guitartod Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Since the 1.5 update I've lost close to 7 fps in overall performance, I am almost certain that this is because the grass now renders shadows (This killed my performance in Oblivion as well if this setting was turned on) Anyway is there anyway to turn this feature off? It doesn't seem Bethesda made an option to turn this off. Also if it isn't possible to turn off through the ini is there any chance of someone making a mod to return the shadows back to pre 1.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik0li Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Since the 1.5 update I've lost close to 7 fps in overall performance, I am almost certain that this is because the grass now renders shadows (This killed my performance in Oblivion as well if this setting was turned on) Anyway is there anyway to turn this feature off? It doesn't seem Bethesda made an option to turn this off. Also if it isn't possible to turn off through the ini is there any chance of someone making a mod to return the shadows back to pre 1.5? In the skyrimprefs.ini find the line bDrawLandShadows=1 and set it to 0. Having it off MAY cause other problems, though. Some people with ATI cards get a weird transparent overlay that only shows on the grass when it is turned off (with the 1.5 patch). Either way, give that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jet4571 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I have the opposite effect. my FPS has jumped up by about 7-10. Only issue i had was an odd shadow on the bridge heading towards Riften from Whiterun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuked92 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've also had a major fps loss here. Before the patch, everything was running smoothly at 45fps with dual nvidia gtx 260s with SLI, and a fps limiter to prevent slowdowns (I can actually run the game up to 60 fps, but any drop in fps causes too much of a slowdown for me to deal with). With the new grass shadows, fps drops down to 30 in areas with a lot of grass, trees, etc. I have the grass distance slider set to full and shadows on high. Moving the shadows down to medium didn't help. I couldn't use nik0li's suggestion, as bDrawLandShadows was already at 0. I set my fps limiter even lower to 40 and it's still dropping like a rock. I'm kinda pissed off that this was forced on us. I had shadows set to high instead of ultra for the very reason they make such a large impact on performance. My game was at the perfect "sweet spot" in terms of performance and graphics. Now this patch comes along and screws it all up... :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnie Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Like Jet, I also got a slight improvement in fame rate, about 3-5 fps better everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgelstock Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) My framrate went down A LOT - from average 60fps to under 40! Interiors aren't affected but I doubt it's the grass shadow because I had set bTreesReceiveShadows=1 and bDrawLandShadows=1 manually a while ago. What else could cause this? Edited March 25, 2012 by gurgelstock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixn Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 So that's what's caused my performance drop! I noticed a decline, but I had not connected the dots to the recent update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireforge112 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 If you post a loss or gain try to post what card you have.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurgelstock Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Radeon HD 9650 for me. It seems this might be related to the grass after all? I noticed the framerate loss is different in some areas, I could actually 'track' it via fraps. In one swampy area with lots of grass, I will now get around 30fps; after disabling Glorious Grasses, around 40. I can't say what fps I had in that area before updating, but I know for sure that there is an overall drop of fps. Some areas are barely affected and I will get my 60fps, but in others - where I know I had around 60 before updaing, I am now at 37-45. Might be related to mods of course but that doesn't change the fact that this problem didn't exist before v1.5... Edited March 27, 2012 by gurgelstock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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