Removing shadows

[John Las]

Is there a way to remove shadows altogether.

or atleast remove shadows on character faces and body.

I tried everything but nothing is working.

[flatliner10]

Go to your Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition MAKE BACKUP of SkyrimPrefs.ini

Then perform the following changes, it disables all shadows:

fShadowDistance=0.0000

fInteriorShadowDistance=0.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=0.0000

iShadowMaskQuarter=3

iShadowMapResolution=1

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

 

Save and set the file "read only"

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[John Las]

On 10/21/2017 at 10:03 PM, flatliner10 said:

Go to your Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition MAKE BACKUP of SkyrimPrefs.ini

Then perform the following changes, it disables all shadows:

 

fShadowDistance=0.0000

fInteriorShadowDistance=0.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=0.0000

iShadowMaskQuarter=3

iShadowMapResolution=1

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bDrawLandShadows=0

 

Save and set the file "read only"

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I use mod organizer so I should be only editing the skyrimprefs ini  on the profile section.

 

I tried all of that, I get weird flickery shadows. They haven't been removed. 

I use no lighting/weather mod.

 

 

 

 

This is what my skyrim ini and  skyrim prefs look like:

 

SKYRIM INI

 

[Actor]

bUseNavMeshForMovement=0

 

[Animation]

fMaxFrameCounterDifferenceToConsiderVisible=0.06666667

 

[Archive]

bInvalidateOlderFiles=1

bLoadArchiveInMemory=1

sArchiveToLoadInMemoryList=Skyrim - Animations.bsa

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes0.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices_en0.bsa, Skyrim - Textures0.bsa, Skyrim - Textures1.bsa, Skyrim - Textures2.bsa, Skyrim - Textures3.bsa, Skyrim - Textures4.bsa, Skyrim - Textures5.bsa, Skyrim - Textures6.bsa, Skyrim - Textures7.bsa, Skyrim - Textures8.bsa, Skyrim - Patch.bsa

 

[Audio]

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

 

[Camera]

fMouseWheelZoomSpeed=10.00

 

[Combat]

f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

f1PBoltTiltUpAngle=0.7

f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=2.5

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

 

[Controls]

fMouseHeadingSensitivityMax=0.0625

fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200

fMouseHeadingYScale=0.8500

 

[Decals]

uMaxSkinDecalPerActor=60

 

[Display]

bVolumetricLightingDisableInterior=0

fDDOFFocusCenterweightExt=2

fDOFMaxDepthParticipation=10000

fDynamicDOFFarBlur=0.4

fFirstSliceDistance=2000.0000

fLightLODRange=810

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0

fSparklesIntensity=0.3

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0

fSunUpdateThreshold=0.5

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999.0000

 

[General]

sIntroSequence=

sLanguage=ENGLISH

sTestFile1=Dawnguard.esm

sTestFile2=HearthFires.esm

sTestFile3=Dragonborn.esm

uExterior Cell Buffer=108

uInterior Cell Buffer=12

iPreloadSizeLimit=524288000

uGridsToLoad=5

 

 

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

 

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=0

bAllowLoadGrass=0

bDrawShaderGrass=0

fGrassFadeRange=1500

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=2

iMinGrassSize=20

 

[HAVOK]

fMaxTime=0.01666667

fMaxTimeComplex=0.03333333

 

[Imagespace]

iRadialBlurLevel=2

 

[Interface]

bShowTutorials=0

 

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

 

[LightingShader]

fDecalLODFadeEnd=0.5

fDecalLODFadeStart=0.45

 

[LOD]

fDistanceMultiplier=1.00

 

[MapMenu]

fMapWorldMaxPitch=90

fMapWorldMinPitch=0

fMapWorldYawRange=400

 

[Papyrus]

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableProfiling=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=2000

 

[Trees]

fUpdateBudget=0

 

 

SKYRIM PREFS INI

 

[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

 

[Bethesda.net]

uPersistentUuidData0=579624045

uPersistentUuidData1=3019259936

uPersistentUuidData2=2887704012

uPersistentUuidData3=532433232

 

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

 

[Controls]

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bGamePadRumble=1

bInvertYValues=0

bUseKinect=0

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=0.6667

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

 

[Decals]

bDecals=0

bSkinnedDecals=0

uMaxDecals=0

uMaxSkinDecals=0

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=0

 

