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Any way to fix flickering shadows in Skyrim?

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11/25/11 at 6:28pm
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CCC settings are default, with morphological filtering checked. Running the 11.11a drivers. Crossfire disabled.

Also I got no mods for textures or performance or anything of that nature.

No matter what the in game settings are, the shadows flicker every 5 secs, and also the shadows are very rough looking, and blocky, no matter what setting I got the shadow detail on. Also odd, I get 45-60FPS on all settings turned up including AA and AF, and FXAA except for shadow detail, but if I put shadow detail on ultra, I get 15-20FPS in town, and the shadows don't look any better.

The shadows look so terrible, I would rather just have them turned off, so if all else fails is there a way to disable the shadows in this game?
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11/25/11 at 6:36pm
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Have you looked at some mods at skyrim nexus? Also you might want to fiddle with your Skyrim.ini
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11/25/11 at 6:45pm
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I asked on the Nexus forums if any mods fixed the shadows, and apparently not. I have also heard others with similar GPUs to me say they got no problems at all. I've been seeking a solution since release date and apparently nobody has any answers.

I would rather just disable the shadows if anyone knows how at least until Bethesda or ATI fixes this problem.
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post #4 of 6
12/20/11 at 3:33am
I also see that flickering shadow occasionally, although it usually goes away after a minute or so.
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12/20/11 at 6:23am
Considering you have a pretty high end system... try these shadow config settings (change in your SkyrimPrefs.ini). I was getting really bad flickering shadows using my previous config and I couldn't pin down the setting that was causing it. This is not a config for those who have framerate issues, as it is a little more taxing on your system! I organized my config file alphabetically so that some settings are easier to find. Keep in mind that this is my entire INI file, so copy and paste at your own risk (and I recommend making a backup of your original config file before doing so). At the very least, if you are going to copy the whole thing, make sure you change your resolution and sD3DDevice to match your system... AND MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR INI TO READ-ONLY(this is very important so that the game does not overwrite some of these values once you start the game). Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
[Display]
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
bFull Screen=1
bFXAAEnabled=0
bMainZPrepass=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=1
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
fDecalLOD1=4000.0000
fDecalLOD2=5500.0000
fDefault1stPersonFOV=80.0000
fDefaultWorldFOV=80
fGamma=0.8400
fInteriorShadowDistance=2800.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fLightLODStartFade=6500.0000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=9999999.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=6844.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=9999999.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=4048.0000
fShadowBiasScale=0.6000
fShadowDistance=2800.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=600.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=3000.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999.0000
iActorShadowCountExt=6
iActorShadowCountInt=6
iAdapter=0
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=4
iMaxAnisotropy=16
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMultiSample=8
iPresentInterval=1
iScreenShotIndex=23
iShadowFilter=4
iShadowMapResolution=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMaskQuarter=5
iShadowMode=4
iShadowSplitCount=2
iSize H=900
iSize W=1440
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=4
sD3DDevice="ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series"
[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=150.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=150.0000
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=150.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=18000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=24000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=500.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=1000
uMaxSkinDecals=100
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
[TerrainManager]
bShowLODInEditor=0
fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=4
[Water]
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0
bForceHighDetailReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024
[MAIN]
bCrosshairEnabled=1
bGamepadEnable=0
bSaveOnPause=0
bSaveOnRest=1
bSaveOnTravel=0
bSaveOnWait=1
fHUDOpacity=0.7000
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=3
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=0
bGeneralSubtitles=0
bShowCompass=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
[Controls]
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bGamePadRumble=0
bInvertYValues=0
bMouseAcceleration=0
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0220
fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200
fMouseHeadingYScale=0.0200
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1000
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal0=1.0000
fVal1=0.8000
fVal2=0.8000
fVal3=0.5000
fVal4=1.0000
fVal5=1.0000
fVal6=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID0=94881
uID1=1007612
uID2=554685
uID3=466532
uID4=0
uID5=0
uID6=0
uID7=0
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[General]
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=0
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40
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3/14/12 at 4:19pm
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CCC settings are default, with morphological filtering checked. Running the 11.11a drivers. Crossfire disabled.
Also I got no mods for textures or performance or anything of that nature.
No matter what the in game settings are, the shadows flicker every 5 secs, and also the shadows are very rough looking, and blocky, no matter what setting I got the shadow detail on. Also odd, I get 45-60FPS on all settings turned up including AA and AF, and FXAA except for shadow detail, but if I put shadow detail on ultra, I get 15-20FPS in town, and the shadows don't look any better.
The shadows look so terrible, I would rather just have them turned off, so if all else fails is there a way to disable the shadows in this game?

Yes, Yes there is!!

Try my skyrim.ini and prefs, bare in mind my ugrids are set to 7.

Shadows are smoother, darker and dont flicker.

skyrim prefs.zip 3k .zip file
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