DynDOLOD 3.00 Alpha 196

[sheson]

8 hours ago, The_Franks said:

I cannot seem to get my Aspen tree lod working with Seasons of Skyrim. In the winter, the close trees change, but the far trees stay leafy. xEdit shows there is no dyndolod_base for treeWinterAspen, even though those are DLC01 objects that are all over the falmer valley. TreeAspen01_dyndolod_base exists, but without treewinterAspen01_dyndolod_base, how can I swap them in the winter? There is only one tree swap in the dyndolod_win.ini, and that is a treepineforest03 to treepineforest03snow and yet all of the pines are working correctly. I have attached some logs, but the debug is 14MB as a 7zip, so it is too big. This section of it shows that it is processing the winter aspens "[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing DLC1TreeFloraMountainFlower02Yellow,False Dawnguard.esm DLC1TreeFloraMountainFlower02Yellow "Mountain Flower" [TREE:02002A77]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen01 Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen01 [TREE:02003AC5]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen02 Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen02 [TREE:02003AC9]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen03 Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen03 [TREE:02003ACA]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen04,False Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen04 [TREE:02003ACB]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen05 Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen05 [TREE:02003ACC]>
[00:16] [LoadRecordsString] <Debug: Processing TreeWinterAspen06 Dawnguard.esm TreeWinterAspen06 [TREE:02003ACF]>"

So they are being processed (except 4, too small?). The . I included the falmer valley log, because it mentions them, and the tamriel log, because it does not. Is there a command I can put in the dyndolod_win.ini to force the change whether it wants to or not? Something like "[Trees]
;TreePineForest03_DynDOLOD_BASE|TreePineForestSnow03_DynDOLOD_BASE
0x64972~DynDOLOD.esm|0x64973~DynDOLOD.esm" from the bottom, but for treeAspen01_dyndolod_base to treeWinterAspen01_dyndold_base? What is the editor ID for the lod of the DLC01 winter aspen? I can't find one at all. TreeAspen01_dyndolod_base is there, but no winter version. Thanks for the help. Let me know if you need any more logs or anything.

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Read the first post and or https://dyndolod.info/Official-DynDOLOD-Support-Forum#Post-Logs how to zip large log files and upload them to a file service.

See https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/62861 and https://dyndolod.info/Help/Seasons#Technical-Information
For things to swap, you need to create an INI for a season that contains the swaps. The original record and the record that is being swapped to need to exist both in the load order before the LOD patch generation with DynDOLOD. The full model swap needs to work without DynDOLOD output in the load order.

Do not use records or files that may or may not exist in the automatically generated LOD patch. Things are generated as required by the load order and settings only. There is no guarantee they will exist consistently, across versions. The editor is not stable either. Using/patching the LOD patch or relaying in its content for anything is not how any of this is supposed to work.

5 hours ago, The_Franks said:

Nevermind. I don't know why I am trying to make a mod that already exists. Seasonal Aspens took care of the winter. Not sure why it works, and even though I was doing the same thing with different names, it didn't. Unless it was because I needed to unpack the textures from the BSA. Oh, well. I am a results guy, so I cannot argue with this working. Now I just need to clean up the mess I made in my folder and mods. 

xEdit, xLODGen, DynDOLOD etc. read assets from BSA, so they do not need to be unpacked.

[drift123]

On 6/10/2024 at 4:37 PM, sheson said:

It is known that ENB settings affects grass LOD color/brightness. ENB typically does not change the visibility of LOD or transparency of textures. Use tfc to get close to LOD. No logs and no useful screenshots like a close up of LOD with tfc were provided.

What I mean is that enabling ENB fixes the impression of grass LOD only looking green.

Without ENB the LOD grass is matching the full grass types, but the darkness makes the brown grass look the same as the green grass at a distance.

ENB Off:

But with ENB enabled, the green and brown grass can be seen from a distance. I just need to reduce the brightness of the grass LOD slightly to match the shadows on the full grass.

Enb On:

[sheson]

3 minutes ago, drift123 said:

What I mean is that enabling ENB fixes the impression of grass LOD only looking green.

