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Thanks, Sheson! I redid the whole procedure and everything seems to be working fine so far. It appears I had been installing everything right before, except for two things: 1) I didn't know if I needed to run TexGen, so I didn't (now I did). 2) I noticed MO reported a LODGen crash at some point during my first generation and I somehow missed that (I left it running overnight). Looks like one of those things (#2 is my guess) caused the problems in my previous post.

1) Using MO, if I have a bunch of texture packs installed (Serious HD, Skyrim HD, aMidianBorn, Visible Windows, etc), should I place DynDOLOD's data (esp + meshes + textues) in Priority tab to override them or to be overridden by them? It has around 100 conflicts with other mods. 2) Do I need to run TexGen? I read instructions and watched GamerPoets video and can't remember any mention of it. 3) Does running either of DynDOLOD TES5Edit scripts replace any of the meshes/textures in other mods? The reason for all these questions is that I'd placed DynDOLOD right after HighRes Texture pack in Priority, ran TES5Edit Worlds script, started a new game and ended up with flickering textures all over the place - ground, rocks, ore veins, snow overlay, etc.. After that, I saved inside a vanilla inn, quit, removed DynDOLOD, loaded save, saved again, reloaded game, loaded last save: textures that were flickering weren't flickering anymore, but I got blue textures on many distant objects instead - mostly rocks and ice. I've been using SDO+Skyfalls+Skymills for a long time before this and haven't had any issues, so the problem seems to lie in my confusion about the right DynDOLOD installation, not my game's setup. PS: Actually, do I even need to generate anything if I don't use or care about seeing mod-added places? If I use the pre-generated DynDOLOD "showcases" from its download page, will its textures clash/look odd with texture packs I mentioned above?

Success! Turns out, the visual glitches I was experiencing weren't caused by disabling VSync/iPresentInterval, but by a mod (boy, do I feel dumb). And since Windows (7) Aero applies its own VSync on windowed Skyrim, there is no screen tearing... and no lag! Aww yisss! ::

