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The title says it all but let explain it in a specific matter.   I've installed ten follower mods that are from different authors. Wanting to avoid load order count i'm asking if theirs a way to merge this follower to one .ESP file using TES5Edit's custom Merge Patch option. Just doing the said method only makes an empty ESP. No file header or no mods that it'll patch. Not sure if this how it works but i'm still screwing around with merging mods atm.

Hi there!   I recently upgraded my old rig and wanted to know if this can run a decent / high quality ENB without much performance lost. I'm currently enjoying "I Can't Believe I'ts Not ENB!" SweetFX preset @ 60~70FPS outdoors & 100+FPS Indoors. But I really want to know if this ccan run atleast HRK's ENB settings without losing as much as 3~8FPS in general.   Any suggestions?   Specs:   Asus GTX 750 Ti  (drivers up to date) MSI B85M-P33 Mobo(Tom's Hardware Mobo Tier two list recommendation) Kingston Hyper-X fury 16GB RAM (8x2) @ 1600Mhz ea. Toshiba/Hitachi 1TB HDD @7200RPM Intel i-5 4440 @ 3.1Ghz ~ 3.4Ghz(Turbo) Antec VP 450W PSU(Tom's Hardware PSU Tier two List recommendation)

I will now clap in a sarcastic manner because of your "Beast PC". Sure theirs no problem at your end since, well that's GTX 980 that uses the latest CUDA architecture from Nvidia and yeah you can play almost any game @ 60FPS on ultra settings or higher(Lower settings in cases of Crysis 3 and other games that uses SMAA, FXAA & HDR at the same time @ 1080p resolutions).   In my END, I got a budget built that I revive from the depths of the attic(Talking about the HDD and Mobo), and so it's not a beast but an old pimp that got a boost from the 750 Ti. Even so some of the games I installed doesn't run on 40~60FPS with ultra, Skyrim on the other hand runs @ 60-70+FPS outdoors(40~55 when there are many actors / multi dragons), another thing is capping @ 60FPS makes my old save in Skyrim loss 10 FPS depending on how many actors or effects are present and that is with I Can't Believe it's no ENB! installed.    did try some ENBs' that uses less mods but the result are same. capped at 30~32 FPS Vsync off, 20FPS Vsync on. So generally performance loss is inevitable, This is why I posted this thread, so if anyone out there know an ENB preset that has minimal performance lost for a setup like mine whilst keeping that beautiful graphic modification that I might as well bite!   Anyways thanks for posting about your rig, now I know that a GTX 980 is "silent, smooth and stable" for gaming, not sure what kind of games you play but surely it's not just ranging Dota 2, LoL & CS:GO right?

My computer starts acting weird and my Hard Drive seems to be the problem. I left my PC on sleep mode last night and when I woke up, All of the PC's power cord and other electronics(Speaker set & printer) cords were remove from the outlets, apparently some "smart" members of the family wanted to save power by removing all plugged in appliances no matter how sensitive those things are. As I start my PC I noticed that it slower in general, after the Mobo manufacturer logo appears a cmd-like blackscreen with white dash appears for a couple of seconds, after that a slow "Please wait" for at least a minute appears and after i logged in my password, another slow startup appears. Also all of the programs starts slower now and some of these program like GPU tweak didn't startup automatically when it should be. I did some basic scans for suspicion of virus, rootkits and TDSS aren't detected and a deep scan is going underway. I also did a chkdsk but no errors are found, did the same process using a 3rd party software and it gave the same result. Did check the hardware and it seems that the HDD is the only that "In my hunch" is damaged. This is the first time my Hard drive acted like this after a year and 4 months and sure hope that it's not a bad sector but this is a first time i've seen this type of error other than the notorious symptoms of bad sectors. My specs: Intel i-5 4440 @ 3.0 Ghz - 3.4Ghz turbo. MSI B85M-p33 Motherboard @ default BIOS Antec VP450P PSU Asus GTX 750Ti 2GB GDDR5 128-bit Toshiba 1TB Hard drive @ 7200RPM Kingston Hyper-X Fury 16GB(8x2 sticks) Asus CD/DVD-rom drive Update: Looks like Registry worms are the cause. I was scanning for registry fragmentation when i noticed how slow the scan takes. Usually it's just 1-3 minutes but the scan lasted for 2 hours straight.

