FAQ & Common Issues

My game won’t start even after a fresh install!

Check in your SoG\Stock Game folder for an openvr_api.dll file. If this file is not present, your game cannot start. To solve this, copy the openvr_api.dll file from your Skyrim VR Steam installation folder into your SoG\Stock Game folder and relaunch.

When using ENB Organizer, always disable an option then enable another. Not doing this will mess up the files.

There’s a black square / weirdly textured square in the middle of my view

Press END to open the Skyrim Upscaler menu and toggle TAA off and then back on again, the square will go away after this. It may or may not come back next session, just follow the same steps again. If it’s coming back too often, you can prevent it completely by just keeping TAA off in the upscaler menu.

I get an OpenComposite error when launching the game?

Like this?

If you are getting an error message like the screenshot when launching the game, you have OpenComposite enabled for a non-Oculus headset or you are using VirtualDesktop. Disable OpenComposite, enable SteamVR.

I Crashed!

Giving me that little info is not helpful.

Make sure you excluded your SoG folder in your antivirus software. If you use an aggressive antivirus package such as Webroot, Bitdefender, Avast etc etc, I urge you to get rid of it and just use Windows Defender.

Please upload (drag and drop the file into the #grit-sfw Discord channel) the most recent crash log from your Documents\My Games\Skyrim VR\SKSE folder.

If you have modified SoG, ignore the previous advice and keep to the #grit-sfw-modifications Discord channel. I will not help you with modified lists in official support categories - less because I don’t want to and more because I cannot.

Where’s my UI?

Raise your left hand, palm facing upwards, to activate the compass and your stat bars. Raise your right hand in the same way for your needs bars. If you wish, equip the soul gauges in your inventory and assign them to stats. When it asks for hand offset, I recommend you set the offset to 3.

Is there a way for me to see myself?

Go to the VRIK MCM and Activate the Selfie mode. Then, raise your right, left, or both hands above your head depending on your choice and rotate your wrist to turn your character. If you put your hand down, your character should stay in selfie mode - re-raise your hand to disable.

How do I change my or an NPC’s body?

Obody. Default VRIK gesture is Right Thumbstick click + Controller Down. Want to change the Obody gesture? Read this.

Playing in Seated Mode

Spirit of Grit features the Auto Sneak and Jump mod which relies on your movement in real life to jump and crouch, therefore making it not very useful to you if you prefer to play in seated mode. Unless you’d like to try sneaking everywhere you go, you should be fine to disable this mod from the “Gameplay Mods” section in MO2.

Loading takes too long!

Shouldn’t have put the modlist on a HDD - I did warn you earlier in this very readme.

I have grey hands/Vive wands in game!

Create a new file in the Stock Game folder and name it opencomposite.ini. In that file, write a single line consisting of:

admitUnknownProps=true

Save, close, relaunch game.

I can’t block!

The vanilla SkyrimVR method of blocking with a weapon (holding a weapon sideways), is disabled by default in favor of pseudo-physical parrying. If you are trying to use vanilla SkyrimVR blocking, first make sure you have enabled it in the optional Blocking/Parry mods. If you have and it’s still not working, delete ‘SkyrimCustom.ini’ in ‘Documents\My Games\Skyrim VR’

My shadows keep moving/flickering!

You probably changed the settings using the in-game settings menu. Any change in there, even minor, will mess up shadows, draw distances, and other things. See Settings.

I can’t move!

You started SoG before making sure your controllers were connected. Restart the game.

I CTD on launch!

Well, that could be a multitude of things. Make sure your SoG folder is added to your antivirus exceptions/allow list and try again.

If you have some heavily aggressive antivirus program such as Webroot, Bitdefender etc, get rid of it.

If you have a non-RTX Nvidia GPU, I ask you to refer to the DLSS/FSR/XeSS section again.

Can I add XYZ?

I don’t know, can you?