My problem with shadows.

[Fun0]

Hello community!

 

I'm sorry if this is an obvious question but i really tried and i didn't find what i was looking for.
These. Blocky. A**. Shadows.
I tried many Shadow / Lighting / ENB mods but not a single one gave me the smooth shadows i was looking for.
I know that the shadow problem is there since the launch of the game so I was sure somebody care up with a solution.
But i have yet to find it.

I made a video with the best result i could find for now, since I figured it's way easier as explaining it:

http://youtu.be/7YqetD_pS0w?t=44s (Skip to 0:44 if you just want to see what i mean.)

And yes, I am sorry I can't make a video without random edits.

The shadows just never look right no matter what mod i try and it annoys me.
I can get all the meshes, textures and ENB's I want but as long as this shadow is there my game will never look truely statisfying to me.

 

So yeah. I hope somebody has a solution for me. :smile:
Thanks for reading.
Funo

Edited February 25, 2015 by Fun0

[BigBizkit]

5) How to fix the blocky shadows and the laggy shadow cycle

Along with every single Skyrim user, we have also fought versus those horribly blocky shadows.

After some tinkering we finally found a combination of settings that pleased us, here is what you have to edit in your SkyrimPrefs.ini:

fShadowBiasScale=0.1500

fInteriorShadowDistance=2500.0000

fShadowDistance=2500.0000

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iShadowFilter=4

fShadowLODStartFade=500.0000

iShadowMode=4

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bDrawShadows=1

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096

iShadowMapResolution=4096

in the screenshots below you can see our fixes in action:

http://www.themaskedgamer.com/images/shadows.png

Note: this fix also helps in reducing the “shadow striping” problem.

Additionaly we also took care of the “laggy” shadow timecycle, this 2 settings when added under the [DISPLAY] section of your Skyrim.ini will make the shadow transition much smoother!

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.0025

fSunUpdateThreshold=0.0025

 

source: http://www.rcrncommunity.com/five-quick-skyrim-tweaks-you-may-not-know

[Fun0]

This is perfect!
I was tinkering with the ini for so long and never found something perfect. thanks a lot!

[Fun0]

It is still kind of pixelated but it at least is a visible improvement for now :)

[BlackRoseOfThorns]

It is still kind of pixelated but it at least is a visible improvement for now :smile:

 

Try quality Enb preset with SweetFX and turn off AA/AF/FXAA in Skyrim Launcher (or edit .ini file manually if you don't want your tweaks to be replaced with vanilla .ini). Set AA/AF in Skyrm Profile (gpu panel: nvidiainspector or nvidia control panel / amd catalyst) to aplication controlled.

[Mindl]

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