Weird Guard-Armor Pixel Thing

[lynnblue]

So I was just walking around in solitude, and then I saw this weird texture on the guards... It slowly fades back to the normal texture if you get closer. I have absolutely no mods installed that change that armor... The only textures I have related to it are the bethesda HD textures, and I've had those forever. Any help?

[FastestDogInTheDistrict]

How long has it been going on for? Try deleting ALL your autosave files (there should be 6) in your Saves folder (just move them somewhere else if you're not sure), then load an older save.

 

The "it stops when you move away" reminds me of the weird black skin textures bug which bakes itself into saves if you don't put a stop to it.

[srayesmanll]

I get a similar issue on female bodies - the skin appears black until you get closer, then the skin "fills in" to appear normal as you get closer (for me it wasn't the multi color dots, but triangular shape on the female skin).  Problem seemed to reduce dramatically after removing a skin mod (nipple texture called Aureolean).  Removing it seemed to help, however the issue was still occurring every once in a while (but with much less frquency).  When it does appear, it is always after playing for a long period (4+ hours) and always after leaving the computer on (or hibernating) for multiple days (read as weeks) prior to it happening.  Quitting Skyrim seems to help for a bit, but the problem would still crop up.  For the last 2+months, I have been completely shutting down my PC every 2-3 days, and have not seen this problem occur again, even after multiple  marathon 8+ hour sessions.

[lynnblue]

I get a similar issue on female bodies - the skin appears black until you get closer, then the skin "fills in" to appear normal as you get closer (for me it wasn't the multi color dots, but triangular shape on the female skin).  Problem seemed to reduce dramatically after removing a skin mod (nipple texture called Aureolean).  Removing it seemed to help, however the issue was still occurring every once in a while (but with much less frquency).  When it does appear, it is always after playing for a long period (4+ hours) and always after leaving the computer on (or hibernating) for multiple days (read as weeks) prior to it happening.  Quitting Skyrim seems to help for a bit, but the problem would still crop up.  For the last 2+months, I have been completely shutting down my PC every 2-3 days, and have not seen this problem occur again, even after multiple  marathon 8+ hour sessions.

Ok thanks. I haven't played yet today, so I don't know if the time my computer has spent turned off will help.

[lordofthedread]

This problem tends to appear when you are using too high resolution uncompressed textures, what you actually see is the time needed for your graphic card to swallow it.

 

It happened to me a lot with dragons using Bellyaches textures.

 

Solution :

 

Use a texture compression tool to reduce the size (in megabytes mainly) of the textures or use lower resolution textures.

[lynnblue]

This problem tends to appear when you are using too high resolution uncompressed textures, what you actually see is the time needed for your graphic card to swallow it.

 

It happened to me a lot with dragons using Bellyaches textures.

 

Solution :

 

Use a texture compression tool to reduce the size (in megabytes mainly) of the textures or use lower resolution textures.

So then why is the guard armor the only texture affected if its my GPU?

[lordofthedread]

Well I dont know what texture packs you used as it wont appear into your load order .... If you have only the HD DLC pack did you install the unofficial patch for it?

 

Best way to see if thats where it comes from would be to disable all the HD textures DLC esp and look if it happens again, if it does not try the unofficial patch or use a texture replacer for guard armors.