Can ENB be used for me or not? Need help with ENB related issues please

[FoundFate]

(New here so forgive me for any infringement on posting policies here.) I need serious help with this ENB and almost any ENB settings really. I've tried multiple ones with similar problems and they are all almost unplayable really. Firstly, every time before I even install anything, I carefully follow directions exactly how they were put to install them step-by-step. (I'm quite familiar with folder structure and where things go.) I re-read and re-read to make sure I did things right, and every time it's the same problems. I get some massive visual impairing 'glitches' on my game when enabling these ENB settings. Also note that when I disable it, my vanilla Skyrim with mods all work fine basically. I use Nexus Mod manager v0.44.13 and launch with skse v0.1.6.13, I use BOSS v2.1.1 for my load order and no problems or conflicts noted. I use the GenerateFNISForUsers v3.5 program by FNIS for my behavior files.  I also have HiAlgBoost running, although recently it decided to not load anymore with the last 2 ENB's I've tried (Might need to change it to load in enbseries.ini). If you guys need any more settings, details, loadorder, papyrus whatever let me know. Anyways I most recently tried this

 http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18202/?tab=1&navtag=%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D18202%26preview%3D&pUp=1 ENB series settings and followed the install instructions to the letter on his page.

 

I get some really huge bright 'blobs' of white that block most of my screen and character; only able to see the top with some weird white bright arches too. Sometimes it'll fix and go away when I alter some random settings that seem to have no pattern, rhyme or reason to them through this http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17400/?tab=1&navtag=%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D17400%26preview%3D&pUp=1 ENB customizer that I use, but then I'll have this other issue too even when I get rid of the white blob of light. A border of frozen pixelated textures that remains motionless and stays there on the bottom portion of the screen. Also, when I alt tab sometimes the white blob of light comes back even after the settings seemed to initially 'fix' it. I've uploaded some photos to give you guys a visual of what I'm talking about here. Does anyone have any ideas or solutions, or any suggestions of what I'm dealing with here either way? I also uploaded the screenshots on ImageShack if you need or prefer to view them if allowed or needed. Anything else you need to know, just ask. Thanks

 

P.S. I can't upload the papyrus or ini settings on here for some reason.

 

[spoiler] Masters for: Save 58 - Prisonersdfs  Skyrim  00.05.16.ess

00  Skyrim.esm
01  Update.esm
02  Dawnguard.esm
03  HearthFires.esm
04  Dragonborn.esm
05  RaceCompatibility.esm
06  Brawl Bugs CE.esp
07  Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp  [Version 1.3.2c]
08  RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp
09  Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp  [Version 1.2.2]
0A  Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp  [Version 1.1.0]
0B  Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp  [Version 1.0.3]
0C  RevampedExteriorFog.esp
0D  Additional Player Voices for Skyrim.esp
0E  IceBreaker's Improved Reverb-v0.02-Cleaned.esp  [Version erb]
0F  realrainextended.esp
10  mintylightningmod.esp
11  fantasy music overhaul.esp
12  fantasy music overhaul - unique town music.esp
13  IMAGINATOR - Visual Control for Skyrim.esp
14  RaceMenu.esp
15  RaceMenuPlugin.esp
16  SkyUI.esp
17  1AlirArmor.esp
18  1CuteKnightArmor.esp
19  Earrings Set1.esp
1A  Ebony Samurai Plate Armor.esp
1B  Eyepatch.esp
1C  fox12 Armor.esp
1D  fox15 Armor.esp
1E  GandalfStaffWepMod.esp
1F  GDWeaponry.esp
20  lolilabs.esp
21  Maxwell Outfit.esp
22  Osare Underwear.esp
23  R18Pn - Ritter Armor - Heavy.esp
24  SkimpySilverlight.esp
25  StrapOnbyaeonv1.1.esp
26  WVS.esp
27  ZhaetheriaLegend.esp
28  WeightlessItems.esp
29  xvisionchildren.esp
2A  YChildren of the Sky.esp
2B  Shortcuts.esp
2C  FemaleWerewolf.esp
2D  Zero Effort Lockpicking.esp
2E  MTOH.esp
2F  TheEyesOfBeauty.esp  [Version 8]
30  CustomRaces.esp
31  Random Alternate Start.esp
32  RAS - Riverwood CharGen.esp
33  Facelight.esp
34  pick100.esp
35  skyrimaguas_Bigger Better Sun & Moons.esp
36  AnyBrow.esp
37  ToQasmoke.esp
38  Meridias Light.esp
39  Maiar.esp
3A  Andromeda.esp
3B  RANs Eyebrows.esp
3C  ADDC Pack.esp
3D  NeroFX117.esp
3E  Amaya.esp
3F  DragonWear FX117.esp
40  Fancy Dress.esp
41  Dark Mage.esp
42  Rider.esp
43  Zoe FX117.esp
44  Saviors Hide FX117.esp
45  Sanosuke.esp
46  Litch King FX117.esp
47  Field Mage FX117.esp
48  NatildesFaceOptions.esp

