Skyrim : ini File Guide

[@gamerpoets]

*Share*, *Like*, *Comment* & help us grow. Without you guys we are just a hobby. Description will be updated when I figure out the new format. I will link all .ini tweaks in it as well as the times in the video where each .ini setting is so you can skip to them for reference. I opted out of the fancy scroll format and decided that this tutorial "template" is going to be used not just for Skyrim but for Fallout as well. It's simpler, a lot of you like that, and it's easier for me to manage. It also reflects the google doc. -Michael

[@tjrileyc]

+GamerPoets im back but yea you should think about doing a fallout3 ini file guide it would help alot of people who play fallout 3 on pc

[@gamerpoets]

+tj rileyc =) Its a lot work and testing that i dont have the timet o do at the moment. Im sure one day I shall. However i think the next ini video that you will see from me will be one for fallout 4. And it shouldn't be too long after its release. -Michael

[@dawidbrus1490]

+GamerPoets will you do one on fallout 3

[@gamerpoets]

+dawid brus eventually = ) .. just dont have the time at the moment. Lots to work on and prepare for. -Michael

[@dawidbrus1490]

okay thanks for the reply

[@tjacks841]

Gotta say I feel that you, Michael, and Gopher are THE "go to folks" on modding. I started modding last summer and would never have believed I could run a stable game with 100+ mods. Big thanks to you.

[@gamerpoets]

+tjacks841 Thank you tjacks = ) Updating this guide, text wise, at the moment. -Michael

[@ValkyrieSkyrim]

@@gamerpoets hey gamerpoets are you still there? my music volume is terribly low can i just bump up the value in skyrimprefs to adjust? Many thanks for the video!

[@TheGamefury]

Easily the most effort I have seen put in to any game modding tutorials, absolute legend! Subscribed

[@gamerpoets]

Thank you Gamefury = ) I appreciate your kind words. -Michael

[@smartbluecat]

Amazing tutorial. What a mammoth edit this must have been! Bravo, sir. :)

[@gamerpoets]

+smartbluecat They are all quite intensive editing ventures these days = ) All tutorials on the channel will be in this format from now on as well. Thanks man. -Michael

[@gamerpoets]

@The Gamer Unknown Tagging no longer works since google+ separation and your reply button is disabled. PLEASE people, enable your reply buttons in your settings! To answer your questions, With DynDOLOD, yes you still need to use these settings, DynDOLOD adds more and better LOD for objects,but it does not change the distance at which they appear, or which quality is loaded. LOD has 3 different levels of detail. Those settings are still dictated by the ini file, same goes for trees! Obviously the settings you can set depend on your system. These settings are neither a replacement, nor a conflict for DynDOLOD. Your second question regarding ENBoost. Michael was talking about ENB in this tutorial, that is to say, the graphical part of ENB. ENBoost is not ENB. So to answer, when using only ENBoost, you do not enable bFloatPointRenderTarget as you are NOT using ENB. I believe he does mention that pretty well. Hope this clears that up. Happy gaming -Joe

[@blakemcgregor4269]

this is a highly underrated video, very helpful tutorial. you'd think other modders, new and old, who just haven't had to use .ini files would flock to this.

[@gamerpoets]

thanks Blake = )

[@gamerpoets]

Lots of comments from viewers who have NOT enabled their reply buttons. Can't respond if I'm not allowed to. -Michael

[@irvingabatay4719]

go to my documents not on program data

[@SkyrimBeast]

Thank you so much Michael. It's not often I actually sit through and watch an entire video of this nature. But your recommendations actually answered a lot of questions I've had. Especially the ini tweak about fast travelling and memory.

[@gamerpoets]

Always glad to hear it my friend = ) -Michael

[@torqueitup7952]

Woohoo - Michael, you've really outdone what you've done previously with this. You've raised the bar significantly in terms of both presentation, encapsulation and content deliver. Wicked. Well done.

[@gamerpoets]

+Roger Bongard I try my friend = ) I think this is about as good as they are going to get for some time. -Michael

[@andromedius]

I'm reinstalling Skyrim and found your channel with invaluable tutorials.Your great and crystal-clear explanations saved me a lot of time. Subbed. Keep up the good work!

[@gamerpoets]

+andromedius Glad to have you with us = ) -Michael

[@Nutshell2K]

Most of this I already knew but I really admire how organized and well composed this video is. Good job!

[@rukiddin0669]

+Nutshell2K I had no idea about some of them. Really gad he did this!

