[size=3][b][u]Who dis?[/u]
[/b]ENB built on a low-end PC meant for low-end PCs. If you want better visuals without regard for performance, opt for other ENBs. Again, this one is all about performance, and you will not get extra goodies like complex particle lighting, SSAO or Sub-surface Scattering.
[u][b]Performance Monitor
[/b][/u]
By far the most performance-freindly ENB ever created is [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15425]Stakado Cinemascope[/url]. This is possible because Stakado uses a very old binary. Anyhow, this
still makes Stakado's ENB a good parameter to measure performance.
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[/color][b][color=#ffe599][size=5]By default, you will get ~90% of Stakado Cinemascope's performance with the Gritty Chimera preset. [/size][/color]
[size=4]In other words, if you get over 60 fps everywhere in Stakado while outside, you will definitely get at least 50 fps with Chimera on average.[/size][/b][/size][size=3]
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The Cinematic Chimera preset is less performance-friendly, as it comes with more enb effects enabled.[/b][/size]
To gain better performance in general, consult the last section on this page.
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[u][b]Aesthetics[/b][/u]
[b]Gritty[/b] sticks to vanilla Vivid aesthetics for daytime, with some tweaking on environment lighting and incorporating darker shadows. Dusks and dawns are much more gloomy in comparison, and nights are a balance between realism and high fantasy.
[b]Cinematic[/b] uses Enhanced ENB Nighteye and has no native vanilla imagespace support. It emulates the look of a more desaturated but crispier film with extra cinematic effects (DoF, Bloom). Tl;dr: Different look, better visuals, less performance.
[b]Fantasy [/b]finds its own original colour palette and deviates from the vanilla look of Vivid Weather the most. Colourful skies, rolling greens, bright and vibrant nights.
[u][b]Night-eye[/b][/u]
The Gritty preset uses vanilla image-spaces by default. This gives it in-built compatibility with all imagespace modifiers. In short, khajit nighteye, bend time shout, and other effects retain their vanilla look as is.
The Cinematic preset uses Enhanced Nighteye instead. Overrides vanilla imagespace modifiers.
[u][b]Required Mods[/b][/u]
The only hard requirement is [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73937]Vivid Weathers[/url].
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Other than this, I recommend:
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27043/]ELFX[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1188]More Subtle Nirnroot[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62425]Embers HD[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/41076/]Realistic Water Two[/url]
if you are having performance issues with ELFX, go for[/size][size=3][size=3][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17609/?] Relighting Skyrim[/url] and [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59733]ELE lite[/url][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1188]
[/url][/size]
[b][u]Installation[/u][/b]
[/size][size=3]1. Download ENB v262 binaries [url=http://enbdev.com/mod_tesskyrim_v0262.htm]here[/url].
2. Copy d3d9.dll and enbhost.exe from the 'Wrapper Version' in the
downloaded archive to the main skyrim directory (where TESV.exe is).
3. Copy my ENB files to the same folder.
4. Install Vivid Weathers with any mod manager, and [b][color=#f4cccc]opt to disable ground fogs (important)[/color][/b].
5. Enable customizations in the Vivid Weather MCM menu and set 'Bloom' to low (not required but recommended).
[u][b]Performance Pointers[/b][/u]
If you are struggling with performance, you can do the following:
I recommend getting [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69787]BethINI[/url] which will make ini tweaking MUCH easier.
- The prime usual suspect to tank FPS is shadows. Set shadows to 512 from BethINI, as ENB shadows will mask the low quality.
- Grass mods also dramatically cut down performance irrespective of ENB usage. Consider doing away with Grass mods altogether. If vanilla grass still gives you a hard time, use my additional grass tweak from the optional downloads (dramatically lowers grass density, but will increase performance). As an alternative, you can use [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33582]Grass on Steroids[/url] to get both performance and dense grass.
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[b]Work in progress[/b]:
Almost all weathers have been covered, but I will be adding some more polishing touches in later updates.
To do list:
Gritty preset with vanilla imagespace modifiers and ultimate shader addon (Complete)
A high fantasy preset that does not use vanilla imagespace (WIP)
A cinematic preset (currently functional but not complete)
Feel free to leave feedbacks if you run into any difficulty.
