SKYRIMLE Skyrim CTD BEFORE Bethesda Logo with ENB

[JarlBalgruuf]

Hello S.T.E.P community. Before I start addressing this problem I feel that it's important to mention that I have quite literally looked everywhere to find a solution to this problem. I have been taken from the Steam and Nexus forums to the ENB Series forums and even to Lovers Lab (Yes I know...) and I have failed to find a solution for this problem. 

 

I have recently spotted a new ENB on the nexus called Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics and have completed the installation process for that mod, including configuring the Wrapper files and ENBoost. However when I go to launch my game via the Mod Organizer my game fails to start up and a window pops up saying that Skyrim has stopped responding, with no context as to why. (I will provide an attachment on the window I get.) I used v0.305 of the ENB Series which is the latest version and all the feedback for this error is pretty typical; download DirectX End-User Runtimes (unsuccessful), delete crapware(Searched for every file that could be considered crapware, unsuccessful), change the SKSE DefaultAlloc to a different value (Not using the memory patch at the moment due to using the SKSE installer instead of doing it manually), or just dump the Wrapper Version and use the Injector. (Which still doesn't work.) 

 

This problem has been very frustrating for me and I was going to come to the conclusion that ENB just can't work on my computer until I used a different version of ENB, v0.119. I tried it out using the d3d9.dll from that version since any newer version of d3d9.dll is the sole reason for my game crashing in the first place. (and without It ENB just doesn't activate.) Turns out that this version trumped it and allows my game to work, however when entering the game the ENB looks nothing like intended by myself and the author of the preset. Examples of this include weird pixel-like effects on shadows and a game that just generally looks weird and stutters.  

 

I know my computer is capable of running an ENB but obstacles such as these just halt any development in my gameplay. With Vanilla Skyrim, It doesn't matter If I have a large or small mod set up because my game always ends up working and is for the most part pretty stable. I can play for hours on end without issues so I don't get how I can't with ENB. If anyone finds a solution to this problem please answer as soon as you can, thank you!

[TechAngel85]

Install: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

[JarlBalgruuf]

Install: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

When I install it what location should I put to extract the files? 

[TechAngel85]

When I install it what location should I put to extract the files? 

Doesn't matter. It's going to simply run it's installer once extracted.

[JarlBalgruuf]

Doesn't matter. It's going to simply run it's installer once extracted.

My game still crashes unfortunately 

[TechAngel85]

Have you turned off all the INI settings for AA and AF? Also, have you set the proper settings for ENB use for things like the Float Point Render?

[Thallassa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/wiki/troubleshooting_guide#wiki_skyrim_won.27t_start.2Fstarts_windowed

I know not having the enb changes in skyrim/skyrimprefs.ini settings won't cause that crash, because I use inis without those all the time by mistake.

But bad enblocal.ini and enbseries.ini settings definitely will.

[JarlBalgruuf]

Have you turned off all the INI settings for AA and AF? Also, have you set the proper settings for ENB use for things like the Float Point Render?

Yes, I have done all of these things on the SkyrimPrefs.ini since I do it by using Mod Manager. My game still crashes down. 

[DoubleYou]

What exactly are your system specs? And please post your enblocal.ini, Skyrim.ini, and SkyrimPrefs.ini

[GSDFan]

If you have any programs that provide an overlay in game, including Steam, try disabling them also.

[JarlBalgruuf]

What exactly are your system specs? And please post your enblocal.ini, Skyrim.ini, and SkyrimPrefs.ini

ENB LOCAL:

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

 

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false

UseDefferedRendering=true

IgnoreCreationKit=true

 

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=64

VideoMemorySizeMb=3714

EnableCompression=false

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

[THREADS]

DataSyncMode=0

PriorityMode=0

EnableUnsafeFixes=false

 

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

 

[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=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

iRadialBlurLevel=0

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=2000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=1

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600

fGamma=1.0000

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=200

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=200

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=1

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=1

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1080

iSize W=1920

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics 4400"

bFXAAEnabled=0

iShadowMapResolution=512

fShadowBiasScale=0.5

iShadowMaskQuarter=3

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=0

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=12500

fBlockMaximumDistance=75000

fBlockLevel1Distance=25000

fBlockLevel0Distance=15000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.4

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=0

bDecals=0

bSkinnedDecals=0

uMaxSkinDecals=0

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=0

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=2.5

fLODFadeOutMultItems=1

fLODFadeOutMultActors=2.5

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=3

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=0

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0 

 

Skyrim.ini 

[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

 

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

 

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

bAllowScreenshot=1

 

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

 

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

 

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

 

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

 

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

 

[Papyrus]

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=0

bReflectLODLand=0

bReflectSky=1

bReflectLODTrees=0

System Specs 

 

Microsoft Windows 10 Dell Inspiron 3847 Intel® Core i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

If you have any programs that provide an overlay in game, including Steam, try disabling them also.

Steam Is the only thing I use and that's required to launch the game. When I try to enter Skyrim from the launcher on Steam It stops responding. 

[TechAngel85]

You haven't made the changes to your INI. Recommended changes to SkyrimPrefs.ini:

 

• iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
• iMaxAnisotropy=0
• iMultiSample=0
• bTreesReceiveShadows=1
• bDrawLandShadows=1
• bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

Use the INI Editor in MO to made these changes to your profile.

 

sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics 4400"

[DoubleYou]

The reason it is crashing is because you are telling it that you have way more video memory than you have. You need a proper graphics card.

[Thallassa]

DoubleYou, the value is TOTAL VIDEO MEMORY, not VRAM. Run the tool for yourself and see: https://enbdev.com/download_vramsizetest.htm If anything he's got it set too low. Although in this case who knows? All of his video memory is RAM lol

 

Anyways his enblocal.ini settings look fine, they're set as per the STEP guide.

Although I'll agree with the "need a proper graphics card to run enb". If he doesn't even have a laptop GPU, his computer is not good enough... Rule of thumb - enb drops fps by a minimum of 20-30, so if you aren't getting at least 60 fps on ultra without enb, you won't even be getting 30 fps with it. Like all rules of thumb it varies widely by exact preset, screen resolution, and other mods, but I've heard reports that even with all graphical features turned off there is still an fps drop just for running it as long as usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics=false. 

 

Also seriously click on my link in my first comment you guys, literally everything you suggested is listed...

and one thing I left out: Did you actually put your enb preset files in the skyrim folder correctly?
 

Moot point at this point because you shouldn't be installing a preset, you should be turning usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics=true :-/

[DoubleYou]

The maximum amount of graphics memory an I3-4160 integrated card can use is 2GB (source), so since he has this set to 3714 (~3.6 GB), he is calling for 1.6 GB more graphics memory than his integrated card can handle, unless I am mistaken.

[Pickysaurus]

If it's a duel graphics setup like my old PC you'll need the Injector version of ENB