oblivion npc shadows

agnes · 25 Jul 2007 at 12:58

now, i can run the game at max everything and still get well over 80 fps all the time, indoors and out doors, have max view distance as well, no mods as i just had to reinstall it because i thought i had a problem with it.

but it turns out when i have int. ext. shadows enabled (for npc shadows) it blows my fps down to about 50 ish when there are more than 2 npc's on my display.... this is really odd, as it happened in xp and vista now, im wondering, for my rig, should this really be a problem? if not, then is there a way to stop it?

ags

Lyon85 · 25 Jul 2007 at 13:51

I'm not sure if that drop is serious or not, but I remember when tweaking the game there are two element that should typically be removed: Grass shadows and NPC shadows.

I imagine it is normal, Oblivion is a bit of a hog.

agnes · 25 Jul 2007 at 18:29

cheers, bumped the npc shadows down totally, im in it for gameplay, not visuals, so shadows arnt really that important, grass and tree shadows dont affect it what so ever, min fps is 80ish now no matter how many npc's

ags

LoadsaMoney · 25 Jul 2007 at 20:54

It must have been a right lag fest at about 50+, id have gone and made a cup of tea or something while waiting for him to move.

MNuTz · 25 Jul 2007 at 21:01

i get real problems with npc shadows on their faces when chatting, no lag but they are really jaggy.

agnes · 26 Jul 2007 at 00:17

oh aye, i noticed that, but then realised, a game of that proportion on a pc with highest of quality with detailed soft shadows.... tough one to crack, so i put up with it, but with shadows off, you dont get any of that.

ags

titaniumx3 · 26 Jul 2007 at 00:49

I turned off the shadows on NPCs too, i.e. the shadows that show up on peoples faces and make em look all fugly. No point keeping them on imho.