Without ENB the LOD grass is matching the full grass types, but the darkness makes the brown grass look the same as the green grass at a distance.

ENB Off:

But with ENB enabled, the green and brown grass can be seen from a distance. I just need to reduce the brightness of the grass LOD slightly to match the shadows on the full grass.

Enb On:

ENB can light distinctive types of full models (shaders) differently, while typically object LOD is treated the same regardless of what it depicts. The direction light is coming and its color affected how things look.

https://dyndolod.info/Help/Grass-LOD#Settings
In case the grass LOD brightness or color seems off (it might depend on weathers or ENB settings), try different Direct/Ambient settings for grass LOD billboards in TexGen. In addition or alternatively change the GrassBrightnessTop*/ComplexGrassBrightnessTop* and GrassBrightnessBottom*/ComplexGrassBrightnessBottom* settings in ..\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\DynDOLOD_SSE.ini - those settings help if the color tone is off. Especially the image based lighting effect from ENB has a big impact on the brightness and color tone of the grass LOD. Additional complex grass lighting and time of day settings will obviously not apply to object LOD, as they are separate meshes and shaders. Do not use them so full grass and grass LOD match better for all weathers/times.

https://dyndolod.info/How-LOD-Works
LOD does not cast or receive shadows. This can be mitigated by the ENB distant shadow effect or Screen-Space Shadows.

https://dyndolod.info/Help/Grass-LOD#Internal-Billboards-and-External-Billboards

[Ash19256]

The LODGenx64Win.exe file from the archive download is being flagged as infected by Bitdefender antivirus.

[sheson]

1 hour ago, Ash19256 said:

The LODGenx64Win.exe file from the archive download is being flagged as infected by Bitdefender antivirus.

https://dyndolod.info/FAQ#Virus
Nexus automatically scans every upload. Look for the green/blue circle checkmark for each file on the files tab.
Check with https://www.virustotal.com to rule out false positives.

[sasquatch678]

Keep getting this error message when running Dyndolod. The page that pops up has no additional information or help explaining the error.

https://imgur.com/kYopadb

Things I have tried:

-restarting my pc

-reinstalling Dyndolod

-rerunning xLodgen and Texgen

-adding Dyndolod, Lodgen, and Texgen as exclusions in Windows Defender

I was running Dyndolod a few days ago and it worked fine. No changes have been made to my mod list, other than textures. Dyndolod will initially run fine, after ~13 minutes it will say waiting for Lodgen64 to run, then for ~15 minutes more nothing else will appear in the log. Then this message appears. Additionally, no log is generated.

[sheson]

2 hours ago, sasquatch678 said:

Keep getting this error message when running Dyndolod. The page that pops up has no additional information or help explaining the error.

https://imgur.com/kYopadb

Things I have tried:

-restarting my pc

-reinstalling Dyndolod

-rerunning xLodgen and Texgen

-adding Dyndolod, Lodgen, and Texgen as exclusions in Windows Defender

I was running Dyndolod a few days ago and it worked fine. No changes have been made to my mod list, other than textures. Dyndolod will initially run fine, after ~13 minutes it will say waiting for Lodgen64 to run, then for ~15 minutes more nothing else will appear in the log. Then this message appears. Additionally, no log is generated.

Read the first post and/or https://dyndolod.info/Official-DynDOLOD-Support-Forum#Post-Logs which DynDOLOD log, debug log and bugrport.txt (if it exists) to upload when making posts. Read https://dyndolod.info/Official-DynDOLOD-Support-Forum#Post-Logs what to do in case there are no logs in the log folder to upload because the tool is being terminated prematurely.

Do not post screenshots of messages, use the "Copy message to clipboard" link instead and paste the message, as explained in the first post and/or https://dyndolod.info/Official-DynDOLOD-Support-Forum#Post-Logs

Click onto the "Click on this link for additional explanations and help for this message" to open https://dyndolod.info/Messages/Exceptions for further help as explained in the first post and/or https://dyndolod.info/Official-DynDOLOD-Support-Forum#Read-Log-and-Error-Messages. See everything under "Access violation"

[sasquatch678]

Edit: Nevermind, I see the problem plugin with ignored cells now. Please disregard.

