Patch 1.5 has completely broken sun shadows in my game. Whenever I walked into a space that is shaded from the sun, by a tree or mountain, everything goes crazy. Screenshots can't capture it properly, but all of the shaded surfaces instantly become quite dark, and white lines appear everywhere. It's like the game only draws shadows when I am standing in them, and the result is a sort of black strobe light all over everything that is fit to cause a seizure.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198000509844/screenshot/488879030327463621?tab=public
It looks much worse in-game, but here you can see the white lines, and the shadow of the mountain in the background. All the shaded areas simply flash into place when I walk into where a shadow should be. They flicker and strobe, and vanish instantly when I move on. It makes the screen hard to look out.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198000509844/screenshot/488879030327469964/?tab=public
See that shady path? It's not actually in the shade. It has just gone black because I have stepped underneath a tree.

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198000509844/screenshot/488879030327471433/?tab=public

Does anyone know how to disable sun glare shadows? Or something like that. The game isn't playable like this.

I have the same seizure inducing shadows in my game. It makes it unplayable...

No idea how to fix it though. If I did, I would be playing right now.

I haven't played Skyrim for months because of this.

im having the same issue.... plus more! take a
look :
[img]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540674665936872129/1A6328BB65687BB02992CC0227B528FE05828CF3/[/img]

and if your wondering here are my cpu config for my direct x and rig settings:

Machine name: TOMMY-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120305-1505)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire 5552
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version V2.14
Processor: AMD Phenom? II N970 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3834MB RAM
Page File: 2470MB used, 5197MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

and here is one more pic i think you will want to see http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/542924166351655222/8348FF1F3C68C523E12BB71D183AA8EC46E89E5C/

Yep, that's definitely the issue. Does Bethesda tech support exist? There doesn't seem to be a bugtracker.

idk is gstaff on? if so is there any word whan a new bug patch going to be out soon?

Hey all, I had the same issues as everyone else in this thread once patch 1.5 came out. Weird lines drawn through everything, shadows bugging out...I could still play even though it was annoying.
Then I updated the drivers that came out last week for ATI.
Now my game looks like tommy's where the triangles are missing on a lot of things, and cities are all warped out and crazy looking.
I can't post links apparently (just registered to respond to this) but I have screenshots on my Steam page, same user name as forums. Its really tripped out!

I'd love to know if anyone else has had this issue or resolved it! Here's my dxdiag basics

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/23/10 19:51:38 Ver: 24.03
Processor: AMD Phenom™ II X2 550 Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 12288MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 12030MB RAM
Page File: 3279MB used, 20778MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9715)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9715&SUBSYS_843E1043&REV_00
Display Memory: 3063 MB
Dedicated Memory: 252 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: E19T6W
Monitor Id: EMA0787
Native Mode: 1440 x 900(p) (59.887Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1124 (English)
Driver Version: 8.961.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/29/2012 11:58:59, 1067520 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D455-11CF-9777-34A4BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9715
SubSys ID: 0x843E1043
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem18.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_RS880:8.961.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_9715
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C

Im having this too! Its so freaking horrible. I get migraines so the sudden jump from bright to dark and back limits my ability to play. You know, in retrospect, maybe forcing everyone to patch the game immediately was a bad idea. I kinda don't like how they dont even acknowledge us.

How to put this correctly...People at Bethesda seem to be wholly incompetent. I know, its a bit harsh but...Okay, in Morrowind, there was a bug that prevented ring textures from appearing on the world (though theyd appear in your inventory.) They were uniformy black in color. And they hadnt fixed it when Tribunal came out. And they didnt fix it when Bloodmoon came out. yet both games have unique rings. Theres no way they couldnt have noticed this. None!

They never did fix it, by the way...So I don't think they'll ever get around to fixing this. I honestly don't understand this behavior. Basically, they have done absolutely everything wrong.

Try to set iShadowFilter=3 or 4 in skyrimprefs.ini.

i just tryed whatyou said i should do and it did nothing!

I have disabled ALL shadows through the .ini and I still get problems.