 

 

 

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[Rayblue]

Probably has to be a video card problem, especially as far as memory is concerned.

 

1. Have you experienced similar problems with other games?

2. What's the specs of your PC?

 

You can select-all, copy and paste the contents of the ini file onto the post.

[lidowxxx]

First of all and possibly most important of all, did you set "bFloatpointRendertarget=1" in your skyrim.ini? The huge white/purple blob of light happens mostly if you didn't properly set it in your skyrim.ini, which could be found in your "my documents" folder in case you didn't know. I checked the page you linked,the author of that ENB failed to mention the step in the installation instructions.

[FoundFate]

First thanks for trying to help me out guys. @lidowxxx No I didn't have it but I did put it under [Display] and tested it now after saving it in my skyrim.ini to no effect. @Rayblue I do admit my pc is quite underpowered these days and is due for an upgrade probably this year. I did fail to mention that I did try this ENB http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23765//? with the best scenario so far. It didn't have the white blob but it did have a dark clear border about the same size as that pixelated border in the images I uploaded, but it wasn't frozen or pixelated or anything, just a clear annoying border that looked a bit darker than the rest of the game. And there was also like a double 'image of me sort of not TOO obvious but it was enough to annoy me so I therefore tried other ENB settings and made things much worse. My specs are laughable (IMHO) now but I've had no problems running ENB a year ago when I first played.

 

Here are my specs: AMD Phenom II X2 550 3.11 GHz 3.25GB DDR2 Mushkin memory, and a Radeon HD 4850 512mb VRAM. My VRAM is a low amount for alot of things ENB utilizes I'm sure so you could be right about that. 

 

Here is my Skyrim ini setup: 

[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

uGridsToLoad=5

iPreloadSizeLimit=25690112

fDefaultFOV=85

fDefaultWorldFOV=85

fDefault1stPersonFOV=85

bAllowMultipleMasterLoads=1

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=512

bAllowScreenshot=1

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=256

iShadowSplitCount=0

bActorSelfShadowing=0

bUseSunbeams=1

bSimpleLighting=0

bEquippedTorchesCastShadows=0

bUseThreadedMorpher=0

bUseThreadedMeshes=0

bUseThreadedTextures=0

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.000

fSunUpdateThreshold=0.100

bFloatpointRendertarget=1

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

bGrassPointLighting=1

bDrawShaderGrass=1

[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]

SArchiveList=Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa, Hearthfires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa HighResTexturePack01.bsa, HighResTexturePack02.bsa, HighResTexturePack03.bsa 

SResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Update.bsa, Dawnguard.bsa, Hearthfires.bsa, Dragonborn.bsa