I've read other threads here on this, but nothing I've found helped. 1) This isn't an FPS issue. FPS never drops below 40 even in combat and usually hovers around 50. 2) There is no difference in the amount of lag between playing fullscreen or in a borderless fullscreen window (ENBoost). 3) As far as I can tell, I've followed STEP settings for INI files, but here they are, just in case:[spoiler=Skyrim.ini] [General] sLanguage=ENGLISH uExterior Cell Buffer=36 sIntroSequence= fFlickeringLightDistance=8192 [Display] fShadowLODMaxStartFade=300.0 fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=600.0 fLightLODMaxStartFade=1200.0 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048 bAllowScreenshot=0 iPresentInterval=1 fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.25 fSunUpdateThreshold=1.5 [Audio] fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0 fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0 fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0 fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0 [Grass] iGrassCellRadius=2 bAllowCreateGrass=0 bAllowLoadGrass=1 bGrassPointLighting=1 iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=15 iMinGrassSize=100 [GeneralWarnings] SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information. [Archive] sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa [Combat] fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0 fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0 f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7 f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7 f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7 [Interface] fBookOpenTime=200.0 fSafeZoneX=10 fSafeZoneY=10 fSafeZoneXWide=10 fSafeZoneYWide=10 [Papyrus] fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0 bEnableLogging=0 bEnableTrace=0 bLoadDebugInformation=0 [Water] bReflectLODObjects=1 bReflectLODLand=1 bReflectSky=1 bReflectLODTrees=1 [spoiler=SkyrimPrefs.ini] [General] fBrightLightColorB=1.0000 fBrightLightColorG=1.0000 fBrightLightColorR=1.0000 iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1 bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0 [Imagespace] bDoDepthOfField=1 iRadialBlurLevel=0 [Display] iBlurDeferredShadowMask=7 fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000 fShadowDistance=4000 iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048 iShadowSplitCount=2 iMaxAnisotropy=0 fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000 fGamma=1.0000 fDecalLOD2=1500.0000 fDecalLOD1=1000.0000 fSpecularLODStartFade=1500 fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000 fLightLODStartFade=3500 iTexMipMapMinimum=0 iTexMipMapSkip=0 iWaterMultiSamples=0 iMultiSample=0 iShadowMode=3 bTreesReceiveShadows=0 bDrawLandShadows=0 bFull Screen=0 iSize H=1200 iSize W=1920 fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000 fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000 iScreenShotIndex=2 bShadowMaskZPrepass=0 bMainZPrepass=0 iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100 bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon R9 200 Series" bFXAAEnabled=0 iShadowMapResolution=2048 fShadowBiasScale=1 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 iAdapter=0 bTransparencyMultisampling=0 iShadowFilter=3 bShadowsOnGrass=1 bDeferredShadows=1 iPresentInterval=1 [Grass] b30GrassVS=0 fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000 [MAIN] bGamepadEnable=0 bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=0.8000 bSaveOnPause=0 bSaveOnTravel=0 bSaveOnWait=0 bSaveOnRest=0 fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000 [GamePlay] bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=4 [Interface] bDialogueSubtitles=1 bGeneralSubtitles=1 bShowCompass =1 fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000 [Controls] fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000 fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0180 bAlwaysRunByDefault=1 bInvertYValues=0 bGamePadRumble=0 bUseKinect=0 bMouseAcceleration=0 [Particles] iMaxDesired=750 [SaveGame] fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 [AudioMenu] fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000 fVal7=1.0000 uID7=0 fVal6=1.0000 uID6=3954 fVal5=1.0000 uID5=570841201 fVal4=1.0000 uID4=570427485 fVal3=1.0000 uID3=94881 fVal2=0.4000 uID2=466532 fVal1=1.0000 uID1=554685 fVal0=0.8000 uID0=1007612 [Clouds] fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000 fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000 fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000 [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000 bShowLODInEditor=0 [NavMesh] fObstacleAlpha=0.5000 fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000 fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500 fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000 fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500 fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000 fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000 fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500 fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000 fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000 fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000 fEdgeThickness=10.0000 fPointSize=2.5000 [Trees] bRenderSkinnedTrees=1 uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40 [Decals] uMaxDecals=1000 bDecals=1 bSkinnedDecals=1 uMaxSkinDecals=100 uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60 [LOD] fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000 [Launcher] bEnableFileSelection=1 bShowAllResolutions=1 uLastAspectRatio=4 [BlurShaderHDR] bDoHighDynamicRange=1 [BlurShader] bUseBlurShader=0 [Water] iWaterReflectHeight=512 iWaterReflectWidth=512 bUseWaterDisplacements=1 bUseWaterRefractions=1 bUseWaterReflections=1 bUseWaterDepth=1 [spoiler=enblocal.ini] [PROXY] EnableProxyLibrary=false InitProxyFunctions=false ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll [GLOBAL] UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true UseDefferedRendering=false IgnoreCreationKit=true [PERFORMANCE] SpeedHack=true EnableOcclusionCulling=true [MULTIHEAD] ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false VideoAdapterIndex=0 [MEMORY] ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true DisableDriverMemoryManager=false DisablePreloadToVRAM=false EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false ReservedMemorySizeMb=256 VideoMemorySizeMb=3968 EnableCompression=false AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false [WINDOW] ForceBorderless=true ForceBorderlessFullscreen=true [ENGINE] ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true MaxAnisotropy=16 ForceLodBias=false LodBias=0.0 AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false EnableVSync=true VSyncSkipNumFrames=0 [LIMITER] WaitBusyRenderer=false EnableFPSLimit=false FPSLimit=60.0 [INPUT] //shift KeyCombination=16 //f12 KeyUseEffect=123 //home KeyFPSLimit=36 //num / 106 KeyShowFPS=106 //print screen KeyScreenshot=44 //enter KeyEditor=13 //f4 KeyFreeVRAM=115 [ADAPTIVEQUALITY] Enable=false Quality=1 DesiredFPS=20.0 [ANTIALIASING] EnableEdgeAA=false EnableTemporalAA=false EnableSubPixelAA=false [FIX] FixGameBugs=true FixParallaxBugs=true FixParallaxTerrain=false FixAliasedTextures=true IgnoreInventory=true FixTintGamma=true RemoveBlur=false FixSubSurfaceScattering=true FixSkyReflection=true FixCursorVisibility=true FixLag=false [LONGEXPOSURE] EnableLongExposureMode=false Time=1.0 BlendMax=0.0 My system has 8GB of RAM and my AMD video card has 4GB of VRAM. Memory numbers in enblocal.ini are ones from 'AMD>4GB or greater' folder that comes with ENBoost. 4) I have no custom settings for Skyrim in the video driver (Catalyst 15.7 WHQL). I set everything through game's and ENB INIs. 5) I tried adding 'bMouseAcceleration=0' to [Controls] in SkyrimPrefs.ini in case of a miracle, but as STEP guide says, that setting did nothing. 6) Either of these settings removes lag completely (the difference is night and day), but also produces various and very obvious visual glitches everywhere (characters' eyes and fog disappearing/reappearing on camera turn, distant objects being visible through terrain, etc): - iPresentInterval=0 in Skyrim.ini - EnableVSync=false in enblocal.ini ^ I was wrong about #6. The glitches were caused by a mod, and I forgot all about it while tearing my hair out trying to solve this. That's all I can think of right now. I would guess the problem lies in VSync, but it seems I can't disable it without issues, even if I wanted to (I wouldn't). So, any ideas?

It is, but it doesn't answer this particular question, unfortunately.

Here's what I'm wondering: does data compressed with maximum (10) level of compression also take a similarly longer time to be read by the game than data compressed with level 1? Or is there no difference in read time? I'm just thinking that, since level 1 already offers significant space reduction and is super fast, is it worth the huge time spent compressing with level 10?