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[esteray13]

Let's cut to the chase
This is a guide to 'maximising' Skyrim's potential for graphics; good for graphics whores or anyone who wants to test their new rig.

My (relevant) Specs:
CPU: Intel i7 2700k 3.6ghz OC'd to 4.0ghz
GPU:2x Nvidia GTX 570's
Memory: 8gb DDR3

HDD speed is very relative to how much you PUs can process p/sec

ini/prefs tweaks:

Two good sites to look at
http://donotargue.co...-makers/skyrim/
http://www.geforce.c...-tweak-guide/#1

My ini files
replace your ini files with these

Skyrim. ini



[General]
uGridsToLoad=5
sLanguage=ENGLISH
iNumHWThreads=4

uExterior Cell Buffer=108
uInterior Cell Buffer=9
fMasterFilePreLoadMB=100.0000
iPreloadSizeLimit=209715200
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bMultiThreadMovement=1
bDisableAllGore=0
bTrackAllDeaths=1
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=0

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1750.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=6125.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=7168
bAllowScreenshot=1
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1.0000
fSunUpdateThreshold=1.0000
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bActorSelfShadowing=1
bMTRendering=0
bForcePow2Textures=0
bForce1XShaders=0
bAllow30Shaders=1
bAllow20HairShader=1
bDoTestHDR=0
bDo30VFog=1
bDoTallGrassEffect=1
bDoTexturePass=1
bDoSpecularPass=1
bDoDiffusePass=1
bDoAmbientPass=1
bUseRefractionShader=1
bUse Shaders=1
bUseSunbeams=1
fMipBias=-0.7500
bSimpleLighting=0
fDecalLifetime=52.5000

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=1
bGrassPointLighting=1

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the Warnings.txt file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
bDismemberOneLimb=0
bForceNPCsUseAmmo=1

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1
iMaxMemoryPageSize=6144
iMinMemoryPageSize=6144
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
[Interface]
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXNegRGB=255,255,255
[Trees]
bForceFullDetail=1
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
[TerrainManager]
bKeepLowDetailTerrain=0
bDisplayCloudLOD=1
[Controls]
bMouseAcceleration=0
[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=4
[SaveGame]
bAllowProfileTransfer=1
bUseSaveGameHistory=1
[Animation]
bMultiThreadBoneUpdate=1
[BackgroundLoad]
bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1
[Decals]
bDecalMultithreaded=1
bForceAllDecals=1
[Imagespace]
bDoRadialBlur=1
[BudgetCaps]
uActorMemoryBudgetCap=20971520
uLoadedAreaNonActorMemoryBudgetCap=371195904
uWaterMemoryInterior=20971520
uTextureMemoryInterior=20971520
uGeometryMemoryInterior=20971520
uWaterMemory=10485760
uTextureMemory=20971520
uGeometryMemory=10485760


Skyrimprefs.ini


[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=108
uInterior Cell Buffer=9
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1750.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=6125.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=7168
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=7168
bAllowScreenshot=1
sD3DDevice=""
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bFXAAEnabled=1
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=17500000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=17499998.2500
fSpecularLODStartFade=3500.0000
fLightLODStartFade=6125.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=17499998.2500
iShadowMapResolution=7168
fShadowBiasScale=0.16
iShadowMaskQuarter=7
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5.25
fShadowDistance=14000.0000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=175
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=54
iAdapter=0
iSize W=1440
iSize H=900
iMultiSample=8
iMaxAnisotropy=16
iPresentInterval=0
bFull Screen=1
fInteriorShadowDistance=5250.0000
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
fGamma=1.5000
iShadowFilter=0
fDecalLOD2=1750.0000
fDecalLOD1=875.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=350.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=7
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
iWaterMultiSamples=8
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=8050.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=6300.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=2.1000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=448.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=3584.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=4977.0000
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iShadowSplitCount=2

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=1
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=12250.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=12250.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=700.0000

