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Ok. I did all the subsections and now i only have to do the patches. It really looks complicated. But: I observed i have to install fnis. But it looks i already did. Can't remember when or why. Is this a problem? Would suffice to only runs fnis through mo? Or should i uninstall it and reinstall it?

ok, I found a youtube video on the flickering issue, from about 2012. For the fBlockLevel1Distance=140,000 it actually gives 1,400,000 witch is taken from STEP site on the date. I applied this settings, seems to work. Performance drops was some places I got mid 50s fps instead of solid 60. Only one sudden drop to 40s. I will go with this setting for now and revised it, IF, at the end of install. Thanks anyway!!!

Well, I downloaded I run BethINI. But really didn`t do anything noticeable. I disabled SEC mod and run BethINI again and things were better at distant mountains and perfect with midrange mountains, but the same aplies with STEP default INIs. So, is there any setting I should make in BethINI to totally corect flickering? I will probably NOT use SEC mod.

Hi, I recently upgraded my PC and my configuration is: i5 4690 16 GB Ram (2x 8GB dual ch.) GTX 1070 8GB VRam 500 GB SSD so, considering I have plenty of resources for an extended STEP, I chose to install ALL mods listed at their max. resolutions. I am now around middle of install, I just finished 2.J. Animations & Effects subsection. So, benchmarking like usual after one subsection, I observed 2 things that made me stop installing new mods and asking in here for help: 1. mountain flickering at Helgen entrance and inside Helgen, at distant mountains but also midrange mountains. It seems related to Skyrim Enhanced Camera, as disabling this mod makes flickering a little less annoying. But I am not sure IF this flickering was there until now, as I didn`t really looked at the mountains, rather I watched the MSI onscreens to see how ram, vram, temps etc. behaves. I tried editing the ini`s as in z-fighting guide with no results. I had Better results editing the ini`s with these settings: [TerrainManager] fBlockLevel0Distance=50000 fBlockLevel1Distance=72500 fBlockMaximumDistance=94000 fSplitDistanceMult=1.5 But, as distant flickering was gone, mid range flickering was STILL there, and performance cost was HUGE (I lost around 10-15 fps) 2. Until this point, I always let the camera at its starting position, not moving the mouse so the benchmarkings are solid comparable. I was getting solid 60fps with very isolated mid 50s and an average of 59.7 and above. I said this is really good. Now, after flickering issue, I moved the camera and observed drops in the 40s just before Helgen entrance, if watching left and down. This is with STEP default ini`s and all mods enabled. (so not related to no.1 issue above). My GPU load gets to 99% but for very short times. Average load is around 30%. Also GPU frequency is mostly around 1050MHz, averaging at around 900MHz. Constant spikes at 1635Mhz, never reaching boost. My VRam load is at the moment 2700MB. My Ram load is around 4000MB with Pagefile around 7000 CPU load is around 40-50%. Shoud I worry, or should I continue installing the remaining subsection? Will the latest subsections improve some performance? should I restart STEP with indicated resolution? If GTX 1070 can`t handle STEP maxed , what is the reason for even pointing there are HQ options? Thanks!

Thank you. That was my thought but I needed a confirmation. I ordered my gtx 1070 this night. I will have it like today or tomorow. Thank you. Skyrim, I`m back and ready ;)

I will run @1080p and I want a stable 60 fps in even the most demanding scenes. With a good ENB. I have i5 4690 8 GB RAM What would be the best GPU to have?

what hardware configuration would run Skyrim with STEP at maximum possible settings (all textures, settings, imi at maximum possible)? What CPU, how much RAM, best GPU and how much VRAM, SSD vs HDD. Thank you!

Your 690 will do fine. After all is at least on par with 960 if not better. If we look on the chart @tomshardware it is on par with 980. But my 560ti is on par with... nothing. It is hard for me to wait. But I try. This year have to bring something new and good.

Ok. I got it. I knew some about this. Just i haven t remembered the tech jargon. Definetly i will wait. Usually i buy gpu 6 month after release. This time will be different. If released around march i will buy july august. If released fall i will buy fall after i see how prices behave

What is fp16 double?

Well, I don`t buy yet. Maybe if I get a super offer for 970 or 980. Maybe fall is the time for upgrade. But I wanted to know what is best card so I am aware what to look in the gpu market. I know new architecture is around the corner, but if I know better hoe present generation handle games, I know better what to understand from new generation... My father buys me a new laptop and I would like to have skyrim on it and want to install similar step as in pc. Laptop will be around 500$.

