Halde

Doesn't SRO cover Windhelm & Solitude anyway?

I am using W 8.1 and MO v1.3.1.

Can you tell me how to extract BSAs with MO? I turned of the automatic extraction a long time ago, and this mod is 1 .bsa and 1 .esp. Nvm, I found it in the ModOrganizer.ini

Hi all! I've been having a problem with this "Back-date BSAs" workaround in MO. I actually didn't know of it, but I wanted to find the MO extractor tool for BSAs, which I failed to find, but in my attempts I stumbled on to this in the STEP guide to MO. The problem I'm having is, that when I hit the button, I get the following message: "C:/Steam/SteamApps/common/Skyrim/ModOrganizer/helper.exe The program couldn't start, because the page by page-configuration is wrong. You can find more information in the eventlog, or by using the commandolinetool sxstrace.exe" This is translated from Danish, so some of the technical terminology might be a bit off, such as "commandolinetool" and "page by page-configuration". I have absolutely no idea was this means. I have no idea where to find this eventlog, nor do I know what sxstrace.exe is. Please help! ~Sincerely Halde

What if I use it, and only keep the rock/cave meshes, delete the rest, and put them before SMIM?

Am I really the only one who has noticed this? If this is a mesh problem, and it has not been covered by a STEP mod (or any mod for that matter) I would imagine that a lot of people have this "problem".

It is still a fantasy game though. While they are wellmade, these doesn't really fit into the game, unless a complete texture overhaul of weapons and armors were made in the same style.

You seem to be using an old version of the STEP guide? The newest to date is 2.2.9, soon to be followed up by 2.2.9.1 I believe. I'm wondering this because you are using W.A.T.E.R. instead of Realistic Water Two, which has been used by STEP the past two versions of the guide.

I have SMIM as well however. Is there a way to fix this?

These are all Knife Lost Cave/Knife Lost Hideout (not too sure, it's the one you immidiatly can enter, not the one within the first cave). I can inform that the same thing appeared in Ember Shard Mine and Bleak Falls Barrow. The texture type in these places appear exactly like this one, so it is probably the same texture that are acting wonky. Re-Defined Dungeons overwrite two files from aMidianBorn Caves and Mines, which are the only two files in the "The following conflicted files are provided by other mods" tab in "Information". Is this what you are refering to @TechAngel85? Furthermore, it is not solely the rock. If you notice the second image from the top, you can sense a line (due to the left side being angled upward), and on the angled side, the gravel is of substantially worse quality as well. The same sort of thing appeared on some rocks out in the open. I haven't gathered screenshots from this, but I can. Here, the moss on the rocks seems so stretched. It is far more noticeable in 1st person view, but it is not at all hard to notice when just walking past them.

