Totally solved (thanks to the heroes of STEP) - STEP Extended (full) : horizontal lines in the distance (far away)

[PingouinMalin]

Hi,

 

I have completed the STEP Extended and I have, as far as I know respected every advice and order given and my game is running quite smoothly (it uses the full 2gb on my GTX 760 graphic card but I guess it is normal), apart from on slight problem. I have not added anything yet to it (no Enb for instance).

 

As shown here :

 

 

 

or here :

 

 

It does not appear to be visible on rocks or trees or water. Only ground (or grass maybe ?).

 

 

I think this is unrelated but I see kind of lines too on people with dark skin :

 

 

and

 

 

 

Fair Skinned people do not have this problem (or it is not visible).

 

 

Anyone has any idea what the problem might be ?

Edited August 28, 2014 by PingouinMalin

[DoubleYou]

Try these shadow settings and see if the issue is resolved:

 

fShadowDistance=4000.0000fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000fShadowBiasScale=1.0000iBlurDeferredShadowMask=4iShadowMapResolution=2048iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048iShadowSplitCount=2iShadowFilter=3iShadowMode=3iShadowMaskQuarter=4bShadowMaskZPrepass=0bDeferredShadows=1bDrawShadows=1bFloatPointRenderTarget=0

 

Of course, change bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 if ENB is enabled.

[PingouinMalin]

I doubt it as it clearly concerns grass and snow in the distance only. Not rocks, not trees, not water or sky.

 

On the second pic, try looking around the crosshair : it is all around there. I'll try uploading something better.

[PingouinMalin]

DoubleYou : I just tried your settings, but it did not work.

 

It's hard to be sure but the effect almost looks worse (more visible) when moving the sight horizontally. It does not flicker but nearly.

 

 

I tried better but STEAM takes pretty crappy pics and the faded colors of Skyrim do not help. There is a tower in the distance, in the center of the pic. Right under it, slightly on the right is a zone where the lines can be seen (if you have good eyes, I'll admit).

 

[TechAngel85]

They're there... https://oi60.tinypic.com/apfnfk.jpg

 

EDIT:

If it were a monitor issue it wouldn't be picked up by the screenshot since a monitor issue would be hardware related. The fact that it is seen in the shots rules that out.

 

It's only on the ground....I'm at a bit of a loss here since everything we've tried as failed.

[PingouinMalin]

Ok : I am not crazy. That's good. I have a bug. Not so good.

[PingouinMalin]

I've been wondering if the optimization with DDSopt could be the source of the problem. I had no clue whatsoever of something gone wrong and I dutifully respected every step but still.

 

Bah, this week-end I wanted to try to install Revisited anyway. I might just as well also try unchecking checking every mod on my extended install, just in case. Especially the "distant" ones.

[z929669]

They're there... https://oi60.tinypic.com/apfnfk.jpg

 

Can you provide a pointer or two? I guess I am blind and/or my work monitor sucks, because I can't see any lines at all :P (I even downloaded the image and am looking at it in better detail)

[PingouinMalin]

Around the crosshair and all between said crosshair and the fort on the right. Subtle, but real and quite annoying during game.

[TechAngel85]

Full Image: https://i.imgur.com/bRgoa4o.png

 

I blew it up for the old eyes in the room...

[DoubleYou]

I see it. That is most strange. I've never seen it before. Is it there in Vanilla?

[PingouinMalin]

I had not seen the Camo mammoth and its giant friend !  

 

I should have tought about zooming out of game. I tried TFC in-game to see if I could see those lines from closer if the game stopped loading textures, but didn't work.

[PingouinMalin]

That's kind of funny : it is indeed there in Vanilla with the three DLCs and HRDLCs activated.

 

So it does not come from a mod. My inis or a hardware fault I guess.

[z929669]

OK, NOW I see it ... I just did not zoom in enough o_O

 

Very strange. I have not seen this before. It looks like a brick wall pattern superimposed on mid-distance landscapes --but not rocks, trees, water or sky-- so it is probably a LOD issue or something to do with the terrain textures.

 

To rule out video-card artifacting, I would test with unaltered versions of all terrain textures. Is Terrain Bump installed? Could you remove any mods that provide terrain and see if this persists?

 

EDIT:

Seems like video card artifacts. Probably not INI settings. Load up Vanilla Oblivion or Fallout if you have them and check there.

[phazer11]

I think it's the earth option for Enhanced Distant Terrain 1 that's the culprit. How far out are you rendering grass?

[PingouinMalin]

I thought so too : I tried grass and it changed nothing. Not that I see it in vanilla, of course, the other mods are out.

 

z929669 : I'm gonna try that. Have to install Oblivion first (and I'm going to bed, it is almost midnight here) and I'll keep you informed. Thanks to everybody for helping.