Too sharp graphics ?!?!

[phadez]

Hey guys,

 

Well, I just reinstalled my Skyrim completely and added a 'few' mods to it (generally to enhance graphics).

I had the same mods earlier before reinstalling the game (except for DYNAVISON but it doesn't change anything to my problem) but now I've got a problem with these mods.

 

My graphics in the game are way TOO sharp. I don't know how to describe it better. They are so sharp that it looks like pixelated and just like an overexaggerated texture.

The mountains in the background look as if they're from a comic, etc...

Also the loading times are very long and it's lagging a lot.

 

I tried to take a screenshot of this graphic bug but after I took it and looked at it... The graphics are normal at the screenshot. Horrible in-game, but quite normal in a screenshot

 

As I just said, had the same mods earlier (just earlier versions of some mods) and had no problems with them. I don't know what's happened.

 

Here's a picture, maybe some of you know which mod(s) issue this problem.

 

http://www.lupiupload.de/images/2012/04/30/t-37f294ef30225870983c69044b6a956e7475277a.jpg

[Georgiegril]

Not sure what your issue is exacly, as (like you said) the picture doesn't show it. If the problem is zig-zaggy edges, then your anti-aliasing settings may be off. Have you looked at these settings in the Skyrim start window (click on "options") or open your graphics software.

Depending on your graphics card/capabilities, you can change the anti-aliasing and also anisotropic filtering values to improve your games appearance. Higher values will result in smoother edges, but they will also affect performance, depending on your card.

 

 

For a good description of these functions, and how they affect your games appearance, check out NVidia's tweak guide for Skyrim (google geforce skyrim to find it). Even if you don't have Nvidia's graphic card, it goes over the settings provided by bethesda, explains their functions and has visual examples of the different settings.

 

Hope that helps!

[phadez]

Thanks but it's unnecessary to explain AA and AF, I know what these are for :)

 

I tried to recreate the effect with photoshop ;)

 

http://www.lupiupload.de/images/2012/04/30/t-c8450f79d09cd5fe43753d31b5f21bca540a1ac0.jpg

 

It kinda looks.. .'distorted'.

 

As far as I know it's no problem with my video-/graphiccard or the settings.

Edited April 30, 2012 by phadez

[fms1]

To me it looks like a ENB or lighting mod not working right, some of those ENB's and such get broken with certain patches, If you already knew this then sorry.

[phadez]

Ok, so now I tried to uninstall every texture-mod every ENB and every lighting mod AND started Skyrim without ANY Mods.

Still got the problem, so it seem it' s not a mod-problem.

 

Any suggestions?

[Georgiegril]

So, with the new pics you loaded, I agree with FNB. I had something like that after trying a lighting mod, and deciding I didn't like the effect. My visuals looked a lot like that. I think even when I uninstalled the mod, it had overwritten some of my pref.ini and/or graphics settings files, and they did not revert to the original after uninstall. I ended up restarting a new game to deal with that, but there is probably a better solution? Maybe check your graphics card software for saturation, gamma and color levels? Or the mod page for complete uninstallation procedures?

 

Sorry for telling you stuff before that you already know--if I'm doing it again, I apologize again. Also notice the pic link has German on it...if English is your second language you are crazy good at it! :smile:

[fms1]

Check ini.'s, sometimes Skyrim can muck up the ini.'s when reinstalling or using some console save features (the latter one is very rare, except on certain instances).

 

If you need vanilla ini.'s just post it, I have backups from waaaay back.

Edited April 30, 2012 by fms1

[phadez]

Thanks for all these replies! :))

very nice community :)

 

Okay, I'll check the .ini's (though I think I will need them, I know one or two mods changed the ini but I don't know the actual settings which I need to set back).

 

@Gerogiegril: Thanks :) Yeah german is my native language and I'm also speaking italian (quite as good as english ;) )^

It's no problem with my graphic software settings they're adjusted perfect. :D

[fms1]

Here's my oldest ini backups, they're for the english version of Skyrim though.

 

Skyrim located in My Documents\ My Games\ Skyrim

 

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[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

 

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

 

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

bAllowScreenshot=1

 

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

 

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

 

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

 

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

 

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

 

[Papyrus]

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=1

bReflectLODLand=1

bReflectSky=0

bReflectLODTrees=1

 

 

 

 

SkyrimPrefs located in My Documents\ My Games\ Skyrim

 

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[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

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bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=1

[Display]

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iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

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fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=5000.0000

fGamma=1.0000

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fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=1000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=2500.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=1

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1080

iSize W=1920

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=10

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=30

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series"

bFXAAEnabled=0

iShadowMapResolution=2048

fShadowBiasScale=0.2500

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

iShadowFilter=3

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

bDrawShadows=1

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassStartFadeDistance=5000.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=3.5500

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=1

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[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=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

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fTreeLoadDistance=40000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=150000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=40000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=25000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.1000

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=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=250

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=50

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=40

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=7.5000

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fLODFadeOutMultActors=6.0000

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[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

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[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

 

 

 

 

SkyrimPrefs located in Steam\ SteamApps\ common\ skyrim\ Skyrim

 

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[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=2500.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=1024

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iShadowSplitCount=2

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fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000

fGamma=1.0000

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=500.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=1000.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iMultiSample=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bFull Screen=0

iSize H=900

iSize W=1600

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10

bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=0

fGrassStartFadeDistance=3500.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=750

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[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=0

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=25000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=20480.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.7500

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=20

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=100

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=3.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=6.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

 

 

 

 

Hope those help, they are from unmodded Skyrim.

Edited April 30, 2012 by fms1

[phadez]

Okay, now with your ini's I got this result:

 

http://www.lupiupload.de/images/2012/05/02/t-3635b549fa4a30e862e2bc3b32b763473aaa6709.jpg

(and with this screenshot the Brightness slider is all the way to the left, so normally it's even brigther o.O)

 

Seems as if my game is totally f*cked up :(

Edited May 3, 2012 by phadez