Weird issue with the High Resolution Texture Pack

[Penrutet]

Hi Step team,

 

I'm having a really weird problem with the HighResTexturePack from Bethesda. 

 

First of all, I upgraded my system recently and bought a new GPU (GTX770 4GB) but I was also having trouble with my HDD where Skyrim was installed (it was very noisy at startup, kinda slow etc., Problems with Skyrim included a microfreeze/framedrop when switching weapons via hotkeys and also frequent CTDs when loading a save midgame) so I also bought an additional SSD to the one where my OS is placed. I made a fresh install of Steam and Skyrim on that new SSD (i also put my documents folder on that drive) and on an initial testrun the former issues, especially the microfreeze when switching weapons, was gone. However, after beginning with the STEP core setup the problem returned - a short framedrop when switching weapons via hotkeys which leads to some kind of microfreeze. Furthermore, the loadtimes increased a little (from like 3-4 seconds to 5-6). Keep in mind that I just started my STEP setup (cleaned the ESM, installed the unofficial patches, ini tweaks). After a bit of testing I discovered that the High Resolution Texture Pack seems to be the culprit. Unticking the bsas in the Archive tab of MO removes all the issues. 

 

Any idea why this is happening? I could of course try out Bethesda Hi-Res DLC Optimized but my system should easily handle it. 

 

Thanks in advance, 

Penrutet 

[Penrutet]

I experimented a bit more with this problem and found out it even arises on a different system (installed Skyrim on my old laptop). I'm no longer sure if I just didn't notice this short framedrop when switching weapons or if this is something new. Could there be a problem with my HRDLC? I also tried Hi-Res DLC Optimized which certainly improves upon that weird issue but doesn't remove it entirely. Anyway, for now I just leave the High Resolution Pack unticked and later on I'll try and see if DDSopt helps in any way. What would you say, do you even necessarily need the HRDLC if you're installing a bunch of texture replacers later anyway? 

[Aiyen]

Does the same problem arise if you use a 2k texture pack like skyrim HD or SRO etc ? 

[Penrutet]

Does the same problem arise if you use a 2k texture pack like skyrim HD or SRO etc ? 

Nope, tested with SRO, no such problems. By the way, there's a way to bypass the weapon switching problem when the HRDLC is enabled: When I duplicate the weapons I'm wearing and drop one of the copies on the ground, the issue dissappears. ( still, slightly longer loading times but that's kinda pedantic :P ) Could be a clue... ^^

[Aiyen]

Does it help if you extract the HDDLC .bsa and load in the textures as loose files ? (remember to untick the .bsa)

 

Overall it is a bit silly and weird, but perhaps there just is something your system does not like by reading into compressed archives.