ENB Mod tips needed

[CFIJose 5,485]

I find myself having to go back to DX9. I have too many airports that have lighting issues, even with the DX10 fixer. I do miss the bloom effect so I decided to try the 24h EMB Mod. WOW! Awesome!

 

I do have some CTDs, even when running FSX in WinXP SP3 compatability mode.

 

Has anyone successfully been able to run the EMB Mod without CTDs? If yes, can you share your driver version and or settings? Anyone with any knowledge, please share advice.

 

Thanks.

Jose

[CoolP 283]

Hi, Jose. Just out of interest, is the WinXP compatibility mode really needed for FSX?

 

I ran ENB for a long time and always had the normal (Win7) mode on. I kept the drivers current so it must have been up to the 330.x generation. Also, what is the Windows event log showing when the CTDs take place? Any specific modules to look out for?

 

The only time when ENB became unstable was when toggling between fullscreen and windowed mode. Since I always had a maximised window for FSX, this wasn't a problem though.

 

I was a big fan of the REX Natural ENBPlus setup offered by Tim over at the REX forums. I left all settings unchanged except for the enbpalette.bmp file where I was using a less dark one tweaked by another user.

[CFIJose 5,485]

Hi, Jose. Just out of interest, is the WinXP compatibility mode really needed for FSX?

 

I ran ENB for a long time and always had the normal (Win7) mode on. I kept the drivers current so it must have been up to the 330.x generation. Also, what is the Windows event log showing when the CTDs take place? Any specific modules to look out for?

 

The only time when ENB became unstable was when toggling between fullscreen and windowed mode. Since I always had a maximised window for FSX, this wasn't a problem though.

 

I was a big fan of the REX Natural ENBPlus setup offered by Tim over at the REX forums. I left all settings unchanged except for the enbpalette.bmp file where I was using a less dark one tweaked by another user.

It's the ENB mod. I tried every tip including removing himmemfix, fsx in xp3 mode, and global effects off, and still got ctds.

 

I removed the enb mod and no more ctds. It's sad because I love the way the sim looks with it enabled.

 

Jose

[CFIJose 5,485]

I think I found the solution. Thx.

[CoolP 283]

found the solution

Hey, don't make that mistake to forget actually describing it. A common Internet phenomenon.

[Gregg_Seipp 565]

 

 

Hey, don't make that mistake to forget actually describing it. A common Internet phenomenon.

 

Seriously...there are at least a few people who have had CTDs with ENB and may want the fix.  Please let us know what you found.

[CFIJose 5,485]

You guys know me better than that.

 

I'm still testing. I have to check with the F1 Mustang and NGX at some airports.

 

Thx.

[CoolP 283]

Understood. Good luck testing and some fun flying those nice planes. :smile:

[CFIJose 5,485]

I'd like to begin by stating that I tried ENB Mod when it was first introduced, but I hated the way it made FSX look. Removed it and forgot all about it. Steve's DX10 Fixer was released, tried it, and loved the atmosphere that bloom created. Unfortunately, I have way too many add-on airports that have some issues with dx10 lighting. Some devs don't want to fix these issues so I find myself going back to dx9, but I miss the atmosphere that bloom created when using dx10.

 

This lead me to try the ENB Mod. After trying the 24h ENB mod found in the REX forum, I was floored by the transformation. I also tried JVs Purple Haze mod and I love it. The only issue I was having was CTDs. After using Google, I came across a tip from NIckN, "remove HIGHMEMFIX=1." That line causes problems with the ENB Mod.

 

I put FSX back to default compatibility, removed HIGHMEMFIX=1 from the cfg, and even added UIAutomationCore.dll (I did not have in my FSX folder.) I don't think that it has anything to do with UIAutomationCore because I did not have it installed and never had ctds. I tried using UIAutomationCore.dll with HIGHMEMFIX=1 in my cfg and it crashed.

 

Removed HIGHMEMFIX=1 and now I don't have any ctds or scenery or plane corruption. I don't know if it's my EVGA 660ti OC 3gig card, but the removal HIGHMEMFIX=1 enables ENB to work with no corruption. Here are some pics with 24h ENB Enabled:

 

 

To recap:

 

1) Put FSX in default compatibility mode. Nothing ticked.

2) Remove HIGHMEMFIX=1 from the cfg (Thank you NickN)

3) Try 24h ENB Mod & JV's Mods (Thank you AmericanFlyer & JV of FTX)

 

I hope that this helps.

Jose

[CoolP 283]

Thanks for the details, Jose. The skeptic in me would envision other issues arising from not using the highmemfix line, but as long as the data points to a flawless operation, those concerns are meaningless.

 

Since you are now testing the new setup, perhaps keep an eye on the VAS usage to check if the loss of the highmemfix has any impact on that end. Would be interesting to know.