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the Warnings.txt file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1
[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=2
bDoDepthOfField=1
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=26.2500
fLODFadeOutMultItems=26.2500
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=26.2500
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=1750
uMaxSkinDecals=175
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=105
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=125000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=437500.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=122500.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=61250.000
fSplitDistanceMult=2.6250
bShowLODInEditor=0
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=4
bEnableFileSelection=1
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=2048
iWaterReflectWidth=2048
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=262500.0000
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=4
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1313
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=
uID7=
fVal6=
uID6=
fVal5=
uID5=
fVal4=
uID4=
fVal3=
uID3=
fVal2=
uID2=
fVal1=
uID1=
fVal0=
uID0=
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=15750.0000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=70

These are the maximum stable settings in my experience at which skyrim can effectively function: Change uGrids to 7,9 or 11 if you wish, but i found that CTDs are a lot more common. Also, change iNumHWthreads and iNumThreads to however may cores you have in your cpu (Both located in Skyrim.ini), use ctrl+f for the search function.

Note: If you are getting constant CTDs or freezes, etc. Then this settings may be too much for your rig to handle with stability or, simple solution, just tone it down.

Modifications:
Download the High Resolution Texture DLC of steam if you havn't already.
Nexus Mod Manager suggested (makes process a lot quicker)
OR find it on the Steam Workshop and press 'subscribe'

Textures

• Skyrim HD 2k - http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=607
  
• A Quality World Map/ with roads - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=4929
  
• Dramatic Clouds - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=4910
  
• W.A.T.E.R - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=4910
  
• Skyrim Flora Overhaul - http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=141
  
• Realistic Smoke and Embers - http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=836
  
• Natural Skyrim Rain - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8395
  
• Nicer Snowflakes - http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=296
  
• Bellyaches animal and creature pack - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3621
  
• Enhanced Blood Textures - http://skyrim.nexusm.../file.php?id=60
  
• Enhanced Night Skyrim - http://skyrim.nexusm.../file.php?id=85
  
• Finer Dust - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2636
  
• High -Res- Hrothgar - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3182
  
• HiRes Legible Road Signs - http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=436
  
• Improved Candles - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2144
  
• Improved Dragon Textures http://skyrim.nexusm.../file.php?id=62
  
• Improved NPC clothing - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2674
  
• Intricate Spider Webs - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2532
  
• XCE - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2356 (Xenius has a multitude of additional mods relating to facial and body textures; all of which are A+ quality.)
  
• Realistic Hair - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3397
  
• ROOTS - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2192

Meshes:

• Lush Grass - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3288
  
• Lush Trees - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3385
  
• HQ3DMap - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=4817
  
• SMIM - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8655
  
• HQLODs - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=4834

Lighting:

• Realistic Lighting With Customisation - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=7654
  
• Torches for Realistic Lighting - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8741
  
• Realistic Eye Lighting - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8832

Miscellaneous:

• Enhanced Distant Terrain - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=1598
  
• Main Menu Spinning Skyrim Emblem - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=7801
  
• Remove Ambient Interior Fog - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=9571
  
• Revamped Exterior Fog - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=9930
  
• Shadow Striping Fix - http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8043
  
• Unofficial Skyrim Patch - http://skyrim.nexusm.../file.php?id=19

Conclusion:
There are no weapon or armour retextures here because the hi-res DLC is better than all I have found.
Use ENBs at if you want, they tend to cause some graphical anomalies in my experience, and are oversaturated imo.
Having performance problems? Lose a few mods.
Weird flickering on distant mountain LODs? Its called 'Z-fighting' I can't help you.

Important:
Please bump if you found useful, cheers

SCREENSHOTS:
http://i.imgur.com/g185V.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8SkTl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lonXB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uPtin.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MQRXF.jpg


taken in 1440x900, press f11 to view fullscreen

Edited by esteray13, 01 June 2012 - 12:30 PM.

[Rhododendron]

SHOW ME PEECTUREZ.

and thank you very much for the detailed .ini

[Gilles VI]

You just made me re-download skyrim ^^
Awesome work!!
Are there any known mods that conflict with those of you? Like the mod that makes everything alot darker or so?

