Long loading delays in Oblivion with ENB+ReShade

This problem occurs on 64-bit Windows 7 with ReShade 5.1.0.

I'm trying to get reshade working with enb (and Oblivion Reloaded [OR]) in Oblivion. I've been using ENB+OR for a while with no problem. I recently added ReShade. I've set up the proxy library in "enbseries.ini" (renamed ReShade DLL to "d3d9-reshade.dll"), and reshade is functional (starts up fine, although slowly, and loads shaders). However, after enabling reshade my load time when entering a new map area went from a few seconds to several minutes. Once the map transition's done, performance is fine.

The reshade log provides a clue. It's filled with over 7,000 messages (after one map transition) saying this: "Ignoring LoadLibrary("d3d9.dll") call to avoid possible deadlock." I suspect it's the thousands of failed LoadLibrary calls that are causing the delay.

I didn't see anything in the Easy Troubleshooting guide that addresses this issue. Did I miss a setting someplace? Something else I need to do to eliminate the delay?

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Make sure you set "InitProxyFunctions" to false in the ENB config.

Yes, it's false. (CTD otherwise.)

ReShade does get loaded and works properly (that is, the shaders do what they're supposed to do). It's just the extended loading time that's the problem. As an example, loading my latest save normally (i.e., with *just* ENB or *just* ReShade) takes 14 secs. With ENB+ReShade, it takes 64 secs.

I have the same problem with Skyrim LE/oldrim (Vanilla game, No Mods! No SKSE!) and I just discovered the long loading time after I installed ReShade and yes it happens when there is ENB+ReShade (ENB v0.474, ReShade v5.1.0).

my "ReShade.log" is also filled with this warning: "| WARN  | Ignoring LoadLibrary("d3d9.dll") call to avoid possible deadlock."

InitProxyFunctions must be set to false with ReShade otherwise it's ctd on startup.

I made a couple of tests to see how long loading screen takes:


it's not just with loading screen times, even loading cells when running (running from Riverwood to Whiterun 2 bridges and forward) takes long to load rocks, objects, npcs and grass, to the point it takes half a minute or more for them to pop right next to me.
also stuttering occurs as a result of this problem, can be noticed mostly before reaching the Whiterun 2 bridges.

one more thing, the add-on "Generic Depth" is causing a permanent freeze (the game becomes unresponsive) and never unfreeze even when effects are disabled.
the freeze happen randomly, sometimes at the startup of the game, sometimes after enabling/disable effects or while playing for a few seconds.
disabling this add-on fixed the problem for me (not sure if the freeze happen without ENB installed).

Nice (sort of ) to know I'm not the only one seeing this problem (although in a different game).

> it's not just with loading screen times...

Yes. I see the same long delays in Oblivion when fast travelling or going through doors to new areas (i.e., transitions that load totally new areas of the map). It's a couple seconds normally, but a minute or more with ENB+ReShade.

This is fixed in upcoming 5.2 (presumably by github.com/crosire/reshade/commit/5d65ba...77ede7829bda0537e84c ).

Cool! Will give it a try as soon as available.

Thanks for your efforts, all i can do is trying out your edits and confirm if the slowdowns and the error message spam in the log are gone before the next official release.
so i downloaded this version of ReShade (i guess this is what the official v5.1.0 is based on?) , applied your fix and built it.
and yes i can confirm the slowdowns and the error message are gone!

Just tried ReShade 5.2.2 and can confirm it fixes the problem in Oblivion. Thanks!