GUIDE ENB Guide

[alt3rn1ty]

@ TechAngel - TY :)

 

1st edit - Slight layout change in ENB section start, to match ENBoost section start = Title / Quickstart / What is / <Indent sub-topics>

 

Also removed a few extraneous indents, sub-topics 7.5.1 and 7.5.2 had five and only needed four

 

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Changed "4 What is ENBoost" from :

 

Use the {{#switchtablink:Quickstart|Quickstart}} tab to jump right into using ENBoost which is located midway down the page or continue here for more detailed information about ENBoost and how to properly set it up.

 

To :

 

Go to the [https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#ENBoost_Quickstart ENBoost Quickstart] to jump right into using ENBoost, or continue reading from here for more detailed information about ENBoost and how to properly set it up.

 

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Changed broken link in 4.1 :

 

===ENBoost Installation===

# Get the latest version of ENBSeries from [https://enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.html ENB Dev].

 

To :

===ENBoost Installation===

# Get the latest version of ENBSeries from [https://enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.htm ENB Dev].

 

 

Same problem corrected in ..

 

== ENBoost Quickstart ==

# Download the latest [https://www.enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.htm ENB binary].

 

and 

 

The same in ENB Quickstart

 

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ENB Quckstart section, Link for ENB Choices Tab - Corrected to page location

 

#* There is a list of recommended presets here [https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#ENB_Choices ENB Choices].

 

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What is ENB 7.2 Prior to Installation

link corrected

* Download and save the recommended ENBSeries version for the chosen ENB Preset [https://www.enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.htm here].

 

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ENB INIs 7.5

Old Nexus Link corrected

 

=== ENB INIs ===

:''Much of the information of this section is provided courtesy of [https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24235/? Phinix].''

 

To

 

=== ENB INIs ===

:''Much of the information of this section is provided courtesy of [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24235/? Phinix].''

 

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8.1 ENB Series

 

Link corrected [https://enbdev.com/download_mod_tesskyrim.htm ENBSeries]

 

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8.2.2 ENB Presets

 

Link for Realvision ENB corrected to new Nexus Link https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

 

Link for Phinix Natural ENB Corrected to https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24235/?

 

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8.3 ENB Complimenting mods

 

Link for Dark Dungeons for ENB corrected to new Nexus Link https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12454/?

 

Link for Remove Interior Fog corrected to new Nexus Link https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/29253/?

 

Same for ...

 

Revamped Exterior fog

Interior and Dungeon Fog Remover

ENB and FXAA Remover <- Now also renamed to ENB FXAA SweetFX Manager and Remover

ENB Manager and Changer

Imaginator <- Now also renamed to IMAGINATOR - Visual Control Device for Skyrim

Dynavision <- Now also renamed to DYNAVISION - Dynamic Depth of Field

 

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9.5 Using ENB Weathers :

Link to Boris ENB Helper mod on Nexus, corrected link to new Nexus link

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/36318/?

 

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10.3 Using ELE with ENB

Download section

Added new Enhanced Lighting for ENB (ELE) - LITE Nexus Mod link - https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59733/?

 

Amended :

;Download Enhanced Lighting for ENB

: You can download ELE from the [https://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1930 ENB Dev Forums]. Since the ELE author considers the project to still be in an alpha state, he has not provided the modules anywhere else and requests users to not upload them to any sites without permission.

 

To read :

;Download Enhanced Lighting for ENB

: You can download ELE from the [https://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1930 ENB Dev Forums]. Or download the LITE version from [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59733/? Enhanced Lighting for ENB (ELE) - LITE]

 

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11.1 Performance Tips

 

EWI removed all his mods a while back but they are slowly coming back, including the new file location for his Performance ENB :

Relinked with new mod page. Now called :

 

EWIs Performance ENB https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/60346/?

 

( Confusingly, his old Minimal Performance ENB - Is now renamed to the above ( I think ), and he has another new Minimal ENB but no longer called Performance edition, now at https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59726/? = Minimal ENB Final Edition )

[alt3rn1ty]

@ Z

 

Also TY ^^ Only a bit of actual layout change was needed I think, the rest was minor corrections so links do not need to redirect anymore or broken tab links. Plus a bit of mod updating and new info.

 

Going for a coffee before I have another look, see if anything could be a better layout, but I dont think anything major needed doing really besides putting ENBoost first as a logical progression of advancement in using the ENB Binaries.

[TechAngel85]

Cool. Do you know how many times I've changed those links to ENB Dev?! I think Boris is using something that saves the files in one format (.htm) and then when he edits it gets changed to a different format (.html). I don't think anyone has ever really noticed this until they try to link to the pages but it happens way too often!

[GrantSP]

Cool. Do you know how many times I've changed those links to ENB Dev?! I think Boris is using something that saves the files in one format (.htm) and then when he edits it gets changed to a different format (.html). I don't think anyone has ever really noticed this until they try to link to the pages but it happens way too often!