[esteray13]

Gilles VI, on 01 June 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

You just made me re-download skyrim ^^
Awesome work!!
Are there any known mods that conflict with those of you? Like the mod that makes everything alot darker or so?

Realistic Lighting is incompatible with RCRN
Any texture mod that changes the same texture as one of these will overwrite whatever texture is there at the time
WATER when used with ENBs requires http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=14007 to fix that annoying green water glitch.

Ask away

[Gilles VI]

esteray13, on 01 June 2012 - 08:53 AM, said:

Realistic Lighting is incompatible with RCRN
Any texture mod that changes the same texture as one of these will overwrite whatever texture is there at the time
WATER when used with ENBs requires http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=14007 to fix that annoying green water glitch.

Ask away

Well are there any game-changing mods you can recommend?
You seem to know alot about Skyrim, so are there are gameplay-changing, mechanic-changing MUST HAVE mods?

Edited by Gilles VI, 01 June 2012 - 08:59 AM.

[esteray13]

Gilles VI, on 01 June 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

Well are there any game-changing mods you can recommend?
You seem to know alot about Skyrim, so are there are gameplay-changing, mechanic-changing MUST HAVE mods?

This is all a preference thing, but i'll give you a rundown

Combat Dualism completely overhauls the combat system in Skyrim, Shields stop ALL damage; but instead you take a large hit to fatigue, check the nexus page for detail

SkyUI is very useful, but you'll need to use Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) for it to work follow the link from SkyUI.

Midas Magic; Thievery Overhaul; and Realistic Animal Behaviour are popular mods.

You've also got a few mods that rebalance and change weapons that have apparently been errantly balanced in game, they'll be in the 'bug fixes' category on skyrim.nexus.com.

There are, of course, lots of other gameplay mods, but they are the big ones I could think of off the top of my head. I think there are a few AI fixes too (because Skyrim's NPCs are notoriously stupid).

[Gilles VI]

esteray13, on 01 June 2012 - 09:13 AM, said:

This is all a preference thing, but i'll give you a rundown

Combat Dualism completely overhauls the combat system in Skyrim, Shields stop ALL damage; but instead you take a large hit to fatigue, check the nexus page for detail

SkyUI is very useful, but you'll need to use Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) for it to work follow the link from SkyUI.

Midas Magic; Thievery Overhaul; and Realistic Animal Behaviour are popular mods.

You've also got a few mods that rebalance and change weapons that have apparently been errantly balanced in game, they'll be in the 'bug fixes' category on skyrim.nexus.com.

There are, of course, lots of other gameplay mods, but they are the big ones I could think of off the top of my head. I think there are a few AI fixes too (because Skyrim's NPCs are notoriously stupid).

The ones you quoted sound good! Thanks for the tips.

[Piippo]

Unfortunately my PC can't run nearly as good graphics as this But looks gorgeus. Needs more pics

[Gilles VI]

Piippo, on 01 June 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:

Unfortunately my PC can't run nearly as good graphics as this But looks gorgeus. Needs more pics

There are some tricks to get decent graphics on a mediocre GPU, such as putting shadows on lowest and playing on a lower resolution then you normally might.

[MrIllusion]

*Looks at title*

Ooooh awesome.

*Looks at 2 x 570*

Bloody hell...

[Gilles VI]

MrIllusion, on 01 June 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:

*Looks at title*

Ooooh awesome.

*Looks at 2 x 570*

Bloody hell...

Haha
I'm quite happy with my OC'ed GTX560 Ti though! And I can get same performances as shown in the pics

[MrIllusion]

Gilles VI, on 01 June 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Haha
I'm quite happy with my OC'ed GTX560 Ti though! And I can get same performances as shown in the pics

I'm using the Ti too!

I'll revisit this thread when I upgrade my gfx card and reinstall Skyrim... probably in ohhhh... 5 years...

[Gilles VI]

MrIllusion, on 01 June 2012 - 02:25 PM, said:

I'm using the Ti too!

I'll revisit this thread when I upgrade my gfx card and reinstall Skyrim... probably in ohhhh... 5 years...

Haha
Just download the latest drivers and you can almost max everything and still get 40+ fps..

