Decrease darkness of Shadows?

[TraitorSpy]

Hi all. Using this mod list and ENB. Both of which I love.

However I find shadows WAY too dark. Maybe it is my monitor or taste but day shadows are too dark, interiors too dark and nights are IMPOSSIBLE.

Any recommendations on this?

I have already set MCM for Cathedral Weathers to Brighter. which improves it but not enough.

Thanks in advance!

[z929669]

51 minutes ago, TraitorSpy said:

Hi all. Using this mod list and ENB. Both of which I love.

However I find shadows WAY too dark. Maybe it is my monitor or taste but day shadows are too dark, interiors too dark and nights are IMPOSSIBLE.

Any recommendations on this?

I have already set MCM for Cathedral Weathers to Brighter. which improves it but not enough.

Thanks in advance!

It's probably a combination of both your monitor and tastes. First, try increasing the games brightness under 'Options'. If you use BethINI, you can also tweak your gamma. Then consider your driver software gamma and brightness that should allow you to customize by game.

As a last resort, you can tweak the ENB Ambient* under ENVIRONMENT or very slightly increase SKYLIGHTING variables for exteriors. The CW MCM option only impacts interiors.

[TadasTalalas]

10 hours ago, TraitorSpy said:

However I find shadows WAY too dark. Maybe it is my monitor or taste but day shadows are too dark, interiors too dark and nights are IMPOSSIBLE.

Same man. I just had to put up some brightness and get used to it otherwise it is impossible to see anything in dungeons. Yes I understand the logic behind it and torches and everything, but THIS dark?

9 hours ago, z929669 said:

It's probably a combination of both your monitor and tastes. First, try increasing the games brightness under 'Options'. If you use BethINI, you can also tweak your gamma. Then consider your driver software gamma and brightness that should allow you to customize by game.

As a last resort, you can tweak the ENB Ambient* under ENVIRONMENT or very slightly increase SKYLIGHTING variables for exteriors. The CW MCM option only impacts interiors.

And this advice for sure I will save as a note for next version guide.

Man, can't wait for 2.3.0!

[TraitorSpy]

17 hours ago, z929669 said:

It's probably a combination of both your monitor and tastes. First, try increasing the games brightness under 'Options'. If you use BethINI, you can also tweak your gamma. Then consider your driver software gamma and brightness that should allow you to customize by game.

As a last resort, you can tweak the ENB Ambient* under ENVIRONMENT or very slightly increase SKYLIGHTING variables for exteriors. The CW MCM option only impacts interiors.

Thanks for your advice I will try this

Assuming the plan is to improve on this for 2.3.0?

Skyrim surely needs better shadow quality and depth but to me not at the expense of being able to actually SEE.

[z929669]

9 hours ago, TraitorSpy said:

Skyrim surely needs better shadow quality and depth but to me not at the expense of being able to actually SEE.

The problem is related to hardware, software, and personal preference, unfortunately. Because these all vary to the individual. I'm pretty sure the overly-dark complaints come entirely from those using the Step ENB and possibly other ENB presets. On my setup, I can see just enough in the dark spaces, but it's obviously not the case for many others. I also like lighting realism, so I'm biased that way. I have a higher end monitor (QHD, 1440p). It's not 4K, but it's got good resolution in the extreme black/white. It's also been carefully calibrated for SSE specifically. I also have a AMD system.

It occurs to me that some of you may be using Windows HDR. I have disabled this on my system, because it does not play nicely with SSE + ENB, and I was getting pure black beyond a certain threshold (and probably pure white on the other end, but I didn't notice). Disabling HDR via Windows or third-party software fixed it. This game just does not work well with soft HDR on my system for whatever reason (or I didn't find the correct balance in my adjustments of other factors like ENB effects, monitor, and driversoft settings).

[TadasTalalas]

18 hours ago, TraitorSpy said:

Assuming the plan is to improve on this for 2.3.0?

No, I just being off-topic here