Spazznid
Member
So here I am, switching ENB's in my Skyrim install and I decide that I don't want some of the extra files introduced by my previous enb, and luckily for me, all said files are already/still highlighted from before. I press delete and as expected the windows delete prompt comes up and I click yes... There was one thing wrong, however. It seems I was deleting a few gigs of files... Apparently, my data folder was also highlighted when I clicked delete.
Oh god. I cancelled the delete and pressed ctrl+z, but to no avail... a large portion of my data folder was missing... Skyrim wouldn't even start... I have 115 mods install at this time of running
Well, guess like it's time for a re-install!!
This time, however, I decided to make it into a sort of study into how everything affects my performance! from the Texture mods to the enbs, I'll be taking note of every change my Skyrim makes. I thought maybe there'd be someone else here who has some interest in this info so, here it goes!
I will be sharing screenshots, details, and maybe videos of the stages my skyrim goes through until I install all of my mods again. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, go ahead and share them.
My PC
GTX 580 Not Overclocked
i5 2500k Not Overclocked
8 Gig RAM
1 TB HDD
Windows 7 Pro
Fraps
I run the game at 1080p with no MSAA and I will be downscaling the images to 720p for no real reason at all.
PART 1 - THE INSTALL
From the previous version, I manually uninstalled each of my 115-ish mods through Nexus Mod Manager. Then I Uninstalled the game through steam. Then I went through and deleted both my Skyrim folders, the one in Program files/Steam/Steamapps/Common and the one in Documents/My Games. I made sure to backup my saves and my Skyrim.ini/SkyrimPrefs.ini first, though. They're in the Skyrim111 Folder.
After there is no trace of the game or it's mods, I install the game through Steam.
First run - - - -
I'll be adding a few mods at a time and then posting results from each wave.
Oh god. I cancelled the delete and pressed ctrl+z, but to no avail... a large portion of my data folder was missing... Skyrim wouldn't even start... I have 115 mods install at this time of running
Well, guess like it's time for a re-install!!
This time, however, I decided to make it into a sort of study into how everything affects my performance! from the Texture mods to the enbs, I'll be taking note of every change my Skyrim makes. I thought maybe there'd be someone else here who has some interest in this info so, here it goes!
I will be sharing screenshots, details, and maybe videos of the stages my skyrim goes through until I install all of my mods again. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, go ahead and share them.
My PC
GTX 580 Not Overclocked
i5 2500k Not Overclocked
8 Gig RAM
1 TB HDD
Windows 7 Pro
Fraps
I run the game at 1080p with no MSAA and I will be downscaling the images to 720p for no real reason at all.
PART 1 - THE INSTALL
From the previous version, I manually uninstalled each of my 115-ish mods through Nexus Mod Manager. Then I Uninstalled the game through steam. Then I went through and deleted both my Skyrim folders, the one in Program files/Steam/Steamapps/Common and the one in Documents/My Games. I made sure to backup my saves and my Skyrim.ini/SkyrimPrefs.ini first, though. They're in the Skyrim111 Folder.
After there is no trace of the game or it's mods, I install the game through Steam.
First run - - - -
I'll be adding a few mods at a time and then posting results from each wave.