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Which .ini and settings did you need to alter? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

@Alkira -- Thanks for the lead! I never thought to look there as it's ENB complaining about AA being enabled by the graphics adapter and ENBLocal.ini is specific to ENB (it's own config file). Two interesting things stand out to me in my first look at the ini which will give me something fun to play with and figure out next week. FPSLimit=40.0 (See my note above about my frame rate dropping to around 40ish...) I wonder if FPSLimit is setting a floor or a ceiling (my bet)? And then later I'm finding: [ADAPTIVEQUALITY] Enable=true Quality=1 DesiredFPS=24.0 ; consistent to my experience when "there is a lot going on" such as when both a dragon and an windmill and a bunch of NPC's are going at it. Both FPS settings are consistent with what I'm experiencing (and it's a great experience so far). Though now I wonder if I can bump the quality even higher. :-) To the RED AA message from ENB: [ANTIALIASING] EnableEdgeAA=true EnableTemporalAA=false EnableSubPixelAA=false EnableTransparencyAA=false I had at first thought that these AA settings were for software based rendering (within ENB)... Maybe this is the real complaint by ENB. That these are turned off. Which makes the message from ENB that much more confusing as it's complaining about having detected HW based AA. To add a little more light (unintended pun) on the subject I found this: From here: https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1014677-a-little-help-with-enb-and-anti-aliasing/ As of ENB v121212 (I think) onwards you'll get that red text appearing on game startup if you have any level of MSAA enabled. If that occurs then you'll lose the SSAO feature of ENB. Either way, QuietCool ENB uses a much later ENB version so this is definitely the case and it has ENBs own AA method turned on by default. However I've heard very little about ENBs AA here on the forums, and when I have heard of it, people don't use it as it apparently causes too much overall blur. To disable it open the enbseries.ini file and adjust the section... [ANTIALIASING] EnableEdgeAA=true ...and set true to false - save the file and it's disabled. I don't know why MSAA and ENBs SSAO don't play well together, but it seems your choices and way forward are: - You could either stay with the later ENB version and experience any optimisations that those versions bring while losing MSAA to gain ENB SSAO, - Stay with the later ENBs and lose SSAO to gain MSAA - Revert to an older ENB preset and mod that does support both SSAO and MSAA at the same time which will be ENB v0.119 or earlier.

LOL PlanetEXP. Â Noted... Â I sense a "graphics realism" package in the works. Â :-) I found the semi-automated installation thread. Â Next week I'll reach out to that group (once I get a python build environment up and running) to see how I can help out. Also I'll use MO to get me back to "standard STEP:Core" (I made profiles along the way) and pull together performance specs using FRAPS. With STEP:Core I don't think I ever dropped below 60FPS until installing RealVision with ENB and even then run a respectable (and playable) 40ish FPS with a seldom drop to the 20s when standing next to a windmill while getting attacked by a dragon. Thanks

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong location(s) though it seems that discussions to automate STEP & Pack installation have generally died out. Â Having just literally spent days getting STEP up and running from a vanilla install I see no higher calling than getting this automated. Is any work being done to automate via MO?

