Bit of a weird one, last played Skyrim a couple of weeks ago and everything was fine yet last night all the outdoor shadows were just not there, nothing has changed mod or pc wise and I even deleted all content, deleted the game folder from inside Steamapps and deleted the ini files from the mydocs/mygames folder and then let Steam do a complete fresh install and ran the game with no mods thinking yeah, that'll fix it. Snarf, it was exactly the same. Graphics card is a Sapphire HD7970 Vapor-x 6gb with the latest drivers so don't think that could be at fault and all other games are running fine. Got me stumped, has Beth done somnething mad with a patch while I wasn't looking, any ideas folks ?