OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 16, 2013

Random Murderer said:
Dynamic brightness/contrast are turned off.
It's not the monitor, the HUD stays the same brightness.
Guess I'll try some other ENB files, but I really liked this one. This was the only thing I didn't like...

Yea not sure man I double checked I dont have the issue with my Nvidia GTX 670 still weird issue glad to know about it tho Ill see if my buddy with his 7870 can help me track down the cause.

one worth trying might be http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23812//?

radrok said:
Ray, I do get smoother shadows with ENB but at the cost of slightly pixelated self shadows on character, does this happen to you too?

Don't think I've ever seen it go over 2,8GB

As for VRAM well that's another story, check a couple of page back I think I posted a screenshot of my usage

Yes I get the Same if using ENB for shadows however by using 8192 shadow sizes with ENB I was able to fix most of that however as you can probably guess 2GB of vram was not enough.

radrok · Aug 16, 2013

Have you found a trick to reduce/remove self shadowing on actors?

There was one in Oblivion but it didn't work the time I tried on Skyrim.

crazyeyesreaper · Aug 16, 2013

change your shadow render distance

on ultra it is 8000

lower it to 5000-6000 and it will lessen the blocky shadows a bit especially with higher shadow sizes.

essentially your character is in the center and Bethesda uses stencil shadows

as such as the draw distance gets larger for shadows they get blockier as the render distance for shadows is lowered they get crisp.

I use 5500 for shadow distance with 4096 secondary size and 8192 primary with ENB and it looks good enough for what it is. No worse than other modern games.

radrok · Aug 16, 2013

Thank you Ray, I actually forgot to retweak shadows after I redid my INI.

Had the primary shadowsize set to 4096 and the secondary to 1024.

It's much better now, to the point "much" doesn't do its justice.

EDIT: Set 8192 and 4096(secondary) with 5000 shadow distance

Mussels · Nov 2, 2013

so i'm replaying this with all the DLC, and i've got a 7970GHz edition 3GB card due on monday.

what high res texture mods are out there that wont tank performance too much, but will make things prettier?

the official HD texture pack suits my needs nicely on my 1GB setup, it just misses a few things.

some recommended settings for graphics wouldnt hurt either, from someone who already has a 7970/r9 280x

Athlonite · Nov 3, 2013

search the nexus for TesV HD Texture pack there's a couple of different size packs 1 at 2048 and another at 1024 (lite)

Mussels · Nov 3, 2013

Athlonite said:
search the nexus for TesV HD Texture pack there's a couple of different size packs 1 at 2048 and another at 1024 (lite)

you pointed me at this one

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607/?

which seems to be the most popular. i'll give it a shot.

Athlonite · Nov 3, 2013

yup that's the one much nicer textures than the standard beth ones

Mussels · Nov 4, 2013

Athlonite said:
yup that's the one much nicer textures than the standard beth ones

all installed now, on the 7970

awww yeah, i can run higher settings with the 4K textures on the 7970 than i could run on the crossfire setup with standard textures. looks veeeery nice.

manofthem · Nov 4, 2013

I just installed and began playing, the first time ever since buying it in June '12 :eek:

@Mussels: I'm going to try that link you posted a few posts back, thanks.

Kusimeka · Nov 5, 2013

Hey guys, for one of my uni projects i have been tasked with creating a short film through digital means. I decided to go with in-game footage, and i felt Skyrim to probably be a good fit for this.

Could anyone recommend some good mods that i wouldn't want to miss, and that could make this a bit easier? Such as emotes, free camera movement etc?

Ahhzz · Nov 5, 2013

Kusimeka said:
....

Could anyone recommend some good mods that i wouldn't want to miss, and that could make this a bit easier? Such as emotes, free camera movement etc?

Skyrim : Gangnam Style Dance - YouTube

Irony · Nov 25, 2013

So I was looking through my steam library recently thinking I should at least start a couple of the piles of games I've never touched...then I sunk another 40 hours in skyrim. Lol. Spent all my free time the last few days installing mods I'm quite happy with it now. I still haven't done anything with the dlc I got last summer....lol. This play through I'm going to play legitamatly (no console lol)

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2013

Irony said:
So I was looking through my steam library recently thinking I should at least start a couple of the piles of games I've never touched...then I sunk another 40 hours in skyrim. Lol. Spent all my free time the last few days installing mods I'm quite happy with it now. I still haven't done anything with the dlc I got last summer....lol. This play through I'm going to play legitamatly (no console lol)

Careful or you'll end up spending more time modding the game and testing the graphics than actually playing it (been there done that myself)

Irony · Nov 25, 2013

Haha ya I know, I've only done one quest

claylomax · Nov 25, 2013

Ahhzz said:
Skyrim : Gangnam Style Dance - YouTube

That's hilarious, so funny. :laugh:

MxPhenom 216 · Nov 25, 2013

Black Panther said:
Careful or you'll end up spending more time modding the game and testing the graphics than actually playing it (been there done that myself)

That is me currently.

stinger608 · Nov 25, 2013

Mussels said:
you pointed me at this one

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607/?

which seems to be the most popular. i'll give it a shot.

Jeez, got to be a frigging member in order to download? What kind of crap is that?

BiggieShady · Nov 25, 2013

Kusimeka said:
Hey guys, for one of my uni projects i have been tasked with creating a short film through digital means. I decided to go with in-game footage, and i felt Skyrim to probably be a good fit for this.

Could anyone recommend some good mods that i wouldn't want to miss, and that could make this a bit easier? Such as emotes, free camera movement etc?

Try Driector's Tools and Puppeteer Master

Kusimeka · Nov 25, 2013

BiggieShady said:
Try Driector's Tools and Puppeteer Master

Thanks so much. Appreciate it

Depth · Nov 26, 2013

stinger608 said:
Jeez, got to be a frigging member in order to download? What kind of crap is that?

Pretty stupid, it's why I don't use that site over the Steam Workshop.

You'd think they could put up some ads for non-member downloads.

Irony · Nov 26, 2013

You dont have to pay to make an account on skyrim nexus its perfectly free. You only have to pay to use "premium" servers. Idk why anyone would do that other than to support the site

radrok · Nov 26, 2013

I bought it like six or more years ago to support nexus in its infancy, I do think it's worth it if you need downloading a lot of mods altogether.

stinger608 · Nov 26, 2013

Irony said:
You dont have to pay to make an account on skyrim nexus its perfectly free. You only have to pay to use "premium" servers. Idk why anyone would do that other than to support the site

radrok said:
I bought it like six or more years ago to support nexus in its infancy, I do think it's worth it if you need downloading a lot of mods altogether.

That is all fine and dandy but it seems like a way for a site to "sucker" in members to make it look as though they are a big site. I just don't see the need in making people "join" in order to download material.
I know a lot of sites do that but I just don't think it is right.

Ahhzz · Nov 29, 2013

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