Jakedbean Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 Hi, For some reason my shiny textures are not working either after time or a reload. If i start a new game and equip some shiny armor, from a mod or otherwise, it shows up nice and reflective and shiny. This will then turn to black within a couple of minutes or if i save then reload the game, back to black. It's not pitch black, I can still make out the details from the diffuse map so the textures aren't failing completely it's more like the other components that add shine and the _m.dds are just not working anymore. I haven't a clue what is causing this, I tried disabling both of my lighting mods to no effect (ELFX & NLA). Any and all advise/suggestions would be welcome. Thanks Vanilla Ice Cream ENB v0.319 Mod List # This file was automatically generated by Mod Organizer. Skyrim.esm Update.esm Dawnguard.esm HearthFires.esm Dragonborn.esm SkyrimBordersDisabled.esm Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp ApachiiHair.esm Lanterns Of Skyrim - All In One - Main.esm notice board.esp Heels Sound.esm hdtHighHeel.esm SGHairPackBase.esm Cutting Room Floor.esp UIExtensions.esp SkyUI.esp RaceMenu.esp RaceMenuPlugin.esp Headtracking.esp stranger_danger.esp FNIS.esp FISS.esp LessIntrusiveHUD.esp iHUD.esp towConversation.esp BFSEffects.esp Footprints.esp Skysan_Icicle.esp Realistic crime report radius zero.esp CombatFatigue.esp MajesticMountains.esp Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp DeadlySpellImpacts.esp NARC.esp RealNames.esp CreatureSizeVariants.esp AskTheWay.esp 360WalkandRunPlus-SpeedOptionRealisticWalkAndRun.esp SimplyKnock.esp XPMSE.esp EnhancedLightsandFX.esp Skyrim Bigger Trees Full.esp DeviantKaled's Nord Ship Replacers.esp ELFX - Hardcore.esp Spells Cast Light.esp Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp ELFX - Exteriors.esp JKs Skyrim.esp EnhancedWetnessandPuddles.esp SDO FUll LOD Merged.esp RealisticWaterTwo.esp Skyrim Bridges.esp Animal megamix.esp MoreBanditCamps(Original-Edition).esp fallentreebridges.esp yurufuwa_variance_eng.esp Inns and Taverns.esp KillEssential.esp TradeBarter.esp ELFX - Weathers.esp Natural Lighting and Atmospherics.esp Unique Places.esp danyanavysofskyrim.esp AI Overhaul.esp Oblivion Gates v3 - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp Oblivion Gates v3 without Markers - Skyrim + Dawnguard DLC.esp BattleAftermath.esp Laundry.esp HF_Lakeview_PHB_EX.esp SkyrimSewers.esp SMIM-Merged-All.esp Daedric Shrines.esp Windhelm Docks Pathways.esp Realistic Water Two Merged.esp Cloaks.esp HammetDungeons.esp SkyHavenTempleGarden.esp OH GOD BEES.esp hot springs house.esp Dolmen Ruins.esp Civil War - Destroyed Villages.esp Skyrim Trading Posts.esp TacticalValtheim.esp Complete Shrines.esp wizDynamicThings.esp jknjbBarFight.esp UltimateCombat.esp dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp dD-Larger Splatter Size.esp AddItemMenu.esp fairy.esp OldHroldanRuins.esp Solitude Skyway.esp MajesticMountains_Moss.esp Bells of Skyrim.esp Morgensterns Mushroom circles.esp Fossilsyum.esp akavirirest.esp simplybiggertreesnoclip.esp Riften Docks Pathways.esp _bdgray02_snails.esp KillThemGenerals.esp jkjsenhancedhotpools.esp Hotsprings of Skyrim.esp Drinking Fountains of Skyrim.esp Nakahara.esp Northern Marsh Bridges.esp Drinking Fountains of Skyrim Sound.esp MA-WendysGarden.esp Wayshrines of Old.esp Dragon Bridge.esp GuardedBorders.esp CHPZStandingStonesStandOut.esp WATER Plants.esp mihailbearsofcyrodiil.esp mihailaurochs.esp ToadSky.esp HF_Windstad_Pool_and_Hot_Bath.esp The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp HoldBorderBanners.esp stonhenge + hilltops.esp BoredAlchemist'sSoulforge.esp WhiteLighthouse.esp SnowWhaleBones.esp EmbersHD.esp HF_Heljarchen_Pool.esp HouseWaterPumps_Vanilla.esp ElisHotSprings.esm Stonehills Springs.esp notice board - dragonborn patch.esp Heron's Call Homestead.esp IfItBleedsItLeads.esp ArcaneCleanser.esp BentPines_for_SFO2.0.esp Skyshards.esp abotFiresHurt.esp RRSeifuku.esp Skyrim 2017 TPTC - Parallax Maps.esp WetandCold.esp WetandCold - Ashes.esp LyPlayerVoice.esp MikanEyes All in one.esp SGHairPackAIO.esp Tribal Tattoo Overlays.esp RaceMenuOverlays.esp Leah Lilith Jewelry.esp 9204 BDO Armor Pack II 1.0 by Team TAL.esp TarotMagic.esp Withe01_MagicArts_Vanilla.esp Dark Magician Girl.esp Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp Osare Swimsuit.esp Illustrious HDT Cloaks.esp PonzuSheepFollower.esp MiniBikini.esp [NINI] Charles Rene.esp Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp
myuhinny Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 Does the black break up if you get close the the armor and get darker the farther away you get? If so then that would most likely be a memory issue causing it.