[@gamerpoets]

+Nutshell2K Means a lot = ) -Michael

[@gamerpoets]

+John Luzader Happy to hear John = ) -Michael

[@kalui96]

This video is still useful in 2023. Thank you since 2014

[@skyrimgems]

Excellent video! I featured it at the top of Skyrim GEMS and added it's link to the "TIPS" section at the top of Skyrim GEMS. You are THE MAN!

[@gamerpoets]

+Skyrim GEMS That means a lot my friend = ) Thank you for that.-Michael

[@samael4550]

Been a sub of this channel for a while now, but haven't needed to use a tutorial in forever. And wow man, I forgot why I got so interested in your channel in the first place and subbed instantly despite not really needing tutorial vids very often. Your attention to detail and organization skills are immaculate.

[@jayday3818]

Yet ANOTHER superlative guide, Michael!! My PC Skyrim would be literally unplayable without your wonderful S.T.E.P. guides, and this one is a nice improvement over the previous (excellent) guides. Thanks again for all your hard work!

[@gamerpoets]

+Jay Day Happy that they are all helping sir = ) -Michael

[@RhizoidM]

Just getting into modding Skyrim on PC and your videos are incredibly insightful and educational, thank you!

[@xMorogothx]

Wow, even though I've seen this video already, I keep coming back to it almost every day, I just love this video so much. It's so well made and beautiful. Your videos are amazing and I still can't grasp how well made and detailed your tutorials are... Beautiful work, Michael, good job! :)

[@gamerpoets]

+Morogoth appreciate that = ) ... new tutorial coming out sunday if all goes well tomorrow.-Michael

[@Theofreak14]

Hello, I would just like to take a minute to thank you for all your hardwork. The amount of time and effort you put in this videos (description is super handy) is outstanding. I just donated 5$ for appreciation, and I hope I will be able to give more once I'll have more money. Keep up the good work.

[@gamerpoets]

+Teodor Krajnc I received it = ) Thanks alot my friend. Glad that you are enjoying the videos and the layout. Im always trying to improve things. I think i have finally found a "final"ish set up for tutorials. -Michael

[@virson7877]

Michael, the quality of your work is awesome. Thanks for all your effort!

[@gamerpoets]

@Tyler Cone (Canlocu) You too have your reply button disabled. Yes, Michael has a mod list, here it is: docs.google.com/document/d/1bBkqlJ3daEEzCgwzBeACoKRmXudMF9EsodXDKYdn0I4/edit -Joe

[@HobbesFTW]

@GamerPoets - This really is one of those great tutorials that can teach even old dogs new tricks. I came for the explanation about proper ini editorial structure, and often wondered what some of those pre-fixed represented, among other things. Thanks for the detailed upload.

[@CAPTAINSARGE]

fantastic guide. very appreciated man. for dedicated gamers and casual guys like myself.I hadn't played Skyrim for a year and when I loaded it up again I had several issues but fixed most of them using the ini files.

[@gamerpoets]

+CAPTAINSARGE Happy to hear = ) Glad the video could help. -Michael

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

i don't know what to say more than you know what your talking about my game work just fine now thank's again I'm only on my fourth day modding skyrim and without your guy's help i will be lost :)

[@gamerpoets]

+Yevon van Zarovitch Glad the videos could help = ) -Michael

[@jonathanh8488]

A wonderful guide, Michael! I am thankful for the extensive work you put yourself into for the Skyrim modding community! You deserve so much! =)

[@gamerpoets]

+Jonathan H Happy that you liked it = ) -Michael

[@luna-csquared480]

Thank you, Michael, and to everyone else who contributed to the vid! It helps a lot to see this stuff working ;)

[@gamerpoets]

+Cinda S Welcome Cinda = ) I'm the only person who makes the videos. Joe does modding and helps me with technical info and I have a few fine souls helping me with the facebook page (also some awesome people transcribing stuff for me).-Michael

[@luna-csquared480]

Keep it coming, Michael! It is so very helpful, and I need all the help I can get ;) Thanks again!

[@gamerpoets]

+Cinda S =) welcome-Michael

[@MutleyXIII]

You guys really make it to deserve the name you put yourselves in. After watching many of your videos, I would like to leave my sincere my gratitude for all the help and understanding I could get, thanks to you.

[@darthmathias1762]

amazing work Michael your videos just keep getting better and better. and half the stuff on here i don't know so very useful, keep it up.

[@gamerpoets]

+Darth Mathias Thanks Darth = ) Appreciate that. -Michael

[@Gabriel-di9uq]

Perfect! I just spend the last two days reinstalling skyrim and almost 200 mods testing to make sure i dont have that damn stutter. I was a little peeved i didnt save my ini files but now i have this:)

[@gamerpoets]

+Gabriel V Glad to help out = ) -Michael

[@Mauntium]

For the final ini guide, I would suggest also mentioning the component each setting stresses (if any). For example shadow distance is CPU intensive, shadow resolution is GPU intensive. For me, turning shadow distance from the equivalent of the ultra setting to low almost doubles my framerate, while shadow resolution has no effect on my framerate, even if I set it to 8k or 16k. This would help people with unbalanced systems, or low single threaded performance.

[@jasonhale711]

This is one of the best channels on youtube. People! Take notice!!!

[@gamerpoets]

+jasonhale711 Thank you jason = ) Much to come. -Michael

[@maximvsdread1610]

Another great job guys. Clean. Concise. Very straightforward and helpful even to the most novice of us :)

[@gamerpoets]

+Maximvs Dread Glad it was helpful = )-Michael

[@Frank624785]

Excellent video. I appreciate the thoroughness of your guides. I will most definitely be using this guide when I reinstall and re-mod my next Skyrim play through.

[@gamerpoets]

+Frank624785 Appreciated Frank =) -Michael

[@Fr0st1989]

this video, for some reason, reminded me of the immensely frustrating struggle i had trying to change my skyrim character default voice without the shouts being made silent lol i eventually overcame that and now my redguard sounds like an actual badass that doesn't suffer from a loss of voice when he wants to yol toor shul someone

[@gamerpoetssleggo9352]

+Fr0st1989 Haha. Care to send me some footage of the Redguard voice? I would be glad to hear it.

[@Fr0st1989]

Gamerpoets Sleggo you can make it happen yourself if you've got access to the CreationKit and have a BSA extractor

[@gamerpoets]

+Fr0st1989 That's pretty cool. I wish I knew how to mod., The kit is a different language to me. -Michael

[@federalbubinspector1869]

Once again your videos are the only ones that resolve my problems

[@gamerpoets]

happy they've helped, again = )

[@jatkinson85]

Interesting Guide, especially those Camera and Interface speed tweaks that I had previously not heard of, those will improve my sanity immensely :)

[@gamerpoets]

+jatkinson85 Always happy to help with the sanity = ) -Michael

[@carlosnm8617]

Oh shit, This is the best Skyrim tutorial i've seen in my whole life. Everything is so clear! Thanks a lot for the Video!

[@gamerpoets]

Glad you like it Carlos = ) -Michael

[@luciusavenus8715]

Through other reading I know enough about which settings to leave alone haha, but several settings you've shown here will help an older machine perform a little better, so thanks yet again! :)

[@Cueyo123]

OMG thank you sooooo much, i was mainly experimenting with my .ini settings, but now i have a basis to go off of!

[@gamerpoets]

+Cueyo123 Welcome = ) Keep in mind that .ini settings should be tested to your own system, this video is just a good starting point (and are my exact/personal .ini files). -Michael

[@liamcampbell9087]

GamerPoets is a fitting name. You are Poetic, this shit is amazing

[@XO-kf1vl]

Your tweaks for the files really helped me with creating my game better. :) I look forward to actually start writing my story for my character on Nexus. Thank you!

[@gamerpoets]

Welcome = ) Happy that they have helped. -Michael

[@ArchonXzero]

Amazing tutorial, I've been following various guides from a few of mod communities of vast experience such as yourself, as well the STEPS forums an GFX forums. I'm running a heavily modded game (@250 mods) with ENB caffeine. I thought I had tweaked my ini's (ENB, as well both skyrims) for near perfect performance for quality. Adjusted some of them to match this, since you are one of the top go to's. My game launches at 120 FPS, I know i've read the myriad of issues regarding games running over 60 FPS, I've set my enblocal ini to cap at 59.9 and vsync is enabled for ENB as well skyrim.ini. Still shows up as 120 FPS on launch and maintains that ratio for a solid 15-30 minutes of gameplay, everything is smooth, responsive. Then slowly starts getting whittled down by 2-5 FPS chunks until it reaches @50-60 FPS, game performance then begins to show slight stutters an gameplay starts showing delays in actions like tkdodge, or parrying attacks. Performance corrects itself with a fresh close/relaunch. Any suggestions?

