Infinite load, high VRAM/GPU usage, help?

[Sakiri]

First thing out of the way: https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Sakiri/SystemSpecs

 

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# This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer.

Skyrim.esm

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

Cutting Room Floor.esp

SkyUI.esp

xce.esp

Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp

SPTConsistentOlderPeople.esp

STEP DLC Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

STEP Vanilla Optimized Textures - Standard.esp

NoAnimalsReportCrimes-DG+DB.esp

Paralyze.esp

TradeBarter.esp

dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

ViewableFactionRanksBothDLC.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

SMIM-DragonbornTernFix.esp

SMIM-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp

Point The Way.esp

FarmhouseChimneys.esp

RealisticWaterTwo.esp

Moss Rocks - Legendary.esp

Beards.esp

Brows.esp

ORM-Arvak.esp

ExplosiveBoltsVisualized.esp

AOS.esp

Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

Dead Body Collision.esp

Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp

Weapons & Armor_TrueOrcish&DaedricWeapons.esp

Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp

SMIM-FarmhouseFlickeringFix.esp

Inigo.esp

SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp

SMIM-ShackRoofFixes.esp

SMIM-ShackRoofFixesDragonborn.esp

PilgrimsDelight.esp

The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

Gildergreen Regrown.esp

RelightingSkyrim_Legendary.esp

ELE_Legendary_Lite.esp

imp_helm_legend.esp

Invisibility Eyes Fix.esp

Weapons & Armor_TrueWeaponsLvlLists.esp

aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

Elemental Staves.esp

GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp

Mage Outfit Texture Overhaul.esp

DawnguardRuneWeaponsFXSReplacer.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

Supreme Storms.esp

Soul Gems Differ.esp

DragonShoutVoice.esp

IHSS.esp

Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp

ADS.esp

Auto Unequip Ammo.esp

Better Stealth AI for Followers.esp

Nausicaa's Tweaker.esp

ClamsDropPearls.esp

InigoMCM.esp

NonEssentialChildren.esp

Traps Make Noise.esp

WM Trap Fixes.esp

FNIS.esp

HelmetToggle2.02b.esp

STEP Combined PluginHF.esp

DynDOLOD.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

 

Note: I have SFO installed but disabled. I was *hoping* that would solve some of my problems, but as soon as I did that, I started getting long/infinite load screens. 

 

enblocal:

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

 

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=false

IgnoreCreationKit=true

 

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=512

VideoMemorySizeMb=5622

EnableCompression=false

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

[THREADS]

DataSyncMode=1

PriorityMode=0

EnableUnsafeFixes=false

 

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

 

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=true

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=true

 

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true

MaxAnisotropy=16

ForceLodBias=false

LodBias=0.0

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

EnableVSync=true

VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

 

[LIMITER]

WaitBusyRenderer=false

EnableFPSLimit=false

FPSLimit=10.0

 

[iNPUT]

//shift

KeyCombination=16

//f12

KeyUseEffect=123

//home

KeyFPSLimit=36

//num /       106

KeyShowFPS=106

//print screen

KeyScreenshot=44

//enter

KeyEditor=13

//f4

KeyFreeVRAM=115

//B

KeyBruteForce=66

 

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]

Enable=false

Quality=1

DesiredFPS=20.0

 

[ANTIALIASING]

EnableEdgeAA=false

EnableTemporalAA=false

EnableSubPixelAA=false

 

[FIX]

FixGameBugs=true

FixParallaxBugs=true

FixParallaxTerrain=false

FixAliasedTextures=true

IgnoreInventory=true

FixTintGamma=true

RemoveBlur=false

FixSubSurfaceScattering=true

FixSkyReflection=true

FixCursorVisibility=true

FixLag=false

 

[LONGEXPOSURE]

EnableLongExposureMode=false

Time=1.0

BlendMax=0.0

 

skyrimprefs.ini

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=2500.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000

fGamma=1.0000

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=500.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=1000.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=0

iSize H=900

iSize W=1600

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=0

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=25000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=20480.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.7500

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=100

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=3.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

 

skse.ini

[General]

ClearInvalidRegistrations=1

 

[Display]

iTintTextureResolution=2048

 

[Memory]

DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=768

ScrapHeapSizeMB=256

 

I am using a few non STEP mods, a hide helmet toggle and Inigo. I noticed zero performance difference with either or both disabled. 

 

Setting it to windowed mode made the load screens even longer(when they actually finished), but the stutter was worse in full screen.

 

Certain indoor interiors loaded quicker than others(Riften jail CTD'd me once, stuttered something awful otherwise, but Whiterun was perfectly fine), but there was no real pattern to the CTDs. I always just accept them as an inevitability of Bethsoft games(they happen in vanilla installs for me too sometimes.. randomly...)

 

My GPU is spiking pretty high to 100% usage(monitoring with Afterburner) and my VRAM usage is also rather high but not capped. System memory sits around 6.5GB used, low CPU load. Like, a lot lower than I expected to see. Looks absolutely gorgeous but when I'm running on a SSD and my load screens take more than 15 seconds I'm a bit perplexed, so..

 

My first thought was kill the floral overhaul and see if I can lower the quality on a few others, but the instant I took out that floral overhaul it just got worse.

