1. ----------SHORT GUIDE to the NEWCOMERS --------------
  2. I made it to save your time, if you have any questions please reply below it will be nice to discuss with some similar freaks!
  3. (trust me im fanatic over 30 years old gamer
  4. (please read, it takes me whole 2 days of trying and i achieve fully stable max settings game with ugrids 7on very medium rig! - first time from 2011.11.11 Skyrim operates without crashing with this uGrids and ENB etc.):
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  6. Be sure to turn off Climates of Tamriel and Real Lightning Overhaul - or other ligthing mods like author mentioned.
  7.  
  8. My Rig - intel QuadCore Q9550-2,83Mhz, 8Gb Ram, Geforce 560 GTX 1gb VRam - playing at 1920x1200, 60Hz
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  10. (If you have exactly like mine , for fast try you can just paste my enblocal.ini, skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini into your correct folders after setup of this ENB) - be sure to make backups of your own files!
  11.  
  12. Im using Official Hd textures mod, this ENB, Skyrim FLora Overhaul, Real Clouds,Dat Grass, and about 120 other mods (full list at the end).
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  14. With all maxed out (i mean really maxed out ) - in worst moments my fps shows 19-20.4fps - which is enuogh to play in comfort, becouse human eye feels best at 30-40 fps [over that value some people can feel bad after long time] , and slight drops form time to time to 20fps level is nothing scary as it lets you play smooth.
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  20. Im running this completly stable for 48 hours with very high settings and Ugrids to load at 7
  21.  
  22. How i manage to do that ?
  23. 0. Stick to the Description of this ENB to proper install this ENB
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  25. 1. MOST IMPORTANT use CTD and Memory patch ENBoost (read below for details)! http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38649/
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  27. 2.!!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!! Copy file named ENB Host (only that file) from original ENB 0.200 files (Wrapper folder) and paste into Skyrim directory, its not included in this ENB but its CRUCIAL to use it to avoid memory leaks crashes at ugrids to load 7 + ENB + texture mods etc. !!!!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!
  28. Without this file you will get red warning in main menu after game is loaded, but what is worst you will not take any adavantage of ENB Boost mod and ENB 0.200 NEW FEAUTURE this ENb version.
  29.  
  30. Like Boris wrote: "first version of memory reducing code for 64-bit systems which allow to
  31. use more than 4 Gb memory via enbhost.exe helper process. Recommended for users
  32. with 8 Gb or greater amount of RAM. Feature active when ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
  33. and EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false"
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  35. So, after copy that enb host file , be sure to have line: ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true set correctly! (its already good in mine enblocal.ini given below)
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  37.  
  38.  
  39. 3. DISABLE all Antialias settings and Vertical Synchronisation in Nvidia Control Panel (best create profile specially for Skyrim)
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  41. 4. BE FREE and SAFE to use my enblocal.ini configuration from below, as good as my skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini configurations if you have computer similar to mine. As i said i spend 48 hours of intense playing and file settings and experiments to make it completly stable.
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  43. 5. USE SHIFT + Page Down , while ingame (for comfort use "Q" key first to stop action) to freely modifiy this great ENB detail settings ingame.
  44. (Most fps eater is Ambient Occlusion
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  46.  
  47. Well first of all i slightly modified enblocal.ini file that comes from opethfeldt with these settings from above mentioned mod ->
  48. it looks like this:
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  50. DONT WORRY - its fully working with this ENB - its only fully adapted to work correctly with high uGridstoLoad and latest Boris Vorontsov
  51.  
  52. - CTD and Memory patch ENBoost , also it will clear red waring message in main menu too - with keeping all this ENB feautres.
  53.  
  54. MY ENBLOCAL.INI
  55. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  56.  
  57. [PROXY]
  58. EnableProxyLibrary=false
  59. InitProxyFunctions=true
  60. ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll [don't care about it, as you have proxy library to false]
  61.  
  62. [GLOBAL]
  63. UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false [setting this to true will disable ENB effects completly]
  64. UseDefferedRendering=true
  65. ForceFakeVideocard=false
  66. UseEffect=true
  67.  