[Elder III]

I'll just copy a post I made on a different forum a few days back... these are my main graphics improvements, with an effort made to stick to the original "feel" of the game, or to enhance it (not change it).

Spoiler

For skimpy armor you want this:

NSFW http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2666 NSFW

Tons of armor mods and everything else are all linked too in the main page of that mod.

If you prefer a heavier does of realism (like me) then I recommend this:

http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=10277

I also am in agreement that ENB looks like total crap. With that in mind, I use the following 3 mods for my main graphics improvements.

http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=13268 Major improvement to everything related to water.

http://skyrim.nexusm...file.php?id=607 Keeps the look of the "vanilla" game, but with a 4x improvement in texture sizes and really makes the game allot prettier and sharper. *Big time VRAM hog, I hit 1900mb VRAM usage running this.*

http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=13531 best lighting mod out there --- a must have imo.

I also highly recommend:

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=9571 Remove Interior Fog

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=9930 Revamped Exterior Fog

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=2674 Improved NPC Clothing.

http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=14037 Ultimate Follower Overhaul

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=1002 Jaysus Swords

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=8655 Static mesh Improvement Mod

http://skyrim.nexusm...ile.php?id=3621 Bellyaches Animal Pack

http://skyrim.nexusm...le.php?id=13036 Oblivious Horses

Probably some others that aren't coming to mind right now, but that handful of mods will go a long way towards making the game prettier, but also sticking to the general feel of the original default version of the game.

*In addition to the .ini tweaks mentioned above, setting "UGridsToLoad =7" really helps to decrease the pop in effect of distant objects. - Definitely increases VRAM usage though.

* I should note that I hit ~1900 VRAM usage pretty consistently with these mods all enabled... you may want to proceed with caution if you have less than 2GB of VRAM (leaving UGrids at it's default will help allot with that).

[Gilles VI]

Thanks for all the links, is the skyrim nexus easy to use?
I just used steam workshop so far because it's only one click and you have the mod.

[Elder III]

If you install the Nexus Mod Manager it's pretty much 1 click...... you have complete control over your game and your mods via the Nexus, + far more variety too.  I've been using them since Morrowind and I could care less about changing myself.

[XgreatArtist]

you forgot sharpshooter's ENB config. That is the best enb i seen so far.

[axhed]

p4l

[Alot]

XgreatArtist, on 03 June 2012 - 01:59 AM, said:

you forgot sharpshooter's ENB config. That is the best enb i seen so far.

I personally prefer Superb ENB because Sharpshooter's ENB made water look unrealistically bright at night.

[XgreatArtist]

Alot, on 05 June 2012 - 03:33 PM, said:

I personally prefer Superb ENB because Sharpshooter's ENB made water look unrealistically bright at night.

holy shet this is what i have been looking for! Now i cant decide between those 2...

[NeHoMaR]

I remember all that cool mods of Morrowind, now is all about the "look".

[Firetruck]

NeHoMaR, on 06 June 2012 - 04:57 AM, said:

I remember all that cool mods of Morrowind, now is all about the "look".

There seems to be something wrong with quest creation in the CK, or so I heard.

Plus, Vanilla Skyrim feels bland after a while, and unlike (GREEN!) Oblivion, mods seem to alleviate that quite a bit.

[Elder III]

it was a problem with cell mapping... basically NPCs would not know where to walk in newly created cells.... making any kind of more involved quest rather difficult to implement.  That's supposedly been patched, but I've not looked into it personally...

[Surfer11]

Used the suggested tweaks for my system, deactivated most high res mods but kept Skyrim 2K Full.  Runs at 32 to 60, sometimes 90 fps.  Drops to single digits occasionally.  Seems to be when discovering a new area or encountering a new character with dialogue options.  Can get cdt when swimming for a long way, looking above and below water.

What should I try next?  Is there a way to get the new areas and dialogue to load in the background earlier to prevent the bog down?

INI files attached.