 

Okay, here is a copy/paste of the error message.

[Window Title]
DynDOLOD

[Main Instruction]
Access violation at address 0000000001279942 in module 'DynDOLODx64.exe'.

[Content]
Read of address 0000000000000000.

Click on this link for additional explanations and help for this message

For qualified help and advice or to report a problem make a post on the official DynDOLOD support forum.

[OK] [Exit DynDOLOD]

[Footer]
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And here are the logs. https://ufile.io/f/97fo5

Each time I run Dyndolod it gets to "Waiting for LODGenx64Win.exe generating object LOD for Tamriel." then around 15 minutes later terminates with the above error message.  I am using the x64 version. I am not using an antivirus other than Windows Defender, and Texgen, Lodgen and Dyndolod are all set as exceptions. I have 32gb of RAM and the usage is not particularly high while this occurs, averaging around 70%

 

Edited June 14, 2024 by sasquatch678

[someguyidk]

I'm trying to use TexGen64 for my FO4 modlist. I am getting this error when I try to utilize the program.

Spoiler

Using Fallout4 Data Path: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Data\
Using Scripts Path: E:\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\
Using Temp Path: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\TexGen_FO4\
Using Output Path: E:\DynDOLOD\TexGen_Output\
Using ini: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Fallout4.ini
Using custom ini: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Fallout4Custom.ini
Using save path: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Saves\
Using Creation Club Content list: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4.ccc
Using plugin list: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Fallout4\Plugins.txt
Using settings file: E:\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\TexGen.ini
Using language: En
Using general string encoding: 1252  (ANSI - Latin I)
Using translatable string encoding: 1252  (ANSI - Latin I)
Using VMAD string encoding: 65001 (UTF-8)
Loading active plugin list: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Fallout4\Plugins.txt
[00:00] Background Loader: starting...
[00:00] Background Loader: [Fallout4 - Textures1.ba2] Loading Resources.
[00:00] Background Loader: Fatal: <Exception: Unknown archive version 0x00000007>
[00:00] Background Loader: finished

I am using the rolled back version 1.10.163 for my playthrough. Game runs fine so I'm not sure why it is saying unknown archive version. Any help is appreciated. I've used your tools many times for Skyrim but this is my first time trying them in Fallout 4. Thanks for the great tools!

[DoubleYou]

36 minutes ago, someguyidk said:

I'm trying to use TexGen64 for my FO4 modlist. I am getting this error when I try to utilize the program.

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Using Fallout4 Data Path: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Data\
Using Scripts Path: E:\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\
Using Temp Path: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\TexGen_FO4\
Using Output Path: E:\DynDOLOD\TexGen_Output\
Using ini: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Fallout4.ini
Using custom ini: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Fallout4Custom.ini
Using save path: C:\Users\xxxxx\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\Saves\
Using Creation Club Content list: E:\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4\Fallout4.ccc
Using plugin list: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Fallout4\Plugins.txt
Using settings file: E:\DynDOLOD\Edit Scripts\DynDOLOD\TexGen.ini
Using language: En
Using general string encoding: 1252  (ANSI - Latin I)
Using translatable string encoding: 1252  (ANSI - Latin I)
Using VMAD string encoding: 65001 (UTF-8)
Loading active plugin list: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Fallout4\Plugins.txt
[00:00] Background Loader: starting...
[00:00] Background Loader: [Fallout4 - Textures1.ba2] Loading Resources.
[00:00] Background Loader: Fatal: <Exception: Unknown archive version 0x00000007>
[00:00] Background Loader: finished

I am using the rolled back version 1.10.163 for my playthrough. Game runs fine so I'm not sure why it is saying unknown archive version. Any help is appreciated. I've used your tools many times for Skyrim but this is my first time trying them in Fallout 4. Thanks for the great tools!