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7

f3PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7

[Papyrus]

bLoadDebugInformation=1

fUpdateBudgetMS=800

fExtraTaskletBudgetMS=800

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=2000

iMinMemoryPageSize=256

iMaxMemoryPageSize=512

iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=2457600 

bEnableLogging=1

bEnableTrace=1

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=0

bReflectLODLand=0

bReflectSky=0

bReflectLODTrees=0

bForceHighDetailReflections=0

bUseWaterReflectionBlur=0

bReflectExplosions=0

iWaterBlurAmount=0

bUseWaterShader=0

bUseWaterLOD=0

bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0

[LOD]

bUseThreadedLOD=0

[Decals]

bUseThreadedBlood=0

[Particles]

bUseThreadedParticleSystem=0

[Trees]

bUseMultiThreadedTrees=0

bEnableTreeAnimations=1

 

Here is my Skyrimprefs.ini:

 

[General]

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[Launcher]

bShowAllResolutions=0

uLastAspectRatio=4

bEnableFileSelection=1

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=1

[Display]

fShadowBiasScale=0.5000

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=2000.0000

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iShadowMapResolution=2048

bFXAAEnabled=1

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=0.0000

fGamma=0.6000

iShadowFilter=3

bShadowsOnGrass=1

fDecalLOD2=7312.5000

fDecalLOD1=4875.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=2

bDeferredShadows=1

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bDrawShadows=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=810

iSize W=1440

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2643.7500

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=3525.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

iScreenShotIndex=7

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0

sD3DDevice="ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series"

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=0

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassStartFadeDistance=5350.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

[MAIN]

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

bGamepadEnable=0

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[interface]

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

bShowCompass=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[Controls]

bUseKinect=0

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0120

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=0

bMouseAcceleration=0

[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=466532

fVal2=0.8000

uID2=554685

fVal1=0.8000

uID1=1007612

fVal0=1.0000

uID0=94881

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=12500.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=75000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=25000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=15000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.4000

bShowLODInEditor=0

Trees]=NULL

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=106

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=207

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=204

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=188

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=12.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=13.0000

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=0

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

[lidowxxx]

oops, that line is supposed to be in skyrimprefs.ini, not in skyrim.ini, my mistake, try to delete the line you added and then make sure it's set right in skyrimprefs.ini. 

[FoundFate]

Ah right, don't know why I didn't check to verify that, but it's in my skyrimprefs.ini already.

[lidowxxx]

Do you have the latest drivers installed? If you did, try another ENB and see if the problem persists. Some recommended ENB with low performance hit for your system: 

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14646/?

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22056/?

[FoundFate]

I'll get back to you in about an hour or so, gotta take care of a few things and then test it out and make sure my driver is up to date etc.

[FoundFate]

Small update: Updated drivers after uninstalling pre-existing ones but that seemed to have no effect on the problem either. I will uninstall the current ENB files and try out one or both of those performance ENB's and see how it goes.

[FoundFate]

Update: It seems the first link on the Performance and Quality ENB has proven to be without any obvious problems so far and runs just fine for the most part at first glance. I will test it more and modify some settings (not exactly the best look for ENB so far) but it's definitely better than no ENB and I may try the other ENB out too to see how I like it. I will post more if any more problems come up but so far thank you, this may be an issue of just underpowered hardware and needing an ENB geared more for performance.

[Guest Robo00]

Which skyrimprefs.ini did you edited? The one in the game's folder where the exe is located or the one under documents\my games\skyrim?

[FoundFate]

The documents/my games/skyrim one, also I have a quick question about installing ENB's. They will always require an official ENB series version like 0.113 or whatever and asks to put the d3d9.dll into the skyrim folder. Then it asks to use their special ENB and extract all files including their d3d9.dll into the main folder to overwrite the other official one. What's the point of this or am I missing something here with that? Am I supposed to be always renaming one of the d3d9.dll's and do a proxydll into my enbseries.ini ?

[Guest Robo00]

ENB configs usually don't contain the d3d9.dll. Older ones did, but nowdays I only seen ENB configs that only tells you to download a specified version of ENB from the official site. You are not supposed to rename d3d9.dll and set it up as a proxy dll. The proxy dll is mainly for other special effects like SMAA or FXAA or SweetFX.