Totally agree. This initially made me very apprehensive of the whole 'ENB' thing. It gave the impression of sloppiness and perhaps even the chance that these binaries may just 'up and disappear' one day. Glad to say I'm past that stage and have now gone with an ENB.

If only there was a way to have a link that checked for either extension...

 

Sorry for jumping in like that, very rude of me,  carry on. Oh BTW, very good guide. I'm learning a great deal about ENBs.

[alt3rn1ty]

Has there been any discussion recently anywhere reference the new default setting for ..

 

ReservedMemorySizeMb=64

 

Just wondering because if that is a default setting, and the guide is talking about a minimum of 128 ( increasing in steps of the same value ) - For a bit more precision in adjustment the increase could probably be refined

 

https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#Memory

 

 

This parameter sets a buffer size for swapping geometry and textures between VRAM and system memory. The buffer will be set in VRAM; however, it will also be duplicated in the system memory used by TESV.exe as well. This means that increasing this parameter's value will result in equal increases in both VRAM and system RAM usage. The values here are measured in megabytes. For video cards with 1GB or more VRAM, start with 128 as a baseline. If stuttering persists, increase the value in increments of 128 ( 256, 384, 512, etc ) until the stuttering has ceased or is as minimal as possible with the lost value as possible. The maximum value that can be used is 1024, but be aware that whatever value is used is how much VRAM will be reserved for the swap space. This is the reason the lowest value possible without experiencing issues is recommended. Because of this parameter being system dependent, users will need to test different values to find the one which works best for their specific setup.

ReservedMemorySizeMb=(128, 256, 384, 512, 640, 768, 896, 1024)

 

[TechAngel85]

I remember it being stated somewhere that Boris did some work on the feature and now recommends starting it out at 64 and increasing it from there. I would simply add in 64 as the lowest value and call it a day. The rest of the description is still accurate. The most common value that users seem to rest on is 512.

[z929669]

@alt3rn1ty

Just FYI: No need to describe changes made to any wiki page here on the forums ... what a PITA it must have been to create that post! ... all pages on the wiki have PAGE TOOLS > HISTORY link to give you a page that allows a diff compare of each edit or a series of edits. All of your changes will be shown in detail in the History page so that you don't need to explain anything again (except maybe for 'why' you changed something).

[alt3rn1ty]

Done. At least now some people will realise that the last setting of adding 128 to take them beyond stuttering may have been more than necessary, so reducing that by 64 may be enough and the sweet spot for their system.

 

This is the reason the lowest value possible without experiencing issues is recommended.

 

 

 

Its not going to be a common case but on my minimum spec laptop with 512mb VRAM, 64mb works well here.

 

But then I dont have much in the way of texture sizes to be cached, for example a compressed DXT1 1024x1024 texture is only 683 kb, barely two thirds of a mb, and there arent many textures in my setup bigger than that, while the majority are smaller.

 

For the purposes of the S.T.E.P community I can imagine 512mb as just a cache being the average especially if those darn mega sized manholes are in use :).

 

 

Edit : Thats "Done" in response to TA

 

@ Z - I had multiple tabs open so just pasted into the build of that post as I went through .. But yep I realise the Wiki will have a record of changes to undo, I detailed the changes to reassure I was not just vandalising the page, the only people who have seen me methodically work through someone elses work before were the old Wrye Bash team when I was doing an interpretation of the Official documentation into an accurate but more street friendly version .. ie the Wrye Bash Pictorial Guide word smithing.

I think TA needed the reassurance with his work being meddled with, which also corroborates the individual changes comments ( easy for a quick check as to what was done where )

 

Then at another later date if I have time to help with something, I would be trusted ... Muahahahaha! :)

Edited December 24, 2014 by alt3rn1ty

[z929669]

OK, that's fine then. Just wanted to make sure you knew about history and even linking to pieces of interest like diffs and anything history related that can be loaded in the browser.

 

Appreciate the diplomatic touch though ... you are thorough ;)

[alt3rn1ty]

One last question on Wiki's

 

How / Where are the images stored ?

 

I notice there is an upload facility, so does it give you a filename to link to that is then associated with the page you uploaded the image file to ?

 

And then while editing just insert the new filename where you want the image like [[File:ENBoostINI.png]] for example

[EssArrBee]

When the file is uploaded it will have the title real big at the top of the page. THen your format is correct for the basic insertion of an image.

 

For more info use the mediawiki page for image formatting.

[alt3rn1ty]

Cool, I ask because I will probably change that one graphic :
 

Its not correct because it includes an old setting which is no longer in [Global], Forcefakevideocard
 
and there is the uncertainty about whether Usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics - when set to true - also switches off Usedeferredrendering, so there was no need to switch it off in accordance with the Editing ENBLocal INI guide, whereas the latter would have us believe it needs to be set false for just ENBoost users ..
 
