Shading Problems [Que tragic music]

[Zodiark10]

On this episode of "what the hell is wrong with my Skyrim" - Shadow bugs!
So far it seems to only be in this spot but as my house is a short walk away from Whiterun, I come through this spot very often. I would typically overlook the issue, but when my camera looks at the choppy mess of black I start lagging so bad I might as well be crawling.
The shadows in this spot are really strange not just because they look terrible and like some plague on NPC faces, and the fact that they're totally black and cloak anything they're on, but because they slide around. The entire shadow spot slides and jerks around for no damn reason that I can see. It's becoming exhausting to deal with honestly.

http://orig12.deviantart.net/0686/f/2016/328/c/8/fukgn_by_kaitaalabaster-dapivxc.jpg

Load order; brace your brain for suffering -

 

 

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

6 6 Unique Flowers & Plants.esm

7 7 ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

8 8 notice board.esp

9 9 UnlimitedBookshelves.esp

10 a RSkyrimChildren.esm

11 b HighResTexturePack01.esp

12 c HighResTexturePack02.esp

13 d HighResTexturePack03.esp

14 e Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp

15 f TouringCarriages.esp

16 10 Chesko_LoreBasedLoadingScreens.esp

17 11 lpsleep.esp

18 12 UFO - Dragonborn AddOn.esp

19 13 more plants all extra.esp

20 14 dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp

21 15 HearthfireMultiKid.esp

22 16 HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp

23 17 RaceChanger.esp

sandboxcylinderheight.esp

24 18 Reduced Distance NPC Greetings.esp

25 19 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

26 1a SimplyKnock.esp

27 1b BarenziahQuestMarkers.esp

28 1c EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

29 1d ELFX - Exteriors.esp

30 1e CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp

31 1f Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp

32 20 JKs Skyrim.esp

33 21 RLO - Major City Exteriors - No Guard Torches.esp

34 22 FCO - Follower Commentary Overhaul.esp

35 23 Book Covers Skyrim.esp

36 24 One With Nature - DG+DB.esp

37 25 fFastTravelSpeedMult_4.esp

38 26 PC Head Tracking - MCM.esp

39 27 PC Head Tracking - Patch.esp

40 28 WetandCold.esp

41 29 ImprovedLucien.esp

42 2a Extended UI.esp

43 2b AHZmoreHUD.esp

44 2c SkyUI.esp

45 2d Chesko_WearableLantern.esp

46 2e Dual Sheath Redux.esp

GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp

47 2f Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp

48 30 WARZONES - Civil Unrest.esp

49 31 RealShelter.esp

50 32 SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp

51 33 ElysiumEstate.esp

52 34 ElysiumEstate-HF.esp

53 35 ELFXEnhancer.esp

54 36 ScottishBanneredMare.esp

55 37 Birdsofskyrim.esp

56 38 iActivate.esp

57 39 KS Hairdo's.esp

58 3a Blowing in the Wind.esp

59 3b Blowing in the Wind - ELFX Exteriors Patch.esp

60 3c Holidays.esp

61 3d marriagemod - alpha v3.esp

62 3e BirdsHFclean.esp

63 3f skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds.esp

64 40 WetandCold - Ashes.esp

65 41 Dead Body Collision.esp

DesyncBirdsOfPrey.esp

66 42 RaceMenu.esp

67 43 Eyes of Aber.esp

68 44 AOS.esp

69 45 Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp

70 46 DeadlyDragons.esp

71 47 Unique Uniques.esp

72 48 DeadlySpellImpacts.esp

73 49 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

74 4a dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

75 4b Blowing in the Wind - JK's Skyrim Patch.esp

76 4c Fenrir.esp

77 4d SMIM-Merged-All.esp

78 4e UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

79 4f KK_Lola_companion_wolfdog.esp

80 50 fallentreebridges.esp

