DynDOLOD 3.00 Alpha 198

[MrPrideHyde]

1 hour ago, sheson said:

Use xEdit Asset Browser (CTRL+F3) to extract single files from archives or maybe BSArch.

Delete all old logs and bugreport.txt. Run this test version https://mega.nz/file/gUIGkbDL#1MrXg5ErgBHhSdZkuk3CsJTWPyQCHCB_xQ_Mdc1zNp4

Upload new log(s), bugreport.

Thank the Divines and you of course! This time it succeeded, at least I hope it did, the output is 160 MB (but I chose the Zip and Exit option, inside 7-Zip it shows about 329 MB size). I should probably mention that I did add about 20 mods to my modlist, but before that I had about 600 anyway, so I hope it didn't have a major impact. The only thing I changed besides that was the EXE file. Next step is I'm going to install it and try making a DynDOLOD out of it.

Here are the log files and that one texture if they're still needed and in case I was celebrating too early: https://disk.yandex.com/d/1HQqbuB30RQkaQ

[sheson]

25 minutes ago, tk421storm said:

Yes! Quite repeatable, seems to die on the same two textures every time.

bug report.txt

The message EFCreateError and The system cannot find the path specified is from the OS and typically means the program was prevented from writing. Usually related to UAC or antivir etc.

Just to double check, see if the folder E:\SkyrimTools\_DynDOLOD_Output\textures\pbr\architecture\markarth\ still exists. It is created just before it tries to save a the file to it.

[sheson]

30 minutes ago, MrPrideHyde said:

Thank the Divines and you of course! This time it succeeded, at least I hope it did, the output is 160 MB (but I chose the Zip and Exit option, inside 7-Zip it shows about 329 MB size). I should probably mention that I did add about 20 mods to my modlist, but before that I had about 600 anyway, so I hope it didn't have a major impact. The only thing I changed besides that was the EXE file. Next step is I'm going to install it and try making a DynDOLOD out of it.

Here are the log files and that one texture if they're still needed and in case I was celebrating too early: https://disk.yandex.com/d/1HQqbuB30RQkaQ

Good. Still not sure if all rendered billboards will be OK but I wouldn't worry unless you see something weird in the game. Like bad/missing transparency for grass/tree LOD billboards.

[tk421storm]

1 hour ago, sheson said:

The message EFCreateError and The system cannot find the path specified is from the OS and typically means the program was prevented from writing. Usually related to UAC or antivir etc.

Just to double check, see if the folder E:\SkyrimTools\_DynDOLOD_Output\textures\pbr\architecture\markarth\ still exists. It is created just before it tries to save a the file to it.

thanks for your quick reply! I have the directories excluded from windows defender. I ran as administrator and ran into the same issue. I have verified that the folders (there is another error pointing to dungeons/dwemerruins) exist and are writable by me. Manually creating the folders and running the tool lead to the same basic result:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J_T5GDpxyMTxVzwL9wiNcl4bEvrgsvps/view?usp=sharing

I have my temp folder mapped to a separate drive in order to prevent C: from getting filled up; I wonder if it has something to do with that.

[z929669]

35 minutes ago, tk421storm said:

thanks for your quick reply! I have the directories excluded from windows defender. I ran as administrator and ran into the same issue. I have verified that the folders (there is another error pointing to dungeons/dwemerruins) exist and are writable by me. Manually creating the folders and running the tool lead to the same basic result:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J_T5GDpxyMTxVzwL9wiNcl4bEvrgsvps/view?usp=sharing

I have my temp folder mapped to a separate drive in order to prevent C: from getting filled up; I wonder if it has something to do with that.

Do you intend the underscore in DynDOLOD_Output?

Cannot create file "E:\SkyrimTools\_DynDOLOD_Output\textures\pbr\architecture\markarth\mrkrockdesigns01linear.dds".

Maybe it should be:

E:\SkyrimTools\DynDOLOD3\DynDOLOD_Output\

 

These things almost always reduce down to a simple thing.

[MrPrideHyde]

2 hours ago, sheson said:

Good. Still not sure if all rendered billboards will be OK but I wouldn't worry unless you see something weird in the game. Like bad/missing transparency for grass/tree LOD billboards.

Hey, I'm back, DynDOLOD this time. Bugreport says Integer overflow, yet I also got an Access Violation popup window. First time in "Grass Bounds.esp", then I disabled it, ran again, similar situation. With RealTimeLog=1 it takes half an hour merely to get to the error message and generates nothing inside DynDOLOD_Output folder. Here's everything: https://disk.yandex.com/d/bb1qu-z3E3esxw

[sheson]

10 hours ago, tk421storm said:

thanks for your quick reply! I have the directories excluded from windows defender. I ran as administrator and ran into the same issue. I have verified that the folders (there is another error pointing to dungeons/dwemerruins) exist and are writable by me. Manually creating the folders and running the tool lead to the same basic result:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J_T5GDpxyMTxVzwL9wiNcl4bEvrgsvps/view?usp=sharing

I have my temp folder mapped to a separate drive in order to prevent C: from getting filled up; I wonder if it has something to do with that.

It should only have to do with the path and file reported in the error message.

Check if anything is different with this test version https://mega.nz/file/cNYgzDrb#ZRoLddzO7hzhGV9QqZAjH5NOFAzN-Csevqj9pWfLqs8
Delete old logs and upload new ones.

If the issue persists, check if disabling real time protection entirely makes a difference. Try adding exceptions for all executables Texgen, DynDOLOD, Texconv, xLODGen.

