Dragonsreach - no glowing windows

[Rally]

Hello,

 

so i set up the game with the latest version of Dyndolod. I´m using SMIM, Noble, Skyland Whiterun, Rustic windows (regarding the Dragonsreach issue). It´s just the upper windows not glowing at night. High Hrothgar i.e. is fine. I checked all meshes and textures and there´s none missing. FYI i´m using dynamic lods. 

 

these are the related meshes in my data/meshes/lod/whiterun folder: 

 

- wrcastlemainbuilding01_lod

- wrcastlemainbuilding01_lod_2

- wrcastlemainbuilding01glow_lod_2

- wrcastlemainbuilding01lod_lod

- wrcastlemainbuilding01lod_lod_2

 

and these textures in data/textures/lod:

 

- wrbuildingslod01

- wrbuildingslod02

- wrcastlelod01

 

i looked through everything and played with load order, double checked all mods, but i´m running out of ideas. Really appreciate your help!

Thanks a ton in advance :)

 

P.S. i attatched my logs if it helps

[sheson]

You have me confused, because you say it is just the upper windows, but then you mention wrcastlemainbuilding01 from the lower main building, but not wrcastlestonetowertop01 or wrcastlewoodtower01, which would be the "upper" windows.

 

Can you use tfc in console and fly near the LOD castle and make a screenshot?

 

Post to pastebin or upload a zip file to a file service:

 

DynDOLOD\Logs\DynDOLOD_[sSE|TES5]_log.txt

DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\Export\LODGen_[sSE|TES5]_Tamriel.txt

DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\cache\DynDOLOD_[sSE|TES5]_glowlod.txt

[Rally]

thanks for your fast reply!

sorry my bad. the listed textures are the ones in my folders. but for some reason the upper windows are not glowing. 

fyi i´m playing in VR so will try to take proper screenshots. never tried tfc in VR tho ;)

 

i have these files too

 

- wrcastlestonetowertop01_lod_2

- wrcastlestonetowertop01glow_lod_2

- wrcastlewoodtower01_lod_2

- wrcastlewoodtower01glow_lod_2

 

here´s a link to my google drive with the 3 files you asked for

https://drive.google.com/open?id=17JmmGbVpWFDnAA7WHQXOy80wEP77M1fG

[Rally]

k so tcf doesn´t work in VR for me (=CTD) so i tried to get as close as possible to show the issue. here are some screenshots

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bxl8S2vtibICPxuNb4KtWnqEXhiqnDxk

Edited June 19, 2019 by Rally

[Rally]

i also made sure that texture is in resources but for some reason won't show up. the wrroundwindow is pink, when checking with nifscope

 

https://i.imgur.com/i67q3BP.jpg

 

[sheson]

Is this with a new game? If not test with a new game.

 

Check if disabling DynDOLOD from its SkyUI MCM menu and then activating changes anything.

 

Check if the file skse\plugins\DynDOLOD_Data\DynDOLOD_Tamriel_Objects.txt in the output contains a line 

 

xxxxxx=,1,1,,,xxxxxx,DynDOLOD.esp,-1,-1,1,1,WRCastleStoneTowerTop01:7,WindowGlow,98940,DynDOLOD.esm

[Rally]

i´m using an unmodded save right after helgen. 

yes the line is there, here´s an image

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nzYhg99RDBr4raSdpW7YeOF9vkakM3s-

 

will try activating the menu through MCM next time i´m in game! 

 

thanks agin for your support

[sheson]

If deactivating/activating through MCM does not do anything try this in console:

 

prid xx01B2A2

enable

 

xx = hex load order of DynDOLOD.esp, probably A9

[Rally]

great, will try that!!

[Rally]

k so both options didn´t work. neither on/off nor console command made a difference. i reinstalled dyndo today, ran it and now i have the glow but the texture of the roof is missing.

see pics for comparison. by day the LODs are fine, but as soon as the windows are supposed to start glowing (related to time) the texture

disappears. when i´m close enough, it´s perfectly fine and all visible. that mesh must have issues, getting the texture applied for some reason.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L8Ko4qknsqiyYyfavQMldK49UkkOWHwX 

[sheson]

The link results in a 404 error

 

 

Since you choose to redo everything, please post/upload all the requested files again for the new generation.

Edited June 20, 2019 by sheson

[Rally]

well that´s weird. here you go again. i also put in the requested files.

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zGq9oBt7H1jfWpZN-ZTTG5t_qoI5sY49

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zGq9oBt7H1jfWpZN-ZTTG5t_qoI5sY49/view?usp=sharing

 

one of these should work now ;)

[sheson]

Since now you created only a DynDOLOD.esp, check that uLargeRefLODGridSize=5 is set in SkyrimPrefs.INI

Edited June 20, 2019 by sheson

[Rally]

ok so now i got it to work in a.....let´s say curious way. VR version has ugridlarge set to 11 by default. 

so i uninstalled dyndo, set the value to 5 and launched the game. then i closed it, reran dyndo installed it 

and put ugridslarge back to 11.

 

and don´t ask me why, the rather unconventional idea i had, made it work....lol 

 

https://i.imgur.com/BJk0Wqu.jpg

 

if the issue returns, i´ll report back.

i can´t thank you enough for all of your awesome work and your amazing support!!!!

 

ty, ty, ty

 

cheers,

Rally

[sheson]

By default VR does have it set to 5.

 

When you plan to run the game with it at 5 you can generate only a DynDOLOD ESP.

If you plan to use the setting with  anything but 5, you need to generate both the DynDOLOD ESM and ESP and set the large reference fix in the DynDOLOD MCM accordingly.

 

Read the manual about that setting / large references. 

Edited June 20, 2019 by sheson

[Rally]

then something else must be changing that value. A guy on r/skyrimvr had the same issue and never touched the ugrid value and hat it set to 11 by default.

he solved it the same way i did. last time i just forgot to creat the .esm as i usaully use it.

 

• Disable Dyndolod using the documented method

• Set uLargeRefLODGridSize=5 in SkyrimPrefs.INI

• Generate LODS using Dyndolod

• Load Skyrim and exit interior cell

• Save & Exit

• Set uLargeRefLODGridSize=11 in SkyrimPrefs.INI

• Load Skyrim

Edited June 22, 2019 by Rally