[@kjellman96]

Thank you so much for the video! I found that these values worked well for me: [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=850000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=160000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=850000.0000

[@OZZY714]

Thank you for all your time and hard work I am totally NEW to Moding and have spent numerous times looking up Mod's Trying Mod's reInstalling the game etc. I have found your videos most helpful as I continue to learn more .

[@gamerpoets]

Thanks for the comment Ozzy = ) Glad that the videos have been able to help. -Michael

[@wolfsangeleyes]

Still a great tutorial that I come back to, more than once.

[@gamerpoets]

+wolfsangeleyes Appreciate that = ) Updating this currently (text wise and then video when I finish some other text stuff). -Michael

[@wolfsangeleyes]

+GamerPoets An updated video would be more than appreciated. Looking forward to it.

[@varsery5793]

Love how everything is in the desciption except the damn Archive for Skyrim.ini the one thing I need xD Thanks bud

[@erinmanning1337]

Wow, thank you for this. I've been faffing about with my ini files for days trying to strike a nice balance, and the information around online is conflicting or confusing. I used BethINI and some common sense and this guide and now my game looks incredible on Skyrim Special Edition with very little FPS loss.

[@Kahako_the_Fae]

Thank you so much for all you do. I am learning so much more than just how to mod Skyrim with your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@gamerpoets]

Thank you Ashley = ) Glad the videos are of use. -Michael

[@Helxas]

Thanks a bunch, Michael. I don't pretend to understand this stuff - Glad I got you to understand it for me. =P

[@gamerpoets]

+Helxas lol = ) Glad to help my friend. -Michael

[@araeshkigal]

I would love to see you do a series/video on specifically getting as much out of Skyrim as possible *without* "darkening" nights or interiors.

[@nabbsone]

I know I'm late to the party but thank you very much for this video.

[@gamerpoets]

This party never stops = ) Thank you. -Michael

[@jamesdavis4009]

Thank so much, this really cleared up a lot for me and got my Oldrim looking great!

[@gamerpoets]

Glad to hear it James = ) -Michael

[@rahdintimelord6173]

I love Skyrim, and so far Sarena is my fave follower.

[@gamerpoets]

+Rahdin Timelord Its a great game = ) Some stuff coming down the road for her with Paxton. Big part of the show.-Michael

[@No-One.321]

this tutorial along with a couple others of yours helped out a ton. tough me how to tweak just a little bit too. thanks

[@thenecromorpher]

It's not really necessary but if you want to walk into or over corpses like other havok enabled objects you can get it done in the Skyrim.ini file, and go under the headline [gameplay] (or create it), and insert the line _"usebAllowHavokGrabTheLiving=1"_ underneath (without quotes). (idk why it works despite it not starting with a lowercase letter like bFloat... or iMaxLOD... but it does have "usebAllow" without a space so it could be an error on my part when copying it from a forum post a year ago, but it's not been much of a problem tbh).

[@aedrasorn]

Thank you very much. This tutorial boosted my Game by 15 FPS !

[@gamerpoets]

+Andrej Losi Always good to hear when these things have helped some people = ) -Michael

[@aedrasorn]

I watch your videos for a 1 or so and i am already in love with them :D

[@gamerpoets]

+Andrej Losi =)

[@chelle1515]

Michael, I appreciate this tutorial, I watched your previous .ini Tweak Tutorials and found that I had made some mistakes with spelling and such, I had to double check, as in Oz we spell some words differently. It was good to go back and correct them. I am now going to watch your Real Vision ENB Tutorial to make sure I have that right. Love the presentation on this one....

[@gamerpoets]

+Chelle Chamberlain Thanks Chelle = ) All tutorials on the channel are now and forever being created as this video (the one we are commenting on) is. Skyrim, Fallout 4, future tes stuff. Glad they could help.-Michael

[@TheRenzo1337]

Nvidia took down their tweak/guide for Legacy 2011 Skyrim. Thank you for keeping up a guide!