Please update to the latest version of xLODGen.

[someguyidk]

45 minutes ago, DoubleYou said:

Please update to the latest version of xLODGen.

The latest is the beta v.112 right? I'm still getting the error somehow. I don't imagine that my textures are too far from vanilla so I'm just use yours for now.

[DoubleYou]

14 minutes ago, someguyidk said:

The latest is the beta v.112 right? I'm still getting the error somehow. I don't imagine that my textures are too far from vanilla so I'm just use yours for now.

I reread your question. I see now you said TexGen. This is the xLODGen topic, so I thought you were using xLODGen. Latest TexGen is alpha 171 currently. 

[someguyidk]

2 hours ago, DoubleYou said:

Please update to the latest version of xLODGen.

My mistake, I thought this was a catch-all for all of Sheson's mods. I am using the latest versions of all of his mods but I'm still getting that same error. Oh well. In any case I generated the LODs with your mod and everything looks great except tree LODs overwrote the ones from A Forest. I should have paid closer attention. With this and PRP everything looks and runs fantastically. Modding FO4 in 2024 is in a pretty sweet spot, even with the NG debacle.

Edited June 14, 2024 by someguyidk

[ExquisiteLemon]

Ok,  I've got everything running smoothly now, cleaned the plugins Dyndolod asked me too and ran the tool fine.  Only problem remaining is that Dyndolod is causing CTD on startup.  I checked my persistent reference count and it was about 335,000 total, which seems to be fine.

Here are some interesting lines from the crash logger;

Unhandled exception "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION" at 0x7FF728198090 SkyrimSE.exe+0198090    mov rax, [rcx+0x30]
 

PROBABLE CALL STACK:
    [0] 0x7FF728198090 SkyrimSE.exe+0198090 -> 14371+0x10    mov rax, [rcx+0x30]
    [1] 0x7FF728299050 SkyrimSE.exe+0299050 -> 19507+0x5A0    test al, al
    [2] 0x7FF728638795 SkyrimSE.exe+0638795 -> 37791+0x25    mov rax, [rbx]
    [3] 0x7FF7285F0F47 SkyrimSE.exe+05F0F47 -> 36630+0xD7    mov rax, [0x00007FF72AFC1B78]
    [4] 0x7FF7285E9364 SkyrimSE.exe+05E9364 -> 36553+0x3E4    mov rcx, [0x00007FF729F58138]
    [5] 0x7FF7285F285C SkyrimSE.exe+05F285C -> 36644+0x1C    xor eax, eax
    [6] 0x7FF728C45E4D SkyrimSE.exe+0C45E4D -> 68445+0x3D    mov rcx, [0x00007FF72B006898]
    [7] 0x7FF8924C257D KERNEL32.DLL+001257D
    [8] 0x7FF893E2AF28    ntdll.dll+005AF28
 

PLUGINS:
    Light: 0    Regular: 0    Total: 0

 

I can upload the whole thing if you want it.

 

SKSE logs did not say anything.  I did get some errors about duplicate lods when running Dyndolod, but in my experience with running the tool before this has never caused any issues before, especially since my load order is exactly the same as it was before when running Dyndolod 3.0 previously.

 

Edit: The problem seems to be tied to some sort of issue with Requiems Reqtificator having Dynodlod.esm as a master, Ill follow up on this after more troubleshooting

Edited June 17, 2024 by ExquisiteLemon

[Soulmancer]

I tried to run Dyndolod Alpha .173 x64 but I got an Assertion failure (E:\Delphi\Projects\DynDOLOD3\Core\wbImplementation.pas, line 8480)

Here is the bug report log.  https://paste.ee/p/EVyLv

here is the DynDOLOD_SSE_log.txt https://paste.ee/p/NmRzC

Debug log is here.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hGt9AP4_VHPNw21XIMxkutKxWGKQiZUf/view?usp=sharing

Never experienced this before but running again to see if it's repeatable.  I did check xEdit for errors and can't see an issue I've not addressed

EDIT: re-ran and the had the same error again.