Shadowy Screen While Moving Around

[aprilius20]

I had to format my com and do a fresh install of Skyrim- along the way I also switched to Windows 7 Pro 32bit.

 

Now when I play the game, black shadows/lines come across the screen every time I move. The game's pretty much unplayable.

 

I suspect it's a driver problem (currently DLing the new drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 3470), but I'd like confirmation first-

1) has anyone else had this problem

2) is it because of drivers or something else

3) is it fixable?

 

I'll report my own findings once I have the drivers updated. Thanks and cheerios!

[aprilius20]

Anything? Am I the only one with this problem? ^^;

 

Updated my video drivers. Still the same. It's like in-game shadows have gone crazy.

 

Can anyone help?

[Darklight92]

send a print screen picture

[Darklight92]

I may have the problem, but i need you to go into the game and send me screen shots of you computer.

[Natvaesen88]

I have the exact same problem! It is SO disturbing to my eyes when the shadows, lights and lines flicker everywhere when my character moves around :( I can NOT figure out what the problem might be... at first I thought it could be a mod that didn't work well with the game... but I've tried to uninstall the suspicious ones.... nothing changes >_< I really neew help with this as well

[aprilius20]

I'm not sure why, but there's another problem. I can't take screenshots either.

In case this is necessary, here's a dump of my prefs file:

 

[Display]

iTexMipMapSkip=1

bFXAAEnabled=0

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=200.0000

fLightLODStartFade=200.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000

iShadowMapResolution=512

bAllowScreenshot=1

fShadowBiasScale=0.5000

iShadowMaskQuarter=4

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0

fShadowDistance=2000.0000

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0

iAdapter=0

iSize W=1280

iSize H=800

iMultiSample=1

iMaxAnisotropy=1

iPresentInterval=1

bFull Screen=1

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

fGamma=1.0000

iShadowFilter=3

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

bTransparencyMultisampling=0

iWaterMultiSamples=0

iShadowMode=3

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

bDrawShadows=1

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

iScreenShotIndex=0

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

sD3DDevice="ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series"

[imagespace]

iRadialBlurLevel=0

bDoDepthOfField=1

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=5.2000

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.2000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Grass]

fGrassStartFadeDistance=0.0000

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000

[Decals]

bDecals=0

bSkinnedDecals=0

uMaxDecals=0

uMaxSkinDecals=0

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=0

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=12500.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=75000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=25000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=15000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.4000

bShowLODInEditor=0

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=0

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

[Launcher]

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=4

bEnableFileSelection=1

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=512

iWaterReflectWidth=512

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

[MAIN]

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

bShowCompass=1

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

[Controls]

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=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=0.5000

uID3=466532

fVal2=0.8000

uID2=554685

fVal1=0.8000

uID1=1007612

fVal0=1.0000

uID0=94881

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[General]

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40