Strange stuttering in Oblivion

[Parmadillo]

Hello, I'm having a problem in oblivion, every few seconds it seems to studder for a second, like it skips a few frames, and the game runs smoothly other than the stuttering.

Settings:

Textures maxed

Rendering distance maxed

No distant trees

Distant buildings & land on

Interior and Exterior shadows on medium

Self Shadows Off

Tree canopy shadows off

Water detail High

Water & window reflections on

Water ripples on

Blood decals on high

Specular distance set to 0

Bloom & HDR off

Important specs that matter:

GPU: Intel HD 3000

CPU: Intel i5-2320

RAM: 12 GB

Load Order:

Oblivion.esm

A_Bloody_Mess.esm

Lovers with PK.esm

LoversCreature.esm

BathingMod_Base.esm

Knights.esp

DLCHorseArmor.esp

DLCFrostcrag.esp

VipCxj_HighHeels.esp

DLCThievesDen.esp

DLCVileLair.esp

DLCMehrunesRazor.esp

DLCSpellTomes.esp

DLCOrrery.esp

RFHighHeels HGEC Vipcxj.esp

Reznod_Mannequin.esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp

Lovers with PK.esp

LoversMB2.esp

LoversFSE.esp

Ryk_Sandals_RHH.esp

LoversAnimObjectsPriority.esp

LoversIdleAnimsPriority.esp

DMRA Stock Robe Skimpy Replacer.esp

UVII.esp

TribalPrincess.esp

CTAddPose_2ch_(Hentai).esp

_Ren_BeautyPack_onlyhairs.esp

KT_CustomRaceFix.esp

Carcernus Prison.esp

Corpse Carry.esp

personality_idles2.esp

A Real NudeSpell.esp

actors_in_charge.esp

vendorchest-fix.esp

EFGAddPose.esp

babehair_EV.esp

DS and GS Playable.esp

StandingJOJO.esp

vendorchest-fix Shivering Isles.esp

BasicInstinct.esp

bondage_sex.esp

shinyEmotions.esp

ElyndasShortSack.esp

CTAddPose_v_1.esp

Statue Race.esp

IDKRRR_C_race_closed_mouth_version.esp

IrohaClothes.esp

extavegant masks.esp

SG007_Nobody.esp

ANBRedNinja.esp

SG001_BunnyGirl.esp

JannetEveningDress.esp

Slof's Sexy Anims.esp

ANBMiniMicroBikini double melon.esp

X.Night.Elf.esp

LTDZombieRace.esp

idkrrr_sarams_race.esp

Nude Humanlike Spriggan Tweaked.esp

Aspiria.esp

CTAddPose_ bondage_sex_modi.esp

77_Umpa_Animation.esp

idkrrr_sarameyesNhairs4originalrace.esp

SnakeArmor.esp

Ryk_Sandals.esp

R18PN - Amy Armor Set.esp

Edhildils Doom Bikini Armor.esp

Edhildils Savior Bikini Armor.esp

FEZA Vesta Set.esp

Ryk_Swimwear.esp

CTAddPose_SPB_01.esp

FriendsAndLovers.esp

ImaItemBase.esp

Green Room (Modded JQ Studio).esp

R18PN - Dancer's Dress.esp

DLCShiveringIsles.esp

BridFetishGirl.esp

Ghost.esp

CTAddPose_Mfeth.esp

Miche_Elvaan_Underwear.esp

R18PN - Mina Armor.esp

R18PN - Lingeries.esp

MrPwner's Falling.esp

Priestess_of_Dibella_HGEC.esp

DMwardropemergednoenchant.esp

Mixed BeltGirl.esp

GothicGirls.esp

Dungeon Poses 1.1.esp

yangyang_Oneytia.esp

DMRA Skimpy Armor Expanded.esp

Ryk_Swimwear2.esp

KCS6.esp

RMF Bondage.esp

HentaiLovelyHouse.esp

Colourwheels Sexy Lady Outfit.esp

HepsClothes_Remodels.esp

zzEstrus.esp

Colourwheels Sexy & extremely short dress.esp

PrisonIrons.esp

CTAddPose SPB 02.esp

IrohaClothesAddOn.esp

2011_Studio.esp

LoversCreature.esp

BathingMod_Soap.esp

BathingMod_Placeable_Bathtubs.esp

BisSP_RHH_2.esp

Mixed Maid Uniform.esp

exotix.esp

Chloe.esp

yangyang_Stockings.esp

Neo_Ahrum_race.esp

DMRA Stock Clothing Skimpy.esp

yangyang_hhshoes.esp

Flipflops-9hao.esp

Samus_ZeroSuit.esp

yangyang_blackswen.esp

OHTErobe3.esp

OHs&brobe1.esp

GhostArmor.esp

slinky kunoichi.esp

OHTeheavy4.esp

Useful_TK-10337.esp

Synx.esp

SPB Oppai Sensei.esp

Dungeon Explorer.esp

Lady Apella.esp

Lady Flirt.esp

PJs Telekinesis Spells.esp

Boulderthrowing.esp

Hand of God.esp

Sophitia_BKS.esp

CTAddPose_Pinups.esp

AnvilBayMisteryHouse.esp

Takidress.esp

MenaceoutfitHgec.esp

OHTErobe5.esp

BBYggdrasill.esp

candy.esp

Lady Dress.esp

GladiatorShoes.esp

SuccubusRace.esp

AdeptSorceress.esp

GladiatorHeels.esp

DMRA BBB Skimpy Emperor Robe.esp

Elisyum.esp

rwr mannequins.esp

Apachii_Goddess_Store.esp

HentaiSummerFestaRELOADED.esp

Hentai DMRA Collection.esp

Vstrings.esp

VToy.esp

DesuChan's Dolls.esp

Ima Pain.esp

SMChorrol.esp

Moonshadow Elves - Sc.esp

Ima NoPain.esp

RealisticForceHigh.esp

Minionz.esp

Anyone able to give me a solution to this problem, many thanks in advance to you.