It took about a week of off and on work though the results of installing CORE into an ultra-realistic RealVision/ENB configuration (with all 2K textures) has so far been well worth it. The issue with bFloatPointRenderTarget seems to have disappeared after installing RealVision and moving to ENB 151b (the latest of this this writing). The graphics are stunning and the game play more "realistic". I still have a random crashing issue though I suspect that this is due to an old save using different mod(s) (which is always a bad idea). Here is my final mod list (in load order) if anyone is interested: Skyrim.esm Update.esm Dawnguard.esm HearthFires.esm Dragonborn.esm Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm ClimatesOfTamriel.esm Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp HighResTexturePack01.esp HighResTexturePack02.esp HighResTexturePack03.esp Brawl Bugs CE.esp Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp rainbows.esp SplashofRain.esp ADS.esp AOS.esp BWS-MolagMace.esp ClimatesOfTamriel-Sound.esp DragonShoutVoice.esp Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp mintylightningmod.esp detailed rugs.esp TradeBarter.esp AMatterOfTime.esp Auto Unequip Ammo.esp BirdsHFclean.esp ClamsDropPearls.esp Dead Body Collision.esp fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp Moss Rocks.esp Moss Rocks_DB.esp ORM-Arvak.esp PilgrimsDelight.esp Point The Way.esp shootingstars.esp Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp NoxUE2.00.esp RaceMenu.esp RaceMenuPlugin.esp skyui.esp Elemental Staves.esp Improved Closefaced Helmets_Legendary.esp ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp imp_helm.esp imp_helm_dawn.esp imp_helm_imp.esp imp_help_dbrn.esp imp_guard_helm.esp Gildergreen Regrown.esp Perfect Whiterun_outside district by ReVan1199.esp Run For Your Lives.esp When Vampires Attack.esp The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp treehouse.esp whiterun spruce by revan1199.esp Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp Distant DetailHF.esp DiversePriests.esp GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_SFO.esp Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp Soul Gems Differ - E.esp unreadbooksglow.esp aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp GloriousEnviroments.esp CinematicFireFX.esp Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp CoT-WeatherPatch.esp CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp DeadlySpellImpacts.esp dD-No Spinning Death Animation DG.esp Beards.esp Brows.esp SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp moveitLWT.esp Random Alternate Start.esp RAS - Riverwood CharGen.esp DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp RealisticWaterTwo.esp RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp crimsonquestmarkers.esp smakit_house_markers.esp DiversePriests_ConsistentOlderPeoplePatch.esp shezrieslightbluebreezehome.esp 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes.esp SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp Vivid Landscapes.esp STEP Core Patch.esp Bashed Patch, 0.esp

I can not find anywhere where AA is enabled. It's off in Skyrim under settings and in the driver under control panel for TESV.EXE. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Thanks! It would seem that bFloatPointRenderTarget is mutually exclusive with UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics in enblocal.ini. I really want the realism (I have a high end box) so I've gone with: UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics= false in enblocal.ini and bFloatPointRenderTarget=0 in skyrimprefs.ini ; still trying to figure out what bFloatPointRenderTarget does...

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 does work if you set the following in enblocal.ini Though a new and seemingly dire red warning from ENB pops up: "Patch SPEEDHACK ENBoost turned on in enblocal.ini; graphic modifications disabled." [GLOBAL] ; Recommended per STEP ENB guide here: ; https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#tab=Quickstart ;ORIG ;UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

Wow that was painful and in the end should have been obvious (as usual :-) )... The culprit was the ENB setting of: bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 I think that the instructions for NVIDIA cards is running behind as searching the forums the red ENB message telling you that because "hardware based AA has been detected, some effects have been disabled." is very prevalent. My suspicion is that once I figure out what is causing that ENB message, I should be able to re-enable bFloatPointRenderTarget without any issues. For now, S.T.E.P. Core seems to finally be working (happy dance time). Now to get CoT and BirdsHFClean (Birds and Flocks) working (which IMHO should be part of CORE).

I closed my STEP 2.2.8 profile and tried to start a game with nothing but the original files. I was surprised when turning off all of the STEP CORE mods still generated a CTD... Because the Default profile still works I think that this means that in the process of installing the STEP mod's that a change was made (to an INI file?) which is not "tracked" by MO (for example, a possible INI change that is global for all future added mods even if the mod that made the change is disabled). I'm now commenting out whatever I can find in the INI's to push them back to a "default" setting. Are there other files that might be updated "globally" (across mods and not tracked by MO)?

I presume you mean the section that discusses downloading userlist.txt and placing it in 'BOSS\Skyrim\' folder... Did that and no luck. Still the same issue. Should the opening "animation" of a New game just be a pair of red "eyes" without a body? I'm wondering if there is a larger rendering issue/missing textures... Maybe SMIM? Though at this point I am guessing...