81 51 SFO - Dragonborn.esp

82 52 HorsesGoneWild.esp

83 53 Immersive Horses.esp

84 54 Farm Animals_HF.esp

85 55 BertsHearthfireDairyGoodsUpgrade.esp

86 56 KrittaKitty_horses_uniqueFrost.esp

87 57 Kamille.esp

88 58 Craftable Horse Barding.esp

89 59 Immersive Patrols II.esp

90 5a Tame Beast.esp

91 5b FarmhouseChimneys.esp

92 5c SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp

93 5d RealisticWaterTwo.esp

94 5e RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp

95 5f RealisticWaterTwo - Waves.esp

96 60 Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp

97 61 Unique Grasses.esp

98 62 Verdant - A Skyrim Grass Plugin.esp

99 63 EeveeFox.esp

100 64 RealShelterJKLargeCities.esp

101 65 SofiaFollower.esp

102 66 RealisticWaterTwo - Dragonborn.esp

103 67 SolitudeExterior.esp

104 68 HoldBorderBanners.esp

105 69 BP2Meeko.esp

106 6a RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Dawnguard.esp

107 6b RealisticWaterTwo - Dawnguard.esp

108 6c iNeed.esp

109 6d iNeed - Dangerous Diseases.esp

110 6e WhiterunExterior.esp

111 6f BP2RabbitFollower.esp

112 70 Males of Skyrim.esp

113 71 FarmAnimals_HF-iNeed Patch.esp

114 72 Blowing in the Wind - SMIM Merged All Patch.esp

115 73 Gildergreen Regrown.esp

116 74 WolfFollower.esp

117 75 notice board - dragonborn patch.esp

118 76 My Home Is Your Home.esp

119 77 Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp

120 78 HighHrothgarWindowGlow.esp

121 79 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp

122 7a CinematicFireFX.esp

123 7b Real Roads.esp

124 7c Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Flame Atronach Fix.esp

125 7d Better Dynamic Snow.esp

126 7e Moss Rocks.esp

127 7f SkySight-Simply-Bigger-Trees-Slower-Branches.esp

128 80 VigilanceReborn.esp

129 81 BentPines_for_SFO2.0.esp

130 82 SFO on Steroids.esp

131 83 EpisodeParallax.esp

132 84 Skyrim HD Tribute - Roads.esp

133 85 Watercolor_for_ENB_RWT.esp

134 86 Skysan_ENBHorseTrough.esp

135 87 Prometheus_NSUTR BDS Patch.esp

136 88 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

137 89 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

138 8a Vividian - Weather Patch CoT - AOS.esp

139 8b RSPatch.esp

140 8c Vividian - Extended Weathers - CoT.esp

141 8d Vividian - Extended Weathers.esp

142 8e TrueStorms.esp

143 8f TrueStorms-ClimatesOfTamriel.esp

144 90 AOS2_EBT Patch.esp

145 91 AOS2_RealisticWaterTwo Patch.esp

146 92 AOS2_WetandCold Patch.esp

147 93 AOS2_DSI Patch.esp

148 94 AOS2_DD Patch.esp

149 95 AOS2_TrueStorms Patch.esp

150 96 AOS2_CoT3_1_patch.esp

151 97 AOS2_GDO Patch.esp

152 98 AOS2_Unique Uniques Patch.esp

153 99 HDTPhysicsWeaponSling.esp

154 9a Bijin NPCs.esp

155 9b Bijin Warmaidens.esp

156 9c Bijin Wives.esp

157 9d Serana.esp

158 9e Toccata as Elisif.esp

159 9f RSChildren - Complete.esp

160 a0 RaceMenuMorphsCBBE.esp

CalienteVanillaArmorTweaks.esp

161 a1 IHSS.esp

162 a2 FNIS.esp

163 a3 XPMSE.esp

164 a4 Immersive Horses - Hearthfire Patch.esp

165 a5 12FemaleBrows.esp

166 a6 Enhanced Torches and Fire for CoT V & ELFX.esp

167 a7 Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

168 a8 FarmhouseChimneysLAL.esp

169 a9 Bashed Patch, 0.esp

170 aa Dual Sheath Redux Patch.esp

171 ab DynDOLOD.esp

Edited November 24, 2016 by Zodiark10

[Bolzenschuss]

my first guess would be multiple .esp that change the same thing

the npc as example looks like that it is overwriten by 2 overhauls!

best thing to do is load up tes5edit / loot and look for problems

[Zodiark10]

SOLVED: After some looking through the comments, this is an already known issue between an optional plugin of RealVision ENB (Enhanced torches and fire for ELFX) and ELFX. I just removed the optional plugin and the issue disappeared.