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That did it! Thanks :) I thought that enabling edgeAA came at a big performance hit, but I maybe saw 1 less FPS with it on. pleasant surprise!

I was using an older version because I wanted to try Project ENB, which requires the 221. As an update, I switched back to the newest binary and Ruvaak Dahmaan and I'm getting these same trees partially transparent, however they're just staying that way, not switching back and forth, which is probably why I didn't notice them before. This ENB is much darker so it's not as noticeable. I'm thoroughly confused now and wondering if it even has anything to do with ENB. I have almost nothing in my load order though. It doesn't matter whether I toggle the DoF on or off, they just stay like this: same trees with ruvaak

As the title suggests, I installed an older ENB which uses the 221 binary, and with it I'm noticing the trees partially disappear as I move the camera. I switch to another ENB, no problem, switch back, problem returns. Here are the pics: full trees same trees after barely moving the camera I'm using SFO 2.0, so maybe there's an incompatibility there? Something to do with DoF? Thanks for any help

Guess not! I cut my textures back even farther and started a new profile. No CTDs with ENB + textures, going to just add mods in very slowly and play test each for a decent amount of time and hope for the best. Maybe the CTDs were mod related, maybe Vram related, I don't know. *shrug*

Well, setting ExpandSystemMemory to false did not stop the CTDs, nor did eliminating some of the memory-heavy mods in my list. I then unchecked all the mods I've added in the last several days and was able to play for over an hour with no CTD at all. I put the mods back and CTD'd twice within 30 minutes of play. So at this point I'm wondering if I'm more likely to pin down the source of the CTD by either A) going through my last 15 mods installed one at a time, playing with each one loaded for an hour or until it CTDs, or B ) if I'm better off creating a new profile and installing only character enhancement mods and the few mods I want which require a new game, then slowly add mods in one at a time, play testing each extensively. I haven't seen anything anywhere about which method for creating a modded game is better. The problem I have with A is that I imagine the possibility exists that the issue is caused by something other than the most recent mods I've added, and I'll just be spending that huge amount of time running aimlessly around skyrim for nothing, and with B the potential problem I see if if I install something heavy with scripts which turns out not to work, I'm then potentially dealing with a game i'm invested in broken by scripts. Anyone have any advice as to how I should proceed? What would you do?

Alright, so I need to set expandsystemmemory to false, and if that doesn't help I need to start giving some mods and textures the axe to save space and see if that works. I'm thinking JK's Skyrim is likely to be resource intensive? I recently added that. It's great but it's got to be heavy. I'll do all that, test, and let you know if it worked. Thanks for taking the time to help me!

It's set to True Here's the enblocal:

I actually already had Skyrim Performance Monitor but I haven't used it since I installed the ENB, as they supposedly don't work well together. There's a fix now though, so I got it working and found that I am indeed coming quite close to but not exceeding the Vram limit of my card. Here is a picture: Performance Monitor Results So at 3,057mb out of a possible 3,072 could that be the cause of the CTDs? Also I notice that the memory is at 3,767 which clearly exceeds the skyrim 3.1gb limit, but that is the point of the SKSE memory patch, yes? To go beyond that limitation? Or am I misunderstanding? Either way, I'm having a hard time understanding what could be using so much of my Vram... the textures I have chosen are all 1-2k and I know there are people with similar available vram using more textures and mods than I am. Thanks again