Hi all! So I have some textures, that are acting sort of odd. As if they are not covered by my various graphic overhauls. Here are some screenshots that showcase the issue. I use both Skyrim HD Full (unoptimized) and the SRO provided by the torrent linked in the STEP guide. [spoiler=Plugins]# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer. Skyrim.esm Update.esm Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp Dawnguard.esm Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp HearthFires.esm Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp Dragonborn.esm Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm REGS - Resources.esm RaceCompatibility.esm Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm SPERG.esm Cutting Room Floor.esp Moss Rocks.esp Rainbows.esp GreenWaterFix_v2withDawnguard.esp 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.esp Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp Auto Unequip Ammo.esp BetterQuestObjectives.esp Thieves Guild Requirements.esp Animated Weapon Enchants.esp Traps Make Noise.esp fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp ShootingStars.esp Brows.esp SMIM-DragonbornTernFix.esp BetterQuestObjectives-Dawnguard.esp Elemental Staves.esp DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp Dead Body Collision.esp EnhancedLightsandFX.esp ELFX - Dragonborn.esp SkyUI.esp TradeBarter.esp BetterQuestObjectives-Hearthfire.esp Dual Sheath Redux.esp BFSEffects.esp Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp ELFX - Exteriors.esp ELFX - Dawnguard.esp ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp Book Covers Skyrim.esp Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp ClamsDropPearls.esp SMIM-DungeonsCliffsIceSkirts.esp Moss Rocks_DB.esp Footprints.esp Footprints - Ash.esp GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_Vanilla.esp Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp Beards.esp Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp Paralyze.esp RaceMenuPlugin.esp Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp ADS.esp Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp Rebirth Monster.esp High Level Enemies - Dragonborn.esp ELFXEnhancer.esp Dr_Bandolier.esp SkyrimCoinReplacerRedux.esp NoxUE2.00.esp REGS - Cities.esp Radiant and Unique Potions and Poisons v2.0 non glow.esp RaceMenu.esp SMIM-FarmhouseFlickeringFix.esp SMIM-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp BirdsHFclean.esp Point The Way.esp RealisticWaterTwo.esp Soul Gems Differ.esp The Ningheim.esp WM Trap Fixes.esp WetandCold.esp AOS.esp IHSS.esp DeadlySpellImpacts.esp SPERG.esp WetandCold - Ashes.esp When Vampires Attack.esp aMidianBorn_ContentAddon.esp aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp Civil War Overhaul.esp DeadlyDragons.esp Scarcity - Less Loot Mod.esp NoRareVendorMetals.esp Scarcity - 8x Loot Rarity.esp Scarcity - 6x Merchant Item Rarity.esp Better Skill and Quest Books Names.esp BetterQuestObjectives-BSaQBPatch.esp Bring Out Your Dead.esp Oblivion Gates v3 without Markers - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp NonEssentialChildren.esp SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp High Level Enemies.esp High Level Enemies - Dawnguard.esp Better Favor Jobs.esp HearthfireChimneys.esp Improved Closefaced Helmets_Legendary.esp RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp TheFrontier.esp Run For Your Lives.esp TheChoiceIsYours.esp DragonmournInn.esp TheDomain.esp AdalMatar.esp Immersive Patrols II.esp SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp SMIM-ShackRoofFixes.esp Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp SMIM-ShackRoofFixesDragonborn.esp dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp iHUD.esp mintylightningmod.esp randomthunder.esp tos_granitehall.esp DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp AOS2_DCOd Patch.esp VioLens.esp Dodge Mod.esp PilgrimsDelight.esp The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp BlockSparkles.esp Gildergreen Regrown.esp TheChoiceIsYours_Dawnguard.esp Chesko_Step418_SN.esp STEP Extended Patch.esp Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp Bashed Patch, 0.esp Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp [spoiler=Modlist (alphabetical order)]# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer. +Better Shaped Weapons +DSR Output +Dual Sheath Redux +Bashed Patch +FNIS Output +When Vampires Attack +VioLens - A Killmove Mod +Unknown Enchants +The Ningheim Race +Sold out - Merchants do not sell Rare Ingots +skse 1 07 01 +Scarcity - Less Loot Mod +REGS +RaceCompatibility with fixes +No Poison Dialogues +New Animation for Magic Casting - New Animation for magic cast v0-8 +Nernies City and Village Expansion +Immersive Patrols +IHSS - Improved Horse Step Sounds +Hybrids Hires Plant and Herb Retexture +High Level Enemies 1.61 +Green Water Fix +Granitehall +Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS +Enemy AI OverHaul---Revenge Of the Enemies---No Scripts Version +Enchantment Reload Fix +Dragon Combat Overhaul +Dodge Mod +Detailed Rugs v1 +Deadly Dragons +Cloaks of Skyrim +SPERG - Skyrim Perk Enhancements and Rebalanced Gameplay +Civil War Overhaul +Book Covers Skyrim +Better Skill and Quest Books Names +Better Favor Jobs +Bandolier - Bags and Pouches +Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim +SOUTH DRAGON BRIDGE - Fight Against the Thalmor IV +The Aldmeri Domain - Fight Against the Thalmor III +The Cyrodiil Frontier - Fight Against the Thalmor II +Adal Matar the Lost Stronghold - Fight Against the Thalmor I +Alternate Start - Live Another Life +STEP - Skyrim Total Enhancement Project +Even Better Quest Objectives +Wet and Cold - Ashes +Wet and Cold +Traps Make Noise - More Dangerous Traps +Thieves Guild Requirements - No Auto Quest Start Brynjolf +The Paarthurnax Dilemma +The Choice is Yours - Fewer Forced Quests - Improved Dialogue Options +Skyrim -Community- Uncapper +Skyrim Coin Replacer Redux +Run For Your Lives +Oblivion Gates +Non-Essential Children +Gildergreen Regrown +Follower Trap Safety +Dual Wield Parrying +Dual Wield Blocking Animations +Come together N Out of the way - Nausicaa-S Tweaker +ClamsDropPearls +Bring Out Your Dead +Auto Unequip Ammo +Thundering shouts +Smooth blades draw and sheath +Realistic wolf howls +Lower Sounding Thieves Guild Door +Improved Combat Sounds +Immersive Skyrim Thunder V6 +Heart of the Beast - 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Snow Version +Skyrim Performance PLUS +Shooting Stars +Smaller Ice Spike and Ice Spear +Rainbows +NoMaaM Breathing Idles BBB +Lightning during Thunder Storms +Improved Weapon Impact EFFECTS Correct Metal +Finer Dust +Enhanced Blood Textures +Blurry Screen Blood +Enchantment Effect Replacer +Deadly Spell Impacts +Dawnguard Rune Weapons FXS Replacer +Burn Freeze Shock Effects +Better Turn Animation only One pose +Animated Weapon Enchants +Animated Clutter +Ultimate HD Torch MedRes - 1024x1024 +Not Really HD Mask of Clavicus Vile +Ultimate HD Torch -less glowing cloth- MedRes 1024x1024 +Nightingale Prime HD - Leather Version +New Thinner Torch +Greatsword Sheaths and Scabbards Redux +Skyrim Weapon De-LARP-ification Project +Gemling Queen Jewelry +Elemental Staffs 1K Main Cleaned +Closer Quivers and Longer Arrows +Dawnguard Crossbow Explosive Bolts Visualized +Better Circlets MD +TDN Vampire Armor Retexture +aMidianBorn stormcloak officer armour +aMidianBorn imperial light and studded +aMidianBorn Book of Silence Content Addon +aMidianBorn Book of Silence +aMidianBorn Blade of Woe +Natural Eyes +Underwear - Default +Better males - Beautiful nudes and faces - New hairstyles +XCE +XCE - Dawnguard +Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD textures +PondFish and Salmon Replacer - texture +children dirt skin +Realistic Hair +Improved Foot Wraps for females +Frost Atronach HD +Female Vampires Have Fangs +Coverkhajiits 1024x1024 +Brows +Birds and Flocks +Better Freckles +Better Beast Races v2 +Bellyache HD Dragon Replacer Final +Beards +83Willows 101BUGs +High-Res Dartwing (Dragonfly) Texture +Default Animal Replacement Med Res +Vivid Clouds and Fogs +High Definition Ivy +Whiterun Trellis Redesigned and HQ +Vivid Landscapes - Tundra Moss Revised +Actual Windows - Farmhouses 1.02 +Visible Windows +Dwemer Metal Retexture +alduins wall retexture - concept art +Stunning Statues of Skyrim +Grass on Steroids +TreesHD_Skyrim_Variation +The Beauty of Skyrim - Dungeons +Skyrim Improved Puddles - SIP +DROPS +Realistic Water Two +Re-Defined Dungeons 1024x1024 +Real Wood Textures - Farmhouses +Real Ice +Point The Way +Moss Rocks - Dragonborn DLC Addon +The Ruffled Feather +Lanterns of Skyrim - All In One +Improved Vanilla Mountains HD +HQ Snow Texture 2 7 1 1024 Loose +HiRes Road Signs Version 3 Worn Text +High Quality LODs +Hearthfire Chimneys for Skyrim +Footprints +Enhanced Night Skyrim v04 Color Galaxy +Dragon Chiseled +aMidianBorn Whiterun +aMidianBorn Solstheim Landscape +aMidianBorn Farmhouse +aMidianBorn Caves and Mines +Quality World Map - All Roads +HQ FOOD-INGREDIENTS 1-6 PerformanceRepack +Tobes Highres Textures 1 2 +HD Misc +Detailing the Eldrich - Higher-Res Apocrypha - Temple of Miraak - Black Books +Skyrim Realistic Overhaul +Vivid Landscapes - All in One +Skyrim HD LITE - Landscape +Skyrim HD FULL +SMIM Meshes +Enhanced Lights and FX +Static Mesh Improvement Mod +SkyFalls + SkyMills +Ultimate HD Fire Effects +Realistic Smoke and Embers +Ruins Clutter Improved +Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized +Smaller Cursor +SkyUI +RaceMenu +Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem +Main Font Replacement +Lore-Based Loading Screens +Lockpicking interface retex +KenMOD - Time on loading screen +Immersive HUD - iHUD +High Quality 3D Map +Better MessageBox Controls +Better Dialogue Controls +XP32 Maximum Skeleton -XPMS +Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade +Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade +Wiseman303's Trap Fixes +Trade and Barter +Smart Souls +Skyrim Project Optimization +SKSE -Elys- AltF4 +Ragdoll Paralysis +Improved closefaced helmets +Guard Dialogue Overhaul +Fuz Ro Doh +Fast travel timescale fix +DCF plugin +Dead Body Collision Fix +Cutting Room Floor +Consistent Older People +Clothing and Clutter Fixes +Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource -Bowlegged jump animation Fix +Appropriately Attired Jarls +Unofficial High Resolution Patch -TES5Edit Backups +HRDLC3 DDSopt +HRDLC2 DDSopt +HRDLC1 DDSopt *Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack03 *Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack02 *Unmanaged: HighResTexturePack01 +Unofficial Dragonborn Patch +Dragonborn DDSopt +Cleaned Dragonborn ESM *Unmanaged: Dragonborn +Unofficial Hearthfire Patch +Hearthfires DDSopt +Cleaned Hearthfires ESM *Unmanaged: HearthFires +Unofficial Dawnguard Patch +Dawnguard DDSopt +Cleaned Dawnguard ESM *Unmanaged: Dawnguard +Cleaned Update ESM +Unofficial Skyrim Patch +Vanilla DDSopt +Distant Decal Fix I'm honestly a bit clueless what could cause this. Previously I used Skyrim HD Lite, which I optimized myself. Thinking I did it wrong, I downloaded the Full version and didn't optimize it. This didn't change anything however. I have SRO placed after Skyrim HD in installation order in ModOrganizer. My vanilla texture is "High", and those are optimized according to STEP.

