ShadowsExteriors
Main
Quality
Quality preset - 0: Low, 1: Medium, 2: High, 3: Full, 4: Custom
Default: 4
Enabled
Enable sun shadows using rendered shadow maps.
Default: true
Darkness
Darkness of shadows.
Default: 0.75
NightMinDarkness
Darkness of shadows during dark moon phase. Set to 0 to disable shadows completely when there is no moon.
Default: 0.35
OrthoMapResolution
Resolution of the texture used to store the ortho map.
Default: 256
OrthoRadius
Max distance for rendering of ortho map.
Default: 8000
UsePointShadowsDay
Whether to cast shadows from point lights. Requires a slight darkening of the entire screen.
Default: false
UsePointShadowsNight
Whether to cast shadows from point lights during Nights. Requires a slight darkening of the entire screen.
Default: false
SunSmoothing
SmoothSun
Smooth the sun rotation by interpolating between positions.
Default: 1
QuantizeSun
Quantize the sun rotation by making sure the sun moves in constant size increments, instead of constantly.
Default: 1
SmoothingFactor
[0.0-1.0] Lower number means slower smoothing between positions, higher means more instantenous.
Default: 0.1
YawStepSize
[0.0-15.0] Step size for changes in the horizontal rotation of the sun, angle in degrees.
Default: 1.0
PitchStepSize
[0.0-15.0] Step size for changes in the vertical rotation of the sun, angle in degrees.
Default: 0.25
MaxJumpAngle
[5.0-30.0] A maximum angle difference for which smoothing works, if higher the jump is instaneous. Required for time jumps / waiting.
Default: 5.0
FormsNear
Activators
Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Actors
Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
AlphaEnabled
Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Apparatus
Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Books
Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Containers
Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Doors
Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Furniture
Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Lod
Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
MinRadius
Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.
Default: 1.0
Misc
Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Statics
Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Terrain
Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Trees
Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
FormsMiddle
Activators
Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Actors
Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
AlphaEnabled
Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Apparatus
Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Books
Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Containers
Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Doors
Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Furniture
Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Lod
Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
MinRadius
Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.
Default: 1.0
Misc
Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Statics
Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Terrain
Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Trees
Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
FormsFar
Activators
Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Actors
Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
AlphaEnabled
Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Apparatus
Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Books
Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Containers
Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Doors
Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Furniture
Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Lod
Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
MinRadius
Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.
Default: 10.0
Misc
Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Statics
Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Terrain
Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Trees
Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
FormsLod
Activators
Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Actors
Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
AlphaEnabled
Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Apparatus
Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Books
Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Containers
Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Doors
Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Furniture
Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Lod
Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
MinRadius
Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.
Default: 10.0
Misc
Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: false
Statics
Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Terrain
Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
Trees
Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.
Default: true
FormsOrtho
Activators
Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Actors
Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
AlphaEnabled
Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Apparatus
Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Books
Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Containers
Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Doors
Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Furniture
Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
Lod
Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: false
MinRadius
Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the ortho map.
Default: 1.0
Misc
Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering ortho map.
Default: true
Statics
Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering ortho map.
Default: true
Terrain
Whether to include Terrain when rendering ortho map.
Default: true
Trees
Whether to include Trees when rendering ortho map.
Default: true
ScreenSpace
BlurRadius
Blur strength for denoising screenspace shadows
Default: 5.0
Enabled
Wether to render screen space contact/detail shadows
Default: true
RenderDistance
Max distance at which to compute screen space shadows
Default: 12000
ShadowMaps
Mode
Shadow mode, higher means higher quality, but higher computational cost. 0: VSM, 1: EVSM2, 2: EVSM4
Default: 2
Format
Texture format, higher means higher quality, but higher bandwidth cost. 0: 16 bit, 1: 32 bit
Default: 0
CascadeResolution
Resolution used for shadow cascades. 0: 1024, 1: 1536, 2: 2048
Default: 2
Prefilter
Enable prefiltering the shadow maps. Prefiltering is a blur.
Default: true
MSAA
Enable multisample antialiasing for shadow maps.
Default: true
Mipmaps
DISABLED. Enable mipmaps for the shadow maps.
Default: false
Anisotropy
DISABLED. Anisotropic filteric for mipmaps, 0: disabled, 1: 8x, 2: 16x
Default: 0
Distance
Distance to render shadows for. The unit is the same as the game uses for i.e. fog values.
Default: 6000
CascadeLambda
[0.0-1.0] Controls how cascades are split, higher value means nearer cascades get higher resolution.
Default: 0.9
LimitFrequency
Limit the update frequency of the furthest cascade (once per four frames).
Default: true
Ortho
Resolution
Resolution of the texture used to store the ortho map. 0: 128, 1: 256, 2: 512, 3: 1024, 4: 2048
Default: 2
Distance
Distance to render ortho for. The unit is the same as the game uses for i.e. fog values.
Default: 3000
LimitFrequency
Limit the update frequency of the ortho map (one per four frames).
Default: true
Status
Enabled
Post process sun and pointlights shadows in exteriors.
Default: true