ENB FPS Limiter Issues--Possible cause for "random" problems

[buglover]

I decided to start this thread after seeing 4 separate posts in 4 different threads on the subject of FPS in one day.

 

Some people using Boris Vorontsov' ENBoost/ENBSeries may not be aware that in addition to the Shift-Enter hotkeys to open the config menu, there are several other hotkeys that are hard-coded. One of these is a toggle for the FPS Limiter.

 

If you are using a mod that uses the same hotkey, you will be inadvertantly toggling the FPS Limiter on and off every time you use that hotkey! As Skyrim doesn't function well over 60FPS, this will cause intermittant, seemingly random problems with all sorts of in-game functions from scripts to HDT physics.

 

There are other hotkeys that might be in conflict with mod hotkeys, as well! These hotkeys function even if you have the graphics modifications disabled and only use ENBoost.

 

F4 is used to dump VRAM. I had this hotkey used for Auto-Save Manager (Manual Save Function) and every time I used that hotkey to make a save, ENB would dump VRAM at the exact same time. I suspect this was the cause of a rash of corrupt saves I experienced.

 

Since Boris chose to make these hard-coded (the executable will simply re-write them to enblocal.ini if you manually delete them. I tried to make the file read-only, but the functions still seemed to work), it is FAR easier to change the hotkey for whatever mod is in conflict provided that mod has a means to do so--most do. I know for a fact that Jaxonz Positioner shares some hotkeys with ENB.

 

The most common hotkey conflict I can imagine is between the ENB hotkey for VRAM purge, and the default outfit hotkey for SkyUI. If you're using both, every time you equip outfit slot 4, you're also purging VRAM causing the game to freeze for up to 10 seconds while it does this.

 

DEFAULT ENB Hotkeys:

SHIFT+ENTER = Toggle Config Menu

F12 = Use Effect

Home = FPS Limiter Toggle

Numpad * = Show/Hide FPS Counter

PrintScreen = Printscreen (both ENB and Skyrim will create a screenshot at the SAME time, the ENB file being a larger file)

F4 = Free VRAM

 

Check to make sure you don't have any mods using these same keys.

 

Anyway, I hope this helps solve some "mystery issues" some people might have been experiencing.

 

(EDITED TO ADD MORE INFO)

[Whizkid]

u know u can easily set the keys to zero and it'll disable the hotkeys.