DynDOLOD 3.00 Alpha 196

[Zanderat]

Hey, Sheson.  I noticed at some point that you started to pack DynDOLOD 3.xx differently.  Does it matter?  And if so, what is the correct file structure?  Thanks.

[sheson]

Hey, Sheson.  I noticed at some point that you started to pack DynDOLOD 3.xx differently.  Does it matter?  And if so, what is the correct file structure?  Thanks.

DynDOLOD is packed the same since 5 years. The top level of the archive contains the DynDOLOD folder.

 

The Installation instructions say

 

Unpack the DynDOLOD Standalone archive into a new 'DynDOLOD' directory that is outside of special OS folders like 'Programs Files' or 'Program Files (x86)', User, Documents, Desktop, Download and also not in SteamApps, game or any mod manager folders.

 

I figured people have enough common sense that they do not need the overly wordy older instructions from the 2.x version anymore.

 

From the DynDOLOD Standalone archive copy the content of the 'DynDOLOD' folder, which contains the files DynDOLOD.exe, TexGen.exe, DynDOLOD_QuickStart.html and the sub folders 'Docs' and 'Edit Scripts' with all their content into a new 'DynDOLOD' folder outside of special OS folders like 'Programs Files' or 'Program Files (x86)', the SteamApps or game folders and Mod Organizers virtual file structure. Do not mix with old versions or xEdit/xLODGen installation.

Edited January 10, 2021 by sheson

[Zanderat]

No it changed.  I noticed that the .ini  files that used to go in "\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\" folder are now outside of it in the root installation folder.

Edited January 10, 2021 by Zanderat

[sheson]

No it changed.  I noticed that the .ini  files that used to go in "\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\" folder are now outside of it in the root installation folder.

Use search. https://forum.step-project.com/topic/15348-dyndolod-300-alpha-18/?p=244078

[Zanderat]

Thanks!  That's what I was asking.

Edited January 10, 2021 by Zanderat

[mikeykosminsky]

Hi Sheson

Firstly I want to just thank you for adding NGIO into DynDOLOD and allowing Grass LOD. I had installed NGIO and run the grass cache without really seeing any improvement, but then when I re-did my DynDOLOD using your new instructions, now I for the first time feel like I am playing a next-gen game. I only started modding SSE Skyrim for the very first time last month and it's taken me that long to finally get the game to a point where I feel like I want to play it. So thank you.

 

I had lots of issues with ILS after I re-installed DynDOLOD post grass-cache and after several googles seeing other people's threads with you commenting in them, I was able to find your suggestion of changing temporary=1 in the DynDOLOD setting and that helped me get past the ILS.

 

However now I am suffering from very big performance drops - down to 15 FPS at some points, even though I have turned down my ENB settings and I am running an RTX 3070 with i9 9900K & 48gb DDR4. 

 

In trying to get some performance gain, I have followed a few of your instructions, but now I see your comment about changing the grass density. You say that doing this in the NGIO config means I will now have to re-do the entire grass cache? Then, will that also mean once I re-do the cached files that I have to re-do both DynDOLOD outputs all over again as well?

 

Thanks again for being so amazing at responding to as many threads as you do 

[sheson]

You say that doing this in the NGIO config means I will now have to re-do the entire grass cache? Then, will that also mean once I re-do the cached files that I have to re-do both DynDOLOD outputs all over again as well?

 

You should ask questions about third party mods on the comments section of the 3rd party mod.

 

A cache or LOD represents the state of things at the time there are created. If settings or data is changed that affects how the content of the cache or LOD is created, then the cache or LOD needs to be created again for the changes to take effect.

 

The second post / ..\DynDOLOD\docs\help\GrassLOD.html has a section called "Updating".

Edited January 11, 2021 by sheson

[Sjurdy]

All logs: https://dropmefiles.com/pKYIr

 

For some reason, sometimes I get this error and bugreport at the end of dyndolod.exe

(sometimes there is sometimes not)

Edited January 11, 2021 by Sjurdy

[sheson]

All logs: https://dropmefiles.com/pKYIr

 

For some reason, sometimes I get this error and bugreport at the end of dyndolod.exe

(sometimes there is sometimes not)

Did it save the plugins? Do they load in xEdit and have no errors when error checking?

[Sjurdy]

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/c3NpBl8

Dyndolod.exe saved the plugins, and SSEEdit did not find any errors, also I did not notice anything strange in the game (see screenshot)

[Sjurdy]

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/c3NpBl8

Dyndolod.exe saved the plugins, and SSEEdit did not find any errors, also I did not notice anything strange in the game (see screenshot)

The error appeared at the end of stage 1 of generating a lod from Open cities, during stage 2 there was no error. This showed up around Dyndolod.exe 15-17 alpha, just didn't attach any importance to it

Edited January 11, 2021 by Sjurdy

[soupdragon]

DynDOLOD Resources SE 3.00 Alpha 4 for Skyrim SE/VR is reporting a dead link/expired for Mega.

 

 

 

You can always update the grass cache with different grass settings after LOD generation or disable the grass cache and let the GrassControl.dll generate grass.

 

However, any such changes means that grass LOD and loaded grass do not match anymore and the fade/switch will be more obvious.

 

Is there anyway of altering the density of LOD grass? I've looked through the texgen doc but can't find anything. Theres quite a discrepancy in density between grasscontrol generated grass and LOD grass and its quite noticeable. Currently I have regular grass extended out a long way but it means a noticeable pause/stutter whenever new LOD grid loads. Theres also a colour difference but thats another story havn't fiddled around with settings of that yet.

Edited January 11, 2021 by soupdragon

[sheson]

DynDOLOD Resources SE 3.00 Alpha 4 for Skyrim SE/VR is reporting a dead link/expired for Mega.

 

 

 

Is there anyway of altering the density of LOD grass? I've looked through the texgen doc but can't find anything. Theres quite a discrepancy in density between grasscontrol generated grass and LOD grass and its quite noticeable. Currently I have regular grass extended out a long way but it means a noticeable pause/stutter whenever new LOD grid loads. Theres also a colour difference but thats another story havn't fiddled around with settings of that yet.

If No Grass In Objects uses the same cgid files from the cache that were used to generate grass LOD, then for every full grass full model a billboard is placed. The only way that can be different if the cgid files changed since LOD generation or they are not used by No Grass In Objects.

Edited January 11, 2021 by sheson

[soupdragon]

Hmm. I set the grass distance in grasscontrolconfig.ini then generate a bunch of cgid files and set it use the cached files etc. Then generated dyndolod and this is the result. Generated it several times with various alphas and the result is the same. It does generate but its sparsely populated with grass lod

 

https://imgur.com/a/2HLSdmQ

[Stefan]

Grass LOD (..\DynDOLOD\docs\help\GrassLOD.html)

 

Generating

 

Generate grass LOD billboards with TexGen and install the TexGen output as usual.

 

To enable grass LOD generation, set Grass=1 in ..\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\DynDOLOD_SSE.ini.

 

Generate object LOD as usual.

 

Are these settings good for generating grass with "No grass in objects"? I have 6GB of VRAM. Used to follow the Step Project SSE guide for Dyndolod beta and now suddenly I have too many options 

Thank you