I am fairly certain that it is a good idea to optimize Skyrim HD. In the older versions of STEP (2.2.7 I think) when Skyrim HD was used before SRO, it was suggested for optimization by the, now outdated, DDSopt-guide.

I don't know a lot about merging plugins, but perhaps I can offer a bit of common sense. You offer a solution in the Bashed Patch. So why not complete merging all the necessary mods, then build the Bashed Patch and see if it works?

Can I confirm it won't cause issues? No. I have done it twice, and it haven't caused issues for me. For empirical certainy, I would need data from 1000+ instances of it working correctly. But you should remember, that we are only talking about textures. You can swap/remove/add textures on a whim, whenever you want. It won't mess up your save. And if you find yourself with glitchy textures or missing textures after it, just enable to un-optimized textures again, and remove the DDSopt'ed ones. If this is something you are going to try, remember that with STEP the "base" texture mod is Skyrim Realistic Overhaul, which is already optimized. Just so you don't waste a lot of time on that one, since it is by far the largest, save for the High Res DLC and the textures for Vanilla + all DLC (although I believe you can find all Vanilla + all DLC and High Res DLC optimized textures as a mod on Nexus). This is probably not your issue, but you might as well do it anyway. It's not hard at all, but it takes an hour or two.

I have a GTX 760m 2 GB VRAM (mobile graphics) and I'm even running 2k textures (however my Skyrim is neither on High, nor Ultra from default). This seems very odd. Something you can look at, if you haven't already done it, is using DDSopt to optimize your textures. Mods with heavy, but unoptimized, textures can waste a lot of VRAM, even though that shouldn't be the issue for you.

You haven't by any chance up'ed uGridsToLoad? Your game can be very unstable if you have it too high.

I did the same thing with TES5Edit. Threads can't be deleted though.

If you follow the instructions for XP32 and Dual Sheath Redux to the letter, it will work.

It has been fixed, thanks to DoubleYou:) The issue was micro-stutter, and it involved memory settings in ENB :)

Can't you just plug out the second monitor?

@DoubleYou You are a wonderful person! When you suggested stutter and looking at memory settings, I checked the ENBoost guide from STEP. It said that this; ReservedMemorySizeMb=512 should be as low as possible without causing stutter. I had it at 512, and tried changing it to 256, which completly solved the issue. Also, at least indoor, it didn't cause any DPS loss (not that it should, I have no idea) Thank you!

[spoiler=enblocal.ini][PROXY] EnableProxyLibrary=false InitProxyFunctions=true 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=512 VideoMemorySizeMb=8192 EnableCompression=false AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false [WINDOW] ForceBorderless=false ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false [ENGINE] ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true MaxAnisotropy=16 ForceLodBias=false LodBias=0.0 AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false EnableVSync=true VSyncSkipNumFrames=0 [LIMITER] WaitBusyRenderer=false EnableFPSLimit=false FPSLimit= [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 EnableTransparencyAA=false [FIX] FixGameBugs=true FixParallaxBugs=true FixParallaxTerrain=false FixAliasedTextures=true IgnoreInventory=true FixTintGamma=true RemoveBlur=false FixSubSurfaceScattering=true FixSkyReflection=true FixCursorVisibility=true My specs are: (Laptop) i7-4702MQ 2.2GHz - 3.2 GHz in Turbo GeForce GTX 760m 2GB VRAM 8 GB RAM 5400 RPM HDD 1920x1080 full HD

Hi all! I've been having some problems which I think is screen tearing, but I'm not positive what screen tearing is (but I've been told this issue is screen tearing). What happens is some kind of "lag" when I strafe, or when I walk around looking downward or upward, both in 1st and 3rd person. It's as if something is pushing on my screen, not wanting me to turn. I have tried to enable and disable the two kind of V-sync sources I have located; enblocal.ini and nVidia Inspector/Control Panel. The purpose here was, that not two instances of V-sync should be active simultaneously. This however, didn't change anything. I've tried messing around with the resolution (1920x1080 as standard) and aspect ratio from 16:9 to 16:10 and back. This also, didn't change anything. Then I tried in enblocal.ini to shift ForceBorderlessFullscreen=true. Having Skyrim in windowed fullscreen completly removed the issue, however the cost is a ~20 indoor FPS drop, which is not acceptable. I read that AA can have something to do with it, so I used SSAA at 2x2 in Inspector, but this was also to no avail. Not being a genius on technical issues, I've exhausted my knowledge trying to fix this, and I've searched around, not being able to find an answer. Mods vise I should note, that I've followed STEP:Extended (a complete install of guide 2.2.9., in that order) and then I have some non-STEP mods as well, however I can't imagine a mod doing this. Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated! ~Sincerely Halde

For the bottes that share design with Minor Health Potion, I prefer Rustic Potions and Poisons. The level of detail on the robe and the overall look of the bottle is better. For all the other, I prefer STEP. Nvm that, didn't see the discussion had progressed so far.

Well I (and STEP) use nVidia Inspector for that. I've turned Vsync off in the Inspector now, but I haven't tried booting Skyrim yet. I will report back when I have.