Farmthat Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 Sounds like Unfaced normals, but... if these are objects that you've established worked fine before, then it's a hardware/software failure, or mod conflict of some sort. when did the issue start and what changed with your computer or mods near then?
Jakedbean Posted December 7, 2017 Author Posted December 7, 2017 1 hour ago, myuhinny said: Does the black break up if you get close the the armor and get darker the farther away you get? If so then that would most likely be a memory issue causing it. No, it stays exactly the same.
Jakedbean Posted December 7, 2017 Author Posted December 7, 2017 53 minutes ago, Farmthat said: Sounds like Unfaced normals, but... if these are objects that you've established worked fine before, then it's a hardware/software failure, or mod conflict of some sort. when did the issue start and what changed with your computer or mods near then? Yeah I can watch my game change from shiny to black live in one save, so I know it works. I figured it must be something overriding but how can it be overriding every single shiny armor piece? That's why I thought the lighting mods but I have no idea now. As for changes with my computer, windows 10 did a big update last night.
Farmthat Posted December 7, 2017 Posted December 7, 2017 9 minutes ago, Kyasato said: Yeah I can watch my game change from shiny to black live in one save, so I know it works. I figured it must be something overriding but how can it be overriding every single shiny armor piece? That's why I thought the lighting mods but I have no idea now. As for changes with my computer, windows 10 did a big update last night. Possibly the windows 10 update? Try updating your graphics card drivers maybe? Lighting mods would also be high on my list of suspects, but if you've had them working successfully for awhile that makes little sense. is it only armor that goes dull or the whole world?
Jakedbean Posted December 7, 2017 Author Posted December 7, 2017 14 hours ago, Farmthat said: Possibly the windows 10 update? Try updating your graphics card drivers maybe? Lighting mods would also be high on my list of suspects, but if you've had them working successfully for awhile that makes little sense. is it only armor that goes dull or the whole world? Just the shiny aspect from items, there's still lighting everywhere else I've tried a system restore and removing my ENB. Here's an example of what it looks like when the shininess goes
Jakedbean Posted December 7, 2017 Author Posted December 7, 2017 In case anyone else ever gets this problem, it seemed to stem from my skyrim.ini. Once i replaced that with default values everything is shiny again!
Lapsio Posted December 9, 2017 Posted December 9, 2017 On 08/12/2017 at 12:28 AM, Kyasato said: In case anyone else ever gets this problem, it seemed to stem from my skyrim.ini. Once i replaced that with default values everything is shiny again! Black shiny textures (and in general certain kinds of textures turning black in runtime) is some kind of problem with GPU memory derp caused by many reasons and too hard settings in skyrim.ini may be one of them. It happens in other Bethesda games as well (I mean also in FO NV for example). When running game with any form of GPU virtualization or with less complete feature support in card drivers it may be amplified. Sometimes alt+tab to desktop may help with getting textures back to normal, sometimes not. Surprisingly problem with shiny materials is actually not problem just with "shiny" but with transparent materials (which are not transparent but black) and it propagates to shiny materials which are composition of normal color texture and transparent "shine" shader on top resulting in black material in the end. For me it happens all the time while playing under VMWare Workstation 12. On VirtualBox it doesn't but performance is utter shit so it isn't really solution... :/ Could you post skyrim.ini file that helped you solve the issue? Maybe it'd also at least reduce problem in my case as while in FO NV and OB they sometimes turn black in Skyrim it's permanent black which is kinda annoying
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