Weird graphical glitches randomly appearing... : Fallout: New Vegas

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:13 pm

Hi,
my game is behaving a bit abnormal for some reason. After playing some time, i get flickering textures as well as red exclamation marks on "some", not all characters. Upon reloading the game, everything is fine again. Also, this doesnt happen in every cell, but only in certain cells (and in those not all the time). In the past i used to have this problem too, by removing some mods. It didnt even matter which mods i removed. I did NOT however get near the 255 mods limit

I have about 145 Mods running now and didnt experience any kind of crash...just these graphical anomalies...

So does anyone know how to fix these ? Know of any mods that have this sideeffect ? I am using dynavision as well as Imaginator and so on...but as i said, it doesnt always happen...

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:54 pm

What are your thermal numbers when this is happening?

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:39 pm

About 80°C

I know, sounds like a lot, but other games, including Fallout 3 and Oblivion dont have this issue. Furthermore, i didnt encounter this issue with my previous Macbook Pro, which still had an Nvidia chip (Its temperature was higher even)

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:47 pm

Whether 80 C is "too high" is extremely variable. It very well could be too high for this particular combination of components, when its brother / sister units all run just fine, but you just happened to have the bad luck to get one that has some electronic device somewhere in it that just doesn't tolerate as much heat as the others can handle. Put it on a quality cooling tray, keep all the vents totally clean and unobstructed, etc etc.

You realize that game developers have avoided officially supporting all mobile computing devices, and HEAT is a serious difference that laptops suffer from far more frequently than desktops do.

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:25 pm

I have no idea if there's also some heat related issue or not, but the one time I got weird red "exclamation points" around stuff was when I used a mod that was ported from FO3...some features of the mod didn't work in FNV (but some did) so you'd get weird things. So I'd guess it's one of your mods, or several of them, or whatever. Not because of the number you're using per se, but something about the mods themselves that errors in and out for some reason.

If you've ever used the debug console command in FNV where you can see all these graphical representations of stuff ( http://crimsonkeep.com/wallpapers/data/media/33/falloutNV-0001278a.jpg ) and that's kinda what those red points are like, then I'd be even more sure.

» Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:27 am

Well lets assume temperature is the culprit, then why doesnt it affect Oblivion and Fallout 3 or even a game like Crysis? Also my previous Macbook ran a lot hotter (and the one before that nearly reached 100°C!...

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With those i didnt get the issue either. Whenever i remove "any" mod, the problem seems to go away though. I think my game does have some problem with the amount of mods i am using...
What about the Merged Patch ? Could this be the problem ?

Edit : I attached my load order, maybe something is wrong with that too... (That happens when you leave those games for a little while - you forget the right order

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DeadMoney.esm
HonestHearts.esm
New Vegas Redesigned.esm
IWR.esm
Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esm
CBC Dead Money Patch.esm
Project Nevada - Core.esm
Project Nevada - Equipment.esm
Lings.esm
RZW_Master.esm
RZW_Portables.esm
More Perks.esm
More Traits.esm
Caliber.esm
CFWNV-DLC.esm
CHEMS.esm
RH_IRONSIGHTS_NV.esm
NVR-Strip.esm
rePopulated Wasteland.esm
Run the Lucky 38.esm
Vault21HotelRoomUpgrade.esm
Vault24_08.esm
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Ambient Temperature.esm
iHUD.esm
aHUD.esm
CINEMATECH.esm
Primary Needs HUD.esm
wsix.esm
NV GameStabilizerA8.esm
IWR - Rebuilt.esp
DarNifiedUINV.esp
CorpseEquip.esp
Community Bugfix Compilation Patch.esp
Weathered10mmFixes.esp
Vurt's WFO.esp
RustTownV1-1.esp
Novac Hotel Suite Upgrade.esp
GunRunnersixpandedV3.6.esp
Bobblehunt.esp
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UHNV.esp
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UHNV-Honest Hearts.esp
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UHNV-Bobblehunt.esp
The New Bison Steve Hotel.esp
Underground Home.esp
Vault24_08.esp
Reactive People - Ultimatum.esp
CONELRAD 640-1240.esp
R.A.C.E. Station.esp
The Mod Configuration Menu.esp
More Traits Update.esp
More Perks Update.esp
Passive Animals & Critters - A Perk Suite.esp
Mojave Express Expansion.esp
Kobu's Primary Attributes Uncapper.esp
populatedcasino-medium.esp
PortableCampsite.esp
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SlaveCollarCrafting.esp
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LibrarianOfTheWastes.esp
bzArmour.esp
bzBodySuits.esp
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formalbattledress.esp
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Lingerie.esp
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RZW_BookCollection.esp
Luger.esp
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UnderwaterFX.esp
UWFXGodrays.esp
Interior Lighting Overhaul-Realistic Interiors-Full.esp
Nevada Skies - URWLified.esp
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ELECTRO-CITY - Imaginator.esp
ILO-RI-Original Lucky38 Suite.esp
ILO-RI-Dead Money.esp
ILO-RI-Honest Hearts.esp
Lucky 38 Suite Expansion.esp
DYNAVISION 2 - Dynamic Lens Effect.esp
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RecallDevice.esp
The Groovatron NV.esp
Big Band Radio.esp
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SierraMadrev2.0.esp
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NVR-NPCs.esp
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Jacobstown Expanded.esp
RechamberedWeapons.esp
BottleBrahminMilkNV12.esp
Free Tribal Outfits.esp
HaveAQuantum.esp
NVmorecactuswater.esp
Oven Cooking.esp
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NukaChemistPlus.esp
Solar's Bottled Water.esp
Project Nevada - Rebalance - Compatibility.esp
IntuitiveRealisticCooking.esp
SS.esp
NVWillow.esp
FPT EDE 2BetaLingsBrunette.esp
Cafe Of Broken Dreams - Jericho.esp
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RH_IronSights_NV_Vanilla.esp
FNNsysNV.esp
Portable Tent.esp
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HUD Extended - Ambient Temperature.esp
wsixInnuendoAnims.esp
wsixInnuendoNPCs.esp
wsix_compatibility.esp
Merged Patch.esp

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