Weird pixelated shadows with ENB

[Dovahsaur]

Hello everyone,

I have an annoying problem with my shadows, they have a sort of "grid/pixelated" texture. It appears mostly on dark areas, and in some places it's more visible than others. I tried adding iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0 in my SkyrimPrefs.ini, it didn't change anything. I tried setting it to 3, 5, 6, 12, I even set it to 50, but it didn't change anything.

 

Here is a screenshot of my problem. It is a clean SSE installation, I only have Vivid Weathers and Re-Engaged ENB installed, nothing else. But I noticed that it appears also on a completely mod-free installation, it's just less noticeable.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/JYuUP1s.png

 

 

In case it is useful, here are my SkyrimPrefs.ini settings :

 

 

 

[Display]

fShadowDistance=10000.0000

iNumFocusShadow=4

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

ffocusShadowMapDoubleEveryXUnit=450.0000

iShadowMapResolution=4096

fDynamicDOFBlurMultiplier=0.0000

fProjectedUVNormalDetailTilingScale=0.8000

fProjectedUVDiffuseNormalTilingScale=0.2000

bEnableProjecteUVDiffuseNormals=1

bUseTAA=1

bIndEnable=0

bSAO_CS_Enable=0

bToggleSparkles=1

bSAOEnable=1

bScreenSpaceReflectionEnabled=1

bIBLFEnable=1

bUse64bitsHDRRenderTarget=1

iSaveGameScreenShotHeighWSt=192

iSaveGameScreenShotWidthWS=320

iSaveGameScreenShotHeight=192

iSaveGameScreenShotWidth=256

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

bVolumetricLightingEnable=1

iVolumetricLightingQuality=2

bEnableImprovedSnow=1

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000

bFXAAEnabled=0

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999.0000

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=999999.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=999999.0000

fGamma=1.0000

bBorderless=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1080

iSize W=1920

iScreenShotIndex=0

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bUsePrecipitationOcclusion=1

bDrawLandShadows=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

iAdapter=0

iNumSplits=2

uBookRatio=2

bForceCreateTarget=0

iReflectionResolutionDivider=2

iVSyncPresentInterval=1

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

bLensFlare=1

[General]

fLightingOutputColourClampPostSpec=1.0000

fLightingOutputColourClampPostEnv=1.0000

fLightingOutputColourClampPostLit=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

uLargeRefLODGridSize=11

[MAIN]

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

bGamepadEnable=0

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[interface]

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

bShowCompass=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[Controls]

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0260

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=0.6667

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=0

bUseKinect=0

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=5.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=86436604

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=86436605

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=86436606

fVal3=0.5000

uID3=466532

fVal2=1.0000

uID2=554685

fVal1=0.8000

uID1=1007612

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=94881

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[Water]

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=90000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=60000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000

bShowLODInEditor=1

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

[Grass]

fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[Decals]

bSkinnedDecals=1

bDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=100

uMaxDecals=1000

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=30.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=10.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000

[Launcher]

sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070"

uLastAspectRatio=1

 

 

 

And here are my PC Specs just in case :

 

 

 

Intel Core i5-6600K - Quad Core (3.5 GHz)

Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (Chipset Intel Z170 Express)

MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G - GeForce GTX 1070 8 Go

Kingston HyperX Fury 16 Go (2x 8Go) DDR4-2666 MHz CL15

SSD Crucial MX300 275 Go

HDD Seagate 7200.14 - 2 To 7200 RPM 64 Mo

 

 

 

I really hope someone can help me, thank you in advance ^^

[PoweredbyPusie]

Did you end up fixing this? I'm having the same issue but mine is worse !

[Dovahsaur]

Nope, I didn't find any fix. I tried posting on other forums as well but no result :sad:

[gurleygirl]

Try turning off game Ambient Occlusion:

bSAOEnable=0