Increase grass load distance beyond Skyrim's limit?

[lambient1988]

Hello,

 

So I finally settled for 'Dat Grass' Skyrim Mod as it gives good dense green grass at barely any loss of performance.

 

However, doesn't matter what values I put in my INI files, grass loads only to a minimal distance. Look at the screenshot:

 

 

 

Skyrim.ini:

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
fGrassFadeRange=30000
iGrassCellRadius=2
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=15
iMinGrassSize=20

 

SkyrimPref.ini

 

[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=30000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=30000.0000

 

Even with such high values, grass is not loading far away.

Is it possible that Dat Grass itself doesn't allow grass to be loaded that far away?

Or is there something wrong with my INI files?

Can Skyrim's grass limit be pushed further than it's upper limit?

[worik]

Why dont you try to ask the author directly https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/31070/?tab=posts

Fun aside : "Last active 13 Aug 2018 4:23AM " says it all

 

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Is it possible that Dat Grass itself doesn't allow grass to be loaded that far away? 

I would say: YES, it is possible.

But you would need to look into the esp to be sure what he/she really did.

[lambient1988]

3 minutes ago, worik said:

Why dont you try to ask the author directly https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/31070/?tab=posts

Fun aside : "Last active 13 Aug 2018 4:23AM " says it all

 

Before the author I would like to check if something is wrong on my side.

Does anything seem wrong in those INI files?

Or is the screenshot the max possible grass distance?

[worik]

Since it is advertised as an FPS killer, at least I would have embedded limits in the esp.

[lambient1988]

12 minutes ago, worik said:

Since it is advertised as an FPS killer, at least I would have embedded limits in the esp.

 

I would hardly call that grass mod a FPS killer.

With

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=15
iMinGrassSize=20

I agree that my FPS dropped from 70 to 60. 70 was with no grass. Since my monitor has a max refresh rate of 60, I am fine with 60.

 

But at the same settings, other grass mods simply killed off my FPS to 30 or so. So compared to others, Dat Grass would not completely classify as a FPS killer.

 

 

I just tested other grass mods.

What I have shown in the screenshot is the max grass load limit in Skyrim. So I am pretty sure it's not embedded in the ESP.

 

But I want to go further.

Can I break Skyrim's max load limit? (Changing uGrids doesn't help).

 

 

[Grey Cloud]

Have you looked at the S.T.E.P. guide's section on grass?

[lambient1988]

29 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

Have you looked at the S.T.E.P. guide's section on grass?

 

Yes.

After further analysis I can say that the screenshot I have shared is the maximum distance of grass that I can load.

I was wondering if I could break that limit.

[Grey Cloud]

1 hour ago, lambient1988 said:

I was wondering if I could break that limit.

Try it and see. I doubt it will do anything though, it's probably hard-coded to a max value somewhere.

 

I'm gearing up for a new game so I will give Dat Grass a go if I remember.