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    Hank_Pank's Avatar Senior Member
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    Broken shadows on the north island

    I've made a thread on the technical forums and it has been completely ignored. The guy from technical support is giving me blanket statements that don't have anything to do with my problem.

    When I go north of the king's bridge, the shadows just stop working. They'll retreat and disappear like a mirage when I approach them, they'll move with my cursor like there's a light source right behind the trees that moves 1:1 with my mouse, there will be a giant square shadow directly below me when I'm flying in a gyro or wingsuit, and sometimes there won't be any lighting at all, night time is as bright as day except the skybox is black and starry

    For the love of god, someone help me

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVl7Hc1ReoU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4__YrNZUQfI
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    Originally Posted by LukewarmPoptart Go to original post
    I've made a thread on the technical forums and it has been completely ignored. The guy from technical support is giving me blanket statements that don't have anything to do with my problem.

    When I go north of the king's bridge, the shadows just stop working. They'll retreat and disappear like a mirage when I approach them, they'll move with my cursor like there's a light source right behind the trees that moves 1:1 with my mouse, there will be a giant square shadow directly below me when I'm flying in a gyro or wingsuit, and sometimes there won't be any lighting at all, night time is as bright as day except the skybox is black and starry

    For the love of god, someone help me

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVl7Hc1ReoU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4__YrNZUQfI
    Same issue here.

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    Will someone please reply for the love of...
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  4. #4
    I had the same issue and found a fix for it. Go into video settings in game and reset them to default, then manually change your settings back to what you want. That should fix it.
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  5. #5
    Did you try updating/downgrading videocard drivers? Not much else you can do else then wait for patch.
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  6. #6
    Hi,

    This is a known issue and we're working with NVidia on it. Please keep an eye out for more information.

    Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience.
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  7. #7
    Hi,
    Same issue for me.

    Seems like NVidia PCSS is messing up with altitude calculation (same problem with all Himalaya missions).

    The only fix I round for the moment is to disable PCSS from gamerprofile.ini (enablenvidiapcss="0"), so it uses ultra shadows.
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  8. #8
    Same here too. But I'm still on the first island.
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  9. #9
    Originally Posted by t10bears Go to original post
    Same here too. But I'm still on the first island.
    i'm also having this issue without having made it to the second island
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  10. #10
    Also have this problem. Shadows were already kinda messed up on the first part of the map, and when you fly the heli you can see your visibility bubble moving in front of you when it's pre-rendering all the shadows but the north island is horrible when it comes to shadows. I'm 31 now and I've played PC games my entire life, I remember in the 90's if someone released a product this buggy, they would be completely ridiculed by critics and fans *ahem..Daikatana*.
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