[Display]

bBorderless=1

bDrawLandShadows=0

bDeferredShadow=0

bEnableImprovedSnow=0

bEnableProjecteUVDiffuseNormals=0

bForceCreateTarget=0

bFull Screen=0

bFXAAEnabled=0

bIBLFEnable=0

bIndEnable=0

bSAO_CS_Enable=0

bSAOEnable=1

bScreenSpaceReflectionEnabled=0

bToggleSparkles=0

bTreesReceiveShadows=0

bUse64bitsHDRRenderTarget=0

bUsePrecipitationOcclusion=0

bUseTAA=0

bVolumetricLightingEnable=0

fDynamicDOFBlurMultiplier=0.6000

ffocusShadowMapDoubleEveryXUnit=450.0000

fGamma=1.4000

fInteriorShadowDistance=2800.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fLightLODStartFade=90.0000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4000.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1600.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fProjectedUVDiffuseNormalTilingScale=0.2000

fProjectedUVNormalDetailTilingScale=0.8000

fShadowDistance=0.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999.0000

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iNumFocusShadow=1

iNumSplits=2

iReflectionResolutionDivider=2

iSaveGameScreenShotHeight=192

iSaveGameScreenShotHeighWSt=192

iSaveGameScreenShotWidth=256

iSaveGameScreenShotWidthWS=320

iScreenShotIndex=0

iShadowMapResolution=1

iShadowMaskQuarter=3

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0

iSize H=450

iSize W=800

iVolumetricLightingQuality=0

iVSyncPresentInterval=1

uBookRatio=2

iAdapter=0

 

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

 

[General]

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

fLightingOutputColourClampPostEnv=1.0000

fLightingOutputColourClampPostLit=1.0000

fLightingOutputColourClampPostSpec=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

uLargeRefLODGridSize=5

 

[Grass]

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=4500.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000

fGrassStartFadeDistance=500.0000

 

[Imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=0

bLensFlare=0

 

[Interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=1

bGeneralSubtitles=1

bShowCompass=1

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

 

[Launcher]

sD3DDevice="Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600"

uLastAspectRatio=1

 

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultActors=5.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=1.5000

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=5.0000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

 

[MAIN]

bCrosshairEnabled=1

bGamepadEnable=1

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnRest=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000

 

[NavMesh]

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fPointSize=2.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

 

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=6000

 

[SaveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=60.0000

 

[TerrainManager]

bShowLODInEditor=1

fBlockLevel0Distance=15000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=25000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=0.5000

fTreeLoadDistance=12500.0000

 

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=0

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

 

[Water]

bUseWaterDepth=1

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

 

 

I also use Beth INI and clicked the remove shadows function. Nothing worked.

[flatliner10]

Wow over 1 Month response time...feels like talking to the Support of EA^^

You are aware that i cannot see any flickering in a static screenshot right ? maybe it is not even shadow what is flickering, but Faendal looks hideous like this.

 

However your:

On 8/31/2018 at 5:50 AM, John Las said:

fInteriorShadowDistance=2800.0000

Is not at 0 and...

On 10/22/2017 at 7:03 AM, flatliner10 said:

fShadowLODStartFade=0.0000

Is not present

 

 

 

If this dos not work, try to add:

bDrawShadows=0
iShadowMode=0

and consider setting 

On 8/31/2018 at 5:50 AM, John Las said:

ffocusShadowMapDoubleEveryXUnit=450.0000

and

On 8/31/2018 at 5:50 AM, John Las said:

iNumFocusShadow=1

and

On 8/31/2018 at 5:50 AM, John Las said:

fDecalLODFadeEnd=0.5

fDecalLODFadeStart=0.45

to 0 as well, (one after another) you should have backups of your config files right?

 

If nothing works i am at loss, maybe it is not even the shadows that causes this, why do you want to completely disable shadows in the first place?

Can't be a performance thing judging by your other settings.

 

[John Las]

On 9/5/2018 at 11:56 AM, flatliner10 said:

Wow over 1 Month response time...feels like talking to the Support of EA^^

You are aware that i cannot see any flickering in a static screenshot right ? maybe it is not even shadow what is flickering, but Faendal looks hideous like this.

 

However your:

Is not at 0 and...

Is not present

 

 

 

If this dos not work, try to add:

bDrawShadows=0
iShadowMode=0

and consider setting 

and

and

to 0 as well, (one after another) you should have backups of your config files right?

 

If nothing works i am at loss, maybe it is not even the shadows that causes this, why do you want to completely disable shadows in the first place?

Can't be a performance thing judging by your other settings.

 

 

I'm not sure why you are being a little bit hostile all of a sudden but okay. With that said I do appreciate that you're trying to help me with the shadow issues.

 

It's a shadow stripping bug. I had to restart all over again.

 

I got it working through trial and error but it wasn't from the steps you made. Apparently I had to delete the ini file from the main game and changing some of the sliders from the launcher for it to work. Which is weird since I usually relied on beth ini to do it.

 

I want to completely disable shadows because it looks hideous and takes off performance. I use enbs without shadows, but with lighting/weather mods. 

Also I'm quite new to editing ini files so performance qualitiy is  indeed a big reason.

 

 

 

[flatliner10]

13 hours ago, John Las said:

I'm not sure why you are being a little bit hostile all of a sudden but okay.

That wasn't meant to sound overly hostile, hence the smiley, but after not getting a response for... uhm... almost 10 Months (it this right?) i could not resist dashing out a little jab.?

13 hours ago, John Las said:

I usually relied on beth ini to do it.

I'm not a fan of this tool, makes some weird settings and cause a lot problems.

The last time i used it an tried to disable all forms of anti aliasing, i could no longer use autosave and quicksave, and could only get rid of the issues by deleting the ini's,

and start from scratch.