Render line? : V

» Tue May 29, 2012 1:21 am

I am trying to figure out how to extend the line that is always about 15 feet in front of you. The line I'm talking about (for me) removes the shadow banding on snow as well as making shadows "crisp" instead of blurry. I took a screenshot to try and explain better. Thanks in advance for the help
[img]http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005060746/screenshot/594707594843782913?tab=public[/img]
You might have to view it fullscreen to make it show up better.

» Tue May 29, 2012 2:02 am

Not sure what you mean, maybe change the Anisotropic filtering to 16.

» Mon May 28, 2012 3:00 pm

I have mostly only seen this effect show up with water vs ripples, once in a while yah a roughly 15' radius will have this odd effect. I used to think it was associated with the StartShadowFadeLOD (or whatever its called) since I'd set that distance to roughly what that'd be (~200) but its not the case. Post your skyrimprefs.ini though, maybe we can spot which value could be doing that.

» Tue May 29, 2012 4:34 am

@simondaking I have 16x forced through ccc and off in the launcher I thought that was it too. you can see the effect by looking farther out at the banding in the snow, then close up you can see where it ends

@bumpinthenight

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[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=72
uInterior Cell Buffer=6
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=3000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=5250.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1
sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series"
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bFXAAEnabled=0
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1e+007
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1e+007
fSpecularLODStartFade=3000
fLightLODStartFade=5250
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600
iShadowMapResolution=1024
fShadowBiasScale=0.3
iShadowMaskQuarter=3
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=1
fShadowDistance=2500
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iAdapter=0
iSize W=1920
iSize H=1080
iMultiSample=0
iMaxAnisotropy=0
iPresentInterval=0
bFull Screen=1
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=4
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=1000.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
iWaterMultiSamples=2
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=6900.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=5400.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.8000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=1000.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=3072.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=4266.0000
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iShadowSplitCount=2

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=10000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=10500.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=600.0000

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the Warnings.txt file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - Voicesixtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=0
bDoDepthOfField=0
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=22.5
fLODFadeOutMultItems=22.5
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=22.5
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=1000
uMaxSkinDecals=100
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000
fBlockLevel1Distance=70000
fBlockLevel0Distance=35000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5
bShowLODInEditor=0
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=1
bGamePadRumble=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.5000
uID3=466532
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=554685
fVal1=0.8000
uID1=1007612
fVal0=1.0000
uID0=94881
[Clouds]
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fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=13500.0000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=60

Its not really game breaking just irritating. I have searched quite a bit and can't seem to figure it out. Again, thanks in advance for the help. If you spot anything else in the .ini that looks off let me know. Thanks