[@gamerpoets]

Glad its getting some use = )

[@Sayaan-ak]

This man be teaching me how to code 💀

[@MrStarguy]

I'm running on an Nvidia GTX 750 Ti, i5 processor 2.65 ghz, and 12 gb of ram. I followed everything in the guide along with downloading SSME and ENBoost and my game literally never ever crashes now no matter what, it's amazing. My only question is, my game stutters quite a bit. What should I tone down in order to stop the stuttering a bit? I copied every value that you either advised/had in your .ini. I can provide screenshots of my .ini if it helps. I've never been this close to a perfectly modded skyrim so I'd like to know what I can do to finish it off. I'm not using an ENB or LOD mod of any kind, just 2 city mods, skyrim 2k textures, and Skyrim Flora overhaul. That's about it for those that'd effect performance. Kudos to you and the members of STEP.

[@MrStarguy]

+Alex Russell I turned the Grassfade distance down from 18000 to 12000, the stuttering is now absolutely minimal. I still get occasional stutters, but it only lasts for about 0.5 of a second then it shoots back up to 60 fps. Wonderful work Michael, if you have any advice to give anyways I'd love to hear it but this is the most balanced my games ever been in 5 years. This is with about 126 plugins. No CTDs whatsoever. :D

[@Timothyreedmurphy]

That was epic! I cant wait to start playing again once i get back to the states

[@gamerpoets]

+Timothy Murphy (All Things Ocean) Appreciate it = ) -Michael

[@gamerpoetssleggo9352]

+Timothy Murphy (All Things Ocean) Enjoy!

[@Visdagon]

Good video, really like the time skip setup. Thanks.

[@gamerpoets]

+Visdagon Glad you liked it = ) -Michael

[@ionianfufu]

I have a question. How do you fix the "GENERAL WARNING"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. Thanks for replying :D

[@Q8Caffeinated]

This is simply awesome, I thought I knew my ini's, this did not just give me the values I needed, it made me understand them as well. Kudos to you Michael and the rest of the GP staff!

[@gamerpoets]

+Q8Caffeinated Happy that it did its job = ) Was hoping to bring the explanation about them out better than I have in the past. -Michael

[@alecstevens7021]

know this has been out for years, but dude, very nice, thanks

[@gamerpoets]

Glad it helped = )

[@athunasos1649]

Please make a Skyrim SE ini Guide. Thanks for your vids!!!

[@Arkanaax]

Wow! I was missing almost every listed one. Thanks for the help.

[@gamerpoets]

Glad it could help = ) -Michael

[@azcoder]

Thanks for making this guide. I do feel compelled to comment about unsigned integers. They are called that because they don't have a sign; in other words they are only positive values. They can hold twice as high a value as a regular integer, since they don't allow negatives.... if Skyrim is allowing negative values, then they're not actually unsigned ints (since the u is just a convention). But where I've seen them used, like uGrids, a negative value wouldn't make sense anyway.

[@gamerpoets]

+AZCoder I'll reword/mention this in the final remake of this = ) Now that I have a set template and storage for it making updates wont be half as time consuming as they use to be. Will be some months though. -Michael

[@SBGJansen]

+GamerPoets AZCoder is correct :). -Joe

[@gamerpoets]

+SBGJansen Add a notation on screen. I'll get it next time around = ) -Michael

[@azcoder]

+GamerPoets Cool. I went through the whole video and was surprised at the number of tweaks you jammed in there, a few that I never heard of like the 1st to 3rd person switch times. Well done.

[@gamerpoets]

+AZCoder thanks for that = ) .. i added a comment and i changed it in the google doc so when i redo it i'll have the info correct. -Michael

[@cloodlorken]

Hey! Thanks for your videos and guides. Something disturbed me in this one, at 5:30 you say set bSelectivePurgeUnusedOnFastTravel to 1. I wonder, is there a reason why it isn't mentionned in STEP guide on .ini modifications? (STEP 1 - 1D .ini Tweaks). Freeing RAM or VRAM seems crucial, and i think their guide is really relevant.

[@jamesstewart6950]

I'm seeing a lot of people talk that stableugridstoload is now considered a dangerous mod, and not to tinker with it up to 7. I had a character I dumped 2 years of my life into, only to have it CTDing everytime I went between riverwood and whiterun. Bad too, the game was now unplayable. So I really need stability when I'm doing a looong playthrough.

[@spyroshock967]

it's always been considered dangerous. GamerPoets is the only person I've seen saying that it works through a long playthrough. I don't know what his load order looks like but I'll take his word since he's been doing this stuff for a long time and has been very successful at it. However, a lot of these recommended tweaks are outdated and several of them could mess up your game as they did with mine. Make each tweak with caution.

