Tree Lighting Gltich

[zsark]

So I'm not sure if this is the "too many light sources" issue or if it's an issue with ENB  or something else but some of my trees shadows are popping in and out of existence at weird times. Pic 1 https://imgur.com/JrhmCOH no shadows/light shadows. Pic 2 https://imgur.com/hjMgst7 shadows/extra dark shadows. I thought HQ Bark pine tree meshes were causing issues but after uninstalling that there is no difference. (Regenerated texgen and lod) Using ENB Binaries .466 with Silent Horzions ENB for CW. This isn't just in this spot but I've noticed the pine trees are especially buggy. Other trees seem to be ok going to do some more testing.

SkyrimPrefs.ini Skyrim.ini SkyrimCustom.ini plugins.txt modlist.txt

Edited January 8, 2022 by zsark

[z929669]

2 hours ago, zsark said:

So I'm not sure if this is the "too many light sources" issue or if it's an issue with ENB  or something else but some of my trees shadows are popping in and out of existence at weird times. Pic 1 https://imgur.com/JrhmCOH no shadows/light shadows. Pic 2 https://imgur.com/hjMgst7 shadows/extra dark shadows. I thought HQ Bark pine tree meshes were causing issues but after uninstalling that there is no difference. (Regenerated texgen and lod) Using ENB Binaries .466 with Silent Horzions ENB for CW. This isn't just in this spot but I've noticed the pine trees are especially buggy. Other trees seem to be ok going to do some more testing.

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It's difficult to know what the problem is from screens, especially when they are different magnification. A video would show what you mean, I think.

To test if it's ENB, load and toggle ENB off using shift+F12 and test like taht to see if it goes away. It's probably not ENB though.

If you are using SSE FPS Stabilizer, that adjusts INI settings dynamically and could cause such issues.

[zsark]

1 hour ago, z929669 said:

It's difficult to know what the problem is from screens, especially when they are different magnification. A video would show what you mean, I think.

To test if it's ENB, load and toggle ENB off using shift+F12 and test like taht to see if it goes away. It's probably not ENB though.

If you are using SSE FPS Stabilizer, that adjusts INI settings dynamically and could cause such issues.

I removed that mod but it still happens, regardless of whether enb is on or not. https://imgur.com/j5bzRh7 Here's a video showcasing the issue. 

[z929669]

21 minutes ago, zsark said:

I removed that mod but it still happens, regardless of whether enb is on or not. https://imgur.com/j5bzRh7 Here's a video showcasing the issue. 

Got it. That is odd. I'm guessing it's an INI setting with a really short distance. @DoubleYou may know. Check your tree INI settings. The tree settings guide may help.

[DoubleYou]

You have some fancy INI tweaks there. Not sure what you were trying to accomplish, but setting the following in Skyrim.ini will very likely fix your issue.

[Display]
bDirShadowMapFullViewPort=1
fMaxHeightShadowCastingTrees=5000.0000

 

[zsark]

52 minutes ago, DoubleYou said:

You have some fancy INI tweaks there. Not sure what you were trying to accomplish, but setting the following in Skyrim.ini will very likely fix your issue.

[Display]
bDirShadowMapFullViewPort=1
fMaxHeightShadowCastingTrees=5000.0000

 

Yea I used BethINI and it made a lot of changes I wasn't really aware of. Luckily I had Ini's from another profile that were pretty close to vanilla. Added the suggested lines and it fixed the problem. Many thanks. Here's my current ini's in case anyone runs across this because they have the same issue.

SkyrimPrefs.ini SkyrimCustom.ini Skyrim.ini

[DoubleYou]

I assure you that BethINI did not add those lines, as I am the author. You likely had added them yourself, but didn't set the INIs to Default before applying your preset. 

[poepkat]

Holy crap, I was facing the EXACT same issue, and I was testing it in the exact same spot. STEP is a godsend!