After weeks of research, learning and careful setup I am at the end of creating my modded Skyrim with only about 10 more mods I need to add, and find I am getting random CTDs in exterior areas. I've been adding mods in slowly in groups of 5 or so and stress testing each batch using the fly around method, as well as dragging followers around getting in fights, spawning in tons of NPCs and starting massive brawls in Windhelm. I have never crashed or froze in any of these situations, but now when I'm just cruising around outside doing nothing stressful at all, I am occasionally experiencing CTD in random places all over the map for no reason I can pinpoint. I've been toting around Inigo, Vilja, and Duraz (interesting NPCs follower) for testing purposes, so they were present at the time of the CTDs. One CTD was in Riften, the others were in random wilderness areas and on the roads. I am using Mod Organizer, running LOOT religiously, creating TES5 Merged Patches and Wyre Bash bashed patches as per the instructions given on the youtube gamer poets channel. I have the SKSE memory settings applied and memory blocks log enabled. At the time of my last CTD this is my memory blocks log: logging of blocks enabledlogging max values onlyTimer disabledBlock1 Block2512MB 256MB With the final numbers in the log being:332 200 ENBoost is applied and I am running Vividian ENB I am also using the Skyrim Mod Combiner for textures, which I added pretty early on in my build and have had no apparent problems with. The only mod I ran into any real problems with happened in this last batch and was "Death Alternative - Your Money or your Life" which seemed to cause freezes during the post-combat bleedout recovery phase. I uninstalled it, started an entirely new game and all freezing disappeared. After the CTDs began I enabled papyrus logging but of course have no idea what I'm looking at. Here are the last bunch of lines after the most recent CTD happened: Here is my load order: And the most recent mods I added were: Out of this bunch I suppose I'm most suspicious of Immersive Winterhold, though I have no real reason to think there's any problem there. When I went to check it out I did however notice some potential issues with the lighting just outside at the bottom of the bridge where that elf stands guarding the entrance waiting to test you on arrival. There was some flickering that seemed wrong but I can't imagine that's the cause of my woes. Seemed more like a texture issue. I also got 36 ITM records warning with Inigo, but apparently those are intentional, or so the various discussions seem to indicate. I don't know what more information I can give here, that's all I know and I can't figure it out. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. System Specs:https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Aaltair/SystemSpecs EDIT: Also, here are my ini's...skyrim.ini: skyrimprefs.ini:

It worked!! Thank you so much :)

I've searched everywhere and I can't find this problem, hoping someone here might have insight into this... Late to the game, I just got a computer that can run a modded skyrim..or really any skyrim. I modded Oblivion on my old computer and knew how much research would be involved so for the last month since getting the computer I've been meticulously combing how-to's and the Nexus. I knew that eventually I would want to try a full ENB but I started out with just the unofficial patches, Windsong character overhaul and superior lore-friendly hair to mess with character creation. I then installed ENBoost. When I entered the game I noticed strange sounds and flying objects which should not have been flying, plus my FPS was over 100. I also had an annoying translucent rippling effect as I turned the camera and walked around, a single long line almost like a seam, narrow, translucent and rippling or maybe shimmering is a good word for it. It changes as I move, with it being a very definable ripple seam at times, and other times it's almost as if there is a subtle rippled effect washing over the screen, like looking through a really old glass window (if you know what I mean...looking out of antique glass windows has a ripple distortion). So I did some research, found out I needed an FPS limiter for the flying objects and strange sounds. Took care of that, logged back on and my FPS was sitting solidly at 60, however the ripple line was still present, along with some stuttering. FPS remained at 60. I couldn't find an answer to the ripple and I decided I would just get rid of the ENboost until such time as I could figure out what went wrong, since I didn't really need it yet anyway. I installed several more mods and started a new game, then started thinking about the texture combining utility, SMC, as well as wanting to install a full ENB. So I combined my textures and had intermittent crashes, but no stuttering or translucent ripple. Went over everything and the FAQ of the SMC page says ENboost is essential. So back I go to ENboost and very carefully install. I start up the game and no more crashes...however the ripple is back just like before, along with some stuttering. My FPS with the textures installed is still good, though in some areas it jumps between 35 and 60...and oddly sometimes jumps to 62 or 65 even though I have the limiter set to 60. The game is playable in terms of literally doing all the actions you need to do, but the rippling effect is maddening. I've tried multiple variations of enblocal.ini tweaks found online to increase performance and reduce stuttering, all to no avail. It's driving me nuts, and no one else is talking about any weird ripple effect. I tried to take a screenshot of it but it doesn't come out at all, probably has to do with it moving around with the camera. Has anyone had or heard of this issue before? Am I doomed to no ENB? My computer has an i7 4790 3.60GHz 16GB with Nvidia GTX 760 3GB video memory Windows 8.1 I am using NMM, LOOT, SKSE and I have the SKSE memory patch settings When experiencing the problem I am using the wrapper version of the ENB I would post my mod order but it doesn't seem relevant given that I was having the same problem with almost no mods as I am now with 80. Thanks in advance for your help