I'm getting weird shadows =(

[Birna]

<p>Hi! I've been away from the game for many months and have returned just resently. I'm having some ugly shadows appearing on the faces of all my characters now, I never had this problem before. I'm playing with a different graphics card now though, ATI Radeon HD 4870. Do anyone have any idea of what the problem can be?</p><p>Here's how it looks:</p><p><span><p>http://bildr.no/view/585370</p><p>hmmm can't manage to get the image to show</p><p><img src="http://bildr.no/view/585370" /></p></span></p>

[Cion]

<p>Hmm. Unfortunatly i do not know why that happens. I do know why you cant show the image though <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Gotta use the direct link. And, -tags arent supported in this forum. Gotta use html...</p><p>Here it is:</p><p><img src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3/585370.jpg" /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">(bildr.no er stress. Så jeg reuploada det <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)</span></p>

[Birna]

<p>Takk for det <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (I used the insert/edit image option in the message box and inserted the link there but it didn't work <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/1cfd6e2a9a2c0cf8e74b49b35e2e46c7.gif" border="0" /> )</p><p>Those shadows are so ugly and annoying.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>When posting a message, click on the tiny little green tree icon to insert a picture. You just need the URL, not the HTML tags with it.</p><p>Anyways, I ended up having this problem myself when I upgraded my computer. It now has enough specs to handle everything at maximum quality graphics. While fiddling with the shadow option, I noticed that there are 2 different methods to display shadows.</p><p>Being so late at night, I can't remember what they're called, so I appologize for being vague. One option ended up casting shadows on my character and objects around me like a veil- just like what you have there. The other option made the shadows a little less realistic but solved the problem.</p>

[Birna]

<p><cite>Cusashorn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>When posting a message, click on the tiny little green tree icon to insert a picture. You just need the URL, not the HTML tags with it.</p><p>Anyways, I ended up having this problem myself when I upgraded my computer. It now has enough specs to handle everything at maximum quality graphics. While fiddling with the shadow option, I noticed that there are 2 different methods to display shadows.</p><p>Being so late at night, I can't remember what they're called, so I appologize for being vague. One option ended up casting shadows on my character and objects around me like a veil- just like what you have there. The other option made the shadows a little less realistic but solved the problem.</p></blockquote><p>Thanks! I will try this. ( And I did use that tree box and inserted the link without any tags, but the pic only showed up as that square with a red dot in in my post. Very weird <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/136dd33cba83140c7ce38db096d05aed.gif" border="0" /> )</p><p>OK, I canged it to CPU Shadow Volumes instead of GPU Shadow Mass that I was using and that did the trick! No more weird shadows <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Birna wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>OK, I canged it to CPU Shadow Volumes instead of GPU Shadow Mass that I was using and that did the trick! No more weird shadows <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Yeah thats it. I'm not sure what the difference between the two is, or how the Shadow Mass option is suppose to work.</p>

[Vili]

<p>I have the exact same problem with the GPU shadows. I don't want to use CPU shadows  because they are ugly and sucking performance like mad.</p><p>I must have tried nearly every setting of my graphics card and EQ2, but the problem stays with the GPU shadows. I've changed my graphics card drivers a few times, but to no avail.</p><p>Interesting is, that the weird shadows don't occur, when my character (or other characters) wear a full body outfit instead of normal armor pieces (for example the new dress from the erollisi day event). Also the problem does not occur on helmets, only on faces.</p><p>I use as well an ATI Radeon HD 4870 chip, maybe it is a specific problem with that?</p>