curseofnight86 Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 I'm playing Oblivion for the first time on PC and I'm experiencing something I could no stand about the game on 360 years ago: All NPCs (even my PC) have a wierd glow or aura around their face whenever they are near any light source - torches, fires, even in normal daylight I've seen this happen to NPCs with paler skin tones! Does any know what causes this? Is there a way to fix it?
curseofnight86 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Posted January 22, 2018 Nevermind. Turning off HDR fixed it! Playing with bloom on now. Man, NPCs glowing whenever they're near light always annoyed me. Nice to finally be rid of it once and for all!
Striker879 Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Here's a copy/paste I got from a forum post here some time way way back with some suggested settings for Oblivion.ini you could try (they are in the [blurShaderHDRInterior] and [blurShaderHDR] sections): [blurShaderHDRInterior] Reduce blinding effect on objects and NPC'sfBrightScale = 2.2500 (Default)Change to:fBrightScale = 0.2500&fBrightRadius = 7.0000 (Default)Change to:fBrightScale = 3.5000[blurShaderHDR] Reduce blinding effect on objects and NPC'sfBrightScale = 1.5000 (Default)Change to:fBrightScale = 0.5000&fBrightRadius = 4.0000 (Default)Change to:fBrightScale = 3.0000
curseofnight86 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks man. Just downloaded a tex pack so I was about to get back on. I'll try this before I start the game and see if it helps. Would be nice to keep HDR...
curseofnight86 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 Just tried those settings in the .ini file. It did help a bit but bloom elminates the problem completely so I think I'll stick with that. But thanks for trying to help. I'm in the first oblivion gate at Kvatch now and wow, so much easier on the eyes!
Striker879 Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Ya it was a long time ago, but I probably did the same (looked at some old Oblivion.ini from old characters and I don't see those tweaks applied).
TheMastersSon Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Just for an experiment, and I'm not sure it has anything to do with your problem, but have you tried enabling HDR with self-shadows disabled? It's under Oblivion's main video options.
curseofnight86 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 Hmm... I suppose I could try that in a bit.
curseofnight86 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 Sorry for the double-post - I'm not seeing an edit button on my phone. Anyway, just tried HDR with self shadows off/on plus the .ini tweaks and no dice. NPCs are all lit up again. I'm fine using bloom instead, though. I know HDR is better but with the tex packs I downloaded lastnight I've never played Oblivion looking this good so I'm content. ;)
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