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In response to post #9146844. #9147518, #9151489 are all replies on the same post. If you're online when you fire up NMM, you'll get a notification saying there's a new update to NMM. So there's no need to stalk the website looking for NMM updates:)

Oh, alright. Misunderstood your question, sorry about that:)

Seems I don't have to worry anymore... new com turned up in my home (not mine), and now I can play skyrim at high settings. Lovely. No broken shadows at all. I'm in love. I suspect the video card itself was causing trouble, like you said. Playing Mass Effect 3 on the new com, and the difference in the shadows is obvious. Thanks for all the help!

Yup, I updated the drivers some time ago. Maybe I'll try again, just in case. Will take up your suggestion to post on their forum. Hopefully there'll be someone with similar issues. Thanks again!

Well, I'm back, and here's what I've done so far: -Tried to update DirectX (up to date, program wouldn't let me). -Uninstalled all mods. -Uninstalled game, deleted all related files. -Cleaned registry. -Reinstalled, and sadly it still won't work :ohdear:

Not yet, unfortunately, and I probably won't be able to try for the next few days (going on a trip). Nope, I'm using the retail version, heh. I don't trust my internet connection to download large files over the net. I did try a fresh install, as well as a new save game, but it didn't help. I'd rather not completely delete the mods since DLing them was a pain too, due to frequent disconnections on nexus' side, but I guess I have no choice but to give it a go (though I'll leave it till after updating/checking DirectX). I'll report back once I get back and get it done. Thanks again, I really appreciate your suggestions, even if nothing's fixed yet:)

@Georgiegril: - Hmm, I don't think any of the screenshots on that page match. I just played Saints Row Third- a little slow in full screen, but ran fine when windowed at a lower resolution with low settings. My sister played Resident Evil V- fullscreen, without issue. Previously (when on Vista with 1.5) Skyrim was fine on fullscreen, and low settings. The problem started after I switched to Win7-32, using 1.5. Thought 1.6 would solve the problem, but it didn't... - I did upgrade my drivers, but it didn't help. - Cleaning is something I've never done... I think I'll give it a try. -Texture mods? I'm using CBBEv3 and Ashen. I didn't have any trouble with it before, but I'll try disabling them first and see what happens. -Yup, all programs closed, though I leave one light program open just to make it easier to alt-tab. -DirectX should be up to date, seeing as I just installed Sants Row Third recently- I'll have to check and see. Thanks for all the suggestions, by the way!

I'm not too sure what you mean (spiking, temps, clocks), but my video card is a modest ATI HD3470, 256MB. PC has 4g of RAM. I've always played at low settings, albeit with actor fade set to around 50%. AA off, no FXAA. p.s. aspect ratio 16:10, resolution 1280 x800. Texture quality medium, radial blur, shadow detail low, decal quantity, none... water set only to reflect sky, if that helps.

Just did a fresh install, and updated to 1.6. It's still the same. Perhaps it's because I screwed up by installing win7 32bit on a 64bit capable com? I'm at a loss. Can anyone help me out here?

Isn't it the other way around? You need to become a thane, to be able to buy homes? I've never been forced into buying a home so far.

Hi all. This is a continuation of a previous thread I started- would have edited that one instead of starting a new thread (if the editor would have let me save the edits), but anyway: I had this problem since upgrading to Win7 32bit (on a com with 4gb ram- long story). Previously I had patch 1.5, running on vista, with no problem. Apparently this shadow problem isn't just about visuals, it also causes some sort of delay. I had to hammer Printscreen several times before I could take a screenshot (something I just found out, out of frustration). Would patch 1.6 fix this problem? Anyone else have the same issue? p.s. Sorry if the Image is flowing out of the column- no idea how to fix that.

I'm not sure why, but there's another problem. I can't take screenshots either. In case this is necessary, here's a dump of my prefs file: [Display] iTexMipMapSkip=1 bFXAAEnabled=0 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000 fSpecularLODStartFade=200.0000 fLightLODStartFade=200.0000 fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000 iShadowMapResolution=512 bAllowScreenshot=1 fShadowBiasScale=0.5000 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0 fShadowDistance=2000.0000 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0 iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0 iAdapter=0 iSize W=1280 iSize H=800 iMultiSample=1 iMaxAnisotropy=1 iPresentInterval=1 bFull Screen=1 fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000 bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 fGamma=1.0000 iShadowFilter=3 fDecalLOD2=1500.0000 fDecalLOD1=1000.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000 iTexMipMapMinimum=0 bTransparencyMultisampling=0 iWaterMultiSamples=0 iShadowMode=3 bTreesReceiveShadows=0 bDrawLandShadows=0 bDrawShadows=1 fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000 fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000 iScreenShotIndex=0 bShadowMaskZPrepass=0 bMainZPrepass=0 sD3DDevice="ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series" [imagespace] iRadialBlurLevel=0 bDoDepthOfField=1 [LOD] fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=5.2000 fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.2000 fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000 [Grass] fGrassStartFadeDistance=0.0000 b30GrassVS=1 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000 [Decals] bDecals=0 bSkinnedDecals=0 uMaxDecals=0 uMaxSkinDecals=0 uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=0 [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=12500.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=75000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=25000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=15000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=0.4000 bShowLODInEditor=0 [blurShaderHDR] bDoHighDynamicRange=0 [blurShader] bUseBlurShader=0 [Launcher] bShowAllResolutions=1 uLastAspectRatio=4 bEnableFileSelection=1 [Water] iWaterReflectHeight=512 iWaterReflectWidth=512 bUseWaterDisplacements=1 bUseWaterRefractions=1 bUseWaterReflections=1 bUseWaterDepth=1 [MAIN] fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000 bGamepadEnable=1 bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=1.0000 bSaveOnPause=1 bSaveOnTravel=1 bSaveOnWait=1 bSaveOnRest=1 [GamePlay] bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=2 [interface] bDialogueSubtitles=1 bGeneralSubtitles=1 bShowCompass=1 fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000 [Controls] fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125 fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000 bAlwaysRunByDefault=1 bInvertYValues=0 bGamePadRumble=1 [Particles] iMaxDesired=750 [saveGame] fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 [AudioMenu] fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000 fVal7=1.0000 uID7=0 fVal6=1.0000 uID6=0 fVal5=1.0000 uID5=0 fVal4=1.0000 uID4=0 fVal3=0.5000 uID3=466532 fVal2=0.8000 uID2=554685 fVal1=0.8000 uID1=1007612 fVal0=1.0000 uID0=94881 [Clouds] fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000 fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000 fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000 [General] iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1 bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0 [Trees] bRenderSkinnedTrees=1 uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

Anything? Am I the only one with this problem? ^^; Updated my video drivers. Still the same. It's like in-game shadows have gone crazy. Can anyone help?

I had to format my com and do a fresh install of Skyrim- along the way I also switched to Windows 7 Pro 32bit. Now when I play the game, black shadows/lines come across the screen every time I move. The game's pretty much unplayable. I suspect it's a driver problem (currently DLing the new drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 3470), but I'd like confirmation first- 1) has anyone else had this problem 2) is it because of drivers or something else 3) is it fixable? I'll report my own findings once I have the drivers updated. Thanks and cheerios!

Update: Never mind, found a work-around after getting some sleep. Cosole command to remove vampirism entirely. Sigh. :wallbash: