Skyrim Tweak/Fix Guide

[Renegader]

How do I fix the crash to desktop?

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sound
2. In the Playback tab, right click on Speakers (or whatever has a green tick next to it), then click Properties
3. In the advanced tab on this new window, choose 24 bit, 44100Hz (Studio Quality) in the drop down menu

How do I fix some sound issues, such as hearing static during NPC dialogue?

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sound
2. In the Playback tab, right click on Speakers (or whatever has a green tick next to it), then click Properties
3. In the advanced tab on this new window, choose 24 bit, 44100Hz (Studio Quality) in the drop down menu

How do I disable the smooth mouse settings?

1. Go to your Steam Directory -> steamapps -> common -> skyrim -> Skyrim
2. Create a backup of the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
3. Open the file, then scroll down to where it says [Controls] and find bMouseAcceleration=1
4. Change to bMouseAcceleration=0
5. Save, exit, and play

How do I fix the vsync ("laggy mouse") problem?

1. Go to your Steam Directory -> steamapps -> common -> skyrim -> Skyrim
2. Create a backup of the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
3. Open the file, then scroll down to where it says [Display]
4. Add to the bottom of the section iPresentInterval=0
5. Save, exit, and play

How do I change the FOV?

1. Go to your My Documents -> My Games -> Skyrim -> skyrim
2. Create a backup of the skyrim.ini file
3. Open the file, then scroll down to where it says [General]
4. At the bottom of this section, add fdefaultfov=XX (where XX is the FOV value you want to change to)
5. Save, exit, and play

Source: Dead Man Posting from Something Awful Forums.

 

[Scott Anderson]

The Sound part is alot diffrent on XP

 

[Jeruhmi]

Fixed the mouse problem, can't find the "iPresentInterval" in that file, though.

 

[hexperiment]

Fixed the mouse problem, can't find the "iPresentInterval" in that file, though.

read it again. you add the line, not change the value.

Also, thanks for the info. It was very useful. It's strange I did this even before I started playing the game haha

 

[Jeruhmi]

read it again. you add the line, not change the value.

Also, thanks for the info. It was very useful. It's strange I did this even before I started playing the game haha

Thanks for clearing that up. I read it wrong I guess.