Yes, sorry, full hd. And also i didn t ask right: what would be the cheapest gpy to run it at ultra. I know if i buy a 980 i would be fine but i don t want to over spend. Also about mobile 940 at 768 rezolution? Tnx!

For a step 2292 extended, what card would run the game at ultra settings constand 60fps or above? My rig: I5 4690 8gb ram Gtx560ti 1gbvram - this will be upgraded So what would be best gpu for this? Also will a gtx 940m with 4gb will run above setup and at what settings?

I see that min reqs for step 2.2.9 demand now 2 gb of vram. I ask for advise for installing step 2.2.9 on this system: I5 4690 8 gb ram 560ti 1 gb vram How should i install step 2.2.9? What resolution should i play? What other advices can you give? Thanks!

So, I did it. It worked!!! So, for those with similar problems, here are the steps: - I reinstalled XPMP - I re-pached the DSR - I re-run the FNIS Noe both hands weapons AND shield work as described by DSR. Thanks to Nozzer66!!!

tried. Not working. Not even the shield. Shield, if equiped, is not on the back. When I sheath, shield appers from no where. So I`m assuming DSR is not working. So, if I should uninstall DSR, and install it back, what else should I uninstall, reinstall and in what order? Or what other solution?

So, I pached the DSR with these to slot (60 for left and 44 for right), default numbers it appears to me. What should I do to have it work?

??? I really don`t get it. Slots? I selected the Dual Sheath Redux executable in the drop list above the right panel. I hit RUN next to it, it opened a new window, in top right corner I hit PATCH and thats it. EDIT: I get it. There is opther option. So, since I never touched those, I can see they were at 60 for left and 44 for right

So, I have installed step with care. I started playing and observed that if I equip a weapon to my left hand or I equip weapons to both hands, the weapon for right hand has its sheath stuck at my feet. Be it a sword, axe, whatever weapon. I also observed my shield isn`t caried on my back if I un-sheath (though the option is activated in DSR menu). I have installed al mods that apparently connect to this issue: I have Dual Sheath Redux, Better Shaped Weapons, XP Maximum Skeleton and RaceMenu. Anyone can help me with that? I like playing 3rd person and is quite un-immersive. And please consider I won`t really re-install everything. It`s a hell of a work. So please, a direct solution if it exists. Thank you!

Now that Dragonborn is available for PC also, a question came into my mind: How would Dragonborn interact with STEP modds? What would overwrite, what won`t be compatible? So, if anyone knows any answer to these questions, please help. I won`t install Dragonborn only to find out it messed up my entire Skyrim set-up. I`d like to know this before and to take whatever precautions necessary. Tnx!

Hi, I run Skyrim - modded with STEP and some more - on my PC: Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] 4 Gb RAM (2x2) MSI GTX 560ti TwinFrozr II OC I`m getting to 76 degrees C for my gpu in a few seconds after I load a outdoor location. I Just super cleaned my PC and now it`s clean as new. I didn`t yet tested more thouroughly, just a few mminutes outdoor and get this temp. I have my reasons to believe my card could be problematic. For example, with MSI`s Kombustor, I get to 96 degrees C in 6 minutes. When I stop it, temp suddenly goes down to 70 and then slowly goes to around 38 in about 20 seconds after witch stabilizes to about 34-35 degrees. My question is, for this gpu, what would be expected temps and highest temp acceptable in Skyrim modded with STEP (if this has anything to do with temps)? Thank you!

Highest RAM load in Skyrim, modded after STEP guide, mostly with medium textures where available, was 2.5 GB. So IF multitasking in the way techangel said (with Photoshop opened, why in the name of reason should anyone let PS run while Skyrim-ing? ;) ) 4 GB of RAM won`t be enough indeed. But actually, runing the game under Game Booster that close all unnnecesary running programs while gaming should provide enough set-up so a 4 GB of RAM to be enough. At least it is for me. I also let quite some chrome windows opened and some monitoring programs like GPU-z or CPU-z or Fraps and sometime Adobe Acrobat and some Word pages and so on. But never used more than 3.2

OK, thank you! One more issue: I have no pointing arrow for my position and also no quest marker. I read it`s due to colored markers and I removed the map.swf file for interface folder in data folder. This made the arrow and quest marker reaper but now I have no colored markers. Can I still have both?

Yes, thank you!

Got it! sorry for intempestive post. I should have been search a little first.