Skyrim.ini - fresh install generated : V

» Wed May 30, 2012 8:03 pm

I reinstalled my Skyrim from DVD, updated from steam. Started for forst time with the game launcher and this is what ir made for the skyrim.ini in the My Games/Skyrim folder:

[Display]
sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series"
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

This is all that is in there. I expect I have the latest version as Steam would have updated that. I was expecting to see the other lines.

When starting, the game detected my settings.
I went to options and clicked Ultra.
- noticed data files was grayed out even though I have the HD texture packs installed.
Exited

Same happens with TESV.exe launching the game.

Any ideas?

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:33 pm

I reinstalled my Skyrim from DVD, updated from steam. Started for forst time with the game launcher and this is what ir made for the skyrim.ini in the My Games/Skyrim folder:

[Display]
sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series"
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

This is all that is in there. I expect I have the latest version as Steam would have updated that. I was expecting to see the other lines.

When starting, the game detected my settings.
I went to options and clicked Ultra.
- noticed data files was grayed out even though I have the HD texture packs installed.
Exited

Same happens with TESV.exe launching the game.

Any ideas?

There should be a skyrim_default.ini in your skyrim folder. Thats the default skyrim.ini

Contents of mine spoilered:

Spoiler

[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - Voicesixtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0

To load data files you need this in SkyrimPrefs.ini:

[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1

» Thu May 31, 2012 12:47 am

Thanks. For some reason the game does not grab the default_ini file to generate the new skyrim.ini. In the end, I copied the contents manually. This was never the case before, but with the latest patch, I wondered if something is supposed to be different.

» Wed May 30, 2012 2:21 pm

You have to start the game and play a few mins. It will then generate more settings in the ini file.