Skyrim mod issues.

[AleksanderDev]

Hey guys. Just got my brand new computer so had to take up skyrim and all its beauty again :D

After researching, downloading mods and tweaking ini files.

I'm pretty happy with my results. But still some things i need to fix.

 

For load order i used boss seems to work pretty good as the game is very stable.

Problems:

1. Im using RCRN pure and quite happy with it. But got some problems with shadow in the castle mod LC Become King of Riverhelm.

Her u can see the weird shadow pattern on the cabinet among other things. I haven't encounter'd this problem else where so might just be some weird light sources in his castle. (see big picture to see the weird shadows.

http://i.imgur.com/Zh6DY.jpg

 

The ppl in the background is almost 100% black. Close up they are black as it would be if there was a really strong light source right behind theme but there is non. Just a window, but this shouldn't be that strong.

http://i.imgur.com/GeaIN.jpg

 

 

For the ini i did a lot of the tweaking myself at first, but than i came across http://donotargue.com/cfg-makers/skyrim/ (skyrim ini creator)

Which i found very usefull and easy to use, i maxed everything there was to max according this his terpetation of what the settings dose and what makes the best settings for the highest quality.

But now i got an issue with the sun i dont actually see the sun and the sun light. Not sure how good the RCRN dos it with the sun but i saw this video on youtube and want something close to it.

 

Hers what iv got now with no sun just a big wide bright light

http://i.imgur.com/voncL.jpg

I think it might be an ini setting from the donotargue ini creater that makes it so bright and over bloomed if that's correct .

Iv tried look into the ini but im not that familiar with it so help would be appreciated.

Before i got the new ini, i was really happy about my far away mountain landscapes, it had really nice sky/fog effect around theme. But they are gone now with the new ini.

How can i get those back?

Edit: Changed the fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=15000 to 45000 and my god what a difference :P That problem solved. (low quality pic.)

http://i.imgur.com/w2qvY.jpg

 

I downloaded the whitrun enhancer mod making it quite beatifull but the grass on the walk way is way weird. Its reflection light. See picture

http://i.imgur.com/lkmLg.jpg

Is there a grass mod that would make the pathway grass her to acutally be short strawed grass?

 

Iv tried to make the distant lands objects of skyrim as good as it can get.

I was so frustrated with the waterfalls becoming static and ugly, but got to increas the range a bit at which they are dynamic but still not happy.

Iv got ugrid load to 11 and its been stable so far :)

got Distant lod enhancment mods aswell, but not happy with those ither.

if needed i can upload or share my ini settings.

I will be eternally great full for any help :D

Edit:Listed my ini files benith my specs.

Iv encounted some lags now, whats the most demanding settings in the ini? Iv set stuff rly hige without getting lags but think iv went a little overboard with some settings.

When i face fog/light and shadow i get some lags.

 

Specs:

Z77Sabertooth

I7 3770K

Asus 680 Direct CU II

Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866

Storm Trooper Case

 

Monitors:

Asus VG278H 27" 3d nvidia 2 vison

BenQ GW2750 x2

(my GPU's HDMI port was faulty when i got it so still havent tested surround vision :( )

 

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Edited August 27, 2012 by AleksanderDev