Omnidirectional Shadow Enabled Character (Shadow) Bug : V

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:57 am

I'm currently working on a mod involving dark spaces. When the use of Omnidirectional shadows is used, it creates a really blocky effect on the characters (not their shadows). This is not present in the other 3 shadow effects. It also seems to be only present in mid-level lighting. The brighter the light the more unnoticable it is. It seems fine from a distance but as you come closer it becomes exceedingly obvious (These effects are present in both the rendor window and in-game). Any fixes or ideas would be welcomed. (Will link pic soon)

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:08 am

http://www.creationkit.com/Glossary#Depth_Bias

Depth bias (on shadow lights) is a method to account for insufficient depth precision in shadowmaps. Small depth bias can result in striping artifacts on the surface of objects, large depth bias can result in a lack of contact shadows.

I suggest you watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZoIpKcJ6I&feature=BFa&list=PLD5AA9F15CAA68B07 by Bethesda.

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:55 pm

Thank you very much for showing me this. Very helpful and straight to the point.