» Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:14 pm Those blasted, hideous shadows.
Any tweaks I find and use don't seem to do anything, they look awful no matter what I do and they got me to the point I can't play the game anymore. I tried setting both Skyrim and SkyrimPrefs files to read-only, but that didn't do anything anyways.
Here's a screenshot I took a few moments ago: http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7496/2013020500001r.jpg
My SkyrimPrefs.ini file:
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[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
fInteriorShadowDistance=1500
fShadowDistance=2500
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=8
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000
fShadowLODStartFade=500.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=4
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1024
iSize W=1280
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007
iScreenShotIndex=2
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=1024
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iShadowFilter=4
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=1
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
bDeferredShadows=0
bDrawShadows=1
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
fInteriorShadowDistance=1500
fShadowDistance=2500
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=8
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000
fShadowLODStartFade=500.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=4
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=0
bDrawLandShadows=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1024
iSize W=1280
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007
iScreenShotIndex=2
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=1024
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iShadowFilter=4
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=1
bShadowsOnGrass=1
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
bDeferredShadows=0
bDrawShadows=1
I'll buy an e-beer to anyone that can help me solve it, I SERIOUSLY cannot play the game now due to my OCD kicking up, even though I really want to.
EDIT: HURR DURR me, I've swapped some things in the settings AGAIN and they look bearable...although I got another problem.
There's no shadows being cast in some interiors and exteriors at all, like Falkreath or Lakeview manor o_O
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2714/2013020500002.jpg
