Hey all, I'm having the strangest issue with my PC version of Skyrim. During any snowy weather, large snow flakes are falling RIGHT in front of my screen, blocking my vision. It's as if the effect has been nudged off just a bit so that the snow that I'm supposed to see a little in front of me is too close to where the camera is.

This problem occurs regardless of if I'm playing first or third person, which I imagine makes sense with the way that weather works in skyrim, it sort of follows the camera around.

I've desperately been trying to find someone with a similar problem, to no avail.

If your search has brought you to this post and you are having the issue, please post your load order and description of the issue as well!

Thanks!

Edit: Furthermore, these little "flakes" seem to persist after the weather has ended. Screenshot: http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy315/Gwydiian/enb2014_02_2211_22_26_00_edit.png

Edit:

Load Order:

Update.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Dawnguard.esm
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
HearthFires.esm
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
AOM.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
SPIKE.esm
WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esm
SMPC.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_NL3.esp
CoT_SnowPatch.esp
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
Brawl Bugs CE.esp
Chesko_Frostfall.esp
better dynamic snow.esp
Rainbows.esp
SplashofRain.esp
randomthunder.esp
mintylightningmod.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp
AOM.esp
Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
Dual Sheath Redux.esp
ShootingStars.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
kuerteeAutoSaveAndTime.esp
war zone fix.esp
SkyUI.esp
kuerteeAutoSaveAndTime MCM.esp
Cloaks.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
dr_bandolier.esp
DeadlyDragons.esp
Hearthfire Cheat Chests.esp
KRZ - Better Archmage Quarters.esp
female mannequins.esp
female mannequins in homes.esp
Acquisitive Soul Gems.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawnguard Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
RealisticNeedsandDiseases.esp
RND_Dawnguard-Patch.esp
RND_HearthFires-Patch.esp
RND_USKP-Patch.esp
RND_Dragonborn-Patch.esp
Better Vampires.esp
Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp
Balanced_Magic.esp
Balanced_Magic_Dawnguard.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
Artifact Disenchanting.esp
Artifact Disenchanting - Dawnguard.esp
Artifact Disenchanting - Dragonborn.esp
FormsEdit.esp
The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp
UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
getSnowy.esp
BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
RND_AnimalLoot.esp
Thunderchild - Epic Shout Package.esp
Thunderchild - Dragon Language Words Patch.esp
ImmersiveSpells.esp
Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Brighter Dungeons.esp
SMPC_windows_fix.esp
Bound Armory.esp
Purewaters.esp
RND_PureWaters-Patch.esp
DYNAVISION Dynamic Depth of Field.esp
Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

What mods do you have?

Derp, forgot my load order, sorry.

Np, just use BOSS and copy/paste from there

Edit'd my first post with Load Order.

Since it is related to snow, maybe disable a mod like better dynamic snow or any other mod that affects snow. Just to see if that is the culprit. One by one, not all at once!

Thanks for taking the time to help, btw.

I have in fact, already done that. The effect seems to be present in vanilla skyrim effects.

Most of the weather mods I picked up after the fact, trying to fix the issue, but ended up liking the other effects they added so much that I kept them, lol.

I'm unsure on how the weather in skyrim works exactly, but I can surmise that it follows the "camera" around, as moving your character causes the effects to move with you. This is what leads me to believe that somehow the distance or orientation of the effects in reference to the camera have been altered in a way that these flakes that are supposed to appear at a distance are being rendered RIGHT in front of the camera.

oh wow, you realize you have a lot of mods related to weather and snow? like maybe a third of your load order, lol.

though usually none of those should make snow stick to your camera in any way. if you start disabling mods one by one, i suppose you could start with the more sofisticated ones.

i'm not implying those are at fault, it may just be, that some random problem or engine hickup occured and glued some of their effects in place.

for example Wet and cold (which you do not use) adds some snowstorm blindness to the game, that makes the screen blurr every once in a while during a strom, to simulate snow flakes getting in your eye.

maybe, just maybe a mod you use does something similar to this and the effect got stuck for some reason.

so just a suggestion: if you know that some mods of yours do, or might do something like this, start looking in that direction first.

edit: if what yo are diescribing is not a snowflake glues to the screen, but the actual snow flakes just appearing too close and too big (but still falling), this may just be an issue of too many mods dealing with the same thing. some mod may modify the weather setting for varsious effects, while another may modify the snow shader settings and even another one will modify the snowflake texture. and you just picked a very bad combination.

The only thing I can think of is the CoT ones dealing with Snow.

Snow is all ISM, ImageSpaceModifier(the effects that affects your screen)

Yeah I tried disabling all the CoT, but the issue still persists...

Is there a way to reset ISMs in relation to the camera?

You should try starting a new game after you disable your mods. See if the issue returns.

Maybe a fov issue? Have you changed your fov in the game (via command console and .ini settings?)

I have tried to change my FOV via the two .ini files in mydocs\mygames but have never had it work so I just set it back. I'll try manually changing it in game while the issue is happening and see if it changes anything.

THing with COT is you can't just disable it. You need to disable it and start a new game. Disable ally our mods and start a new game then see if the issue goes away.

Well if the fix is to disable all of my mods and start a new game... that's not really a fix lol. I could just reinstall everything and that would obviously fix the issue for any new games. If I disable all of my mods, start a new game and the issue persists, then the answer is still to reinstall everything and start a new game, still no help to me.