Shadow flickering on the terrian in Skyrim

[KrazeeMan]

Hey guys,

 

Ok, so I've had this problem for quite sometime and it is really irritating to look at. I'm running Skyrim on high settings and the game runs smoothly. However, the shadows on the building, rocks, and trees continue to flicker. I don't know how to describe it. I've deleted all my mods, removed my ENB, and reinstalled the game twice and still nothing has changed. Does anyone how to fix this problem?

 

EDIT: The problem has been fixed! fixed this issue by updating my out-of-date graphics card. =D

 

Edit: Here's a video on YouTube recording the shadow issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxvKmCCgnd4

 

 

 

Here's what my SkyrimPrefs looks like...

 

[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

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=8

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

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

Edited July 27, 2012 by KrazeeMan

[blitzen]

Are you referring to the shadow movement that occurs when the game updates the position of the shadows based upon the changing sun location? Or is it something you see while moving around? If it is the former, you can experiment with the following configuration parameters:

 

[DISPLAY]

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.10

fSunUpdateThreshold=2.0

[KrazeeMan]

Are you referring to the shadow movement that occurs when the game updates the position of the shadows based upon the changing sun location? Or is it something you see while moving around? If it is the former, you can experiment with the following configuration parameters:

 

[DISPLAY]

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.10

fSunUpdateThreshold=2.0

 

EDIT: Here's a video onto YouTube recording the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxvKmCCgnd4

 

It's something I see while I'm moving around and even when I move my camera around while standing still. I'll try and record it with FRAPS and upload it onto the post if I can. By the way, I can't find fSunShadowUpdateTime or fSunUpdateThreshold in my SkyrimPrefs.

Edited July 27, 2012 by KrazeeMan