[@h.l8205]

Most informative tutorial. Thank you very much :-)

[@gamerpoets]

+H. Lu Happy it could help = )-Michael

[@dinckelman]

Awesome guide, as always! Michael, the only complaint i got is that you missed a couple of steps in the info section, it would be awesome if you add those too so people can copy/paste that easily

[@gamerpoets]

+DinckelMan Which steps? -Michael

[@dinckelman]

+GamerPoets in order - 5:19, 13:44, 21:58 (not really needed, set to that value by default for most users), 25:05

[@webartist69]

Hell ya! Excellent and thorough video dude :) I subscribed right now.

[@maryjanemunar8504]

really amazing turorial. I really need this so thanks for the tutorial;)!!!

[@StewTheRPGer]

Been thinking of going to 7/64 but still not sure. I have a 980/i7 and game is stable on 5/36. Another great video Michael, truly impressive.

[@gamerpoets]

+Stew The RPGer Thanks Stew = ) .. just copy your save incase its doesn't work.-Michael

[@StewTheRPGer]

GamerPoets I get jumps every once and awhile when walking (I don't fast travel). It's most noticeable while flying. I'm trying out flying mod beta

[@gamerpoets]

+Stew The RPGer If you're up in the air you are probably getting more image/textures on screen so it will have your pc use more resources (why im guessing its more noticeable). -Michael

[@hoboodinson]

you're a gift to mankind GP

[@Liberatt]

I tryed the ''[Actor] 4:26 fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=12288.0000'' Which is what i came here for, but arrows are still not hitting it right from a distance ( and not a huge distance for that matter )

[@Liberatt]

Any help pleasE?

[@MASSTERCAM]

Great video and again very helpfull. Some new tweaks i never had in my inis to test out ------> going to Skyrim now ^-^

[@gamerpoets]

+MASSTERCAM Appreciate it man. Enjoy Tamriel. -Michael

[@doubleyouc]

Corrections: 1. Sections are case insensitive, not case sensitive. [Display] and [display] will be read as the same. 2. Integers CAN be negative. I don't know why you correct yourself, when the video has that right. 3. Unsigned integers CANNOT be negative. That's the difference between them and integers: unsigned ones cannot be negative. If you give them a negative value, often they will induce CTDs. 4. fAudioMasterVolume cannot be raised above 1. Sorry, but I probably did have incorrect information in the SkyrimPrefs INI guide at one point prior to testing it.

[@gamerpoets]

+DoubleYou Vids Good to see you man = ) ... Good on the info. I'll add the corrections to the negative stuff and case sensitivity when i make 1.1 for the tutorials. (the case part was taken right from the wiki...the negative info was from a few people who commented, one being a coder for his profession and I just took his word on it, which is when I added the notation as I dont recall even coming across a negative integer setting anyone on the internet to test it out on) Appreciate it being in the comments as well so I can just reference it here. I've had fAudioMasterVolume at 2.0 for quite sometime though, and when you record the game with it set to 2.0 and compare it to 1.0 the sound is noticeably louder (at least on the peak meter it is). I use to raise my Roleplay series game audio by 14 or 15 decibels in post edit to reach the same levels on the peak monitor and since settings to 2.0 I now only have to raise it by about 6 or 7 decibels. I've raised these levels louder in the past (probably been a year now but I wouldn't think things would have changed since the final official update?... I could test this again and see if I still get the same results) and i would get noticeable distortion on certain audio with the master set higher than 2.0(NPC voice mainly). Never went higher than 3.0 I believe but after hearing the distortion I never had a care to test it any higher. -Michael

[@doubleyouc]

+GamerPoets I might have been unclear in the wiki about the case sensitivity, and that might have been in development phase when I was still testing things out. An example of a negative value on an integer setting is iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1, which sets the event recorded when you enable bEnableStoryManagerLogging (still a relatively unknown usefulness, but it does work). There are other examples spaced throughout the guide, but mostly the negative values induce bugs, so they cannot be commonly used. Another one is iLastHDRSetting=-1 in [MAIN] inside Skyrim.ini. Not sure what that setting does yet. fAudioMasterVolume perhaps might increase volume, but it doesn't on my hardware, which it is possible to be a driver-side thing, whether or not volume normalization is enabled in the driver, for example. At any rate, if you open up the in-game settings and alter anything, it will reset it back to 1 if you have it above 1. And it is possible the behavior changed with an update, because I sorta thought that it was possible initially as well.