 

I don't know if I should regenerate the LODs or Bash again or what. I generally don't mod to this level. In fact, I never do. This is the first time I've attempted this, and most of the fixes I've seen online just confuse me(doesn't help I'm running on low sleep).

 

I've come to the point where I sort of just want to scrap it and start fresh again, but then I realized I just downloaded over 20 gigs of data(including base game) and my ISP is going to throw a fit if I download more before the beginning of next month to redo it.

If there's any other information you want to see, yell at me. I'll probably check up on this tomorrow. I need to go pass out before I fall asleep on my keyboard.

 

Thanks folks.

[Greg]

I think seeing high GPU usage and low CPU usage is fairly normal for Skyrim with even a half-decent CPU because Skyrim isn't really CPU bound.

 

Change these settings in enblocal.ini:

 

 

[ENGINE]
EnableOcclusionCulling=false

[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=0

 

If you are using an AMD video card, change DisableDriverMemoryManager=true in the [MEMORY] section.

[TechAngel85]

First set this:

 

[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=1

 

to this:

 

[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=0

[TechAngel85]

I think seeing high GPU usage and low CPU usage is fairly normal for Skyrim with even a half-decent CPU because Skyrim isn't really CPU bound.

 

Change these settings in enblocal.ini:

[ENGINE]
EnableOcclusionCulling=false

[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=0

If you are using an AMD video card, change DisableDriverMemoryManager=true in the [MEMORY] section.

Why disable Occlusion Culling? That is a good thing and saves performance. I've never seen it linked to any sort of issues either.

[Sakiri]

I'll try those a little bit later and update again.

 

Do I have to regenerate LODs after removing/adding the flora overhaul? If not, which mods, if any, would require it?

 

After I pulled the flora I reran WB to rebuild the patch. Necessary? If I can get this running well, I may readd that mod to see what the performance looks like.

 

If it's still bad I'll let you know and we can try something else.

 

My ISP will kick my backside if I have to redownload all this again >.> yay data caps!

 

Also apologies for being an idiot. Never actually modded this extensively before. Looks absolutely fantastic though.

Why disable Occlusion Culling? That is a good thing and saves performance. I've never seen it linked to any sort of issues either.

I'm also curious about this.

 

Ex of mine used to program 3D games, always stressed getting his to work right.

 

The days occlusion culling was a new toy to play with...

 

Occlusion culling generally improves performance unless Bethesda can't program their way out of a paper bag somehow to screw it up.

 

Edit, now that I look at the post again, it's the occlusion culling in the ENB file that he's saying to disable.

 

If the game itself is already doing it(if the default game does have it I'll be surprised) it doesn't need to.

Edited April 9, 2016 by Sakiri

[TechAngel85]

You only need to generate the LODs after removing mods which would effect the LOD objects. Trees are included in this, so you would need to redo that. If not using SFO, be sure you grab the vanilla billboards and install them before generating.

 

Bash Patch doesn't need to be updated often. There's nothing in SFO that would require a new Bashed Patch. Any mod that adds a leveled lists will require a new Bashed Patch to be created.

[hishutup]

Why disable Occlusion Culling? That is a good thing and saves performance. I've never seen it linked to any sort of issues either.

I found that with weaker systems it can produce stutter.

[TechAngel85]

I found that with weaker systems it can produce stutter.

First time I've heard that. But the user has an R9 380 and Core i5. Not a weak system so that shouldn't be an issue.

[Sakiri]

I generated the LODs with SFO installed and enabled. I'll turn that back on when I get to this in a bit(busy for a few hours) and try with it first.

 

My rig *should* be able to handle this. Should and can are two different beasts though.

[Sakiri]

Alright, update.

 

Edited enblocal. Left occlusion culling on. Disabled borderless window. Reenabled SFO. Had to disable borderless window, it hung on trying to load a save.

Runs fine. Load time is a bit longer than I'm used to(thank you Jebus for SSD - about 20s...)but it loaded without issues. Tiny bit of stuttering. Still using almost 7 GB of my RAM. I'm honestly thinking I need to upgrade that.

 

I'm also wondering if this is normal.

 

https://i.imgur.com/uZ0CvqB.jpg - This is my GPU usage. Spikes like no tomorrow during load screens, sits at or near 100% during play.

 

https://i.imgur.com/zb3J2zR.jpg - This is my GPU clock speed. Spikes but not as o.O as my overall usage.

 

VRAM usage has been steady but high, 1.7GB used though is about right. 

 

Sorry for crappy cell phone shots. >.>

 

Other dilemmas I'm trying to fix are "why the crap is Immersive Horses just.. not there" and "why is Belethor having me arrested for tresspassing at 1 pm, when his door was unlocked?" but that latter one is pretty normal.

 

Are those graphs anything to be terribly worried about(they make me nervous, especially after my somewhat recent issue with my CPU not being installed right when I built this thing... https://i.imgur.com/SyLFsqQ.jpg says it all. BF installed it but didn't seat the HSF properly... *sighs* no wonder it was overheating) or am I just being paranoid?

 

And is there any way to lower the load on the GPU a bit? Normally, I have my shadows down a lot lower than the STEP had me set them to because they've long been the bane of performance but I'm a little nervous about touching settings here. I've modded my game for years but never to this degree and I'm a scared little girl at screwing something up.

 

Again, apologies for noob. :(