Constant Flickering at startup/during gameplay

[tbmg]

I have no idea if I am even describing this issue correctly and I am not sure how to record this phenomena properly. Basically what is happening is that starting when I start up Skyrim this flickering starts happening, almost like lighter pixels turn dark for a frame then turn back to their usual color... but is constantly happening. I thought maybe it was just an issue with the main menu, so I loaded up the game and it is doing the same thing. Nothing is wrong with the picture though, no tearing, no fps drops, I even spent like 10 minutes walking around fighting things giving myself a headache almost throwing up in the process and nothing crashed or gave me any problems. I did troubleshoot this issue back to ENBoost by removing d3d9.dll and confirming that the game had no flickering issues. I do use Mod Organizer in case that makes a difference. I would also like to mention I am editing the .ini files not through documents. Thank you in advanced.

 

https://wiki.step-project.com/User:tbmg/SystemSpecs

[spoiler=enblocal.ini][PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=false
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=128
VideoMemorySizeMb=61346
EnableCompression=false
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

[THREADS]
DataSyncMode=0
PriorityMode=0
EnableUnsafeFixes=false

[MULTIHEAD]
ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false
VideoAdapterIndex=0

[WINDOW]
ForceBorderless=true
ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
MaxAnisotropy=16
ForceLodBias=false
LodBias=0.0
AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false
EnableVSync=true
VSyncSkipNumFrames=0

[LIMITER]
WaitBusyRenderer=true
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
KeyDepthOfField=118

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]
Enable=false
Quality=1
DesiredFPS=20.0

[ANTIALIASING]
EnableEdgeAA=false
EnableTemporalAA=false
EnableSubPixelAA=false

[FIX]
FixGameBugs=true
FixParallaxBugs=false
FixParallaxTerrain=false
FixAliasedTextures=true
IgnoreInventory=true
FixTintGamma=true
RemoveBlur=false
FixSubSurfaceScattering=true
FixSkyReflection=true
FixCursorVisibility=true
FixLag=true

[LONGEXPOSURE]
EnableLongExposureMode=false
Time=1.0
BlendMax=0.0

 

[spoiler=Skyrim.ini][Archive]
bInvalidateOlderFiles=0
SInvalidationFile=ArchiveInvalidation.txt

[Camera]
fMouseWheelZoomSpeed=0.80

[Combat]
f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=2
f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=1
f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=2.5

[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivityMax=0.0625
fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200
fMouseHeadingYScale=0.8500

[Decals]
bDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecalPerActor=60
uMaxSkinDecals=100

[Display]
fDecalLifetime=300
fLightLODMaxStartFade=8500
fLightLODRange=45000
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1
fSunUpdateThreshold=0.5
iPresentInterval=1
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti"

[General]
bBackgroundLoadVMData=1
fFlickeringLightDistance=8192
uExterior Cell Buffer=36
uGridsToLoad=5

[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
fGrassFadeRange=10500
fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=125
fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=5
iGrassCellRadius=2
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=3
iMinGrassSize=40

[LightingShader]
fDecalLODFadeEnd=1.1
fDecalLODFadeStart=1
fEnvmapLODFadeEnd=1.1
fEnvmapLODFadeStart=1

[LOD]
fDistanceMultiplier=1.00

[Trees]
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
bEnableTrees=1
fUpdateBudget=1.5

[Water]
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
bReflectSky=0

 

[spoiler=SkyrimPrefs.ini][AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal0=1.0000
fVal1=0.8000
fVal2=0.8000
fVal3=0.5000
fVal4=1.0000
fVal5=1.0000
fVal6=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID0=94881
uID1=1007612
uID2=554685
uID3=466532
uID4=0
uID5=0
uID6=0
uID7=0

[Clouds]
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[Controls]
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bGamePadRumble=1
bInvertYValues=0
bUseKinect=0
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

[Decals]
uMaxDecals=350

[Display]
bDeferredShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
bFull Screen=1
bFXAAEnabled=0
bMainZPrepass=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
fDecalLOD1=1000
fDecalLOD2=1500
fGamma=1.0000
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600
fLightLODStartFade=5000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=16896
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=16896
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=16896
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=16896
fShadowBiasScale=1.00
fShadowDistance=5000
fShadowLODStartFade=200
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=16896
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=4
iMaxAnisotropy=16
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=250
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=100
iMultiSample=0
iScreenShotIndex=0
iShadowFilter=3
iShadowMapResolution=4096
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iShadowMode=3
iSize H=768
iSize W=1360
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti"

[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2

[General]
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7500
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0
fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500

[imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1

[interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.00

[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3

[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0
fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1

[MAIN]
bCrosshairEnabled=1
bGamepadEnable=0
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnRest=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=600000

[Particles]
iMaxDesired=6000

[saveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[TerrainManager]
bShowLODInEditor=0
fBlockLevel0Distance=50000
fBlockLevel1Distance=72500
fBlockMaximumDistance=94000
fSplitDistanceMult=4.000
fTreeLoadDistance=72500

[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=200

[Water]
bUseWaterDepth=1
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024

 

Edited January 12, 2018 by tbmg

[TechAngel85]

Never heard of this issue. Make sure the DLL isn't being scanned and picked up by your antivirus and/nor antimalware software. Other than that, I can't think of anything that would cause it. You may have better results posting on the ENB Dev forums.