Edit: Oh, and I have OBGE retro.

[Ark of Truth]

Well your load order is a mess for a start. Did you add any mods between the last time the game run smooth and creating your post?

[Parmadillo]

Well your load order is a mess for a start. Did you add any mods between the last time the game run smooth and creating your post?

A few clothing mods here and there, but that's it.

[gregathit]

With all your settings maxed (including distance), an integrated on-board video card and only and i-5 processor....yep, that is going to always happen.

An on-board video card is always going to suck eggs trying to render large amounts of textures quickly and to make matters worse oblivion is a CPU bottlenecked game. Even an I-7 would do this.

I am guessing this is a laptop from the on-board video card. You are going to have to cut some corners somewhere by lowering some of your settings to find the sweet spot.

You can try OSR (Oblivion Stutter Remover) but it will only get you so far with your current machine: http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/23208

Oh, and Ark is right, that load order is a mess. You need to grab BOSS and use it and then hand order your lovers files to match this: http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=6133

Cheers,

Greg

[deathparade]

It seems that "Your load order is a mess" comes up alot on this forum... anyways lower your settings Oblivion uses only 1 core and not much of your graphics card (yea i know kinda retarded right)

[Triratna]

> Wrong texture format can causes extreme stuttering.

Last year, i was very much new at texturing work on the necromancer moon prototype. I put a wrong format DDS format and without mipmaps on them. The game frame rate drop drastically while in dungeons and even after the mod was deactivated.

The solution was a clean install and installing stutter remover first hand before adding mods plugins.

[Parmadillo]

I don't mean like a frame rate drop stutter, I mean like an actual stutter, it doesn't lag, but it's as if it completely skipped over a few frames and froze for under a second. It's kinda like the microstutter caused by multiple GPUs for one monitor, only you will actually notice it and it's longer than a microstutter. Let me make some ascii Art to show it to you in the best way I can.

█=10 Frames (30fps, so 3 blocks= 1 sec)

█=Skipped Block (10 frames skipped)

██████████████████████████████████████

And so on and so forth.

It happens anywhere in the game no matter what, even in the testing hall or that greenscreen room add-on, and I think I remember it occuring no matter what settings I have it on, I may need to test that to be sure.

[gregathit]

Again, this is a function of oblivion being a CPU bottle-necked game and you having an on board video card. That is a combo sure to cause problems. On board video cards do not have the power to render games very well and Oblivion is an older game that sucks as far as its coding to be optimally rendered.

The more textures, meshes and plugins that you dump into your game the worse it will get. Your best bet is to make a backup and start disabling things/lowering your settings to try to hit that sweet spot where your hardware can keep up with the game.

[Parmadillo]

Alright, I'll start disabling mods, but strangely enough, when I start a new game, the stuttering is gone. Weird. It also doesn't happen when I'm in my inventory.

[gregathit]

Alright' date=' I'll start disabling mods, but strangely enough, when I start a new game, the stuttering is gone. Weird. It also doesn't happen when I'm in my inventory.

[/quote']

Well start a new game and see how long you can go before the stuttering kicks in. It likely could be that the longer you play you are simply running out of memory and not able to purge your buffers fast enough.

On the inventory screen - that may just be because you are not having to render anything heavy at the time.

[Parmadillo]

Alright' date=' I'll start disabling mods, but strangely enough, when I start a new game, the stuttering is gone. Weird. It also doesn't happen when I'm in my inventory.

[/quote']

Well start a new game and see how long you can go before the stuttering kicks in. It likely could be that the longer you play you are simply running out of memory and not able to purge your buffers fast enough.

On the inventory screen - that may just be because you are not having to render anything heavy at the time.

Last thing, is there any way to transfer inventories from save to save? I don't want to have to go item hunting again.

[gregathit]

Last thing' date=' is there any way to transfer inventories from save to save? I don't want to have to go item hunting again.

[/quote']

Not that I have ever heard of. You can however use the console to quickly grab any "vanilla" game items: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Console

[Parmadillo]

Alright' date=' I'll start disabling mods, but strangely enough, when I start a new game, the stuttering is gone. Weird. It also doesn't happen when I'm in my inventory.

[/quote']

Well start a new game and see how long you can go before the stuttering kicks in. It likely could be that the longer you play you are simply running out of memory and not able to purge your buffers fast enough.

On the inventory screen - that may just be because you are not having to render anything heavy at the time.

Sorry for asking a lot of questions, but is there any way to manually purge the buffers or do you mean the cell buffers that are cleared by "pcb" in the console? I hope this is my last question before I leave this thread to die.

[gregathit]

You can grab a program called OSR (oblivion stutter remover) to help manage your memory and auto run the pcb command it will only get you so far. If your hardware can't keep up with the games demands then....freezes, stuttering or even CTD will be the result.

Feel free to keep asking questions, especially if it keeps you from dieing!!!

[Parmadillo]

You can grab a program called OSR (oblivion stutter remover) to help manage your memory and auto run the pcb command it will only get you so far. If your hardware can't keep up with the games demands then....freezes' date=' stuttering or even CTD will be the result.

Feel free to keep asking questions, especially if it keeps you from dieing!!!

[/quote']

I meant let the thread die.

[gregathit]

I meant let the thread die.

Ah...good!

I am just a lowly moderator, I can't handle the stress and pressure of life and death decisions riding on my every word!