Issue: Launch through MO with all STEP 2.2.8 installed. Main menu comes up with no saved games (as expected). Select New -- animation comes up of what I presume are two red eyes against a black background. Â There is no image or texture. Â Just "red eyes" against black with the typical "fog" in the bottom of the screen. At the close of the animation CTD. Launching through MO at default (no plug-ins). Fresh install using STEP Core runs fine (benchmark in progress). Â New games can be created, old saves loaded, etc... Any thoughts on next steps to troubleshoot? Via BOSS here is the list of SKSE plug-ins: SKSE Version: 0.1.6.16 CellStabilizer.dll Fuz Ro D'oh.dll Version: 6.0.6.405 Smart Souls.dll Version: 9.0.6.405 chargen.dll nioverride.dll Recognized Plugins: Skyrim.esm Active Update.esm ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Contains dirty edits: 92 ITM, 3 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Dawnguard.esm ActiveContains dirty edits: 619 ITM, 82 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} HearthFires.esm ActiveContains dirty edits: 184 ITM, 11 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp Active Dragonborn.esm ActiveContains dirty edits: 61 ITM, 8 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev}} Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm Active Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Note: If you using version 2.0 of the unofficial patches but you see this message you need to download this file: userlist.txt. After the download you need to copy this file to your 'BOSS\Skyrim\' folder or add the contents of this file to an already existing userlist.txt. Just ignore this message after updating any preexisting userlist.txt or copying the file to your 'BOSS\Skyrim\' folder. Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} HighResTexturePack01.esp Active HighResTexturePack02.esp Active HighResTexturePack03.esp Active Brawl Bugs CE.esp Active Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp Active Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev, Stats}} rainbows.esp Active ADS.esp Active AOS.esp ActiveNote: See also AOS compatibility patches page on Nexus. BWS-MolagMace.esp Active DragonShoutVoice.esp Active Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp Active detailed rugs.esp Active TradeBarter.esp ActiveBash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Auto Unequip Ammo.esp Active ClamsDropPearls.esp Active Dead Body Collision.esp Active fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp Active Moss Rocks.esp Active Moss Rocks_DB.esp Active ORM-Arvak.esp Active PilgrimsDelight.esp Active Point The Way.esp Active shootingstars.esp Active Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp Active SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp ActiveNote: Use only one SkyrimImprovedPuddles esp. NoxUE2.00.esp Active RaceMenu.esp Active RaceMenuPlugin.esp ActiveNote: RaceMenuPlugin is optional and provides support to alter Height, Breast, Glute and Biceps. If you experience issues with it, disable RaceMenuPlugin.esp and inform the author. skyui.esp Active Elemental Staves.esp Active ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp Active imp_helm.esp Active imp_helm_imp.esp Active imp_helm_dawn.esp Active imp_help_dbrn.esp Active imp_guard_helm.esp Active Gildergreen Regrown.esp Active Run For Your Lives.esp Active When Vampires Attack.esp Active The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp Active treehouse.esp Active Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp Active Distant DetailHF.esp ActiveContains dirty edits: 694 ITM, 0 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. DiversePriests.esp Active Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp ActiveNote: Do not clean. "Dirty" edits are intentional and required for the mod to function. SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp ActiveNote: Uninstall old version of Skyrim Flora Overhaul if using SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp Soul Gems Differ - E.esp Active unreadbooksglow.esp Active aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp Active dD-No Spinning Death Animation DG.esp Active Beards.esp Active Brows.esp Active SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp ActiveNote: If this is not newer than v1.3, update to the latest version. moveitLWT.esp Active DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp Active RealisticWaterTwo.esp Active RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp Active crimsonquestmarkers.esp Active smakit_house_markers.esp ActiveContains dirty edits: 11 ITM, 0 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here.