I've done all of the software-based cleaning and maintenance like virus and malware removal, disk cleanup & defrag etc.   Well registry worm viruses as said attacks your PC registry, i just found this one after talking to my colleagues earlier, we've run every diagnostic tools so this might be a "hunch" so i'm still asking for help :/

HOLY COW! I forgot about this mod and BAM an update!!! will download and install immediately!     again s666 great job and thanks for making this free mod for us all.

oh sorry 'bout that it was to be R9 280x but meh let's leave it at that and thanks for the reference, since R 300 series is out i'll wait for 200 series to drop price or have a 300 series since the r7 370 & r9 380 might have a low introductory price when it's out

Lately I've been searching a good compensation for Nvidia GTX750Ti and most of the people around the internet suggest AMD R7 260-280X but i always compare them and GTX750Ti always has a slight advantage over the R7 models, problem is I can't figure if it's the best choice for a new build a friend of mine ordered. I always choose between 3 GPUS' but recently AMD launched some pretty good GPUs' with the same power as Nvidia GTX750Ti but a bit cheaper.   Here's a rundown of what i'm asking. Automatically AMD R7 270x > Nvidia GTX750Ti > 260x > 270. But now AMD launched R7 370 which is kinda new to me so i don't know if it's a good alternative for the aboved mentioned.

This bug is quite frequent with first time user of the mod and most of them are unsolvable due to the Author's idle and busy schedule as well as the lack of response from the modpage itself.   I've encoutnered this bug and don't know what to do, I've tried the methods in the modpage before installing the mod but still no results.

Did you use Chaos dragon or the Cinematic Alduin repalcer because that's one badass dragon. Of course Lore-friendly players may think that the repalcer is game breaking but it doesn't matter . Also what a fantastic ENB you got there!

Man this mod sure is racking up some good feedback   Hope the new version with male counterpart will also be good.

Yeah local is the only option since i'm tight at the budget and ebay has shipping fees that differ depending on your country i guess. As for the fact that it is really difficult to find parts that are cheaper than those sold in major PC stores like PCX and Gilmore PC. These two hardware store are my only options, Gilmore has more items than PCX but it's quite far from my current location while PCX has many branches but lacks stocks such as 770 and only got mainstream items like R9 & R7 series and most basic like Radeon 7000 below, Nvidia 760, 980, 970 & 960. So yeah Gilmore PC is a worth while. Anyways thanks for the heads up that was a close call buying a 670 base model re-branded for the sake of money

Well first off is i lived in SEA content much more precise in the Philippines getting that layed-off here some factors about PC hardware in this country.   -Parts are often scarce when i mean scarce i mean really, you want a specific GPU but they don't have that in any PC store in your local Mall, unless you travel a few miles to search every PC store in a city then move to another. They only stock those that are mainstream brands and most of those parts are low-grade / old.   -High-end parts are mostly sold to mall and most of them are a bit "overpriced". And most are MSI / ASUS brands.   -Most parts are not certified by overseas PC hardware like Tom's Hardware. So most parts here is either good or really bad that depends on your computer know how.   -If you want to get a bargain, your only option is to buy 2nd-hand parts online or really search for stores that offer cheaper price than others.   That said i need any advice on my choice for a GPU. I look at any GTX 760 series on the market and came across this: http://www.elnstore.com/components/msi--N760TI-TF-2GD5-OC-video-card   As you can see it's a GTX 760Ti which means it's like the 750Ti model that has more power. The price is also cheap than expected. A normal MSI GTX 760 would cost me 12,050 PHP = $270.50 while the 750Ti is worth 8,000 - 9,000 PHP = $179.59 - $202.03. This particular card only cost 8,450 PHP = $189.69 (Shipping not included) so the GTX 760Ti version is at the same price as the 750Ti. That's great right!? well yeah too good to be true to make me suspects that it's really that 760Ti model. I've searched MSI's page and i can't see any 760Ti model, I contacted the store that offers the 760Ti and they say it's legit and they have it in Stock!. So what i need is someone with some guru-level knowledge about MSI NVidia models if they really have a 760Ti version, I'll appreciate any answers given and suggestion. :# i'm desperate for any specific reviews since i posted this problem in a famous PC hardware forum site but no answer as of late.    

Phew that was close, didn't know that site review thanks for the reference, now my only option is a 760 / at least a 660Ti but 660 are a bit expensive than 760, is there any recommendation good than 760?

Still scratching my head on making a working SoS merged patch. So far TES5Edit refuse to automatically patch SoS when i follow the steps in the video in TES5Edit's modpage.

Well this might be a little odd to guess. Here's how it is, Sounds of Skyrim is a great sound mod that adds miscellanous background noise to specific cells in skyrim. From noisy people at the pub to the eerie noises in a crypt SoS truly is a must have for players. The disadvantage of it is if you use any weather and lighting overhaul mod like CoT & ELFX/RLO, SoS requires you to have a compatibility patch so it cou'd work flawlessly with these mods that alter weather sounds and interior sounds / lighting. My question is if theirs a way to make the compatibility patches mergeable in a Batch Patch to make the Load order a little lighter. Since these patches takes a toll in your Load Order and kinda makes Skyrim's Load a little bit longer(System specification may vary the performance). So i appreciate if their IS anyway on making it mergeable.

