Is there still no fix to the horrible shadow problem?

[nightmare_pwner]

I almost want to turn them off completely again. I have every other aspect of skyrim at its peak with 4096 textures and ENB series crap to my liking. However the shadow's still look like crap. I don't want to crank them all up to 4096 either to fix the problem because the R5 Beta, put me back up to 55-60 FPS in most areas again.

 

Here are my current settings. Sorry in advance I forgot how to use spoiler thing.

 

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=2

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3

fInteriorShadowDistance=2500.0000

fShadowDistance=3000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=1

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=12000.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=8000.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000

fGamma=1.3200

fDecalLOD2=2000.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=0.0000

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1080

iSize W=1920

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=24000.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=28000.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000

iScreenShotIndex=41

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series"

bFXAAEnabled=0

iShadowMapResolution=2048

fShadowBiasScale=0.1500

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

iShadowFilter=3

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

bDrawShadows=1

fdefaultfov=90

fDefaultWorldFOV=90

fDefault1stPersonFOV=90

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassStartFadeDistance=28000.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=28000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

bDrawShaderGrass=1

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=0.4000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=4

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=768

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=5.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=94881

fVal2=0.6000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=1.0000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=24

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=1000

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=100

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=16.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=3

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=2048

iWaterReflectWidth=2048

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

[meh12345]

If you're hitting 50+ on average, you should be safe to bump the textures up to 4096? That should still keep you solidly above 40 without significant drops.

 

In addition to that, I have fShadowBiasScale=0.35 and the fSunUpdateShadowTime and fSunUpdateThreshold both set to 1.0 to avoid flickering. With those, the shadows don't bother me much.

[PopReference]

I'm still not satisfied with the I have shadows right now but this is what I use(and is what's important for tweaking):

 

Skyrim:

[Display]

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

fSunShadowUpdateTime=10

fSunUpdateThreshold=.4 (update times effect how the shadow moves by daylight, moveimg shadows normally look ugly)

 

Skyrimprefs:

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=35

fShadowDistance=7000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowMode=3

iShadowMapResolution=2048

fShadowBiasScale=0.2500

iShadowFilter=3

 

Basically I just tried to make my shadows vary blurry instead of sharp yet pixlated.

[rabidNode]

shadows are horribad between the outline on them and the hideous manner in which they were coded to display. not to mention the way the activators for dynamic lights turn on and off.

they need to be completely redone but that is not going to happen so no there is no fix for the horribad shadows

[mpasteris]

This worked for me: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9426

[Rennn]

This worked for me: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9426

 

That's not the same problem. We're talking about low resolution, blocky shadows that look like they're about 16x16 even if you put them at 4096x4096. That's a good mod, but it relates to a bug and not just the consistently terrible shadows.