SKYRIMLE Memory Blocks Log (by Sheson)

[sutex]

It means your SKSE is set up correctly. :-)

 

Oh good , mmmm so there's another reason then Ive been unable to get the last "LOD" step working in Step .. ok

[GrantSP]

OK, so I was just looking at @Nebulous112's screenshots of his MO install of STEP and was surprised by the comment that this mod is not part of STEP.

Have we just assumed everyone will have this installed and not bothered to explicitly explain how to install it, or are we taking a position of this not being needed if STEP is configured as shown?

Either way, surely this gem could be part of the "Utilities" or "Extenders" sections?

[Greg]

I think the assumption is that Memory Blocks Log is not in the STEP 2.2.9.2 Guide, so it is not a part of STEP Core or STEP Extended. Users have been instructed to install it after they experience a crash or infinite loading screen that might be attributed to SKSE configuration issues. I just noticed that it's not mentioned in 3.A.1 Failures to Launch or 3.A.2 Crashes to Desktop (CTD) either. I think I remember something about this being included in the Utilities Pack.

[Nebulous112]

I think Memory Blocks Log definitely should be mentioned in the main guide's Troubleshooting section. As Greg points out, there is no current mention of this tool at all in the main wiki.

 

When mentioning Memory Blocks Log, a link to the wiki page should be added. The wiki page could be edited with basic instructions on using Memory Blocks log to make things even easier for a user.

 

I think this could cut down on the amount of support needed on the forums by a large amount. The first I heard of the Memory Blocks Log was from going into the Troubleshooting section of the forum, and reading Greg or someone else mention it as a useful tool. Since then, I have noticed using Memory Blocks Log is usually the very first troubleshooting step mentioned for crashes, and changing the associated memory settings ends up being the solution in many cases.

 

Mentioning this tool in the guide itself would hopefully help more people to solve their own issues.

 

[insert cheesy line] Knowledge is power! [/cheese] ;-) lol

Edited December 29, 2015 by Nebulous112

[TechAngel85]

I've moved this to where the other utilities are found.

[hakeador3000]

Ok I have a problem with my memory blocks. this is my skse.ini :

 

 

[General]

ClearInvalidRegistrations=1

 

[Display]

iTintTextureResolution=1024

 

[Memory]

DefaultHeapInitialAllockMB=1280

ScrapHeapSizeMB=256

 

 

yet when i start the game and I produce the memory log this happens:

 

 

logging of blocks enabled

logging max values only

Timer disabled

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256MB 256MB

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so apparently I didn't increase at all my memory blocks? Someone please help tackle this issue so i encounter less ctd's

thanks

[Nebulous112]

First, verify your skse.ini is in the proper location. It should be in Data/SKSE. I.E. in a folder named "skse".

 

If you are sure that is correct, add the "-forcesteamloader" argument to SKSE. If using MO, go to Configure Executables, and select SKSE. Under argument include that text (without quotations). If not using MO, I believe you have to append it to the SKSE_loader shortcut name (I'm not 100% on that).

 

When you do get it working, I would encourage you to stress test with MBL. 1280 is pretty high, and unneeded in most setups. If you can reduce that number without hitting the limit it will increase your performance dramatically.

[Greg]

If you're using Mod Organizer, also verify you do not have a duplicate skse.ini in the Skyrim\Data\SKSE folder by mistake and that the file is actually named skse.ini instead of skse.ini.txt in the mods/skse_1_07_03/SKSE folder.

 

I'll second Nebulous112's observation that 1280 is most likely wasting memory that could otherwise be used by the game, so try to get this down as much as possible.

[hakeador3000]

If you're using Mod Organizer, also verify you do not have a duplicate skse.ini in the Skyrim\Data\SKSE folder by mistake and that the file is actually named skse.ini instead of skse.ini.txt in the mods/skse_1_07_03/SKSE folder.

 

I'll second Nebulous112's observation that 1280 is most likely wasting memory that could otherwise be used by the game, so try to get this down as much as possible.

 

First, verify your skse.ini is in the proper location. It should be in Data/SKSE. I.E. in a folder named "skse".

 

If you are sure that is correct, add the "-forcesteamloader" argument to SKSE. If using MO, go to Configure Executables, and select SKSE. Under argument include that text (without quotations). If not using MO, I believe you have to append it to the SKSE_loader shortcut name (I'm not 100% on that).

 

When you do get it working, I would encourage you to stress test with MBL. 1280 is pretty high, and unneeded in most setups. If you can reduce that number without hitting the limit it will increase your performance dramatically.

sorry i forgot to mention that I do indeed use MO. I changed the skse.ini down to 1024 from 1280 and added the argument -forcesteamloader in mod organizer. however my logs produce the same result as before, nothing has changed

[Nebulous112]

sorry i forgot to mention that I do indeed use MO. I changed the skse.ini down to 1024 from 1280 and added the argument -forcesteamloader in mod organizer. however my logs produce the same result as before, nothing has changed

Verify that your SKSE file structure looks like this:

 

 

 

(From the STEP SKSE installation instructions)

[Greg]

Have you verified you have the skse.ini file in the proper location? See this post from Nebulous112 for a screenshot showing the correct folder layout in Mod Organizer. If this is correct, verify you don't have any duplicate skse.ini files in some other mod or in the Skyrim game folder that might be conflicting.

 

https://forum.step-project.com/topic/4985-memory-blocks-log-by-sheson/page-4?do=findComment&comment=167825

[hakeador3000]

yes there is only one skse.ini in my computer. and yes that's how my SKSE folder looks like

[Nozzer66]

Absolutely certain you don't have the old SKSE.ini.txt issue?

[hakeador3000]

Absolutely certain you don't have the old SKSE.ini.txt issue?

haha you mean like mistakenly having put ".txt" at the end of the ini? no i havent done that

[Nebulous112]

If you don't have Windows showing file extensions, that will happen automatically and you would never know.