Actor/Mesh Positions Visible on Load

[jessieca]

Hello,

 

I apologize if this is not in the right location and titled incorrectly. I had no idea how to begin looking for my problem (within the forums) and did not know how to properly describe it via the title. My hope is that I'm at least in the ballpark.

 

Anyway, I began my STEP journey last night, referencing several videos by GamerPoets and Gopher, as well as the STEP Wiki guide itself. Yesterday was spent making tweaks to ini files per the instructions I found, including the ENBlocal.ini. It was only today that I really began adding mods. A little while ago, I ran LOOT, built a Bashed Patch, and booted up the game via SKSE just to see that there weren't any issues yet. I brought up the prompt with tilde (`) when I got to the menu and typed coc whiterun to bypass the prisoner intro. Once I loaded in, that's when I saw all these lines, boxes and other things:

 

Screenshot 1: https://i.imgur.com/F2NVs4T.jpg

Screenshot 2: https://i.imgur.com/hA6QHFX.jpg

 

I can't make a signature yet but here are my system specs: https://wiki.step-project.com/User:Jessieca/SystemSpecs

 

Here is my load order and installed mods via MO: https://i.imgur.com/0sSPxyx.png

 

[spoiler=ENBlocal.ini]

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=false

InitProxyFunctions=true

ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll

 

[GLOBAL]

UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=true

UseDefferedRendering=false

IgnoreCreationKit=true

 

[PERFORMANCE]

SpeedHack=true

EnableOcclusionCulling=true

 

[MEMORY]

ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false

ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true

DisableDriverMemoryManager=false

DisablePreloadToVRAM=false

EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false

ReservedMemorySizeMb=11734

VideoMemorySizeMb=128

EnableCompression=false

AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false

 

[THREADS]

DataSyncMode=0

PriorityMode=0

EnableUnsafeFixes=false

 

[MULTIHEAD]

ForceVideoAdapterIndex=false

VideoAdapterIndex=0

 

[WINDOW]

ForceBorderless=false

ForceBorderlessFullscreen=false

 

[ENGINE]

ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true

MaxAnisotropy=16

ForceLodBias=false

LodBias=0.0

AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false

EnableVSync=true

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

//B

KeyBruteForce=66

KeyDepthOfField=118

 

[ADAPTIVEQUALITY]

Enable=false

Quality=1

DesiredFPS=20.0

 

[ANTIALIASING]

EnableEdgeAA=false

EnableTemporalAA=false

EnableSubPixelAA=false

 

[FIX]

FixGameBugs=true

FixParallaxBugs=true

FixParallaxTerrain=false

FixAliasedTextures=true

IgnoreInventory=true

FixTintGamma=true

RemoveBlur=false

FixSubSurfaceScattering=true

FixSkyReflection=true

FixCursorVisibility=true

FixLag=false

 

[LONGEXPOSURE]

EnableLongExposureMode=false

Time=1.0

BlendMax=0.0

 

[spoiler=SKSE.ini]

[Memory]

DefaultHeapInitialAllocMB=768

ScrapHeapSizeMB=256

 

[Debug]

WriteMiniDumps=1

 

[Display]

iTintTextureResolution=2048

 

[General]

ClearInvalidRegistrations=1

EnableDiagnostics=1

 

[spoiler=Skyrim.ini]

[Actor]

fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=12288

 

[Archive]

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

sInvalidationFile=

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Invalidation.bsa, Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa, Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

 

[Audio]

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

 

[Camera]

fMouseWheelZoomSpeed=10.00

 

[Combat]

bDisableCombatDialogue=1

bForceNPCsUseAmmo=1

f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7

f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

 

[Controls]

fMouseHeadingSensitivityMax=0.0625

fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200

fMouseHeadingYScale=0.8500

 

[Decals]

bDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecalPerActor=60

uMaxSkinDecals=100

 

[Display]

bAllowScreenshot=0

bShowMarkers=1

fDecalLifetime=300

fLightLODMaxStartFade=8500

fLightLODRange=45000

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.25

fSunUpdateThreshold=1.5

iPresentInterval=1

 

[General]

bBackgroundLoadVMData=1

fEncumberedReminderTimer=60

fFlickeringLightDistance=8192

sIntroSequence=

sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

uGridsToLoad=5

 

[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.

