Shadows cut off at the knee

[jaycubmiller]

For every NPC and player. Pic related. No idea how this happened.

Edited May 2, 2014 by jaycubmiller

[MotoSxorpio]

Could be really low resolution for shadows in INI.

[jaycubmiller]

[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=5000.0000
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=0
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=6000.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=4600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=25000.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=4
iTexMipMapSkip=0
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=4
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
iActorShadowCountInt=6
iActorShadowCountExt=4
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=8000.0000
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
iWaterMultiSamples=4
iMultiSample=0
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=0
bDrawShadows=1
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1050
iSize W=1680
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=12288.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=16384.0000
bShadowMaskZPrepass=1
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=2048
fShadowBiasScale=1.5000
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
iScreenShotIndex=1
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=0
bShadowsOnGrass=0
bDeferredShadows=0

 

[Display]
fDefaultWorldFOV=85
fNearDistance=20.000
fDefault1stPersonFOV=85
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1.5
fSunUpdateThreshold=3
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1500.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=4500.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=4000.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=1024
bShadowsOnGrass=0
bAllowScreenshot=0
bSimpleLighting=0
fDecalLifetime=256.5000
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=0

[jaycubmiller]

Tried messing around with some of the shadow settings with no results :(

[velve666]

Backup your skyrimprefs.ini to a safe location. Then delete the one you're currently using, run Skyrim to rebuild the .ini and see if the problem still occurs

[jaycubmiller]

ya it fixes it, but I spent a while tweaking it before to get stable frames, im not sure how this happened. I havent touched my ini since forever.

[velve666]

Ok, all you have to do now is add your previous tweaks to the current ini.

 

If you really want to know which "bad tweak" (although personally I think all of them are) you made add a few at a time run the game and see if it's there again, then simply do not add that tweak.

[jaycubmiller]

hmmm :(

 

any suggested presets for a 2g VRAM card then? as far as ini's go?

[velve666]

No, I use a 512 card and by presets I'm assuming .ini tweaks right?

 

You can change any settings you want like you did previously, but bad tweaks will lead to issues like in your screenshot and other issues. I'm not saying don't tweak, a lot of people do and they seem to be ok, just make sure you do it right.

 

People talk about configurator a lot. You might want to look into that.