Anyone else getting this shadow issue? : V

» Mon May 28, 2012 7:19 pm

I cant find mention of it anywhere on google or this forum.

The shadows produced by fires (my house fireplace in particular) are "ringed". All other light sources in the house or otherwise seem fine.
and yes I have tried messing with the ini files and resetting the settings

[img]http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4923/tesv2011120718542681.png[/img]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUpgO8MpVE8[/media]

» Mon May 28, 2012 12:53 pm

bump, anyone at all?

» Mon May 28, 2012 7:56 pm

Yes, I have this issue as well. It's very annoying as I enjoy walking around Breezehome in "vanity mode".

Note- I am still on the 1.1 patch as I refuse to use the ninja Steam patch. My game runs fine without that mess, thanks anyhow.

Note 2- I run vanilla (no texture patches, no LAA, no mods).

» Mon May 28, 2012 8:22 pm

yes, i have this.
Im guessing your using that 'better furniture' texture pack as well?
not quite sure why it does that, haven't noticed that problem in other places

» Mon May 28, 2012 9:53 pm

yes, i have this.
Im guessing your using that 'better furniture' texture pack as well?
not quite sure why it does that, haven't noticed that problem in other places

im not using a single mod right now.
i did run the LAA (but thats not really a mod)

» Mon May 28, 2012 8:37 am

is there anyway to fix this?

» Mon May 28, 2012 2:55 pm

Yes, I have this issue as well, as do all my friends.
We all play on the pc and used the ini tweaks to fix the shadows.

» Mon May 28, 2012 3:10 pm

Yes, I have this issue as well, as do all my friends.
We all play on the pc and used the ini tweaks to fix the shadows.

how did u fix it?
wat ini values?

» Mon May 28, 2012 11:34 pm

Yea please do tell. I've had that issue for ever

» Mon May 28, 2012 5:43 pm

The problem is not actually the shadow, I thought that at first, it's the light itself that appears to be the source of the problem, it's , looks like they are using a rough rendering method for spherical light striking objects, it's strikingly noticeable on my followers skin, possibly for performance reasons, I too hope there is a fix for it, looks real ugly.

» Mon May 28, 2012 12:33 pm

Yep, I get that problem too, especially indoors. :/ Have had it since launch.

» Mon May 28, 2012 5:34 pm

is this already on that buglist?
it probably should be added

» Mon May 28, 2012 5:54 pm

Yea. i got the same issue, somebody knows how to fix it?

» Mon May 28, 2012 1:05 pm

Are you sure you have recent graphics drivers installed?

» Mon May 28, 2012 9:41 pm

same issue, updated Drivers, updated game, shadow distance at 2500 or 3000
otherwise no mods that contributed

» Mon May 28, 2012 4:17 pm

Wait a minute, does everyone's light shading flicker and dance from flames? Cause mine doesn't move at all. Mine are completely frozen! I have everything turned to max and have a somewhat beastly PC.

» Mon May 28, 2012 6:05 pm

I dont reckon its a bug, but just a symptom of how the shadows are calculated from a dynamic light source.

» Mon May 28, 2012 12:37 pm

This issue persists no matter the driver.
I had it on 11.10 and 11.11c (the latest driver)

BTW my setup:
2x AMD Radeon HD 6850 crossfireX
8GB 1600 MHz ram
i7 950 (yes its first gen i7)

I have edited my ini extensively to above ultra.
Somehow im always >60FPS

lucky i guess

» Mon May 28, 2012 11:23 pm

Yup I have this as well...on BOTH of my computers...(see specs below), so we can eliminate that it's "just an ATI thing or NVIDIA thing", runnng latest drivers...and I did not notice the ringed shadows till after the 1.3 patch. I have no ini tweaks, no mods, and no LAA. Vanilla Skyrim with 1.3 patch on both machines. I have posted about this same problem here

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1308653-sun-shadows-since-13/page__p__19684421#entry19684421

Hopefully they fix it...it is embarassingly unbearable to look at.

» Mon May 28, 2012 5:07 pm

This occurred for all versions for me (retail, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)

I doubt Bethesda can do anything about it though. Its probably a rendering problem.

Guess we'll hav to wait for better drivers

PS. where did that guy go who said he fixed it with an ini setting?

» Mon May 28, 2012 2:12 pm

http://imageshack.us/f/259/tesv2011112719405614.png/

my shadows look like this

» Mon May 28, 2012 6:31 pm

http://imageshack.us/f/259/tesv2011112719405614.png/

my shadows look like this

Show us your ini please

Boys, shadow problems related to first post i think can be removed by setting the
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
or higher values.

» Mon May 28, 2012 5:36 pm

Show us your ini please

Boys, shadow problems related to first post i think can be removed by setting the
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
or higher values.

mine has been at that setting since the beginning. i never touched it
from my ini: fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
this doesnt do it for me

» Mon May 28, 2012 10:19 am

Set in this mode: fShadowBiasScale=1.5000 and make me know if it works.

» Mon May 28, 2012 7:56 pm

I tried fShadowBiasScale=1.5000, 0.16, 0.60, 1.000
NO CHANGE.

iShadowMaskQuarter=0 fixes it enirely because it completely disable's indoor shadows

iShadowMaskQuarter=1, 2,3,4 still hav this problem