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-820QM, 1.73-3.06

Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 280M 1,024MB

Windows 7 Home P 64-bit, 6 GB RAM, INTEL SSD SA2CW

Skyrim.ini
[General]
uGridsToLoad=5
sLanguage=ENGLISH
iNumHWThreads=4

uExterior Cell Buffer=108
uInterior Cell Buffer=9
fMasterFilePreLoadMB=100.0000
iPreloadSizeLimit=209715200
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
bUseThreadedTempEffects=1
bMultiThreadMovement=1
bDisableAllGore=0
bTrackAllDeaths=1
bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=0

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1750.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=6125.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=7168
bAllowScreenshot=1
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1.0000
fSunUpdateThreshold=1.0000
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bActorSelfShadowing=1
bMTRendering=0
bForcePow2Textures=0
bForce1XShaders=0
bAllow30Shaders=1
bAllow20HairShader=1
bDoTestHDR=0
bDo30VFog=1
bDoTallGrassEffect=1
bDoTexturePass=1
bDoSpecularPass=1
bDoDiffusePass=1
bDoAmbientPass=1
bUseRefractionShader=1
bUse Shaders=1
bUseSunbeams=1
fMipBias=-0.7500
bSimpleLighting=0
fDecalLifetime=52.5000
fDefaultWorldFOV=90
fDefault1stPersonFOV=90.0000

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=1
bGrassPointLighting=1

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the Warnings.txt file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
bDismemberOneLimb=0
bForceNPCsUseAmmo=1

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1
iMaxMemoryPageSize=6144
iMinMemoryPageSize=6144
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=0
bReflectLODTrees=1
[Interface]
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientZNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientYNegRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXPosRGB=255,255,255
rUIMistMenu_AmbientXNegRGB=255,255,255
[Trees]
bForceFullDetail=1
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
[TerrainManager]
bKeepLowDetailTerrain=0
bDisplayCloudLOD=1
[Controls]
bMouseAcceleration=0
[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=4
[SaveGame]
bAllowProfileTransfer=1
bUseSaveGameHistory=1
[Animation]
bMultiThreadBoneUpdate=1
[BackgroundLoad]
bUseMultiThreadedFaceGen=1
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1
[Decals]
bDecalMultithreaded=1
bForceAllDecals=1
[Imagespace]
bDoRadialBlur=1
[BudgetCaps]
uActorMemoryBudgetCap=20971520
uLoadedAreaNonActorMemoryBudgetCap=371195904
uWaterMemoryInterior=20971520
uTextureMemoryInterior=20971520
uGeometryMemoryInterior=20971520
uWaterMemory=10485760
uTextureMemory=20971520
uGeometryMemory=10485760

SkyrimPrefs.ini
[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=108
uInterior Cell Buffer=9
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
fdefaultfov=90

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1750.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=6125.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=7168
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=7168
bAllowScreenshot=1
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M  "
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bFXAAEnabled=1
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=1000.0000
fLightLODStartFade=2500.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000.0000
iShadowMapResolution=2048
fShadowBiasScale=0.2500
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
fShadowDistance=4000.0000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=30
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=10
iAdapter=0
iSize W=1920
iSize H=1080
iMultiSample=0
iMaxAnisotropy=8
iPresentInterval=1
bFull Screen=1
fInteriorShadowDistance=5250.0000
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
fGamma=1.4000
iShadowFilter=0
fDecalLOD2=1750.0000
fDecalLOD1=875.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=350.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=7
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
iWaterMultiSamples=8
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=8050.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=6300.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=2.1000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=448.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=3584.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=4977.0000
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iShadowSplitCount=2
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bDeferredShadows=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=1
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=5000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=12250.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=700.0000

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the Warnings.txt file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1
[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=2
bDoDepthOfField=1
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=9.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=9.6000
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=7.5000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=250
uMaxSkinDecals=50
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=40
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=40000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=150000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=40000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=25000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.1000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
bEnableFileSelection=1
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=2048
iWaterReflectWidth=2048
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=262500.0000
bGamepadEnable=0
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=0.8500
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bUseKinect=0
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1313
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.5000
uID3=466532
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=554685
fVal1=0.7000
uID1=1007612
fVal0=1.0000
uID0=94881
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=15750.0000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=70