Section 3.5 [Installing An ENB]

Properly installing and configuring an ENB

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Foreword

ENBs have personalized antialias alghorithms, although not as powerful as ingame defaults. (which must be disabled) However, you can improve it with simple GPU driver tweaks.



Detailed shadows may disappear along the edge of your screen which is very distracting.



Performance hit is extremely heavy for medium spec PC's; potential 50% reduction in FPS on average.

What is an ENB?

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[MEMORY] ExpandSystemMemoryX64=true <--- If you have 32 bit Windows, set it to "false". ReduceSystemMemoryUsage=true <--- enables the ENBoost features to dramatically reduce CTDs. DisableDriverMemoryManager=false <--- true for AMD users experiencing CTDs even while ENBoost features are enabled. DisablePreloadToVRAM=false <--- enabling could potentially help to load a save game which fails to load otherwise but may cause stuttering. EnableUnsafeMemoryHacks=false <--- enabling this is generally not safe, but it's a workaround for users experiencing large amount of stuttering. ReservedMemorySizeMb=XXX <--- start with 64, increase in increments of 128 ( 256, 384, 512, ..., 1024 ) until stuttering has ceased. Only use >=512 with at least 2-3Gb VRAM. VideoMemorySizeMb=XXXX <--- RAM + VRAM - 2048 (1Gb=1024) if your RAM < 8Gb. If you have RAM bigger or equal to 8Gb (8192Mb) use (Total Available Video/Graphics Memory - [170 (for win7) or 350 (for win8/10)]). EnableCompression=false <--- deactivating compression can reduce stuttering, but at the cost of more RAM usage. It's generally recommended to be disabled on systems with more than 2Gb VRAM. AutodetectVideoMemorySize=false <-- Because it keeps guessing wrong. [ENGINE] ForceAnisotropicFiltering=true MaxAnisotropy=16 <-- set to 8 for more FPS. optical difference is tolerable. AddDisplaySuperSamplingResolutions=false [LIMITER] WaitBusyRenderer=false EnableFPSLimit=false

Now, head to fallout.ini which should be under Libraries>documents>My Games>Fallout:NV and it should be there, along with FalloutPrefs.ini, which we'll need later. Change the Fallout.ini to this by using CTRL + F to find these:

[Display] ipresentinterval=0 <--- Fallout: New Vegas doesn't like vsync very much. Having it on can cause CTD's, stuttering, infinite load screens and physics issues. bUseThreadedAI=1 <--- Reduces freezing and crash *Add another line after bUseThreadedAI=1* iNumHWThreads=2 <--- Same thing as bUseThreadedAI

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This is gonna be the longest part of the guide. We will be using Dynamo ENB. ENBs are not compatible with SLI or Crossfire, in fact it runs worse and microstutters are everywhere; so do be careful. Multiple GPU configurations can also cause lots of glitches.If you do choose to install an ENB, please keep the following in mind:However despite this we still think an ENB is worth it; if your system can handle it and you can cope with those downsides. In the end, it's up to you decide how much to trade performance for visual enhancment.An ENB is an extreme lighting overhaul that completely changes lighting, and it also adds some really awesome features like depth of field, different sun glares, detailed shadows, etc.Chances are most mod screenshots or reviews are using an ENB. The ENB is probably the biggest factor that seperates a modded game apart from vanilla.First off, you need 7zip, WinRAR or a similar compression and extraction tool. It will be important and required, not just for ENB but for basically all manual installations of any mod and just useful as a general tool. In fact, if you plan on doing any modding at all you should have one of these.Open the default steam New Vegas or FOMM. Go to options, and enable HDR. Disable Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering. Go into Advanced>Water and disable Water displacement. As well as Water Refractions. If you are using FOMM, use that instead to edit the game settings, as you can edit options using it.Go to your preferred ENB on the nexus, we will be using Dynamo ENB for the purposes of this tutorial. Download the version the latest version.Open it in 7zip or a similar program. it should be something like this:Drag and drop everything into the main directory EXCEPT for alternate sweetFX, alternate presets, alternate DoF and all the other alternate folders; if your ENB has them of course. Select all folders and files, drag them into your Fallout: New Vegas directory. (click library on top of steam taskbar, scroll to FNV, right click, properties, local files, browse game files. It should open your FNV directory.)Install ENB v0.322 and open it up in 7zip. Now, open up the wrapper folder,and drag and drop d3d9.dll and enbhost.exe into your main directory.Now, after the .ini is tweaked, time to boot up Fallout: New Vegas!No launch menu will appear, but that is normal. When the boot screen actually launches, you should see text in the top-left hand corner displaying your graphics adapter, enb version, and some legal stuff. ENB settings can also be edited in game by pressing Shift+Enter which will display a menu on the top left corner with various editing and tweaking tools.