CalibanX Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I'm getting this new visual bug where, about 10 feet around my character, the ground gets these wavy lines on it. If I go into an interior dungeon and cast a Candlelight spell the way lines affect is greatly intensified. At first I thought it was a return of the shadow stripping bug, but I don't think it is as I have the mod that fixes that. Any idea what could be causing this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Make sure your gamma is correct. Default is usually best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myztikrice Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Why do people never post screenshots of their graphical problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalibanX Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 I'm having the same issue this person was. Screenshots included in link. It's weird. I checked my gamma and have it set in the middle. Thanks for the input. :)Any other ideas?http://skyrimforums.org/threads/wavy-lines-on-everything.35111/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 That's a shadow problem. What settings do you run Skyrim on, and have you tweaked your shadows in the Skyrimprefs.ini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalibanX Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Thanks again for the help Renn. I run my settings pretty high. I probably did change my ini long ago as I used to experiment with all kinds of different ENB mods, however, I've been playing wihout any ENB the last few months as I decided I preffered silky smoothe performance over ENB effects. So, I've been experimenting with non ENB lighting overhaul mods. I'm currently using Realistic Lighting Overhaul and I'm pleased with it. I'll look into that mod and see if I can find what the shadow ini's should be set at. I'm at work now, so I'll have to do that later. Thanks! Edited October 23, 2013 by CalibanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalibanX Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Drats! I can't seem to isolate the right shadow settings in my ini to fix the wavy lines. Does anyone have a list of their stable shadow settings from their ini that I could try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myztikrice Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Delete or move the ones you have and Skyrim will generate default ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalibanX Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 I did not know that. :)I'll give it a try. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigilFey Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Sorry, OP, but this is not an easy one to fix. There are a whole host of .ini settings that affect the way shadows work. This "striping" issue is related to the completely inefficient way that Skyrim handles z-buffering, I believe. To tweak it away will mean DAYS of reading followed by more days of trial and error. The minute a mod affects the same settings (like and ENB or Realistic Lighting/Weather,) you can kiss your changes goodbye, as well. So mark down what works in case you lose the changes. On a further sad note, each individual graphics card running a certain driver version is going to need specific tweaks specifically for that card/driver set. What works for you will most likely only work for a handful of other people. You can thank the coding that was done to optimize the game for consoles for this particular bug. It would take a complete re-coding of the game's shadow engine from the ground up to fix it for good. Just one of the quirks we all have to live with on the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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