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Step Build: Skyrim fails to launch from MO after installing ENBoost


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Hi all. I am Italian, so forgive me for my bad English. I am coming back to Skyrim after more than one year and started the long STEP installation process.

So far I got to the "Extenders" section (Section 2.C of the guide). I installed SKSE and it's scripts to MO, and all seemed to work, altho a couple of caveats apply:

 

- MO asks me to launch steam even tho it's already running. If I do, instead of launching the game it launches the Skyrim launcher. I've found another topic about the same issue and I've read and verified I have to let MO open Steam in order for all to work properly

- also, by reading the Step guide I couldn't understand if I have to check (activate) the skse mod in MO's left pane (the one you open with explorer in order to create the .ini file). SKSE seems to launch both ways, but just to be sure I checked it.

 

Anyway, the real problem came when i went on to the ENBoost installation. I followed STEP instruction by downloading last version - enbseries_skyrim_v0262 - and tweaking the emblocal.ini file). After installing ENBoost, if I launch SKSE from MO the game doesn't launch... Well, I should say it tries to load and CTD before the main menu.

 

Just to be sure, I deactivated my anti-virus (Microsoft security essentials), and run MO as administrator. I also double-checked the security properties of my C: drive (I installed skyrim on C:, same as my Windows 7 OS, but in a separate folder, NOT Program Files X86). Unfortunately, nothing seems to work. If I remove the ENB files from the Skyrim folder, tho, the game runs again. At this point, I have no idea what to do, and I'd like to know is anybody else experienced the same issue.

 

May it depend from the hybrid graphics system of my laptop (it mounts an integrated intel GPU and a GeForce GTX 870M with 6Gb DDR5 Ram... Switches automatically to the latter when I launch demanding programs. Have to say I am not accustomed to that system)

 

I should again point out that I followed the STEP guide TO THE LETTER, including ini tweaks and so on. EDIT: may it be that i need to install the injector version instead of the wrapper one since I am using la dual GPU laptop? I found a reference to something like that in the readme, but I am not sure how to proceed with the Injector...

 

Thanks in advance for your precious advice and insight and have a good day

Edited by kuroyume87

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Ok, after a good degree of trial and error I managed to solve the problem myself. It indeed had to do with my pc being a laptop with dual-gpu technology (optimus). Wrapper version of ENB binary is not able to detect my high-spec GPU. First of all, I installed the last version of direcx runtime. Secondly, I installed the injector (not wrapped) version of ENB binary, adding only the local.ini file from the wrapped version and applying the edits as instructed by Step. I also edited the enbinjector.ini file by adding "skse_loader.exe". Injector version must be launched every time before Skse, but oh well...

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