[SOLVED] SPM 4.3 launch crash after fresh Windows 8.1 install

Last edited by ecausm on Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:26 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi,

I had a fresh Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Downloaded the exact same version of the NVidia drivers (GTX960), and also gave it a try with the latest ones. I backed up the entire folders for Skyrim and savegames, restored them as they were. Had some trouble with Steam and had to set TESV.exe to run as admin to get it to "work". But after the Windows' part I'm stuck with a game crash. Skyrim displays the initial black screen (doesn't get to the logo, mouse still appears on screen), and in the background there's a popup from "Message from Crash Fixes" saying "Skyrim has failed to allocate texture in memory! This could indicate running out of VRAM. Try using lower resolution textures.".*

I did the drivers 3D tweaks, and kept everything as it were before (only copied). It was the same OS on the same PC.

Any ideas?? Thanks a lot for your time.

@ecausm wrote:: Hi,

I had a fresh Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Downloaded the exact same version of the NVidia drivers (GTX960), and also gave it a try with the latest ones. I backed up the entire folders for Skyrim and savegames, restored them as they were. Had some trouble with Steam and had to set TESV.exe to run as admin to get it to "work". But after the Windows' part I'm stuck with a game crash. Skyrim displays the initial black screen (doesn't get to the logo, mouse still appears on screen), and in the background there's a popup from "Message from Crash Fixes" saying "Skyrim has failed to allocate texture in memory! This could indicate running out of VRAM. Try using lower resolution textures.".*

I did the drivers 3D tweaks, and kept everything as it were before (only copied). It was the same OS on the same PC.

Any ideas?? Thanks a lot for your time.

Hello ... On Nvidia CP just select TESV.exe as "guinea pig" latest/nvidia/shadowplay work great with the pack as it's as portable as it get as i got to test it on 6 different PC's in one day.Windows 8 is not supported/tested for this pack only 7/10/x64.

Cheers!

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Thanks, yes I saw the default settings matched drivers' prefs on each required setting with latest drivers. I played 200+ hours SPM 4.3 on Windows 8.1 with not a single problem, and installed W10 to give it a try. Never got Skyrim to run, not even Vanilla... Simply does not run (stays 3-4 seconds in taskmgr then stops). After trying lots of workarounds found on the web I gave up and reinstalled W8.1. Now I'm stuck again with this VRAM allocating error :'(
Doesn't work with drivers' settings out of the box either.

I "fixed" it, by disabling anisotropic filtering (that should be set to APP CONTROLLED). Do I risk something? So far the game doesn't seem to crash.

@ecausm wrote:: I "fixed" it, by disabling anisotropic filtering (that should be set to APP CONTROLLED). Do I risk something? So far the game doesn't seem to crash.

AF for app controlled is fine, you should be good.

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