To modify skyrim.ini papyrus or not to? : V

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:26 pm

Hello,

I am finding a lot of conflicting information saying that you should and arguements saying that you shouldn't

http://www.creationkit.com/INI_Settings_%28Papyrus%29

I've set more current values to

[Papyrus]

fUpdateBudgetMS=2.4

fExtraTaskletBudgetMS=2.4

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=1200

iMinMemoryPageSize=256

iMaxMemoryPageSize=1024

iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=2457600

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

But I've seen various settings, some lower, some MUCH higher... I'm just not sure if i's a good thing or a bad thing. I want conservative values that would improve script performance and memory allocation without exploding the game.

» Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:01 am

Don't touch them under most circumstances.

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:39 pm

Probably not what you want to hear, but the best approach is to leave them at their defaults. The game tends to throw more and more errors the larger the amount of resources you give it. So it just isn't a good idea.

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:36 pm

Hm, ago so i should touch absolutely none of the default values then? including the millisecond tweaks?

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:39 pm

bEnableLogging=0bEnableTrace=0

The first one enables the logging.

The second will print all debug.traces found in any script. These are notices to help the tester confirm that something has worked or not.

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:37 pm

As those lines turn off Logging and Trace (which are off by default) they're harmless but pointless.

As far as Papyrus .ini settings go, I'd say that if you don't know that you need to change them, and don't know exactly what changes you need to make for your particular PC and mod list, then you shouldn't change anything at all. For some particular installations some tweaks may be useful, but as Arthmoor suggests, those same tweaks can cause real problems down the line, and/or on most installations.

Touch what you don't thoroughly understand at your own risk, you'll probably regret it later.

» Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:38 am

Thanks, so really the bottom line is don't fiddle with any of it and just keep the default values for everything?

» Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:31 pm

For now, yes. Down the line as you become more experienced, and especially if you begin creating your own scripts, you may want to break into these, but for now default settings is probably the way to go.

» Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:23 am

You seem to be leaning towards thinking changing any of it is bad OP. That's not the case. For example it's ok for you to tweak the shadows a little to improve their quality.

What you should avoid doing is changing the papyrus settings and generally anything to do with load or memory management. Things like "script tweaks" and "multi-core CPU tweaks" should be avoided as they're not necessary and usually cause more problems than they solve.