Ah! Found the issue! Thank You Must Right Click on the mod / Information, "Optional ESPs" and then "arrow" the file down. The esp is NOT installed by default. Here is what I did in detail. So I tested by uninstalling Consistent Older People and then just installing: Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets from file: Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets-19730-1-8.7z In the "mods" pane of MO "Consistent Older People" is grayed out with a "No valid game data" red X next to it. The esp does not appear to be installed. I then: Right Clicked on the mod / Information, "Optional ESPs" and then "arrow" the file down. The esp is NOT installed by default.

Because there are a lot of files in the Consistent Older People nexus page you just checked against the following two files (nothing else from that page): Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs (from under the optional section) Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets When installing in the above order, should ...Loose Assets merge or replace?

Thank you!  Odd behavior.  Just reinstalling  Smooth Blade and Sheath WITHOUT installing the optional patch gave me ADS.esp. Thoughts on where to get SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp? I tried to edit STEP Core Patch.esp in the creator kit to remove the dependency though the kit dies at launch which I suspect would take me down a different rabbit hole... S.T.E.P 2.2.8 says: Use the "Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets" optional file. (Or use "Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs BOYD compatible Loose Assets" if using Bring Out Your Dead.) This did not work for me. I had to use "Consistent Older People 18" and then choose: "10 Plugin All" "20 Assets All Loose" THEN As part of the DiversePriests patch install. Unselect "DiversePriests_BringOutYourDeadPatch.esp"

Vanilla install. The STEP core patch is giving me the following message that I am unable to find the mod for. Â Given the prevalence of ADS.esp when searching, I am seem to be missing something frequently installed though I've been through core twice now and am unable to figure out where ADS.esp is supposed to come from. Help? As an aside, ConsistentPriests and SPTConsistentOlderPeople are dependencies within STEP Core Patch 2.2.8 though they also pull in BYOD which is not a part of core.

Bug in STEP detailed instructions (I hope this is the correct place to post). When installing the SMIM patch per S.T.E.P. be sure to not install: Textures\clutter\furniturewood01.dds Textures\clutter\furniturewood01_n.dd In line with not installing these from above when installing the Tobes Highres Textures.

I am lucky enough to have a pretty high performance rig and am generally surprised at how when new areas are loading, the CPU remains at approx 30% even after Disk I/O falls to zero for a few seconds. Â My suspicion is that textures/scripts and such are bottle-necked and that the delay between scenes is those loading/running/uncompressing. 1) Are the Mod Organizer (MO) directories ever accessed during game play or are they only used at during install/initial run? 2) Could I pre-load the uncompressed images into a large ram drive to reduce overall load times and if so, how do I pre-decompress them and "tell" Skyrim where to find them?

Fresh install of all of S.T.E.P. (can't wait for this to be automated)!  I was troubleshooting an ILS at start (the first menu never appears). Once I unselected the following ILS is no longer an issue. STEP CorePatch which depends on: SPTConsistentOlderPeople which depends on: Bring Out Your Dead It is true that Bring Out Your Dead is NOT required for STEP 2.2.8 however, I was unable to install SPTOlderPeople (which is the STEP dependency) without it. If you have bothered to read this far, I suspect that someone will point to the following and mention that I installed the wrong Consistent Older People package. https://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:2.2.8    Use the "Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets" optional file. (Or use "Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs BOYD compatible Loose Assets" if using Bring Out Your Dead.) I have uninstalled Consistent Older People and reinstalled with the following and BOYD is still required (per BOSS). Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Consistent Older People 18 All NPCs Loose Assets This seems to be a dependency that found it's way into the COP base. Alternatively: Were these last three mods just the tipping point of a larger problem? This machine is a 24Gig RAM 8 Proc Nvidia 770 (4G) running Skyrim on an SSD. Memory use before the ILS never exceeds 300M and the rest of the system is basically idle. Anyone have any thoughts? Next I am going to try and edit STEP to remove the dependency on SPTOlderPeople.