There is some factors that can make your game run smooth or problematic. RAM isn't a major factor but an essential part to be mentioned since Skyrim eats only 2GB on it's Vanilla setup a minimum 4GB RAM is enough i guess, Running it with Memory patch and mods may require you to acquire 8GB or higher, my Skyrim eats at least 3.5GB since i patched it's memory allocation via SMM though the changes are not noticeable through gameplay since i'm using an old save but some noticeable changes are the amount of actors that can pop-up in your view without crashing your game.   Another thing is your Hard drive. There are some tweaks and methods available for those who can't afford a SSD or simply has their Skyrim installed in an HDD instead of an SSD. Some methods are freeing space, defragmenting, RAMdisk is quite popular for MSI users since it's a partitioning method by MSI that makes THAT partitioned drive to run faster and response more quickly than it's regular partition. This days RAM is now on it's DDR4 model that can acquire a monstrous 32GB - 64GB with high MHz and more gaming option and overclocking tweaks that can be done. Same goes for SSD since it's racking up more GB than before, 128GB was the most space you can see on an SSD during 2009-2011 i guess then 256GB -500GB are starting to pop-up. It'll be soon for a 1TB SSD to come out of the market.

 

I think why they say the mod causes savegame bloat is the fact that it has script, and you know how script runs right? piling into another script for it to run in an organized manner and yes eventually all savegames will have bloat but that is dependent to the user of his/her save.   Those that complain about the mod being "Savegame bloat cause" are those who are new to modding or installed a ton of scripted mod to a weak machine therefore eventually ruining their savegame with slow response since script needs time to run and that depends on your system, a weak GPU is one issue for them, another is their FPS, lower FPS on a heavy scripted save specially those who previously removed a scripted mod and cleaned it to prevent any problems of corrupting their save will run in with this issue called "Script Lag" i even have it with my 300 hour playthrough though a solution for this is a high FPS count for the script to run smoothly and that is the issue for me, for them it might be their ignorance in maintaining their Savegame health / lack of discipline when it comes to modding Skyrim.   This mod doesn't do much to cause Bloat though it is one of those mod that pile up script to your Papyrus in order to run it's sounds accordingly with your environment so a perfect solution for some folks that complains about it's bloat cause is a hardware upgrade or trimming down your script mods installed. I tried a new playthrough since my old one has the case of Script lag and has slow script response. In a new game the scripts runs fine even under low FPS count, as you can see overtime savegames are slowly responding to your hotkey presses due to "Bloat" and script lagging. But other users that have higher rigs doesn't have this problems, only mid-low rigs.

  Seriously i didn't know that this kind of mod exist!!! Thank you sir!!! not to make my load lighter @_@. Although the patch requires me to install several other mods, and that's a bummer since my system's GPU(Noob trap DDR3 Powercolor Radeon HD7750 2GB 128-bit) can't handle much of CoT and RLO's lighting and weather transformation, i can play at 29-41FPS outside(Min. 30.1) and 60+ inside(Vsync off) i dont know what option of the Patch i need!

I suddenly want to revert back into using NMM after some issues regarding my usage with MO. Though i don't know how to untick / remove MO's NMM download associate/merge and it always piss me how MO would download mods when i want it to my NMM.   In my case, MO would download the mod but sometimes due to my crappy ISP service mod downloads sometimes end up in errors / incompletes. I'm also(not in offending / saying that the utility sucks i'm just a bit old-timer when it comes to new UI and softwares). not used on how MO works and how it handles my mod list, particularly it's false reports that sometimes haven't been fixed / always revert everytime i fixed it and shut down my PC after some time of playing.   I appreciate if someone would tell me how to remove MO's forced association into NMM's Downloads and how to revert back into NMM's default download functions.

Now that's some badass looking armors. Specially ^ this one, reminds me of Jarvan from LoL and the Lich King due to the huge shoulder guards . Good job mate! Keep it Up!

Yeah... I know it's stupid to ask but this is regarding the lore friendly Custom race by d_rail in which he included custom file folders for all the vanilla races of Skyrim as well as it's custom race tag to change in-game via Console command. Problem is even after i've watched a video or two on how custom races works, installation etc., i still find the installation of it a bit fuzzy for my understanding(coming from a guy that spend hours coding lol!), so yeah i basically need a understandable or at least a detailed installation process of the custom race with it's compatibility such as the Dawnguard / Dragonborn update(It's a separate mod for some reason) and Mounted horse combat fix.   A detailed installation right from the Mod manager ticking to the in-game tweaks would be appreciated. Though this might seem like stupid for some, yeah i know alright i still have a pretty script-heavy mods that can misfire in a single FPS drop thanks to my noob-trap DDR3 GPU(thanks for my vendor for providing such a limited stock of PC hardware and high prices), i just want to have a separate folder for my character so i could customize it without altering NPC appearances'.

anyone got a copy of the vertigrip / vertical foregrip replacer form rifles in Weapon animation replacer. I can't find that option in it's latest version.

i've installed at least 10 adult mods most of which is just "Random things for sex" mods so yeah... it had a lot of script and it's really not for playing Skyrim in a "Normal" immersion to be exact. I've use PDTWrapper and savetool to the extend of advance users. Thanks for the suggestion