Daytime is too dark, unable to change settings

[madkittymk2]

Hello all,

 

TL;DR: I have an ENB and my day time is stupid dark. Messing with ingame sliders or .ini files does absolutely nothing.

 

Long version:

First off I've recently started using ENBs. Like within the past week.

I used Mistveil first and it was quite lovely.

Then I saw Insomnia. totes up my alley.

I fully uninstalled the Mistveil before installing Insomnia.

I followed the instructions exactly. Downloaded required mods, fixed the load order, changed the two .ini files...

 

Started up my game and it was gorgeous, albeit a bit too dark. But it was nighttime. So whatever.

Waited until it was noon the next day and clear skies (I found this out by using shift+f12 to disable the ENB)...

and I got this.

 

I mean I was expecting that sort of effect at like.. dawn or dusk. With overcast.

But not midday with clear skies.

 

So.. I used the ctrl+shift ENB menu thing to mess with the shaders and effects.

I pretty much tried high and low values for every light related effect with "curve", "contrast", "shadows", "dark" etc. Also general/daytime ambient light levels.

At first I thought I was just picking the wrong ones.. but I tried switching a few to really really different variables (moving a slider from 0.25 to 5.00) and still saw no change.

I then tried the enbseries.ini.

Nadda.

 

I downloaded the Imaginator in hopes of being able to change something. I had some weird glitch with that, got the MCM menu mod for that, yadda yadda moved some sliders and nothing happened.

 

I uninstalled that, tried the ENB Customizer thing. Nadda.

 

Oh and I reset all of the values back to their originals before trying to change a different setting. Just so I would know which one did what (in this case-they all do nothing)

 

I have tried both the Wrapper and Injector versions of ENB Series, and made the appropriate changes to my ENB preset things when necessary.

I could rarely get the Injector to work.. but when I did it was the same dark crap I've been getting with the Wrapper.

I got rid of all Injector things and went back to the Wrapper just for the fact that it started up reliably.

 

I started with the Mistveil ENB, no additional mods were required. It looked great.

 

I then switched to Insomnia (Default package). I had to install the core files for Enhanced Lights and FX, Dramatic Clouds, and Revamped Exterior Fog.

I also installed the Mindflux Particle Patch at recommendation on the Insomnia page. Loaded it up and you know the rest.

 

At some point I uninstalled Insomnia and tried out Unreal Cinema ENB, to test whether it was an Insomnia related setting or not.

I had the same issue in Unreal Cinema. Although I could actually see a few details on my character's face and the sky wasn't blinding white.. it was still awful.

 

I completely uninstalled that and have tried out the Insomnia Quality package. No change in visuals from the Default package.

 

Computer spec stuff: (let me know if I should add some other thing)

Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0416&SUBSYS_380117AA&REV_06
Display Memory: 1792 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 1792 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor

Mod list is attached. I didn't want to spam any more than I already have.

 

 

I'm not very very knowledgeable on this stuff.. but if someone can at least figure out what sort of issue it is, that would be awesome.

And I guess there are two issues.. one being that nothing I do modifies the light levels in game and the other being that it's really f***ing dark.

 

Thanks!

[Biohazard186]

Are you sure you got rid of all your files from your previous ENB? A lot of ENB's have files for SweetFX as well as folders for enbseries and SweetFX and if any from Mistveil are still around they could be causing the issues.

[madkittymk2]

Are you sure you got rid of all your files from your previous ENB? A lot of ENB's have files for SweetFX as well as folders for enbseries and SweetFX and if any from Mistveil are still around they could be causing the issues.

Yessir.

 

I also just did a complete uninstall/skyrim data folder cleaning of all lighting mods (it was just the ELEFX), that cloud mod, and the fog thing that was required for Insomnia.

I removed anything that was related to ENBs, including the wrapper thing. I compared my Skyrim main folder to my friend's to make sure I didn't have extra .dlls.

 

I opened my game after that and got this.. ridiculous amount of gamma/brightness on my skyline/horizon.

I can't find a pic of it bah.

 

I banged my head against the wall for about 2 hours and messed with some settings, didn't work.

 

Decided to install that first Mistveil ENB that worked before, just for shits and because I really wanted to just play Skyrim.

 

The skyline issue seems to have resolved now.

The face of my character is still a bit dark, though. And I have no doubt that the Insomnia ENB would be unbearably dark again.

It also seems that I can modify my settings, and see actual results, in the in-game Shift+Enter thing.

 

TL;DR- Reinstalled all ENB-related things, one issue is fixed. Darkness issue possibly related to one of the required mods for Insomnia?

[Biohazard186]

I would go into your SkyrimPrefs.ini file and make sure bFloatPointRenderTarget is set to 1. It's an easy step to miss and almost every ENB requires it be set like that or the lighting will be way off. If that's not it, it's possible you have the wrong ENB binaries installed. Using an older or new version that what the mod requires can cause problems.

[madkittymk2]

I would go into your SkyrimPrefs.ini file and make sure bFloatPointRenderTarget is set to 1. It's an easy step to miss and almost every ENB requires it be set like that or the lighting will be way off. If that's not it, it's possible you have the wrong ENB binaries installed. Using an older or new version that what the mod requires can cause problems.

I check for that almost every time I start the game.

Both Skyrimprefs.ini files have that setting. And there isn't a duplicate line anywhere or anything.

I also set them both to read-only after having an issue where they kept reverting back to defaults.

 

 

I'll try different versions of the binaries, thanks for the suggestion!

Edited June 16, 2014 by madkittymk2

[Sexyowl]

I had a similar effect and found that these two settings cleared it up in my Skyrim Prefs. ini. They were both set to 1 and i changed them to 0

bTreesReceiveShadows =0

bDrawLandShadows =0