[@gamerpoets]

+DoubleYou Vids Good stuff man = ) Thank you. I'll definitely retest things when I do the revision again a bit further with the audio. I never thought about it being a driver thing, makes sense. I should mention that the change may only take effect for certain systems if any next time as well (also leaving personal notes to myself in this comment lol... I use the comments as reference for future videos now along side my personal google docs, I have too much info in too many different places otherwise). Its probably going to be a few months until I update this (though much easier than in the past as I now have storage room that can actually save all my work files instead of having to create them all from scratch every time... ) but if you get any other info that you think should be a part of the video Ill happily add other settings or mention things, whatever. Let me know and it will go in the vids. Same goes for any videos that I upload. I can use all the help that I can get. I plan on continuing skyrim for quite sometime though I will be having a large portion of the channel dedicated to fallout 4, but by no means entirely. -Michael

[@SBGJansen]

+GamerPoets Hi Michael, not sure you changed it yet, but the corrections from me and coder are both regarding the unsigned integers (u). Those cannot be negative. Normal integers can (i). Joe

[@gamerpoets]

+SBGJansen still have to go back and check the notes... if you remember... remind me again in an email lol... so much to do and reply to. -Michael

[@furankuchan]

What an incredible video, thank you Michael.

[@gamerpoets]

+CovenantBelieves appreciate the comments my friend = )-Michael

[@OneMoSet88]

OMG, you are the best. just gained a subscriber!

[@FuaConsternation]

oh, hey. typo. you forgot to add description entry for iPresentInterval=1 at 7:58

[@gamerpoets]

Got it = ) -Michael

[@logans415]

Thank you so much! I am using an intel Pentium N3530, 4Gb of RAM, and went from around 15-20 fps with a horrible stutter that made the game almost un playable, to 30-40 fps flawless and no stutter! The game looks like total crap, but at least I can play it! Thanks for everything!

[@gamerpoets]

+Logan Smith =) Welcome. You can still tweak things to your liking. Just use this as a foundation and go from there. -Michael

[@logans415]

+GamerPoets ok, will do. Thanks Michael!

[@gamerpoets]

+Logan Smith anytime = )-Michael

[@pocker91]

thank you for this very well put tutorial. However, I do not understand why you suggest vsync is necessary for ENB or even good for the game. VSYNC will run the game at the monitor refresh rate and has the tendency to give you a delayed feeling when moving the mose. Many people are very sensitive on that. Even with high framerate, the feeling is slow and sluggish. I can confirm all works just fine with vsync off in the inis and in the ENB settings. Cheers.

[@jackfrost383]

Legend. The detailed explanation is mint.

[@gamerpoets]

=)

[@hadominusx8]

well fuck i can finally not have that fast travel that gets slower the longer you play thanks makes life better

[@TRH2243]

Fantastic guide. is 18K the farthest grass will fade at ugrids 7?

[@ToggleAI]

Excellent guide and it's awesome that you showed video comparisons between settings. Do you personally use the StableuGridsToLoad mod since you already have the ini tweak setting the value to 7? Or you just go with the ini tweak?

[@gamerpoets]

+Toggle AI Thanks, Michael uses it combined with the StableuGridsToLoad mod. -Joe

[@thedarknessnetwork137]

I need help, where is the file for key bindings? I accidentally set the escape key to two of the same button and effectively can't go into settings normally.

[@louissagrav7312]

Just a heads up about the "Full Tutorial in Text". The link doesn't work. Get a "404 Not Found" error message. Great video.

[@gamerpoets]

+Louis Sagrav Thanks = ) All the skyrim stuff will be linked here: docs.google.com/document/d/1czD6G-iNclODPsO50Ikaykw1MapRkNNwX4MsYdOVIyM/edit eventually. The docs were down with the expected website to get up and running but since that's slow i've went ahead and remade some new docs to work from. the .ini file stuff still needs to be recreated but it will be soon. (week or two) -Michael

[@louissagrav7312]

+GamerPoets Okay thanks for the reply. I'll check it out soon.

[@gamerpoets]

+Louis Sagrav =)

[@joseph233382]

That was so strange i just wanted to get your advice on an issue i have got involving oblivion. I have a problem with distant textures and depth of field etc. I accidentally tampered with the ini files before i did that oblivion modded had great distant views.

[@gamerpoets]

+Joseph S (Inlakesh) awesome = ) most ini stuff is the same across games. Not all, but most. -Michael

[@BodyByBenSLC]

great video. Honestly modding was alot of stabbing in the dark before GamerPoets. Speaking of poet, when are you going to post another one of your poems?