  68. [PERFORMANCE]
  69. SpeedHack=true
  70.  
  71. [MULTIHEAD]
  72. ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false
  73. VideoAdapterIndex=0
  74.  
  75. [MEMORY]
  76. ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true
  77. ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
  78. DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
  79. ReservedMemorySizeMb=512 [i have only 1gb vRam videocard]
  80. EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
  81.  
  82. [WINDOW]
  83. ForceBorderless=false
  84. ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false
  85.  
  86. [ENGINE]
  87. ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true
  88. MaxAnisotropy=16
  89. EnableVSync=false
  90. AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false
  91.  
  92. [LIMITER]
  93. WaitBusyRenderer=false
  94. EnableFPSLimit=false
  95. FPSLimit=60.0
  96.  
  97. [INPUT]
  98. //back
  99. KeyReadConfig=46
  100. //shift
  101. KeyCombination=16
  102. //f12
  103. KeyUseEffect=123
  104. //home
  105. KeyFPSLimit=36
  106. //num / 106
  107. KeyShowFPS=35
  108. //insert
  109. KeyScreenshot=45
  110. //enter
  111. KeyEditor=34
  112.  
  113. [ADAPTIVEQUALITY]
  114. Enable=false
  115. Quality=1
  116. DesiredFPS=20.0
  117.  
  118. [FIX]
  119. FixPhysics=true
  120.  
  121. --------------------------------------------------------------------
  122. (you can copy paste above settings into enblocal.ini in Skyrim directory) - its modified to take full advantage of Boris antiCTD and Memory mod and this ENB recomennded settings)
  123.  
  124. Important to the newcomers with medium computers:
  125.  
  126. Even if this ENB is still beta its worth a try as its ONLY ONE ENB with such great effects, and spend some time to configure that (especially use SHIFT+PAGE DOWN in game to see FPS rate and difference in random shader and other settings live! I never done that before with any Enb but it gives a much faster insight).
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  128. Im using it together with wonderfull (and this month mod of the month from Boris Vorontsov [yes, creator of ENB] )
  129. CTD and Memory patch ENBoost, Link: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38649/ (its, real easy you must only change enblocal.ini file in Skyrim directory).
  130.  
  131.  
  132. My SKYRIM.INI:
  133. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  134. [General]
  135. sLanguage=ENGLISH
  136.  
  137. uGridsToLoad=7
  138. uExterior Cell Buffer=64
  139. iPreloadSizeLimit=26214400
  140.  
  141. [Display]
  142. fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
  143. fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
  144. fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
  145. iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
  146. bAllowScreenshot=1
  147. fDecalLifetime=256.000
  148. iPresentInterval=0
  149.  
  150. [Audio]
  151. fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
  152. fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
  153. fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
  154. fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0
  155.  
  156. [Grass]
  157. iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=6
  158. bAllowCreateGrass=1
  159. bAllowLoadGrass=0
  160. iMinGrassSize=75
  161.  
  162. [GeneralWarnings]
  163. SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.
  164.  
  165. [Archive]
  166. sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
  167. sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa
  168.  
  169. [Combat]
  170. fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
  171. fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
  172.  
  173. [Papyrus]
  174. fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=1000.0
  175. bEnableLogging=0
  176. bEnableTrace=0
  177. bLoadDebugInformation=0
  178. [Water]
  179. bReflectLODObjects=1
  180. bReflectLODLand=1
  181. bReflectSky=1
  182. bReflectLODTrees=1
  183. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  184. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  185.  
  186. My SKYRIMPREFS.INI
  187.  
