OblivionScriptOptimization

The goal of this mod is to give a better performance by optimizing the scripts found in the game. Every frame, hunderds sometimes thousands of scripts run in the background, processing these requires alot of cpu processing power. The scripts which are part of the game have been written for readability and not optimization, which unfortunately causes them to run slower than possible. Readability offers no benefits ingame so this mod aims to improve upon the optimization of the scripts so that their execution costs less processing time, which leads to a higher performance. Functionally the scripts remain exactly the same, so there is no downside. You can find the official discussion on the mod here: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=753010 ============================= How much will this improve my performance? ============================= For most computers running Oblivion, the video card is usually the weakest link. And the weakest link is what determines the framerate. However, during the loading of new areas, when the game needs to process many AI packages or when lots of mods are running in the background, the cpu will often be the weakest link temporarily. Because this mod reduces the load of scripts on the cpu, this bottleneck will be hit less often, and with less severity. For most computers this mod will increase the overall framerate in Oblivion slightly, but the main gains in performance are not in the framerate. The main performance gains that can be expected from using this mod are that the game experience will feel smoother because sudden cpu bottlenecks will be far less noticeable, and these bottlenecks are experienced in game by the game randomly stuttering and by longer load times. By installing this mod the effects of these on your game will diminish causing a smoother game experience, especially if you run lots of mods or if your cpu isn\'t that good compared to your video card. The overall fps improvements on my pc were over longer durations found to be between 0. 3-0. 4 in benchmarks. But these improvements are mainly there where my fps would otherwise suddenly drop. Although a slight change in performance, it can be quite noticeable, and this mod has absolutely no drawbacks because the scripts do exactly the same, there is no loss in quality anywhere, just an improvement in performance. ============================= Warning ============================= First, the warning, you should load the mod first, not second, absolutely first, there is no mod which should ever be loaded before it, not the unofficial oblivion patch, not anything (except esms which cannot be loaded after the esp). Each script optimized only gives a very small bonus in performance, and that small bonus is less important then any other thing that could be altering the scripts, bugfixes for example are way more important.(note that im talking about esps here, you cant load this before a esm). By loading the mod first, a