Advice on Texture loading issues

[Hippeus]

I've begun running into a consistent problem with my game. That is simply textures aren't loading or look incredibly low res. We're talking potato res as you can see. Now my PC isn't top of line expensive but it's no slouch either. From what I understand this is a vanilla bug even without mods. Been running Fallout 4 at ultra settings with a ENB and as far as I can tell I have the ENB setup properly. Below is my specs, enb settings, and load order. Please help!

 

PC Specs:

 

i5 4690k @ 4.2 Ghz

8 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz Ram

GTX 1070 OC to almost a 1080

Playing on a Samsung SSD Evo 850

 

Load Order:

 

Spoiler

  0  0     Fallout4.esm
  1  1     DLCRobot.esm
  2  2     DLCworkshop01.esm
  3  3     DLCCoast.esm
  4  4     DLCworkshop02.esm
  5  5     DLCworkshop03.esm
  6  6     DLCNukaWorld.esm
254 FE   0 ccfsvfo4001-modularmilitarybackpack.esl
254 FE   1 ccgcafo4012-factionas01acat.esl
254 FE   2 ccgcafo4013-factionas02bos.esl
254 FE   3 ccgcafo4014-factionas03gun.esl
254 FE   4 ccgcafo4023-factionas12army.esl
254 FE   5 ccbgsfo4050-dgbcoll.esl
254 FE   6 ccbgsfo4036-trnsdg.esl
  7  7     Unofficial Fallout 4 Patch.esp
  8  8     ArmorKeywords.esm
  9  9     SettlementKeywords.esm
 10  a     Homemaker.esm
254 FE   7 LMNSOverlays.esl
254 FE   8 COOTS_BOS_PipBoy.esl
 11  b     HUDFramework.esm
 12  c     four_play_resources.esm
 13  d     TortureDevices.esm
 14  e     Devious Devices.esm
 15  f     LooksMenu.esp
 16 10     LooksMenu Customization Compendium.esp
 17 11     CBBE.esp
 18 12     LMBTOverlays.esp
 19 13     DnxTattoos.esp
 20 14     The Eyes Of Beauty.esp
 21 15     NezzarUltimateCollection.esp
 22 16     MiscHairstyle.esp
 23 17     KSHairdos.esp
 24 18     KSHairdos_oel.esp
 25 19     VisibleWeapons.esp
 26 1a     Friffy_Holstered Weapons.esp
 27 1b     ValdacilsItemSorting-00-ValsPicks-DLCVersion-VanillaWeight.esp
 28 1c     Armorsmith Extended.esp
 29 1d     wasterArmor.esp
 30 1e     Improved Boston Airport.esp
 31 1f     Stm_DiamondCityExpansion.esp
 32 20     Eli_Faction Housing Overhaul - Prydwen.esp
 33 21     brotherhood of steel overhaul.esp
 34 22     The_Prydwen_Overhaul.esp
 35 23     Armorsmith All DLCs Patch.esp
 36 24     No more monochrome - Color setting for the Pipboy!.esp
 37 25     DavesPoses.esp
 38 26     EveryonesBestFriend.esp
 39 27     VisibleCompanionAffinity.esp
 40 28     BetterJunkFences.esp
 41 29     AlternateSettlements.esp
 42 2a     Better Vendor Stalls.esp
 43 2b     See You Sleep CW editon - Beta.esp
 44 2c     move that workbench!.esp
 45 2d     MYBlackWidowBed.esp
 46 2e     K9TacticalHarness.esp
 47 2f     MilitaryOutfit.esp
 48 30     Dickys Pinup Outfit.esp
 49 31     ImmersiveVendors.esp
 50 32     dD-Enhanced Blood Basic.esp
 51 33     DogBed.esp
 52 34     Eli_Crafting Shiz 9000.esp
 53 35     DX Courser X-92 Power Suit.esp
 54 36     CWSS Redux.esp
 55 37     Vivid Weathers - FO4.esp
 56 38     Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Far Harbor.esp
 57 39     Vivid Weathers - Nuka World.esp
 58 3a     Vivid Weathers - Natural Bright.esp
 59 3b     AES_Renovated Furniture.esp
 60 3c     DavesPoses VIS.esp
 61 3d     TTOutfit.esp
 62 3e     Lacy Underwear.esp
 63 3f     Sporty Underwear.esp
 64 40     Immersive HUD.esp
 65 41     AzarPonytailHairstyles.esp
 66 42     Eli_Armour_Compendium.esp
 67 43     MonnoBikini.esp
 68 44     ASA.esp
 69 45     Rebuilt_HomePlate.esp
 70 46     EnclaveX02.esp
 71 47     modularmilitarybackpack.esp
 72 48     RealTroughs.esp
 73 49     PA-Quick Animations.esp
 74 4a     LoveToCraftLegendary_Recycle.esp
 75 4b     LoveToCraftLegendary_Recycle_Automatron.esp
 76 4c     LoveToCraftLegendary_Recycle_FarHarbor.esp
 77 4d     LoveToCraftLegendary_Recycle_NukaWorld.esp
 78 4e     rpampas.esp
 79 4f     Jewelries.esp
 80 50     FP_RSE.esp
 81 51     BetterSettlers.esp
 82 52     BetterSettlersCleanFacePack.esp
 83 53     BetterSettlersCCAPack2.0.esp
 84 54     BetterSettlersNoLollygagging.esp
 85 55     BetterSettlers_RSE_Patch.esp
 86 56     Vivid Waters.esp
           FO4_AnimationsByLeito.esp
           Crazy_Animations_Gun.esp
 87 57     AshGooPilesAwayV1.5.esp
 88 58     ArmorSmith-CC-ArmorPainr-Patch.esp
 89 59     D.E.C.A.Y.esp
 90 5a     dogtags.esp
 91 5b     Lara's Wetsuit.esp
 92 5c     4PlaySEU.esp
 93 5d     FP_FamilyPlanningEnhanced.esp
 94 5e     Rogg DD Items Manager.esp
 95 5f     RSE_HumansOnlyCSA.esp
 96 60     FP_RSE_DLCPatch.esp
 97 61     9mmPistol.esp
 98 62     MilitaryBackpackDistribution.esp
 99 63     four_play.esp
100 64     llamaCompanionHeather.esp
101 65     Hellfirenew.esp
102 66     FPAttributes.esp
103 67     EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
104 68     llamaCompanionHeather-VIS-AE Patch.esp
105 69     HighHeels.esp
106 6a     VIO_Strap-On.esp
107 6b     Zenna PantyHose.esp
108 6c     SkyrimConversions.esp
109 6d     HN66Fo4_EasyGirl_BS.esp
110 6e     Post Nuclear Girl.esp
111 6f     Cammy Tactical Suit.esp
112 70     HoloTime.esp
113 71     FPAttributesHUD.esp
114 72     Shino Poses.esp
115 73     DCE_female_body_replacer_EasyGirl.esp
116 74     StartMeUp.esp

