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Detailed LOD draw distance

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Sheson recently discovered a brand new LOD system implemented in Skyrim SE. It basically solves all the old game's ugrids issues. You can now set a parameter in your ini file that draws all medium and large objects at full detail for the specified distance, without drawing small objects and grasses that you wouldn't be able to see anyway, and without loading NPCs and scripts for all those extra cells. It means gorgeous draw distances at almost zero fps cost!

Skyrimprefs.ini
uLargeRefLODGridSize=11       <--- change this value to 21.

Quick image to compare 11 to 21 values. The distance extends well beyond the mountains though :)

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  1. Gabrieljun1993
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    dont change to 21 your gpu will cry i have rtx 3070 and from 80 fps at 1440p with enb it drow to 30 fps so i dont recomand
    1. Trippill
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      Lol thank you I was just about to try this with the same setup
  2. SourFaced
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    Ok i tried out .Not really noticed a big change.Only thing i noticed with 8GB Vram that my loading screen got noticable prolonged.Got only 3 textures mods installed SMIM -Skyland overhaul and Flora overhaul and my game is already full of statterings.So i cant tell as other says it made they game more stattering while turning in the game.But was worth to try out.Not a big change what cant be rolled back without destroying consequences.
  3. collynpc
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    I can't tell which image is supposed to be better
  4. vamosbn
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    RIP fps . creo que es por la falta de vram... tengo 4gb vram.
  5. IconicDeath
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    This was the cause of fps stuttering for me whenever I moved the camera slightly fast.
    1. TKHBMVP
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      You should have a graphics card with at least 6GB VRAM.
    2. IconicDeath
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      I do.
    3. TKHBMVP
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      You need some fine tuning of your inis and perhaps terrain textures not higher as 2kb
    4. IconicDeath
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      Might as well just use DynDOLOD then, less hassle then testing thousands of small ini tweaks.
  6. GreeneBeast
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    Doesn't work for me. Could it be because of the mods I use?
    1. TKHBMVP
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      It can be, as you need additional tweaks and matching LOD especially to see the objects on far distance

      Examples:
      https://steamcommunity.com/id/DragonbornTom/screenshots/
  7. Ynitcher
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    Why does uLargeRefLODGridSize=11 look so good on your footage? I get bitmap trees 30 m away from me and no gras only pops in when I,m near to it. Water also gets a quality bump only when I get near.
    1. DigitalisVulpes
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      As he said in the description this only affects medium and large objects, not grass. Pretty sure he's including trees with the grass as well. I feel your pain though. If you find an easy way to generate grass and trees so they're not popping in a dozen metres away let me know. I'd recommend you use the bigger trees mod. It still has the same problem but the the change is the least noticeable I've ever seen so unless you're looking right at it waiting for it to happen you barely notice.
    2. TKHBMVP
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      You need additional tweaks to show objects in far distance too and matching LOD for landscape and mountains as well trees.
  8. AHoffman62
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    I don't even have this option.... I do towards the bottom of SkyrimPrefs.ini have this

    [LOD]
    fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
    fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
    fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
    fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000

    Should I try changing these possibly?
    1. Leeglaz
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      there are 2 skyrimprefs.ini
      one in the steam folder 
      and one under dokuments/myGames/skyrim

      you need to change the one in my games
    2. BlueNightfury
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      Having the same issue as the guy above and I don't even have a My games folder what? how am I supposed to modify this?
    3. ista3
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      Documents > My Games > Skyrim Special Edition > Skyrimprefs.ini

      The setting is under 'General'
    4. GreeneBeast
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      search your whole computer for the files and then figure out which one has the text you need to edit. 
    5. rebow79
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      For me there is skrim.ini.baked and skyrim.ini base.
  9. blcrash
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    Drops my fps minus 20. Thx, but no, thx.
  10. rebow79
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    will it work with perfect terrain LOD for vivid landscapes?
    1. 4x3111n
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      It should, it doesn't touch that.