  188. [General]
  189. fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
  190. fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
  191. fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
  192. iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
  193. bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
  194. [Imagespace]
  195. bDoDepthOfField=1
  196. iRadialBlurLevel=2
  197. [Display]
  198. iBlurDeferredShadowMask=1
  199. fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
  200. fShadowDistance=4000.0000
  201. iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
  202. iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
  203. iShadowSplitCount=2
  204. iMaxAnisotropy=0
  205. fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
  206. fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
  207. fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000.0000
  208. fGamma=1.0000
  209. fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
  210. fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
  211. fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000
  212. fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
  213. fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000
  214. iTexMipMapMinimum=0
  215. iTexMipMapSkip=0
  216. iWaterMultiSamples=0
  217. iMultiSample=0
  218. iShadowMode=3
  219. bTreesReceiveShadows=1
  220. bDrawLandShadows=1
  221. bShadowsOnGrass=1
  222. bFull Screen=1
  223. iSize H=1200
  224. iSize W=1920
  225. fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
  226. fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
  227. fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
  228. fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
  229. fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
  230. fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
  231. iScreenShotIndex=2
  232. bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
  233. bMainZPrepass=0
  234. iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
  235. iMaxDecalsPerFrame=350
  236. bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
  237. sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 "
  238. bFXAAEnabled=0
  239. iShadowMapResolution=2048
  240. fShadowBiasScale=0.2500
  241. iShadowMaskQuarter=4
  242. iAdapter=0
  243. iPresentInterval=0
  244. iShadowFilter=3
  245. bTransparencyMultisampling=0
  246. bDeferredShadows=1
  247. bDrawShadows=1
  248. [Grass]
  249. b30GrassVS=1
  250. fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000.0000
  251. fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=14000.0000
  252. fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
  253. [MAIN]
  254. bGamepadEnable=0
  255. bCrosshairEnabled=1
  256. fHUDOpacity=1.0000
  257. bSaveOnPause=1
  258. bSaveOnTravel=1
  259. bSaveOnWait=1
  260. bSaveOnRest=1
  261. fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
  262. [GamePlay]
  263. bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
  264. bShowQuestMarkers=1
  265. iDifficulty=2
  266. [Interface]
  267. bDialogueSubtitles=1
  268. bGeneralSubtitles=1
  269. fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
  270. bShowCompass=1
  271. [Controls]
  272. fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
  273. fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0280
  274. bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
  275. bInvertYValues=0
  276. bGamePadRumble=0
  277. bMouseAcceleration=0
  278. bUseKinect=0
  279. [Particles]
  280. iMaxDesired=750
  281. [SaveGame]
  282. fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
  283. [AudioMenu]
  284. fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
  285. fVal7=1.0000
  286. uID7=0
  287. fVal6=1.0000
  288. uID6=0
  289. fVal5=1.0000
  290. uID5=0
  291. fVal4=1.0000
  292. uID4=0
  293. fVal3=1.0000
  294. uID3=94881
  295. fVal2=0.3000
  296. uID2=466532
  297. fVal1=1.0000
  298. uID1=554685
  299. fVal0=0.8000
  300. uID0=1007612
  301. [Clouds]
  302. fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
  303. fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
  304. fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
  305. fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
  306. [TerrainManager]
  307. fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
  308. fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
  309. fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000
  310. fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000
  311. fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
  312. bShowLODInEditor=0
  313. [NavMesh]
  314. fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
  315. fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
  316. fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
  317. fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
  318. fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
  319. fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
  320. fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
  321. fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
  322. fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
  323. fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
  324. fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
  325. fEdgeThickness=10.0000
  326. fPointSize=2.5000
  327. [Trees]
  328. bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
  329. uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20
  330. [Decals]
  331. uMaxDecals=1000
  332. bDecals=1
  333. bSkinnedDecals=1
  334. uMaxSkinDecals=100
  335. uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
  336. bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1
  337. [LOD]
  338. fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
  339. fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
  340. fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
  341. fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
  342. [Launcher]
  343. bEnableFileSelection=1
  344. bShowAllResolutions=1
  345. uLastAspectRatio=4
  346. [BlurShaderHDR]
  347. bDoHighDynamicRange=1
  348. [BlurShader]
  349. bUseBlurShader=0
  350. [Havok]
  351. iNumThreads=3
  352. [Water]
  353. iWaterReflectHeight=512
  354. iWaterReflectWidth=512
  355. bUseWaterDisplacements=1
  356. bUseWaterRefractions=1
  357. bUseWaterReflections=1
  358. bUseWaterDepth=1