[/size][/size]
[/b]ENB built on a low-end PC meant for low-end PCs. If you want better visuals without regard for performance, opt for other ENBs. Again, this one is all about performance, and you will not get extra goodies like complex particle lighting, SSAO or Sub-surface Scattering.
[u][b]Performance Monitor
[/b][/u]
By far the most performance-freindly ENB ever created is [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15425]Stakado Cinemascope[/url]. This is possible because Stakado uses a very old binary. Anyhow, this
still makes Stakado's ENB a good parameter to measure performance.
[color=#000000]
[/color][b][color=#ffe599][size=5]By default, you will get ~90% of Stakado Cinemascope's performance with the Gritty Chimera preset. [/size][/color]
[size=4]In other words, if you get over 60 fps everywhere in Stakado while outside, you will definitely get at least 50 fps with Chimera on average.[/size][/b][/size][size=3]
[size=4][b]
The Cinematic Chimera preset is less performance-friendly, as it comes with more enb effects enabled.[/b][/size]
To gain better performance in general, consult the last section on this page.
[/size][size=3]
[u][b]Aesthetics[/b][/u]
[b]Gritty[/b] sticks to vanilla Vivid aesthetics for daytime, with some tweaking on environment lighting and incorporating darker shadows. Dusks and dawns are much more gloomy in comparison, and nights are a balance between realism and high fantasy.
[b]Cinematic[/b] uses Enhanced ENB Nighteye and has no native vanilla imagespace support. It emulates the look of a more desaturated but crispier film with extra cinematic effects (DoF, Bloom). Tl;dr: Different look, better visuals, less performance.
[b]Fantasy [/b]finds its own original colour palette and deviates from the vanilla look of Vivid Weather the most. Colourful skies, rolling greens, bright and vibrant nights.
[u][b]Night-eye[/b][/u]
The Gritty preset uses vanilla image-spaces by default. This gives it in-built compatibility with all imagespace modifiers. In short, khajit nighteye, bend time shout, and other effects retain their vanilla look as is.
The Cinematic preset uses Enhanced Nighteye instead. Overrides vanilla imagespace modifiers.
[u][b]Required Mods[/b][/u]
The only hard requirement is [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73937]Vivid Weathers[/url].
[/size][size=3]
Other than this, I recommend:
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27043/]ELFX[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1188]More Subtle Nirnroot[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62425]Embers HD[/url]
[url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/41076/]Realistic Water Two[/url]
if you are having performance issues with ELFX, go for[/size][size=3][size=3][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17609/?] Relighting Skyrim[/url] and [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59733]ELE lite[/url][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/1188]
[/url][/size]
[b][u]Installation[/u][/b]
[/size][size=3]1. Download ENB v262 binaries [url=http://enbdev.com/mod_tesskyrim_v0262.htm]here[/url].
2. Copy d3d9.dll and enbhost.exe from the 'Wrapper Version' in the
downloaded archive to the main skyrim directory (where TESV.exe is).
3. Copy my ENB files to the same folder.
4. Install Vivid Weathers with any mod manager, and [b][color=#f4cccc]opt to disable ground fogs (important)[/color][/b].
5. Enable customizations in the Vivid Weather MCM menu and set 'Bloom' to low (not required but recommended).
[u][b]Performance Pointers[/b][/u]
If you are struggling with performance, you can do the following:
I recommend getting [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/69787]BethINI[/url] which will make ini tweaking MUCH easier.
- The prime usual suspect to tank FPS is shadows. Set shadows to 512 from BethINI, as ENB shadows will mask the low quality.
- Grass mods also dramatically cut down performance irrespective of ENB usage. Consider doing away with Grass mods altogether. If vanilla grass still gives you a hard time, use my additional grass tweak from the optional downloads (dramatically lowers grass density, but will increase performance). As an alternative, you can use [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33582]Grass on Steroids[/url] to get both performance and dense grass.
[size=2]
[b]Work in progress[/b]:
Almost all weathers have been covered, but I will be adding some more polishing touches in later updates.
To do list:
Gritty preset with vanilla imagespace modifiers and ultimate shader addon (Complete)
A high fantasy preset that does not use vanilla imagespace (WIP)
A cinematic preset (currently functional but not complete)
Feel free to leave feedbacks if you run into any difficulty.
[/size][/size]