Grass lighting problem

[r1deR]

Hello.

 

My problem is with grass. It does not reflect light(from torches, lanterns...):

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/157222

It's only affecting grass. Trees and other plants behave as they should.

 

I used google to fix the problem but it didn't work out well... ;/

I've found a few topics around the web about this problem but there weren't many, so I'm guessing it's only affecting some of the users, not all. Am I wrong?

 

Specs: i7-2600k 3.4GHz, 8 Gigs of RAM, GeForce GTX 580(driver:306.23, on previous versions had same problem)

Mods I use: well.. plenty but worth mentioning are Lush Grass, Vurt's Flora Overhaul, and newest RCRN(before I used CoT and RLWC - same problem), also ENB 0.119 and other hires texture packs like Skyrim HD. Disabling them doesn't change anything.

 

I'd appreciate any help, thanks.

[r1deR]

Bump...

 

I've made clean install today and played a little. Unfortunately grass is still a problem. In vanilla Skyrim it's less noticeable but it's not fixed. I started new character, without any mods, so it's not a mod or save related bug. I repeat question: Is this happening to everyone, or it's only for "the chosen"?

[spanian77]

Hi to save you from your trouble..is a vanilla buggy visual issue that -maybe- missed on purpose by Bethesda devs.Actually I 've searched a bit these bug and the plant textures are getting the light changing from external lights like torches but not a single grass texture does.

 

Maybe something that can't be solved due to limitations of the engine.

Edited November 5, 2012 by spanian77

[Deleted1867404User]

This is one of the things that make me do not play the game during night times.

Using a torch and seeing the grass all black just makes me want to quit the game.

 

I even took this picture

to show how the grass in the left of the screen just ignores the light from the torch.

 

I use The Wilds ENB which is gorgeous. Makes the Skyrim looks like a much more modern game.

But the grass do not react to light.....such a bummer....

 

I notice that only the very low grass has this issue kinda of a the performance grass i guess.

So i think the only fix would replace this kind of grass with some other with a actual mesh.

 

Probably would make performance a lot worse but i don't really care.

I rather lower my settings so that the game is less unbalance.

 

What i do find interesting is that pretty much people do not notice that.

Even when i talked to Vurt from flora overhal and he never notice that.

He sad that would take a look but he is kinda of busy with other stuff now.

 

Thats gotta be a way to fix that.

[Bl4deRunner]

I know it's an old post but I noticed that magic light, like mage-light or candle-light, DOES cast light on otherwise black grass at nights.

So, knowing this, maybe it's possible to create torches that call the a "magic-light" function?

 

 

http://s5.postimg.org/fsrzfgi6b/enb_2015_05_20_22_24_23_67.jpg

http://s5.postimg.org/3pmnrw743/enb_2015_05_20_22_25_07_64.jpg

[LordRat]

^ I think that this might work.

 

 

 

This bug is bothering me for a while. :/

[Skybroom]

Do we have any progress here? :smile:

Edited January 17, 2019 by Skybroom

[seigneur]

Still no solution huh?.. It would be helpful if someone make a lantern that is showing like a conventional lantern but internally functioning as mage-light.

[Hannibal139]

Changing disabling/enabling below lines in skyrimprefs.ini may help

 

bTreesReceiveShadows =1

bDrawLandShadows =1

bDrawShadows =1

bShadowsOnGrass =1

 

I would start with last one first then the second, if last one doesn't work.

 

1 is for enabling and 0 is for disabling.

 

Suggestion: use quick light mod, it gives you lantern or magelight which sticks with you indefinitely unless toggled off

[UpstairsEmpire]

If anyone still has this issue, you need to turn on ENBSeries.ini > EFFECT > Enable Complex Grass. 

Fixed it for me.