joshpl

I don't know enough about all the particular details ENB brings to compare the two. Honestly for what is included, and that I get the incredible grass blending and terrain shadows, I think I won't mind whatever I lose from ENB until CS catches up, assuming it's even really that behind. I'm going to try going back and forth between them though, especially the new settings from 2.4 for ENB, feeling out which I enjoy more features from. As always, I appreciate you taking time to respond!

Good God... it's beautiful. LOD Grass that's perfectly matched complex grass in all weathers/locations, even in the tundra. All it took was matching the color of the Grid grass (.500) to the STEP guide's setting for the DynDOLOD grass! Simple and easy! Boys, I think it's time to put ol' ENB to rest. This was possible because I decided to remove all ENB files and install Community Shaders at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Mods and Community along with all of its addons. Thanks to a wonderfully clean UI, it was as easy as 1-2-3 to set the grass to match the LOD brightness. Guess what, it even comes with actual working Terrain Shadows! "Community Shaders feature which enables rough terrain shadows with infinite distance, in game and on world maps." All of the lighting issues that were bothering me solved in one fell swoop, and it was a simple uninstall of ENB and install of CS through MO.

Roger that. I meant to add the comment that if the difference is just something I have to get used to, I absolutely can. I think when you're moving through the tundra is worse because it so obviously changes from dark LOD to the bright ENB grass, though I don't imagine this being a problem in just about any other weather or at night. But if this is all I have to nitpick over, it's quite minor! Thank you for your help once again.

The stark difference between the grass in Grid and in LOD. Did I do something wrong or is this intended behavior? Is it going to be weather dependent? I made every change listed under the DynDOLOD Alpha 3 detailed instructions. My chosen set up is STEP Heavy ENB, Optimal DynDOLOD, and High BethINI. I have plenty of performance headroom for ultra DynDOLOD and BethINI if that's the issue. Help?

I could give you a big hug and kiss! I have never left that enabled in previous installations, but I missed it this time. Turning off the TEMP LODGEN mod fixed those awful ground texture issues. Thank you also for the tip for AF in the display driver, I'm not sure I've ever done that in previous STEP installs, and it cleared that weird colored grass issue right up. "The game isn't technically ready to play until you finish the guide though." I knew that might be the case, but I felt I should stop where I was because in previous installs the performance test never showed any kinds of visual issues minus the lack of LOD, so I was concerned something had gone terribly wrong. One more thing, I really appreciate you. You saved me more stress than this probably should have caused, but the STEP guide is a hefty one, so I dreaded having to possibly start over because I broke it. But I know now that this forum should always be my first stop because you were incredibly understanding and helpful.

This is pre-DynDOLOD setup. I know it's my fault. I messed up somewhere, but I only found out that something was wrong at the initial performance test at nearly the end of the guide. I have no idea what is causing this. It looks a little different here because I went through the post-processing section hoping it was something that just had an ENB dependency, but as you can see it persisted. I'm desperate because the thought of redoing the guide is enough to make me just give up entirely, and I so want to play the always-wonderful STEP Skyrim. I've followed the guide a handful of times before to entirely successful installations, so this is quite frustrating for me. I am hoping an expert will have a good idea of what to look at or even know the exact cause. One bit of info is this does not happen in any measurable way that I can see when spawning at Breezehome and checking out Whiterun and the surrounding areas. Just when I go to the Rift. I haven't checked more locations beyond these two from the performance benchmark. Please help me, I'm begging you! https://imgur.com/a/qOh1NTh