[L1Qu1D1]

What are your PC specs? Theres a possible error in your enblocal.ini depending on your RAM.

[tbmg]

What are your PC specs? Theres a possible error in your enblocal.ini depending on your RAM.

https://wiki.step-pro...bmg/SystemSpecs

[L1Qu1D1]

Yea you're VideoMemorySizeMb=61346 should be a lower value, have a look at https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENBlocal_INI/Memory and the step for VideoMemorySize, follow the guide and input correct value.

 

It might not fix the problem but make sure its setup correctly if you post on enbforums :).

[tbmg]

Yea you're VideoMemorySizeMb=61346 should be a lower value, have a look at https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENBlocal_INI/Memory and the step for VideoMemorySize, follow the guide and input correct value.

 

It might not fix the problem but make sure its setup correctly if you post on enbforums :).

Turns out I accidentally ran the directx11 which gave me that number. It did not fix the issue though. I actually found someone else with the same problem but they did not leave their solution. Something about overlays hooking into the game? I do not have anything like that though and I turned off steam overlay just to see if it would work and it did the same exact thing. Maybe someone understands what the were talking about better than I did? https://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5642

 

EDIT: I do use afterburner but I do not keep it open or even see it running in the task manager

Edited January 12, 2018 by tbmg

[L1Qu1D1]

Suppose that's a generic answer from creator of enb but just make sure in your task manager you only have essential tasks running, if you don't know what something is then google the file name. Guessing you know what crapware is..? I close every running task and don't even leave my virus checker running in background when gaming, only thing I do leave on is firewall, I even end intel software. So make sure things like Windows Defender is closed completely just to be safe. Sounds like you have already cleaned up crapware but always best to double check just beforehand. If you have any trouble post a screenie of task manager to be sure..

 

Make sure all drivers are updated not just graphics so sound and system drivers as well. If you have the newest, try an older one/graphics only. Very occasionally there are small incompatibilities with individual games.

 

Then try disable the skyrim.ini tweaks for enb and the deferred rendering. Then try UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false to be sure and if still the same try without the direct3d9.dll in skyrim folder completely.

 

Post back with results.

 

EDIT Things installed are completely fine, just close everything. I have 32 active processes when gaming and under 1gb of system memory used before I start MO or skyrim, just to be sure nothing can interfere.

Edited January 12, 2018 by L1Qu1D1

[L1Qu1D1]

And make sure to have restarted at least once since you noticed you had the problem since some problems can only be fixed with a quick restart, basically you're being the doctor of a patient with a unknown condition so these things take time..

[tbmg]

Okay, I have tried just about everything you suggested except rolling back drivers because that is way too much work. None of it worked. At this point I'm thinking I might just quit trying because somehow without enb the game is unplayable from a performance view and still unplayable with enb because looking at the screen gives me a disease. Just from looking at what the creator said, he thinks enb is not at fault for this and I can not find what is. So unless anyone has any other potential solutions (which I would really appreciate) then I quit.

[L1Qu1D1]

Yea it does occasionally take an absolute age to diagnose problems, if only you could get it working with deferred rendering off/speed hack no graphics then reshade would compensate a bit for a lack of enb.

 

If you ever feel like trying different drivers it's just a case of downloading display driver uninstaller, restart safe mode, make sure AMD drivers selected and click clean and restart then you can install new drivers so not too much of a chore. Maybe Google amd drivers enb and hopefully you can find a set that works.

Oh sorry you have gtx 1050ti that is a puzzle in that case, it's usually amd graphics that have strange issues with enb. Sorry couldn't help you more.

[TechAngel85]

Did you run BethINI to ensure your INIs are in tip-top shape? BethINI will also make the necessary edits for ENBs.

[tbmg]

Yes that has always been my go to ini editor

[tbmg]

Im going to try using an older version of enb and see if that might help?

 

EDIT haha yeah no...

Edited January 13, 2018 by tbmg

[tbmg]

OKAY. Not that anyone cares but I thought I might as well wrap up this saga of troubleshooting, so I have no idea what the actual issue was. But I did get it fixed, deleted the entire Skyrim directory and started from scratch. Well that worked and now I have no issues... yay. I guess I must have missed a s.t.e.p. you know what I mean? Either way, when in doubt start over and try again.

Edited January 16, 2018 by tbmg

[LavenderCat]

Going to deviate a little here, but mostly stay on track.

Just downloaded ENBoost, went to play, and I nearly had a ******* seizure because of how quickly the screen was flickering.
This...isn't a joke. I play in a really bright room with an open window right next to me, and had to exit the game as quickly as possible because my head started to hurt and I felt nauseous.
This is a very serious issue for people who have epilepsy or are photosensitive.
I, thankfully, don't have either; but the fact that it still affected me is bad.

 

So, yeah, had the same issue, someone suggested it might be because I had the ENBoost FPSLimiter enabled. Going to check it out now.

[TechAngel85]

Make sure all the overlays are off. Steam, GeForce Experience, etc. Some capture software can cause issues with ENBSeries too.

Also make sure your vsyncs are combating one another. I know some users who don't have performance issues will turn all vsync off and just run the driver's FPS Limiter to skirt some issues too.