[@gamerpoets]

+Ben24xo Thanks Ben = ) ... Putting so much work into the channel does leave much room for my mind to be creative regarding other things. I write them when I think of them and if they are good in my eyes I'll share them = )-Michael

[@danielyujiyaegashi1210]

I used this so many times and still don't know what's going on.

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

great video i will try it now and hope that will fix all issue, because my game play was not cool at all with the default setting thank's

[@gamerpoets]

+Yevon van Zarovitch welcome = ) Just remember that these settings are a starting point. Some may go up some may need to go down. Take your time and test stuff out.-Michael

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

ya for sure. i just load my game and the distance vision as been fix but my game play is very slow. not to sure what i need to do now

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

your setup really upgrade the quality of the game by a lot .lol

[@gamerpoets]

+Yevon van Zarovitch Yes it does = ) ... Make sure to install skse and create the skse.ini and add shesons memory patch (skse video on the channel, make sure you watch the newer one if you need it). And use ENB. You don't have to use the graphics from ENB but the speed/boost side of things really helps.... for the .ini stuff start tweaking back things... make the grass settings a little smaller of a number. Make the tree settings back a little bit. Maybe turn the shadows down if you don't need them rendered so much.-Michael

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

thank's michel and yes i did created a skse that i run my game true,I been watching video for 4 day now to how mod skyrim and I dint even really play yet.just tweeking the setting to get the best game play.I will look into that other video for sure, I don't know if i got the ENB ,i'll have to look into that to.

[@Sleepy.Time.]

thank you, been kinda lost ever since EWI ini' stopped working properly for me

[@gamerpoets]

+Sleepy .Time Welcome = ) ... A lot of ewi's tweaks were placebo. After reading a lot on the STEP site and testing some my self. -Michael

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

i just have 1 more question if you don't mind what is the set up for animal, people,monster distance setting i have a problem that they appear to soon and fade away to soon as well can't really use my bow because of that well not to soon i mean,its when i walk i don't see anything and then they just appear from nowhere,i just want to see them from far , you know ?

[@yevonvanzarovitch5203]

+Yevon van Zarovitch i think i got it,I add to watch the video again. i'm good now, I will keep looking other video that you made. I.m sure i'll find more useful stuff thank's again

[@gamerpoets]

+Yevon van Zarovitch always good to see when modders solve their own stuff. Its satisfying when you get that "break through" moment =)-Michael

[@greatdelusion7654]

Dear Michael - do you know where the ini file is located to change the key bindings outside of the game? Like the input controls for the mouse and keyboard? I searched in Skyrim/Data/Interface but there's no control folder there.

[@zepherinkevinfrancis7539]

Why was the archive section of the video not time stamped and added to the description and is it incorrect?

[@gamerpoets]

Archive section? Not sure what you're talking about. What time of the video do you think should have been added? -Michael

[@g.augusto5169]

Many thanks,really helpful and straight to the point.

[@kuchintaTV]

hey help me please!! when sneaking my cursor is not in the middle, its in the bottom left of my screen.

[@gamerpoets]

Shouldn't have anything to do with .ini files (i'm not aware of any settings that affect cursor position). Mods like Less Intrusive HUD II allow you to adjust those positions so if you have that installed that could be it... or.. that mod could help you out. -Michael

[@kuchintaTV]

Thanks for the reply sir. I realized that too because I tried everything in .ini files and nothing happen. I think some mod that I installed is the problem. Maybe Intrusive HUD II can really help me. Thanks for advice sir.

[@kuchintaTV]

Thanks for the reply sir. I realized that too because I tried everything in .ini files and nothing happen. I think some mod that I installed is the problem. Maybe Intrusive HUD II can really help me. Thanks for advice sir.

[@christopherelstone5158]

According to the text version: "A Section is signified by a title enclosed by square brackets "[ ]" and is comprised of all the settings beneath it. They are case insensitive.​" Though in the video it states that they are case sensitive. Which is correct?

[@gamerpoets]

+Christopher Elstone insensitive... what time in the video does it say they are case sensitive?

[@christopherelstone5158]

+GamerPoets Minute 1:27, and thank you for replying.

[@gamerpoets]

+Christopher Elstone yup.. I screwed that one up lol... sigh... thanks for posting the time. If the day comes that I have the time to update this to our final "format" on the channel I'll be able to reference the comments.-Michael