nothing's overwriting the generated LOD files. I immediately generated a new LOD after my first posting, this time on high settings (now i know that it doesn't affect tree LOD) - and lo and behold, the problem is gone! Nothing changed, except that i generated LOD at low/medium settings, and then back at high settings. Very weird... Now that i know how the issue is called, i found a posting on r/skyrimvr by yausd, that says: "Make sure none of those trees are added by a plugin flagged as ESL. The engine does not properly support tree LOD for such trees." I have a couple of ESPs from tree mods that are flagged as ESLs. Should i change the flags back to ESP? Could this explain the behavior, or is yausd's warning deprecated with new versions of Dyndolod? Could this ESL issue explain some crashes i'm having out in the open (i think on cell load)?
  14. jjensson
    This is probably something i've overlooked, but i can't find the reason for the issue. Here's how it looks in the Solitude Swamps: https://imgur.com/a/nW6bRQ2 And this is my install order: https://imgur.com/J74z4ZW Usually i use ultra trees, and don't have problems. Now i decided to use billboards, for better performance (SkyrimVR). Here are my steps: 1) xLODGen for terrain (with SSE-Terrain-Tamriel.esm) 2) TexGen 3) Dyndolod on High Settings with tree LOD enabled 4) xLODGen for Occlusion.esp Since the whole LOD mechanics of Skyrim still confuse me a bit, i'm at my wit's end. Hope that someone could give me a nudge, were to start looking for the culprit. I tried starting a new game, deleting Dyndolod's cache before generating, but still the same... [EDIT] The issue is gone if i use the LOW setting in Dyndolod (could have been the medium setting, but pretty sure it was LOW). Could this fact give any clues to what's going on?
  15. jjensson
    Dammit, you're right! I have read parts of the manual in the past, and usually pay attention to the comments in the INI's, but this i have missed. I watched the video and changed the settings on the fly. Well, i feel bad now for wasting your time. But maybe i learned a thing or two in the process. Thanks again. Firstborn is shipping out as we speak. :P
  16. jjensson
    As per Waza's video, i explicitly set TreeFullFallBack=1 in both cases. That's what makes it so strange - somehow v2.54 doesn't respect the setting in case of that exact tree model. And BTW, i apologize for confusing the terms. I'm a bit of a noob with this stuff. When i wrote 3D-LOD, i meant full tree model. That's what i had i the past when i had nice far away trees, with EVT and the SFO addition - i think i have just one tree type as hybrid LOD and it's hard to spot. I'll try with the custom rule sometime in the next days, and report the outcome. Thanks for your help.
  17. jjensson
    Hey Sheson, i think you helped me with that suggestion. I indeed found log files, and look what i dug up: With Dyndolod 2.43: TreePineForestSnowL03 [TREE:0005D2D9] meshes\landscape\trees\treepineforestsnowl03.nif Billboard found, replaced tree, 3D LOD not found <treepineforestsnowl03_28C45985> fallback Full Model LOD4: meshes\landscape\trees\treepineforestsnowl03.nif LOD8: textures\terrain\lodgen\skyrim.esm\treepineforestsnowl03_0005d2d9.dds LOD16: textures\terrain\lodgen\skyrim.esm\treepineforestsnowl03_0005d2d9.ddsWith Dyndolod 2.54: TreePineForestSnowL03 [TREE:0005D2D9] meshes\landscape\trees\treepineforestsnowl03.nif Billboard found, replaced tree, 3D LOD not found <treepineforestsnowl03_28C45985> fallback Billboard LOD4: textures\terrain\lodgen\skyrim.esm\treepineforestsnowl03_0005d2d9.dds using internal LOD8: textures\terrain\lodgen\skyrim.esm\treepineforestsnowl03_0005d2d9.dds using internal LOD16: textures\terrain\lodgen\skyrim.esm\treepineforestsnowl03_0005d2d9.dds using internalCan you tell what did go wrong? AFAIK i used the same settings in both cases (i don't change the settings if they work once). Am i right in my assumption that (as a workaround) i just can set a custom rule for that tree model to use "full model" for LOD4?
  18. jjensson
    Touche! I don't have logs stored. The only thing that makes me certain is a couple thousand older screenshots that show it working. The full models were not changed BTW, i kept them. But, in case i'm wrong, the only thing i can think of is that the billboards were so good that they looked very much like 3D LOD. In the next days, i'll restore the backup of my mod folder, TFC, and look at them closely. That should solve the mystery.
  19. jjensson
    Fair enough. (But you did recommend this video in the Dyndolod manual. :) The thing is, though, i *have* a 3D model for those trees (NIF file), Dyndolod just stopped generating 3D LODs for them with v2.54. And it did work with v2.43. Very strange. I did even try defining an extra rule for those exact trees (LOD4=Static LOD4, LOD8=Billboards, etc), but no success. I'll look into the documentation again, and if nothing helps, i'll go back to v2.43 (which is twice as slow, but oh well...)
  20. jjensson
    I'm using the latest DynDOLOD 2.54 + Resources and redid WazaLang's YouTube tutorial for Ultra Trees. In the past everything worked fine (Dyndolod v2.43). But with the new version i have an issue and i can't figure out were the problem is. I'm pretty sure everything else is the same, and apart from some textures, only the Dyndolod suite is new. Tried with Oldrim and SSE versions of Enhanced Vanilla Trees. On first glance everything works, but Vurts tall trees (the mod where you have to copy files from SFO) are not 3D models but billboards, no matter what i try. All trees are Ultra Trees (3D models), but Vurts stay billboards. I'm pulling my hair out... I just don't know were to start looking for the issue.
  21. jjensson
    Thanks for the explanation. I have to say though - kudos to you guys for including a customizable patcher. Two years ago it would have been very difficult for me, as a hobby modder, to fix such a change on my own (which explains my reaction above - apologies for that). All your hard work for STEP is greatly appreciated!
  22. jjensson
    I just installed it as lite version, and the STEP patcher said "no ICAIO". I just hope that means that it does not need to patch anything rather than it's not prepared to deal with my choice. Sorry for the self-reply, i cannot edit my post anymore.
  23. jjensson
    Wow - thanks for the quick reply. ICAIO Lite is not an option?
  24. jjensson
    I'll add a second question: Can i just remove ICAIO from STEP:extended without problems? Or do i need to edit some STEP patch? Things like ETAC or JKs Skyrim or Dawn of Skyrim are way more important to me than some uninteresting AI mod. I can't believe STEP choose to include this mod and break all the important compatibility. /bashes head against desk/ I just spend a whole week and all my free time installing STEP Extended and now i find out that i can't build on top of it. My dreams are shattered... PS: Or could i just install the Lite Version of ICAIO, without breaking the STEP Extended install? The mod description says it should be compatible w- everything.
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