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Skyrim CTD BEFORE Bethesda Logo with ENB


JarlBalgruuf

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Hello S.T.E.P community. Before I start addressing this problem I feel that it's important to mention that I have quite literally looked everywhere to find a solution to this problem. I have been taken from the Steam and Nexus forums to the ENB Series forums and even to Lovers Lab (Yes I know...) and I have failed to find a solution for this problem. 

 

I have recently spotted a new ENB on the nexus called Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics and have completed the installation process for that mod, including configuring the Wrapper files and ENBoost. However when I go to launch my game via the Mod Organizer my game fails to start up and a window pops up saying that Skyrim has stopped responding, with no context as to why. (I will provide an attachment on the window I get.) I used v0.305 of the ENB Series which is the latest version and all the feedback for this error is pretty typical; download DirectX End-User Runtimes (unsuccessful), delete crapware(Searched for every file that could be considered crapware, unsuccessful), change the SKSE DefaultAlloc to a different value (Not using the memory patch at the moment due to using the SKSE installer instead of doing it manually), or just dump the Wrapper Version and use the Injector. (Which still doesn't work.) 

 

This problem has been very frustrating for me and I was going to come to the conclusion that ENB just can't work on my computer until I used a different version of ENB, v0.119. I tried it out using the d3d9.dll from that version since any newer version of d3d9.dll is the sole reason for my game crashing in the first place. (and without It ENB just doesn't activate.) Turns out that this version trumped it and allows my game to work, however when entering the game the ENB looks nothing like intended by myself and the author of the preset. Examples of this include weird pixel-like effects on shadows and a game that just generally looks weird and stutters.  

 

I know my computer is capable of running an ENB but obstacles such as these just halt any development in my gameplay. With Vanilla Skyrim, It doesn't matter If I have a large or small mod set up because my game always ends up working and is for the most part pretty stable. I can play for hours on end without issues so I don't get how I can't with ENB. If anyone finds a solution to this problem please answer as soon as you can, thank you!

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Have you turned off all the INI settings for AA and AF? Also, have you set the proper settings for ENB use for things like the Float Point Render?

Yes, I have done all of these things on the SkyrimPrefs.ini since I do it by using Mod Manager. My game still crashes down. 

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What exactly are your system specs? And please post your enblocal.ini, Skyrim.ini, and SkyrimPrefs.ini

ENB LOCAL:

 

 

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=false
InitProxyFunctions=true
ProxyLibrary=other_d3d9.dll
 
[GLOBAL]
UsePatchSpeedhackWithoutGraphics=false
UseDefferedRendering=true
IgnoreCreationKit=true
 
[PERFORMANCE]
SpeedHack=true
EnableOcclusionCulling=true
 
[MEMORY]
ExpandSystemMemoryX64=false
ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true
DisableDriverMemoryManager=false
DisablePreloadToVRAM=false
EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false
ReservedMemorySizeMb=64
VideoMemorySizeMb=3714
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
 
[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

 
SkyrimPrefs.ini 

[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=0
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=2000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=200
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=200
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=1
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=1
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1080
iSize W=1920
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096
iScreenShotIndex=2
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics 4400"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=512
fShadowBiasScale=0.5
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=1
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassStartFadeDistance=0
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=0
bGeneralSubtitles=0
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=1
[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=0
fVal2=0.4000
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=12500
fBlockMaximumDistance=75000
fBlockLevel1Distance=25000
fBlockLevel0Distance=15000
fSplitDistanceMult=0.4
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=0
bDecals=0
bSkinnedDecals=0
uMaxSkinDecals=0
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=0
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=2.5
fLODFadeOutMultItems=1
fLODFadeOutMultActors=2.5
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[blurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=0
[blurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0 

 
Skyrim.ini 

[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH
 
uExterior Cell Buffer=36
 
[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1
 
[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0
 
[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
 
[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=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=0
bReflectLODLand=0
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=0

System Specs 

 
Microsoft Windows 10 Dell Inspiron 3847 Intel® Core i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

If you have any programs that provide an overlay in game, including Steam, try disabling them also.

Steam Is the only thing I use and that's required to launch the game. When I try to enter Skyrim from the launcher on Steam It stops responding. 

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You haven't made the changes to your INI. Recommended changes to SkyrimPrefs.ini:

 

  • iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
  • iMaxAnisotropy=0
  • iMultiSample=0
  • bTreesReceiveShadows=1
  • bDrawLandShadows=1
  • bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

Use the INI Editor in MO to made these changes to your profile.

 

sD3DDevice="Intel® HD Graphics 4400"

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DoubleYou, the value is TOTAL VIDEO MEMORY, not VRAM. Run the tool for yourself and see: https://enbdev.com/download_vramsizetest.htm If anything he's got it set too low. Although in this case who knows? All of his video memory is RAM lol

 

Anyways his enblocal.ini settings look fine, they're set as per the STEP guide.

Although I'll agree with the "need a proper graphics card to run enb". If he doesn't even have a laptop GPU, his computer is not good enough... Rule of thumb - enb drops fps by a minimum of 20-30, so if you aren't getting at least 60 fps on ultra without enb, you won't even be getting 30 fps with it. Like all rules of thumb it varies widely by exact preset, screen resolution, and other mods, but I've heard reports that even with all graphical features turned off there is still an fps drop just for running it as long as usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics=false. 

 

Also seriously click on my link in my first comment you guys, literally everything you suggested is listed...

and one thing I left out: Did you actually put your enb preset files in the skyrim folder correctly?
 

Moot point at this point because you shouldn't be installing a preset, you should be turning usepatchspeedhackwithoutgraphics=true :-/

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