 

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

bDrawShaderGrass=1

fGrassFadeRange=10500

fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=125

fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=5

iGrassCellRadius=2

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=7

iMinGrassSize=40

 

[interface]

bShowTutorials=1

 

[LightingShader]

fDecalLODFadeEnd=1.1

fDecalLODFadeStart=1

fEnvmapLODFadeEnd=1.1

fEnvmapLODFadeStart=1

 

[LOD]

fDistanceMultiplier=1.00

 

[MapMenu]

fMapWorldMaxPitch=90

fMapWorldMinPitch=0

fMapWorldYawRange=400

 

[Papyrus]

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableProfiling=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=2000

 

[Trees]

bEnableTreeAnimations=1

bEnableTrees=1

fUpdateBudget=1.5

 

[Water]

bReflectLODLand=1

bReflectLODObjects=1

bReflectLODTrees=1

bReflectSky=0

 

 

 

[spoiler=SkyrimPrefs.ini]

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal0=0.8000

fVal1=1.0000

fVal2=0.4000

fVal3=1.0000

fVal4=1.0000

fVal5=1.0000

fVal6=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID0=1007612

uID1=554685

uID2=466532

uID3=0

uID4=0

uID5=0

uID6=0

uID7=0

 

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

 

[Controls]

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bGamePadRumble=1

bInvertYValues=0

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

 

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=350

 

[Display]

bDeferredShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bDrawShadows=1

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

bFull Screen=1

bFXAAEnabled=0

bMainZPrepass=0

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bShadowsOnGrass=1

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

fDecalLOD1=1000

fDecalLOD2=1500

fGamma=1.0000

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600

fLightLODStartFade=5000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=16896

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=16896

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=16896

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=16896

fShadowBiasScale=1.00

fShadowDistance=5000

fShadowLODStartFade=200

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=16896

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

iMaxAnisotropy=16

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=250

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=100

iMultiSample=0

iScreenShotIndex=2

iShadowFilter=3

iShadowMapResolution=4096

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iShadowMode=3

iSize H=1440

iSize W=2560

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980"

 

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

 

[General]

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

 

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7500

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500

 

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

 

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.00

 

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

 

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0

fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1

 

[MAIN]

bCrosshairEnabled=1

bGamepadEnable=1

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnRest=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

fHUDOpacity=1.000

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=600000

 

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=6000

 

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

 

[TerrainManager]

bShowLODInEditor=0

fBlockLevel0Distance=50000

fBlockLevel1Distance=72500

fBlockMaximumDistance=94000

fSplitDistanceMult=4.000

fTreeLoadDistance=72500

 

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=200

 

[Water]

bUseWaterDepth=1

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

iWaterReflectHeight=1024

iWaterReflectWidth=1024

 

 

 

 

I have no idea what I've done that causes this. I would be extremely grateful for any input anyone could provide. Thank you very much in advance!

 

Edited to include SKSE.ini, Skyrim.ini and Skyrimprefs.ini since there might be something relevant in there.

 

Edited December 25, 2017 by jessieca

[GrantSP]

Welcome to STEP @jessieca

 

Not seen that specific issue before but I'll take a stab in the dark and say when you 'coc'd to Whiterun the engine was still generating the terrain or something similar.

I'm not a big fan of 'coc' myself. I understand that it is useful in certain situations but it also is the cause of some issues.

 

If you wish to avoid the whole carriage ride rubbish Bethesda decided to foist upon us, you could either install Alternate Life or you could just make yourself a drink/sandwich while it is on.

The engine is running a lot of scripts during that phase and skipping through it may mean some are not correctly exited or those that need to start are not getting started. Likewise disabling mods with a lot of scripts until that is finished is also recommended. Since you have minimal mods though that isn't necessary.

[jessieca]

Thank you for your quick reply, @GrantSP!

 

I went ahead and installed Alternate Start per your suggestion and started up the game. When I load in, there still appear to be actor/action boxes. I even went ahead and chose a random start (Hunting in the woods) and saw the same thing.

 

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

 

I feel like this might be an ini issue but I have nothing to base this on except my inexperience with ini files.

[Greg]

I think this is because you have bShowMarkers=1 in the [Display] section of skyrim.ini. Change this to bShowMarkers=0 and you should be back to normal.

[jessieca]

@Greg would you believe me if I told you that fixed everything? Because it did. I have no idea how this particular line got changed but I reverted it from 1 to 0 and all those markers are gone. Thank you and @GrantSP so much for your time! I can continue my modding now!

[GrantSP]

Well done @Greg!