Settings = Ultra
FXAA = Off
Sliders = Max
Shadows = Low/Off in .ini
FPSLimiter=31

Oh hai graphically stable console game... Its the most stable way I've found to play. I hate the shadows with a passion but everything else is fine. Its not what i had planned but it works...

Yup, like I said in another thread, they expected this game to be played at console framerates and didn't test for 60 FPS or above AT ALL. Physics and mouse sensitivity go awry when you get up there. And the shadows do svck, but I'd rather not turn them off completely.

I think you could probably safely bring the limiter up to 51, though.

Is only the Shadows off part for the .ini, or is the FPSLimiter part found there also?

EDIT: @Xzi - what do you mean by mouse sensitivity going awry? I ask because I have an issue where the look sensitivity setting in the options only seems to affect horizontal mouse look speed, but not vertical. Looking up and down is VERY slow and requires 2 or 3 times of moving the mouse from one side of the mousepad to the other to look all the way up or all the way down.

Its because shadows are no properly code for the PC platform.

Bethesda needs to fix it.

In the time being.....to turn of shadows set this in the ini

fInteriorShadowDistance=0
fShadowDistance=0

No other command will actually turn of shadows

Is the FPSLimiter added to the ini or what? I've been looking for some info on that but no one really says exactly how it's done.

Sorry that wasnt a completely accurate guide to these settings.

I found and used FPS Limiter, a third party application, set its cfg file to cap my FPS at 31.

Set all the options via Nvidia to Application and default. All the settings in Skyrim Launcher set to Ultra, max AA and AF, no FXAA, Shadows set to Low as i didn't want to disable them completely either

If done correctly, the game caps at a rock solid 31 FPS, sometimes a quick 29 when bringing up menus. Like the person stated after me, it was obviously tested and developed around console frame rates. Its also rendering shadows on the CPU instead of the GPU, hence the low GPU usage....

FIX IT PLEASE! I would but i don't know enough about programming to even try

Yup, that's the issue. This means your framerate is probably fairly low, because the vertical axis scales with that. If you turn off Vsync and drop your options down low, then go look at a wall (to bring up framerate), your vertical look will be 20x as sensitive as horizontal. Too slow or too fast...either way it's annoying as hell.

Getting your FPS up around 60 or more indoors also causes objects to be randomly flung through the air and then they bang around makes noises infinitely. Also VERY annoying.

Going to need more info, why dont you tell us all the settings or SS them all.
Do you run antialiasing or filtering options?

At least your game works . . .

Can you either link or PM a link or name of where you got/what the fps limiter you have is?

http://fs3.skyrimnexus.com/download.php?file=FPS%20Limiter-34-V1-01.rar&domain=skyrimnexus.com&dl=1 for the version of the FPS limiter i am using. Extract the .dll and the antilag.cfg file to your root directory. for me it was C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim

Edit the .cfg file in notepad, and change the FPS limit to what you want. I chose 31 and it works perfect. the other setting i havent really messed with, you can if you want

Thanks, man. I'm really hoping this helps. The whole vertical axes thing is driving me nuts. I've fixed some things through tweaks, but that seems to vary from place to place. I'm really hoping this helps.

I set mine to 40 and it does seem to be running a lot better in some areas. Still the occasional wonky reticle, but I imagine that may just be my fps dropping a little under 40. I may try it with a lower setting later, but so far it's doing much better.

Running a Q6600 @ 3ghz, 4GB 1066mhz ram, nvidia 260. playing at native res 1920x1200. I have every graphical setting as high as possible and it rarely drops below 50fps...

^^ rofl ok go to whiterun get to the top of the keep look down on the city, still getting 50?

Bleh. Well it appears your right, but it makes no sense. In the keep, looking up and down isn't that bad. Pretty close to my horizontal look anyway. Outdoors it was a lot more sluggish. Guesstimating, my framerate outside during the intro battle was around 20-25. Looks closer to 40ish in the dungeon. Why in the world would frame rate affect the vertical look, but not horizontal look? Or even more basic, why in the hades does frame rate affect mouse look at all?? This is the first time I've ever encountered this in a game, and I have some pretty graphically intense games.

How would I turn off Vsync? Through my CCC? And do I want to turn it off? Or I should ask, will turning it off benefit me only in this one regard but affect my quality elsewhere?

See that makes no sense to me either, and I've seen others reporting it too. One person actually recommended against shooting for a high FPS in Skyrim precisely for that reason. Why would a high frame rate trigger anomalous physics interactions more than a lower one? For that matter, why does the frame rate have anything to do with the physics engine in the first place? I don't even see a remotely logical connection here. What in the heck did they do?

This game is so poorly optimized for PC.

Using the CPU to render shadows, honestly what the hell?
A complete Console feature since they off-load a lot on the CPU on the consoles cause they have more power.
PC always get the [censored]-end of the stick, they really don't care do they.

Poor optimization, that's all there is to it, really.

You can turn off Vsync by adding the line "iPresentInterval=0" under [Display] in the Sykrim.ini file (C:\Users\[User Name]\Documents\My Games\Skyrim). Turning it off and/or turning your shadows to low will give you a significant increase in framerate on any system. But then you will have to deal with the aforementioned issues (vertical axis being far too sensitive, physics going wonky). It's just a matter of what you find more annoying, framerate lag, or those issues.

Or none?

Hmm. So in other words, pick the one that will annoy me the least. LOL. Wow.

Thanks for answering my questions, by the way.

I'm getting a massive amount of screen-tearing with this FPS limiter. Should I be turning vsync back on?

EDIT: Also, won't turning vsync back on mean that if I drop to even 29 frames, I will actually drop to 15 frames because of vsync?

EDIT2: Turned vsync on, still get massive tearing. I wish this fix didn't cause my screen to tear because it sounds like a solid solution. I don't mind 30 FPS at all, as long as it is consistent like it would be on a console.

Depends on if the game is using triple-buffering or not. In my experience it does, I went to an area where my FPS dropped quite drastically and compared it with vsync on and off, exact same FPS with both settings.