[sheson]

10 hours ago, MrPrideHyde said:

Hey, I'm back, DynDOLOD this time. Bugreport says Integer overflow, yet I also got an Access Violation popup window. First time in "Grass Bounds.esp", then I disabled it, ran again, similar situation. With RealTimeLog=1 it takes half an hour merely to get to the error message and generates nothing inside DynDOLOD_Output folder. Here's everything: https://disk.yandex.com/d/bb1qu-z3E3esxw

Upload Grass Bounds.esp
Check if any mods overwrite meshes\landscape\grass\FallForestGrassObj01.nif, textures\landscape\grass\FallForestGrassObj01.dds and textures\effects\HighFrequencyNormals.dds

If all of these files are from vanilla BSAs, make sure the files are from the current Skyrim Steam version and report the CRC32 of Skyrim - Textures5.bsa. You can find that out with 7zip right click context menu for example.
Otherwise report the mod(s) or upload those files.

No need to enable the realtime log if it saves the log and debug log.

[MrPrideHyde]

4 hours ago, sheson said:

Upload Grass Bounds.esp
Check if any mods overwrite meshes\landscape\grass\FallForestGrassObj01.nif, textures\landscape\grass\FallForestGrassObj01.dds and textures\effects\HighFrequencyNormals.dds

If all of these files are from vanilla BSAs, make sure the files are from the current Skyrim Steam version and report the CRC32 of Skyrim - Textures5.bsa. You can find that out with 7zip right click context menu for example.
Otherwise report the mod(s) or upload those files.

No need to enable the realtime log if it saves the log and debug log.

There's FallForestGrass01 when Grass Bounds.esp is viewed in Creation Kit, and it's "related to/pointing to/is itself" (my knowledge of Creation Kit is very limited) FallForestGrassObj01.nif

Similarly, FallForestGrassObj01.nif mentioned in Groundcover.esp. It's just about the only grass mod I currently have (not counting Nature of the Wildlands), so gonna include its ESP

There's one fallforestgrassobj01.dds and one highfrequencynormals.dds inside Skyrim - Textures5.bsa

There's one fallforestgrassobj01.nif inside Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa

I have unpacked all BSAs except the Creation Club and Official stuff (meaning everything installed through MO2), haven't found any copies of the above 3 files

Everything: https://disk.yandex.com/d/nmhOy5H_5oo7QQ

[sheson]

6 hours ago, MrPrideHyde said:

There's FallForestGrass01 when Grass Bounds.esp is viewed in Creation Kit, and it's "related to/pointing to/is itself" (my knowledge of Creation Kit is very limited) FallForestGrassObj01.nif

Similarly, FallForestGrassObj01.nif mentioned in Groundcover.esp. It's just about the only grass mod I currently have (not counting Nature of the Wildlands), so gonna include its ESP

There's one fallforestgrassobj01.dds and one highfrequencynormals.dds inside Skyrim - Textures5.bsa

There's one fallforestgrassobj01.nif inside Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa

I have unpacked all BSAs except the Creation Club and Official stuff (meaning everything installed through MO2), haven't found any copies of the above 3 files

Everything: https://disk.yandex.com/d/nmhOy5H_5oo7QQ

All of that seems fine,

Delete all old logs. Run this test version https://mega.nz/file/MJ5jXYiS#wQ7mCOfzzYN-7BxyeoLNQo9OB2d6Hbxul4BBLuDuOAU
Report result and upload new logs.

[MrPrideHyde]

3 hours ago, sheson said:

All of that seems fine,

Delete all old logs. Run this test version https://mega.nz/file/MJ5jXYiS#wQ7mCOfzzYN-7BxyeoLNQo9OB2d6Hbxul4BBLuDuOAU
Report result and upload new logs.

It worked, your magic EXE file worked, thank you so much!

If you still want the logs and/or in-game experience, you'll have to wait till tomorrow though. Good luck in developing this VERY complex software!)

[tk421storm]

15 hours ago, sheson said:

It should only have to do with the path and file reported in the error message.

Check if anything is different with this test version https://mega.nz/file/cNYgzDrb#ZRoLddzO7hzhGV9QqZAjH5NOFAzN-Csevqj9pWfLqs8
Delete old logs and upload new ones.

If the issue persists, check if disabling real time protection entirely makes a difference. Try adding exceptions for all executables Texgen, DynDOLOD, Texconv, xLODGen.

Success! That new build seemed to get past the previous issue fine, no errors reported.

Logs in case it's useful: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cl4C4WtXZRL0g9WEiaYZzAZwLx4mlsKo/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for all your hard work. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

Edited March 6, 2025 by tk421storm
add logs

[sheson]

9 hours ago, MrPrideHyde said:

It worked, your magic EXE file worked, thank you so much!

If you still want the logs and/or in-game experience, you'll have to wait till tomorrow though. Good luck in developing this VERY complex software!)

Greats. Please upload log and debug log the successful generation.

[sheson]

10 hours ago, tk421storm said:

Success! That new build seemed to get past the previous issue fine, no errors reported.

Logs in case it's useful: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cl4C4WtXZRL0g9WEiaYZzAZwLx4mlsKo/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for all your hard work. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

Thanks for letting us know. If there are no further problems, there is nothing else to do.

[MrPrideHyde]

3 hours ago, sheson said:

Greats. Please upload log and debug log the successful generation.

Is it normal that 140MB of text became just 10MB after Zipping it (with normal level of compression)? The link: https://disk.yandex.com/d/NtOsZ6j_Q5x7Fw