No, it isn't a big enough issue to clog, but if we are going to recommend people set it to 0, we should alert them that their ENB mod won't work properly (and thus create "why doesn't ENB work?" threads)...it won't crash ENB, but the AO won't function (screenies will confirm). Probably moot anyways...most people who can barely run the game shouldn't be touching shaders anyways. This alert has been made at Boris' site and at the major ENB modders pages at Nexus...I don't recall them ever distinguishing between ATI and others. However, for non-ENB users, it is a good tip so good on ya for spotting it

Psst, for me and the guy in that thread with the video it was the opposite where we needed that value at 0 otherwise it goes haywire if set to 1. But as The Nanny say since it seems that certain chunks of ENB rely on that value it sounds like more investigation would be needed before declaring it should be one or the other value, doh! Hrm.

Sorted

Update: I got curious and fiddled with that value some more, I managed to get it to 1 and display normally but what I had to do: Walk up to the entrance of my house (or any area change exit would work I imagine), save/quit, edit the prefs file to change that to 1, load the game, endure the portal-to-the-abyss-like-graphics and enter my house, voila when the new area loaded it looked fine and I've successfully migrated to using the '1' value...which did allow further pretties with the ENB mod

hey add this

Latest Realtek HD 2.67 Drivers as of January 8th 2012

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Latest Realtek AC'97 Drivers as of January 8th 2012

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I will sort this tomorrow. Nice dragon textures by the way

thank you again...

Still think i can make improvements.

Such is the curse of doing anything creative lol. Keep up the great work though

The secret to good shadow quality( yes I know this is more about problems) is the shadow distance. Hight distance, worse quality.

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=2fShadowDistance=3000.0000fInteriorShadowDistance=1000.0000iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000iShadowMode=3iShadowMapResolution=4096iShadowFilter=3

I find these settings to be a good quality vs performance since you can see the shadows of the leaves and they are not jagged.
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/648750222866766778/D4B9206D09C013B5F39296BA28A1D4E5995F531A/

Hey, you've got an error, very minor tho.
44100 hz, not 41000.

Just wanted to say thank you! The shadow acne fix worked for me! I hated coming up to a rock and having it off to the side of me and thinking there's something there... but it's just the shadows winking at me!

Still recommending this to Sticky status......

Steam likes to get installed into the Program files folder. As some of us know this can and will cause problems (UAC, mods, programs to deal with mods) can and will have access restrictions and the like. I myself had steam (installed by COD Modern Warfare) located in the UAC protected program files directory. Now I ran Oblivion with 250 + mods using Wrye Bash, BOSS, TES4Lod, 4GB patch ect, ect, without any issues. UAC has been OFF since the day I installed Win7 (2 years ago).

After installing Skyrim, It played..OK install Wrye Bash..it was here I ran into a hitch...nothing I did would work. I was told to get Steam out of the Program Files Directory, I grumbled...(but it worked for Oblivion.bla bla bla) but did it none the less. I haven't had a single problem since. First try with Wrye Bash after the move and it worked, (using the SVN).

Let alone if its just a "user" account without admin status...

Specifically, Program Files on the C drive. I've found the D drive (or anything not C) works fine with the default Program Files structure. It's only the C drive, or the drive that has the OS installation on it, that's the issue.

On one hand I am very appreciative that someone went through all the trouble to do this. Well done, B1gBadDaddy, thank you.

On the other hand I find it utterly pathetic that a thread like this even has to exist.

I was just going to make a post asking what the benefit would be of getting Steam out of the Program Files and in say C: Games....only thing is I have like 10 games installed through Steam so wouldn't I have to uninstall them all, then uninstall steam and then reinstall it and then reinstall all the games? Sorry for the potentially nub question...I at the moment have the game set to run as admin and don't use any mods other than this: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3084
Using 3daydeadbody, 5dayrespawn and 10daydeadbodyremover

No: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

It prevents issues with UAC. That's the benefit.

Steam Mover, its what plants crave:
http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

You get to shift specific games out of the gluttonous steam folder without any of the headaches. Under the hood it just makes softlinks back so steam and the like are none the wiser but the OS knows what's up and treats it just fine. I use this to keep Skyrim on my SSD for storage and the rest of steam & its contents on my raid0.

Brawndo!!!!! Thanks fellas that seems like way less of a headache.

Playing with a setting in Nvidia inspector "(Texture filtering - LOD bias (DX9)"..think i found the answer to Blurry textures..!! LOD bias you be the Judge. Look at the far wall in the following 2 pics (only 2 I could keep photo bucket from resizing) Thats a ton of detail changing...No this is not for close textures...

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/camaro_69_327/TESV_2012_01_09_20_15_41_362.png
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/camaro_69_327/TESV_2012_01_09_20_17_26_762.png
Its like getting Glasses for your computer. (without adding an HD texture pack).

The setting will go all the way to a negitive 3 and looks amazing standing still. But shimmers when you move.
At a http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/camaro_69_327/TESV_2012_01_09_21_54_54_892.png it is sooo out of focus..but looks great at http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/camaro_69_327/TESV_2012_01_09_21_37_18_755.png , better then http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee72/camaro_69_327/TESV_2012_01_09_21_38_30_162.png (look at 2 houses inside Archway) best seen in the Game. Pics don't do it justice...

Next setting down in Inspector is "Texture filtering negitive LOD bias" set to "allow" gave shimmer, but set to "Clamp" looks good. Try these and see if you like them. I do.

My results have been the same...with about a 2 fps average hit between -.5 and 0 ...for me sweet spot is about -.250....I thought clamp simply meant no negative bias allowed, no?

Not that i understanf this fully..so i will Quote and give the reference..
http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_6.html

I am using 16x AF...and it does look better with Clamp. Lines & edges shimmer with "Allow".

Edit: wait till you notice how good the Mountains and the MAP look....

ahhhhhh that explains 'clamp'...I've misunderstood what it meant. So...what values did you find for yourself that looks great but doesn't shimmer when you move?

Can I add a little bit of that might belongi n the first post.

On Windows XP if the game freezes, it is possible to get back to windows without performing a reset. To do so follow the instructions to the letter.




Before playing:
Make sure the task manager is set to the "process" page by default. To do this:

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete

2. Select the "Processes" tab.

3. And you're done, close task manager, you should not have to do this again.




In the event of a freeze

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete

2. Type "tesv"

3. Press tab twice

4. Press space, you should hear a windows sound, a "ding" by default

5. Press enter, if all has worked you'll be back on the desktop.



Basiclly these are instructions to open, navigate the XP task manager and close the Skyrim game process while blindfolded. When the game "freezes" the PC is not actually locked up, merely the game is occupying the screen and won't budge.

Where is this Bias setting, where can I change it?

It's in the nVidia Control Panel under "Manage 3D settings."

If you are an AMD user, though, I can't help you.