Flickering Shadows Return after Power Outage

[AddictedSkyrimer]

I was playing Skyrim during a mild storm yesterday when the power went out for less than five minutes. I restarted my computer and checked to make sure that my Skyrim files were okay. The game started fine and none of my saves were affected, but the shadow flickering bug that I thought I had fixed came back.

 

I have tried everything to get rid of it:

• I had Steam check the integrity of my game cache.
• I changed my load order several times with no success.
• I updated, uninstalled, and reinstalled all of my mods. No luck.
• I disabled all of my lighting mods, still no luck.
• I tried several different values for fShadowBiasScale in my skyrim.ini file with no affect (this is what fixed the problem originally).
• I added fSunShadowUpdateTime= and fSunUpdateThreshold= to my SkyrimPrefs, tried several values for both, and that didn't do anything.

 

Here are my System Specs:

 

• Dell Model: Studio XPS 8100
• Intel® Core i5 CPU 3.20GHz
• Windows 7 64-bit
• 538 GB of Memory free of 688 GB
• NVIDIA GForce GTS 240

 

List of Mods (in current Load Order):

 

• Skyrim.esm
• Update.esm
• Dawngaurd.esm
• HearthFires.esm
• Dragonborn.esm
• Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm
• SPIKE.esm
• portal2mod.esp
• HighResTexturePack01.esp
• HighResTexturePack02.esp
• HighResTexturePack03.esp
• Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
• Unofficial Dawngaurd Patch.esp
• Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
• Unofficial Dragonborn Pathc.esp
• Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp
• Better Dynamic Snow.esp
• Weapons and Armor fixes.esp
• Weapons and Armor fixes - Hacks.esp
• StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
• StaticMeshImprovement Mod-DragonbornTernFix.esp
• Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
• Owned.esp
• Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
• VariedGaurds.esp
• Destrucible_bottles.esp
• Auto Unequip Ammo.esp
• Footprints.esp
• SkyUi.esp
• Smithing Perks Overhaul.esp
• ArmorDisguises.esp
• Gildergreen Regrown.esp
• Run For Your Lives. esp
• Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
• skoomaeffect.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dungeons.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Dawngaurd Interiors.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Exteriors.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Major City Interiors.esp
• Realistic Lighting Overhaul - Minor Cities and Town Interiors.esp
• Dual Wield Parrying_SKSE.esp
• Sneak Tools.esp
• Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp
• Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp
• UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp
• UFO - Dawngaurd AddOn.esp
• UFO - Heartfire AddOn.esp
• Follower Trap Safety.esp
• Height Adjusted Races.esp
• Height Adjusted Races - Dragonborn.esp
• Height Adjusted Races - Dawnguard.esp
• No More Glowing Edges.esp
• WATER.esp
• Blacksmithforge water fix Vanilla.esp
• Blacksmithforge water fix DG.esp
• Blacksmithforge water fix DB.esp
• FunctionalHomes.esp

 

I realize that that's a ton of mods, but they worked fine before the power outage, so I don't think they're the problem. My game is currently set to Medium Quality, because that's what worked best before. I have SKSE installed and run several performance boosters when playing.

 

I honestly don't know what else to do, or even what the problem is with my shadows. The power outage didn't change any of my files but it somehow changed my shadow settings. This is a game breaker for me, because the flickering makes me sick after a minute of gameplay. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. :smile:

 

EDIT: FIXED

 

I changed my SkyrimPrefs.ini file based on advice from other threads. Adding bShadowsOnGrass=0
bDeferredShadows=0 to the bottom of my Display seemed to fix the issue. :D

Edited June 11, 2013 by AddictedSkyrimer