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| | Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper<br /> |
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| | Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77<br /> |
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| =DDSOpt Beginner Video Script=
| | CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @4.8 GHz<br /> |
| Hello Everyone! I go by the username phazer11 and I am a Mod Tester for the STEP (Skyrim Total Enhancement Project).
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| As you are watching this video, I'll assume that you want to optimize your textures. You may also be aware of the 3.1 Gb effective System RAM limitation of the Vanilla Skyrim Engine (actually a 4.0 Gb process limitation on 64-bit systems). Optimizing textures can help improve your system performance and reduce crashes related to the this limit as well as "micro-stutters" due to texture loading (which is related mostly to drive i/o).
| | GPU: EVGA GTX 780 Classified 3GB<br /> |
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| STEP Admins, Kelmych and --I call him Zed-- z929669 have been spear-heading the rework of the DDSOpt Guide on the STEP Wiki and have generously provided batch-processing files to simplify the "DDSopt-imization" of the vanilla textures provided by Bethesda. These batch files also remove redundant textures from the HRDLC and re-package the optimized textures into .7z archives for use with mod-management programs including Mod Organizer and Wrye Bash.
| | OS: Windows 8 Professional 64-Bit<br /> |
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| In this video, I'll be doing a short walkthrough on optimizing the Vanilla textures following the guide on the STEP Wiki as well as other mods like Skyrim HD 2k Textures. For more advanced users, I will be making a video demonstrating how to optimize more complex mods like Automatic Variant texture packs, which require some reorganization prior to optimization.
| | OS Drive: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD<br /> |
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| DDSOpt is a tool for resizing (i.e., 2k to 1k resolution) and compressing textures. It can also "fix" mip-maps. DDSOpt's optimization routines verify optimal texture compression and mip-mapping and corrects issues where possible (i.e., removes redundancies and re-mips). DDSOpt properly handles roughly 95% of Skyrim's textures based on file names, but it does sometimes get things wrong, and all known exceptions are accounted for (via a blacklist ~[[User:z929669|z929669]] [[File:Ixian_Insignia.png|20px|link=User:z929669]] [[User talk:z929669|Talk]] 00:53, August 23, 2013 (MDT) not "blacklist" actually ... mip-mapping still happens, but the ini allows explicit instructions on how to handle named textures) in the DDSOpt .ini to prevent this.
| | Storage: 2TB Hitachi Deskstar SATA 6 7200RPM<br /> |
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| Some of you may be wondering what "mips" are and I'll be making another video on common terms and texture properties that might be seen or useful to most Skyrim modders and will desrcibe mips to the best of my ability.
| | Storage: 1.5TB Western Digital Green Caviar SATA 3 Intellipower RPM<br /> |
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| DDSOpt will likely help fix at least some of your headaches and help improve your performance.
| | Storage: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM<br /> |
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| | Storage: 1TB Western Digital Black Caviar SATA 6 7200 RPM<br /> |
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| | CPU Cooler: Coolermaster TPC 812 (for now)<br /> |
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| | Case and CPU Cooler Fans: 6x Coolermaster Excalibur 86CFM Fans + 4x Coolermaster Turbinemaster 80 CFM Fans<br /> |
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| | Monitor: What's That?<br /> |
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| | TV: Sony Bravia 32" Class FullHD (1080P) LCD HDTV<br /> |
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| | Sound: Onkyo HT390 5.1ch Surround Sound Receiver + Satellite Speakers<br /> |
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| | Peripherals: Coolermaster Storm Quickfire Pro Mechanical Keyboard + Razer Naga Epic<br /> |
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Nothing to see here but a Mod Tester...
Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k @4.8 GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 Classified 3GB
OS: Windows 8 Professional 64-Bit
OS Drive: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD
Storage: 2TB Hitachi Deskstar SATA 6 7200RPM
Storage: 1.5TB Western Digital Green Caviar SATA 3 Intellipower RPM
Storage: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM
Storage: 1TB Western Digital Black Caviar SATA 6 7200 RPM
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster TPC 812 (for now)
Case and CPU Cooler Fans: 6x Coolermaster Excalibur 86CFM Fans + 4x Coolermaster Turbinemaster 80 CFM Fans
Monitor: What's That?
TV: Sony Bravia 32" Class FullHD (1080P) LCD HDTV
Sound: Onkyo HT390 5.1ch Surround Sound Receiver + Satellite Speakers
Peripherals: Coolermaster Storm Quickfire Pro Mechanical Keyboard + Razer Naga Epic
