Game plays in a different resolution depending on how many mods are enabled.

[Hurricane Otter]

Diagnosing this one's been a real headache. Trying to explain it's going to be even more of a headache.

I have a pretty extensive mod list of 74 mods.

With 0 mods enabled, the game plays at the resolution I have set in video settings.
With 10 mods enabled, the game plays at the resolution I have set in video settings.
With 50 mods enabled, the game plays at the resolution I have set in video settings.
With 70 mods enabled, the game plays at the resolution I have set in video settings.
With 71 mods enabled, the game plays at the resolution I have set in video settings half the time, and at my maximum screen resolution half the time.
With 74 mods enabled, the game NEVER plays at the resolution I have set in video settings. It always plays at my maximum screen resolution.

It doesn't seem to matter which mods are checked. All that seems to matter is HOW MANY are checked.

I'm baffled. Does anybody have a clue what might be going on?

[Interkarma]

My standard advice is to try without mods, which won't be much help here.

All I can suggest is one of the mods - or a combination of mods - is breaking display settings somehow. I'm not aware of anything in the core game that should result in this.

Could you please post a list of the mods you have installed? someone else might be able to offer some help, especially if they've seen this problem before.

[BadLuckBurt]

That's a lot of mods

Would you mind posting a list? It might help identify the issue. You appear to have a 'wiggle room' of 3 mods, that doesn't leave a lot of room to determine what combination could be causing it because I doubt it's coming from one mod.

[Hurricane Otter]

These are the mods I'm running:

Actions
UsefulConsoleCommands
Enhanced Sky
Ambient Weather
Distant Terrain
Real Grass
BasicRoads
Interesting Eroded Terrains
TravelOptions
Roleplay Realism
Roleplay Realism-Items
Climates & Calories
Location Loader
Daggerfall Expanded Textures
Daggerfall Expanded Textures - Remaster
World of Daggerfall
Lively Cities
Soldier's Luxury Guild Renovation Project
Detailed City Walls
Taverns Redone
Fixed Dungeon Exteriors
Improved Interior Lighting
Better Ambience
Darker Dungeons
Power Struggle
BasicMagicRegen
Convenient Clock
Convenient Quest Log
Viewable Skill Progress
LootMenu
Sneak and Crouch Combined
Unleveled Mobs
Beyond Ashes - Bounty Hunters
Birds in Daggerfall
Meaner Monsters
Physical Combat and Armor Overhaul
Unleveled Loot
Dungeon Loot
Drafty Secret Doors
Unleveled Training
Acquisition
Decorator
Archaeologists
Iliac Bay Real Estate
Quest Offer Locations
Mighty Foot
Realistic Wagon
Paints and Dyes
DREAM - Cinematics
DREAM - Commoners
DREAM - Handheld
DREAM - HUD and Menu
DREAM - Mobs
DREAM - Music
DREAM - NPCs
DREAM - Paperdoll
DREAM - Portraits
DREAM - Sound
DREAM - Sprites
DREAM - Textures
Handpainted Models - Buildings
Handpainted Models - Main
Handpainted Models - Treasure Piles
HD Enhanced - Villagers
HD Enhanced - Villains 1
HD Enhanced - Villains 2
HD Enhanced - Monsters
Faithful 3D Animals
Transparent Windows
Loading Screen
Advanced Teleportation

[BadLuckBurt]

Thank you,

Hm, nothing jumps out right away. I'm not sure how compatible all those mods are with each other but that shouldn't interfere with the resolution anyway.

I've got two more questions if you'll humor me:

What are your system's specifications (CPU, RAM, GPU and OS)? Also, do you have two GPU's (on-board and dedicated)?
And could you provide a player.log file for both situations you described (game loading at set resolution and game loading at max resolution)

You can find the player.log using the info from this post: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2360&p=27552#p27552