So if that image is for ENBoost only quickguide, then I think it should be showing as set to false. ( If the image is showing Usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics=true then that would indicate to me the image is for ENBoost only users presentation, to be later reversed in the instructions and images for full ENB users Quickstart guide, editing the ENBLocal.ini further down the page ) -
 
- Yep as necessary I want to add a different image there too because that quick start guide does not currently have one )
 
 
Here's a default ENBLocal.INI just downloaded fresh :

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=true
ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll
 
[GLOBAL]
UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false
UseDefferedRendering=true
IgnoreCreationKit=true
 
[PERFORMANCE]
SpeedHack=true
EnableOcclusionCulling=true
 
[MULTIHEAD]
ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false
VideoAdapterIndex=0
 
[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=64
VideoMemorySizeMb=2000
EnableCompression=true
AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false
 
[WINDOW]
ForceBorderless=false
ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false
 
[ENGINE]
ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
MaxAnisotropy=16
ForceLodBias=false
LodBias=0.0
AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false
EnableVSync=false
VSyncSkipNumFrames=0
 
[LIMITER]
WaitBusyRenderer=false
EnableFPSLimit=false
FPSLimit=10.0
 
[iNPUT]
//shift
KeyCombination=16
//f12
KeyUseEffect=123
//home
KeyFPSLimit=36
//num /       106
KeyShowFPS=106
//print screen
KeyScreenshot=44
//enter
KeyEditor=13
//f4
KeyFreeVRAM=115
 
[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]
Enable=false
Quality=1
DesiredFPS=20.0
 
[ANTIALIASING]
EnableEdgeAA=false
EnableTemporalAA=false
EnableSubPixelAA=false
EnableTransparencyAA=false
 
[FIX]
FixGameBugs=true
FixParallaxBugs=true
FixAliasedTextures=true
IgnoreInventory=true
FixTintGamma=true
RemoveBlur=false
FixSubSurfaceScattering=true
FixSkyReflection=true
FixCursorVisibility=true

 
And here's the image in question as it currently is :

 

 

I think for ENBoost users Quick guide that should be True / False / True / no forcefakevideocard

 

And the opposite settings for the first two showing for ENB Quickstart image False / True / True / and again no forcefakevideocard

 

 

I am not going to do the above tonight, getting too late, but when I can will pop in .. Going to leave the suggestion for you all to say yey or nay to first, I guess changing images on the wiki especially if they are the same name will overwrite the previous stored image, so I need to get those right without mistakes.

[TechAngel85]

Cool, I ask because I will probably change that one graphic :

 

Its not correct because it includes an old setting which is no longer in [Global], Forcefakevideocard

This was recently removed.

 

and there is the uncertainty about whether Usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics - when set to true - also switches off Usedeferredrendering, so there was no need to switch it off in accordance with the Editing ENBLocal INI guide, whereas the latter would have us believe it needs to be set false for just ENBoost users ..

This is not in question. Keith and I already posted on it. If you don't set UseDefferedRendering to false, then some of its code still runs (this is at least the last word we've both heard/read). Better safe than sorry. The ENBLocal INI part of the guide is not as accurate as the ENBoost section because it was created more recently. Follow whatever the ENBoost section says.

 

And here's the image in question as it currently is :

 

 

I think for ENBoost users Quick guide that should be True / False / True / no forcefakevideocard

This is correct.

 

And the opposite settings for the first two showing for ENB Quickstart image False / True / True / and again no forcefakevideocard

This is correct.

 

 

I am not going to do the above tonight, getting too late, but when I can will pop in .. Going to leave the suggestion for you all to say yey or nay to first, I guess changing images on the wiki especially if they are the same name will overwrite the previous stored image, so I need to get those right without mistakes.

If you visit the image's page on the wiki, you can upload a new image using the same name.

https://wiki.step-project.com/Special:ListFiles (here you can search for files by file name)

https://wiki.step-project.com/File:ENBoostINI.png

[alt3rn1ty]

Will do, and thank you all for the help and links.

[alt3rn1ty]

Done - New graphic for ENBoost Quickstart, and an equivalent for the ENB Quickstart which previously did not have one
 

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Also edited the ENB Quickstart : Where you had the line ..
 
 

6. Setup the enblocal.ini

• Open the Skyrim folder and then open the enblocal.ini in a text editor (Notepad++ is recommended).

 

That was immediately followed by

• Find the section named [GLOBAL] and ensure the line, UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false is set to false.
  • This line if set to true will disable the graphic effects of ENBSeries and only use the memory management feature known as ENBoost.

 

Now it looks like this with a graphic that was previously positioned wrongly further down the description :

 

 

Setup the enblocal.ini:

1. Open the Skyrim folder and then open the enblocal.ini in a text editor (Notepad++ is recommended).
2. Find the section named [GLOBAL] and ensure the line, UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false is set to false.
   • This line if set to true will disable the graphic effects of ENBSeries and only use the memory management feature known as ENBoost.

 

 

IE probably originally intended to be positioned the same as per ENBoost quickstart, but lost in translation to ENB Quickstart

 

https://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:ENB#ENB_Quickstart

Edited December 25, 2014 by alt3rn1ty