Skyrim Very High Quality Graphical Tweaks v0.21 BETA By DeeZ

TITLE: Skyrim Very High Quality Graphical Tweaks v0.21 BETA By DeeZaster
DATE: 12/03/2011 3:00pm
LAST EDIT: 12/17/2011 9:30am

Recommended Specs For These Tweaks:

CPU:
        · Quad Core @ 3ghz or higher.

RAM:
        · 8gb or higher.

VIDEO:
        · Nvidia 470 1280mb or higher.

OS:
        · Windows 7 Ultimate/Business 64bit (x64) or better.

Here is my beta tweaks settings for Skyrim.  These are the Very High Quality version, other ones will be posted soon, those would be Max Performance and a few in between.  These tweaks are considered in testing, as in I'm testing them and making changes often and I will only post updates if there is an improvement I have found and want others to try as well.  Make sure you copy and paste from the bottom window (the one that shows RAW Paste Data) or else the carriage returns will not work for your paste annd each line with contain the number line as well, making it a bitch to remove them all.  Also note there is TWO files here, so make sure you copy and paste the correct info for each file.  If you have any suggestions or comments, I can be reached at deezaster76 {AT} hotmail.com.

v0.21 NOTES:

Huge update here, mainly to shadows, both interior and exterior.  Basically they are much more crisp looking, some may find the previous ones, while being a softer effect, more appealing.  Also its important to note that ugrids have been changed.  This updates how many blocks/grids are loaded with all these tweaks applied that you can see, further out ones will have quality reduced, even from default settings normally found here.  The important thing to note is, if you use this tweak and save your game, and want to go back to 5 ugrids because your system is chugging, you MUST follow the steps found here: http://pastebin.com/EKhPbacZ.  Test and enjoy.

*IMPORTANT*:
BELOW FOR FILE 1 (LINE 19) AND FILE 2 (LINE 113), FROM YOUR ORIGINAL FILE COPY THE WHOLE LINE sD3DDevice= THAT HAS YOUR DISPLAY CARD LISTED.
YOU SHOULD COPY THIS INTO THE NEW FILE, SO SKYRIM DOESN'T TRY AND RESET YOUR SETTINGS!

FILE 1 - SKYRIM.INI
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[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH
uExterior Cell Buffer=64
uGridsToLoad=7
fDefaultFOV=140
fDefaultWorldFOV=140
fDefault1stPersonFOV=140
[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
bAllowScreenshot=1
bActorSelfShadowing=1
bUseSunbeams=1
bSimpleLighting=0
bEquippedTorchesCastShadows=1
bUseThreadedMorpher=1
bUseThreadedMeshes=1
bUseThreadedTextures=1
[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0
[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
bGrassPointLighting=1
bDrawShaderGrass=1
[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.
[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa
[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1
bForceHighDetailReflections=1
bUseWaterReflectionBlur=1
bReflectExplosions=1
iWaterBlurAmount=6
bUseWaterShader=1
bUseWaterLOD=1
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=1
[LOD]
bUseThreadedLOD=1
[Decals]
bUseThreadedBlood=1
[Particles]
bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1
[Trees]
bUseMultiThreadedTrees=1
bEnableTreeAnimations=1
[Controls]
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FILE 2 - SkyrimPrefs.ini:

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[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=0
fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000
fShadowDistance=8000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=16
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=4
fDecalLOD2=9000.0000
fDecalLOD1=6000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=6000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=6000.0000
fLightLODStartFade=6000.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=0
iWaterMultiSamples=0
iMultiSample=1
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1200
iSize W=1920
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=4500.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=6000.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=0.7500
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1.0000
iScreenShotIndex=3
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570"
bFXAAEnabled=1
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=0
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=6000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0120
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=0
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=10000
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=1.0000
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.4000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
uID1=554685
fVal0=0.8000
uID0=1007612
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=70000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=35000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=255
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=255
uMaxSkinDecals=255
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=255
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=4
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
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