Skyrim shadow glitch - weird shadow in front of and around player

[bioblittzz]

Hi all,

 

This is my first nexus post so please tell me if I break any rules lol, but for the 360 hours I have played Skyrim, I have been experiencing a graphical glitch where I always see a line on the floor that looks like a texture LOD but I believe now it has to do with shadows as well. Sometimes when I walk around I will see strange round shadows that move with the camera angel especially in third person mode. I really want to alleviate it and I have been trying to find out more forever.

I uploaded a video to youtube here:

sorry about the quality, ENB doesn't like RadeonPro

 

Dont even get me started on flickering mountain textures...

 

Thanks in advance for any replies!

[welshieboy]

Hi Biob,

 

Can you post your mod list? Also your computer specs.

 

Can you also test the following in game:

 

Go 3rd person

Open console in game

tfc

Fly above your character

Is this "shadow" a circle around your player?

[bioblittzz]

Hey welshieboy!

 

Thank you so much for the reply!

That all seems like very good info, I should have elaborated beforehand.

 

My PC specs:

Windows 7 Pro

Gigabyte R9 390 gaming OC

Intel i5-4690k 3.5 Ghz

16GB RAM

I forget my mobo, it is a nice Asus board though

Everything is DX12 capable and can more than handle Skyrim

 

Here's my active mod list:

 

Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Skyrim Project Optimization - Full Version.esm
okaazah.esm
moonpath.esm
GeneralStores.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
unofficial skyrim patch.esp
unofficial high resolution patch.esp
better dynamic snow.esp
realrain.esp
unlimitedbookshelves.esp
better embers.esp
jbs_hunting.esp
moss rocks.esp
shootingstars.esp
whistle.esp
Footprints.esp
Daedric Lord Armor.esp
dragonpriestmasks.esp
fountain guard armor maty743.esp
lefthandrings.esp
matys medieval knights.esp
matys mithril armor enhanced.esp
warchiefsmight.esp
RelightingSkyrim_S_DG_DB.esp
ruins clutter improvement hd.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
unreadbooksglow.esp
lightplacement.esp
overlord.esp
blaze of eventide.esp
assorted explosive daedric arrows.esp
detailed rugs.esp
fs_lotrpack.esp
gondorarmormaty743.esp
infernoadze.esp
konahriks privilege by edhelsereg.esp
mainmenuspinningskyrimemblem.esp
realistic piercing arrows.esp
runescimitar.esp
skeleton_killmoves.esp
alternativelightingv2.esp
SkyrimURWL.esp
lanterns of skyrim - all in one.esp
beyond_skyrim.esp
Weathered Road Signs.esp
sos - the wilds.esp
sjel blad castle.esp
WATER.esp
wyverncliff.esp
birds.esp
townsandcitiesenhanced.esp
stonewall_river.esp
quest_thebiggertheyare.esp
markarth_plus.esp
okaazah_update.esp
peaceful valley.esp
talos island - reborn.esp
moonpath_questdata.esp
tos_oakwood.esp
gleaming falls reborn.esp
SMIM-Merged-NoDragonborn.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
quest_nomercy.esp
buildablehouse.esp
wow weapons by excissle.esp
betterdawnstar.esp
tos_laintardale.esp
bettermarkarthexterieur.esp
dynamic fires.esp
torchradius.esp
saturationboost.esp
elvenwood.esp
quest_seaofghosts.esp
Castle Strunmah.esp
Signs_of_Skyrim.esp
tavesolitude.esp
tos_amber_guard.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin.esp
tavevillages.esp
whiteruninenhanced.esp
ElysiumEstate.esp
konahrik_accoutrements.esp
tundra lodge.esp
tos_granitehall.esp
dr_bandolier.esp
quest_pitfighter.esp
winterlodge.esp
whiterunexenhanced.esp
riverwoodenhancedplugin.esp
taveriften.esp
betterwinterhold.esp
tavewindhelm.esp
herman.esp
quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp
purewaters.esp
FS_UltimateAssortment.esp
woodland lodge.esp
quest_sorcery.esp
yogweapons.esp
breezehome basement.esp
Godswords - Johnskyrim.esp
ArtifactsOfBoethiah.esp
tavefalkreath.esp
wow.esp
Sulfuras The Reclaimed Hand - Johnskyrim.esp
dragonageweapons_1.esp
isilnarsil.esp
treehouse.esp
matys knights of the nine armor 2.1.esp
daedriseeker.esp
SVPortal by Mika999.esp
dragonageweapons_3.esp
dragonageweapons_2.esp
kotn mage.esp
battlefieldsofskyrim.esp
zzzbasement.esp
conjure_chest.esp
Shadowmourne - Johnskyrim.esp
ReyneFlamesword.esp
wisplicker.esp
granitemaul.esp
Clyde.esp
losttomb.esp
sero - deneth's study.esp
quest_pitfighter_dlc01.esp
wolfbanedagger.esp
DeadlyMutilation.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts - Two Fire.esp
Vivid Landscapes.esp
DragonWarrior-Lighting.esp
DragonWarrior-Effects.esp
SFO - Dragonborn.esp
dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Medium.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
SkyUI.esp
FNIS.esp
XPMSE.esp

I also have many high res textures installed through NMM as well as Project ENB with .221 binary but as you can see the big exists with or without ENB.

Also as I said before this bug has existed forever, if it is even a bug.

 

Performing test...

 

It seems as upon revisiting the area and similar areas the color changes on the ground but I dont see such a strange shadow anymore... regardless when flying around with the camera it foloows the camera and there is not odd shadow about the character.

 

EDIT: So after some more testing, I found that RadeonPro has a "surface format optimization" feature. this seemed to have caused the *censored*y round shadows that cahnge with the camera angle. Now I have even totally disabled RadeonPro and what I still experience is what looks like a trifold box on my screen that has noticeable lines where color and contrast is different, almost like a movie look. Here's a short video(again sorry about the lighting quality):

https://youtu.be/Cr2NuDoid5E

Notice the bottom quarter and the top quarter have a distinct line forming a box in the middle half of the screen

Edited March 1, 2016 by bioblittzz

[welshieboy]

Thanks for the info!

 

Alright, I was hoping it that it was something to do with the character, but oh well.

 

You mentioned RadeonPro, so I'm going to be nasty and ask for your CCC (Or CNext) and Radeon Pro settings, then we should be able to go somewhere with this.

[bioblittzz]

Hey Welshieboy,

 

Sorry for the slow reply! College and all makes this hard lol. I don't use what Im guessing is Catalyst Control Center but ill give you my RadeonPro settings tomorrow. for now I will tell you that all setting are turned off as they need to be for the sake of ENB but I think besides strange shadows which might have to do with bdrawlandshadows=1, the box im seeing may have to do with ENB but I swear I have seen this little LOD line earlier... Ill check tommorrow or Saturday, please bear with me.

Thanks a lot!

[bioblittzz]

Sorry for the late reply!

 

With school and all I just did not have the energy this week to look further into the issue. I did notice however that the box I see is from ENB, its like an effect window or something and it kinda bounds the effects. but the line seems to be a general LOD distance that I cant seem to change and it happens on other people computers as well. I think it is just the old inefficient engine which Skyrim uses so well.

 

How exactly would I go about giving you my setting for Radeon Pro as I don't know what you refer to with CCC?

 

My current bug is to just remove these two purple eyes down by my feet... I just figured out that the purple mist around my character all the time is an effect bug but I managed to get rid of that...