 

 

 

enblocal.ini

[AWP3RATOR]

Do you happen to have a lot of 4k replacers and/or using the high res texture pack?  This feels like a VRAM issue, the game is not having enough to render everything properly and so it scales down the textures it is rendering to keep performance running.  I've also seen some posts about ini tweaks which may help with upper limit VRAM settings.

 

Here is a vid on determining the best settings for your system specs:  https://youtu.be/xSz84F1kgkM

 

I have had issues as you describe when my settings files were not set appropriate to my system, which is high end - and despite that I had issues - all settings on Ultra as well. I just assumed I could slide all the sliders over and all would be well.  The ENB and INI settings were capping and bottlenecking for me.

 

i7-5820k

32GB DDR4

2TB in two 1GB Samsung EVO SSDs, OS on one, games on the other

msi 980TI SLI 2-way

 

I was getting low fps, like 20-30 downtown Boston, dropping to as low as 15 with poor textures, stuttering, etc prior.  After making the tweaks, a solid and stable ENB capped 60fps pretty much everywhere, all the time - with lots of 4k replacers, and I do not use the High Res pack from Bethesda.

[LiliCakez]

I was having a similar issue and what AWP3RATOR said was pretty much the same fix for me. My FPS was capped at 30 and changed some settings around to remove the cap, and it fixed the texture issue. Do you have FPS tracking enabled on Steam?

If you’re still having the issue, I would start with that and see if your FPS is capped at all. 

Also, if you have Windows 10, it caps FPS at 30 by default, and you can change it in your display settings. 

You can also look at your graphics card settings as well. The best thing I did was turn off power saving mode and set vsych to fast. 

 

Hope this helps

[guk]

 

Fallout 4 Configuration Tool

 

PS - in case the pic isn't loading, try the MipMap Skip -1 setting. This should load all textures in proper quality, except for short streaming delays after loading screens.

[D_ManXX2]

You can try several things:

 

1: Enb Boost: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/332

2: Texture load work around: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/808/?tab=posts

 

The reason why textures are lowres is because bethesda fucked up on fixing their texture loading  scheme it used to work correctly then later patches fucked it up again.

 

But still make sure your system is stable meaning try without overclocking configure your graphics card correctly also make sure you use up to date drivers.

[guk]

...Speak of the devil - also had this bug happening, some time after writing my reply here. Could be coincidence, but perhaps backtracking my steps could be helpful.

 

 

I have 4GB VRAM and 32GB RAM, for Fallout 4 i always had a moderate memory setting in ENB. Something like 20GB +/- 4.

Now after installing a couple more hi-res texture packs, the insane loading times when leaving buildings and the now more frequent LOD model bug were annoying me.

 

Made a test what happens when i just enter my VRAM in ENB - 4096.

Loading times seemed faster and no LOD glitches for a while, but after a settlement attack i got a CTD just when the message "completed: defend XYZ" popped up.

 

Then changed my ENB mem size to the calculated max of [VRAM + RAM - 2]. I think it was 32768 to be safe, 32GB.

After a short while, i saw a settler's outfit and a US wall flag with blurry textures like the OP:

 

 

Honestly i haven't seen this for at least a year or more. Changed it back to 20480 which seems to be balanced like before. LOD glitches on the highway bridges still happen, probably gotta live with that.

 

Generally the culprit seem to be the HD texture packs (FlaconOil, NMC, Vivid). The more i got installed, the longer the loading times and the more often the LOD bugs happen. Example after adding NMC's and the 3rd part of FlaconOil, i started getting the LOD bug even at Thicket Excavations.

[guk]

On 5/18/2018 at 6:05 AM, AWP3RATOR said:

Here is a vid on determining the best settings for your system specs:  https://youtu.be/xSz84F1kgkM

FYI this video was from 2015, when Fallout 4 ENB was just released. Tapiok clearly says there that his determined 3GB for the base game are without any custom texture replacers, not to mention the Ultra Hi-Res DLC which is 50+ GBs of bloat.

So if anyone is actually short on RAM, they might wanna consider measuring how much the game actually takes up.

 

I rather leave a lot of room for background stuff, also there seems no real benefit in adding too much beyond your actual VRAM since the swapping between RAM and VRAM just slows things down. Plus if you exceed whatever RAM ENB can allocate, it will start using the swap file which causes insane stutter.