----------SHORT GUIDE to the NEWCOMERS -------------- 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! (trust me im fanatic over 30 years old gamer (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.): Be sure to turn off Climates of Tamriel and Real Lightning Overhaul - or other ligthing mods like author mentioned. My Rig - intel QuadCore Q9550-2,83Mhz, 8Gb Ram, Geforce 560 GTX 1gb VRam - playing at 1920x1200, 60Hz (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! 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). 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. Im running this completly stable for 48 hours with very high settings and Ugrids to load at 7 How i manage to do that ? 0. Stick to the Description of this ENB to proper install this ENB 1. MOST IMPORTANT use CTD and Memory patch ENBoost (read below for details)! http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38649/ 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!!!!!!!! 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. Like Boris wrote: "first version of memory reducing code for 64-bit systems which allow to use more than 4 Gb memory via enbhost.exe helper process. Recommended for users with 8 Gb or greater amount of RAM. Feature active when ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true and EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false" 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) 3. DISABLE all Antialias settings and Vertical Synchronisation in Nvidia Control Panel (best create profile specially for Skyrim) 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. 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. (Most fps eater is Ambient Occlusion Well first of all i slightly modified enblocal.ini file that comes from opethfeldt with these settings from above mentioned mod -> it looks like this: DONT WORRY - its fully working with this ENB - its only fully adapted to work correctly with high uGridstoLoad and latest Boris Vorontsov - CTD and Memory patch ENBoost , also it will clear red waring message in main menu too - with keeping all this ENB feautres. MY ENBLOCAL.INI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [PROXY] EnableProxyLibrary=false InitProxyFunctions=true ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll [don't care about it, as you have proxy library to false] [GLOBAL] UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false [setting this to true will disable ENB effects completly] UseDefferedRendering=true ForceFakeVideocard=false UseEffect=true [PERFORMANCE] SpeedHack=true [MULTIHEAD] ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false VideoAdapterIndex=0 [MEMORY] ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true DisableDriverMemoryManager=false ReservedMemorySizeMb=512 [i have only 1gb vRam videocard] EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false [WINDOW] ForceBorderless=false ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false [ENGINE] ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true MaxAnisotropy=16 EnableVSync=false AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false [LIMITER] WaitBusyRenderer=false EnableFPSLimit=false FPSLimit=60.0 [INPUT] //back KeyReadConfig=46 //shift KeyCombination=16 //f12 KeyUseEffect=123 //home KeyFPSLimit=36 //num / 106 KeyShowFPS=35 //insert KeyScreenshot=45 //enter KeyEditor=34 [ADAPTIVEQUALITY] Enable=false Quality=1 DesiredFPS=20.0 [FIX] FixPhysics=true -------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) Important to the newcomers with medium computers: 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). Im using it together with wonderfull (and this month mod of the month from Boris Vorontsov [yes, creator of ENB] ) 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). My SKYRIM.INI: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [General] sLanguage=ENGLISH uGridsToLoad=7 uExterior Cell Buffer=64 iPreloadSizeLimit=26214400 [Display] fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0 fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0 fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048 bAllowScreenshot=1 fDecalLifetime=256.000 iPresentInterval=0 [Audio] fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0 fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0 fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0 fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0 [Grass] iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=6 bAllowCreateGrass=1 bAllowLoadGrass=0 iMinGrassSize=75 [GeneralWarnings] 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. [Archive] sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa [Combat] fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0 fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0 [Papyrus] fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=1000.0 bEnableLogging=0 bEnableTrace=0 bLoadDebugInformation=0 [Water] bReflectLODObjects=1 bReflectLODLand=1 bReflectSky=1 bReflectLODTrees=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My SKYRIMPREFS.INI [General] fBrightLightColorB=1.0000 fBrightLightColorG=1.0000 fBrightLightColorR=1.0000 iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1 bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0 [Imagespace] bDoDepthOfField=1 iRadialBlurLevel=2 [Display] iBlurDeferredShadowMask=1 fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000 fShadowDistance=4000.0000 iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048 iShadowSplitCount=2 iMaxAnisotropy=0 fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000.0000 fGamma=1.0000 fDecalLOD2=1500.0000 fDecalLOD1=1000.0000 fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000 fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000 iTexMipMapMinimum=0 iTexMipMapSkip=0 iWaterMultiSamples=0 iMultiSample=0 iShadowMode=3 bTreesReceiveShadows=1 bDrawLandShadows=1 bShadowsOnGrass=1 bFull Screen=1 iSize H=1200 iSize W=1920 fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000 fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000 iScreenShotIndex=2 bShadowMaskZPrepass=0 bMainZPrepass=0 iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=350 bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 " bFXAAEnabled=0 iShadowMapResolution=2048 fShadowBiasScale=0.2500 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 iAdapter=0 iPresentInterval=0 iShadowFilter=3 bTransparencyMultisampling=0 bDeferredShadows=1 bDrawShadows=1 [Grass] b30GrassVS=1 fGrassStartFadeDistance=14000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=14000.0000 fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000 [MAIN] bGamepadEnable=0 bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=1.0000 bSaveOnPause=1 bSaveOnTravel=1 bSaveOnWait=1 bSaveOnRest=1 fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000 [GamePlay] bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=2 [Interface] bDialogueSubtitles=1 bGeneralSubtitles=1 fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000 bShowCompass=1 [Controls] fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000 fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0280 bAlwaysRunByDefault=1 bInvertYValues=0 bGamePadRumble=0 bMouseAcceleration=0 bUseKinect=0 [Particles] iMaxDesired=750 [SaveGame] fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 [AudioMenu] fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000 fVal7=1.0000 uID7=0 fVal6=1.0000 uID6=0 fVal5=1.0000 uID5=0 fVal4=1.0000 uID4=0 fVal3=1.0000 uID3=94881 fVal2=0.3000 uID2=466532 fVal1=1.0000 uID1=554685 fVal0=0.8000 uID0=1007612 [Clouds] fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000 fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000 fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000 [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000 bShowLODInEditor=0 [NavMesh] fObstacleAlpha=0.5000 fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000 fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500 fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000 fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500 fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000 fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000 fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500 fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000 fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000 fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000 fEdgeThickness=10.0000 fPointSize=2.5000 [Trees] bRenderSkinnedTrees=1 uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20 [Decals] uMaxDecals=1000 bDecals=1 bSkinnedDecals=1 uMaxSkinDecals=100 uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60 bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1 [LOD] fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000 [Launcher] bEnableFileSelection=1 bShowAllResolutions=1 uLastAspectRatio=4 [BlurShaderHDR] bDoHighDynamicRange=1 [BlurShader] bUseBlurShader=0 [Havok] iNumThreads=3 [Water] iWaterReflectHeight=512 iWaterReflectWidth=512 bUseWaterDisplacements=1 bUseWaterRefractions=1 bUseWaterReflections=1 bUseWaterDepth=1