Skyrim mods/tweaks recommendations

[insomnia_jt]

Hey!
Since Skyrim is pretty popular here on ENB series website I thought it would be good if we all could give some our own recommendations on mods and such.

I found this website a few months ago, but didn't thought about it much at the time because I had an old PC.
Now, this little Skyrim .ini wizard is just what I need!
For those who doesn't know about it, it might be really handy!

http://online-source.net/tools/cfg-make ... cfg-maker/

[far327]

Hey!
Since Skyrim is pretty popular here on ENB series website I thought it would be good if we all could give some our own recommendations on mods and such.

I found this website a few months ago, but didn't thought about it much at the time because I had an old PC.
Now, this little Skyrim .ini wizard is just what I need!
For those who doesn't know about it, it might be really handy!

http://online-source.net/tools/cfg-make ... cfg-maker/

Yup, I was using DNA config files back in the day Thanks for linking though because I totally forgot about it

I'll try to add some unique mods and stuff here too...

[chan]

Interesting...how does this field work?
[BudgetCaps]

I have my CPU cores separated in my ini file in addition to the Havok engine. Will post up my config tomorrow.

As far as mods...oh, I just copied my skyrim directory again for back up...60GBs!

[far327]

Well, I found a nice gem today I think fits in well on this topic. http://dragonporn.ldblog.jp/archives/7072955.html

This looks to be a re-do of facial animations for females. Looks fantastic!!

[chan]

For mods, these are some of my favorites for keeping lore.
SkyUI by SkyUI Team
A Quality World Map - With Roads by IcePenguin
Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel - Weather - Lighting - Audio by JJC71
Light up the night - People Have Torches by Searyan
Player Headtracking by Maegfaer
aMidianBorn Book of Silence by CaBaL
JaySuS Swords by JaySuS

The rest of my mods are not lore friendly, and many come from asian forums or LL.



These are my skyrim.ini settings...recently changed my uGrids to 5, from 7.
I was getting random CTD and freezes with the load screen.
This has helped resolve those issues.

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[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36
uGridsToLoad=5
iNumHWThreads=4
iHWThread6=3                                            
iHWThread5=3                                            
iHWThread4=3                                            
iHWThread3=2                                            
iHWThread2=2                                            
iHWThread1=2                                            
iAIThread2HWThread=3                             
iAIThread1HWThread=2                             
iRenderingThread2HWThread=1                
iRenderingThread1HWThread=0
bMultiThreadMovement=1                           
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1                
bUseThreadedBlood=1                               
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bUseThreadedTextures=1
bUseThreadedMeshes=1
bUseThreadedLOD=1
bUseThreadedAI=1
bUseHardDriveCache=0

[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=2 

[Display]
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=8000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1
fDefault1stPersonFOV=75.0000
fDefaultWorldFOV=82.5000
fDefaultFOV=65.0000
fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.0025
fSunUpdateThreshold=0.0025
fShadowBiasScale=0.6

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=6

[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=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

[Camera]
fActorFadeOutLimit=30
fOverShoulderCombatAddY=0.0000
fOverShoulderCombatPosZ=-10.0000
fOverShoulderCombatPosX=30.0000
fOverShoulderPosZ=-25.0000
fOverShoulderPosX=20.0000
fOverShoulderPosY=0.0000
fMouseWheelZoomIncrement=0.0750
fOverShoulderHorseAddY=-180.0000
fOverShoulderHorsePosZ=60.0000
fOverShoulderHorsePosX=50.0000

[insomnia_jt]

far237
I really REALLY liked the replacement models of the Dragon priest masks that was on that website you posted! Will check out that site more when I get back from work.

chan
Very interesting Havok management. Does it help in some way? I've been threading things like effects, particles and physics but never seen any improvements in terms of fps or stability.
But setting the RAM sizes in the [Papyrus] helped me a lot. Guess it differs from system to system...

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I've been searching for sound mods that improves sounds like fire, water, birds and overall nature ambience sounds. But those I've found are hidden on Nexus due to the mods makes saves corrupt or something.
You guys have any suggestions?

[chan]

I pulled the Havok setting from here:
http://skyrimbyapollyn.webs.com/tutorials-and-tweaks
It is below half way down the page.
I was trying many different things with the HW threads because I was having constant CTDs and freezes. The uGrids seems to have fixed it though.

What did you set your ram settings to in [Papyrus] ?

This is a pretty good guide for setting up from nVidia
http://www.geforce.com/optimize/guides/ ... en-better/

[far327]

@chan - That first link you posted with the havok settings, that is a really good resource site! Thank you

Let's not forget Ghost in Skyrim too...http://skyrimghost.blog.fc2.com/

EDIT- Oh, I see chan already added this one... Ooops.

[insomnia_jt]

This is my Skyrim.ini:

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[General]
uGridsToLoad=5
sLanguage=ENGLISH
iNumHWThreads=4
uExterior Cell Buffer=36
uInterior Cell Buffer=6
fMasterFilePreLoadMB=100.0000
iPreloadSizeLimit=209715200
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bMultiThreadMovement=1
bDisableAllGore=0
bTrackAllDeaths=1
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=0
sIntroMovie=
sMainMenuMovieIntro=
sIntroSequence=

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=5250.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
bAllowScreenshot=1
fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.0050
fSunUpdateThreshold=0.0050
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bActorSelfShadowing=1
bMTRendering=0
bForcePow2Textures=0
bForce1XShaders=0
bAllow30Shaders=1
bAllow20HairShader=1
bDoTestHDR=0
bDo30VFog=1
bDoTallGrassEffect=1
bDoTexturePass=1
bDoSpecularPass=1
bDoDiffusePass=1
bDoAmbientPass=1
bUseRefractionShader=1
bUse Shaders=1
bUseSunbeams=1
fMipBias=0.0000
bSimpleLighting=0
fDecalLifetime=30.0000
bPerPixelLighting=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
bGrassPointLighting=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, HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.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
bDismemberOneLimb=0
bForceNPCsUseAmmo=1

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
iMaxMemoryPageSize=6144
iMinMemoryPageSize=6144
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=6442450944

[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

[Interface]
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXNegRGB=255,255,255

[Trees]
bForceFullDetail=1
bEnableTreeAnimations=1

[TerrainManager]
bKeepLowDetailTerrain=0
bDisplayCloudLOD=1

[Controls]
bMouseAcceleration=0

[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=2

[SaveGame]
bAllowProfileTransfer=1
bUseSaveGameHistory=1

[Animation]
bMultiThreadBoneUpdate=1

[BackgroundLoad]
bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1

[Decals]
bDecalMultithreaded=1
bForceAllDecals=1

[Imagespace]
bDoRadialBlur=1

[BudgetCaps]
uActorMemoryBudgetCap=10485760
uLoadedAreaNonActorMemoryBudgetCap=185597952
uWaterMemoryInterior=10485760
uTextureMemoryInterior=10485760
uGeometryMemoryInterior=10485760
uWaterMemory=5242880
uTextureMemory=10485760
uGeometryMemory=5242880

[Verlet]
bUseConstantStepDelta=1
bUseRotationBasedTransformUpdate=1
uiNumIter=50
fGravity=-1000.0000
uCapeClothNumPin=28
fVerticalCapsuleOffset=100.0000

I didn't set my config to use 8gb RAM, only 6gb.
The last section is required for use of Flowing Cape with physics http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32282/ Love that mod!

[chan]

The ram is targeting the system ram, correct?
Is there a limit we can allocate to it?
Thanks for linking that cape mod. I keep forgetting about the new physics mods. Need to get the hair one.