G3D Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim thread Pt. 2

I still don't understand why the 4gb fix would help. I've never seen the game go over 900mb.

 

I don't understand it either but the LAA patch definitely stabilises the game for me. Prior to using it I was getting intermittent exits to the desktop whilst taking screenshots with Afterburner/Steam (they occurred after taking ten or more shots) but since using it I was able to play the game and take screenshots for over 35 hours without a single issue or exit... until...

Steam patched the game yesterday and whilst playing with the LAA-less version I've already had one quit to the desktop after only a couple of hours of playing. I wasn't taking screenshots either but simply running across Skyrim's countryside. It could be just a coincidence I guess but reports from other people suggest they've had the same experiences as me and that LAA definitely helped reduce the frequency of the desktop 'crashes' (I don't really like to call them crashes though as there is no indication in the event log or on screen that the exits are caused by a crash).

 

i have a question.. ati released new drivers which "increases" skyrim performance a bit.
Do i really need to download "stupidly" large 100mb ati drivers just to update them? And i also forgot, i need to uninstal then install drivers..right?

 

Probably either a memory leak (running out of RAM, which the LAA patch would effectivly double) or a collision with the protected low half of the Address Space (reserved for Kernal memory if not compiled as LAA). Both Oblivion and Fallout3 had these issues, hence why I avoid Bethdesia games like the plauge.

That being said, tehre is no reason to compile ANY exe without the LAA flag...

 

I have a similar setup, for me the Game runs fluid on max settings, AA off, land and tree shadows enabled via ini.
What settings are you running the game with?

 

There may be a hardcap at 81. I'm not sure on this one.

 

The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim: 20 CPUs in Benchmark-Test

Spoiler

C2's scales very well with clocks (E8600/Q6600).. since game is heavy on 2 threads, i3 is lagging behind because of 3MB L3 cache.. and Bulldozer no comment..

 

Doesn't work. Crashes all the time now.

I'll have to disable all custom modifications to ini and revert back to stock if I want to even play the game. As far as I know it would still crash form time to time. They should make 64-bit exe.

 

Yes this is a bug..same thing happened to me when I changed the F key assignment - just switch it back to the default & your favorites will work again.

Hopefully this will be addressed in a future patch

 

Ever since that update yesterday the game got screwed up.

I'm getting random lock ups. Sometimes people and animals show up completely Yellow or Blueish.

Sigh...

 

Look to see what key is now used for third person. That is the favorites key also.

 

I've disenchanted a magic robe (+50% magic regen) to learn the "Fortify Magic Regen" (+20%) enchantment.

After I've upgraded my enchantment skill, is there any way to disenchant another (similar) magic robe, to learn the same enchantment again (but now a more powerful version since my enchantment skill went up)? Because it's grayed out in my enchantment menu since now I already know "Fortify Magic Regen".

 

Well, if you know something already, then you know it, there's nothing more you could learn from it. You'll get it to be more powerful by having a higher enchantment skill + whatever perks are applicable.

 

So as my enchantment skill goes up, the enchantment automatically becomes stronger?

 

Yep , plus there are a bunch of perks increasing some enchantment aspects, check the tree. Can also boost it a bit (or a lot if you want to exploit the mechanics) by drinking potions.

 

No, they don't, but it allows you to pick perks that make enchantments stronger.

Pretty sure the first perk on the list makes it 20% stronger.

edit: erm, conflicting, i'm unsure if the base skill level has an effect beyond the perks

 

Going against the flow somewhat, but, since the update, which I didn't even know had been applied (was using the 4gb switch) I am running better than ever... been playing all afternoon (six hours) without a single hitch/crash/stutter [which I did occasionally have before]. Maybe its the AMD 11.12 beta's (thanks Marthand) or because I'm not tweaking the cfg's (apart from tree shadows and FOV) but Skyrim is running like a dream here.

Running HD snow, trees, furniture and actor textures, along with sunglare.

Not trying to be smug or clever, but just reporting things as I find them... I have a 4GB enabled exe. but I'm keeping this one.

Having said that I do not like the sneaky way this was forced on people... I had no indication whatsoever until I tried to launch without Steam.

 

Just ran the game vanilla and it doesn't lock up anymore. Mods are cursed! And i only used texture addons...pfff

 

well apparently morrowing and cyrodill are all in skyrim:

http://ppsh-41.tumblr.com/post/13145143504/entire-tamriel-landmass-built-into-skyrim