SSE character specular lighting repair

Fixed bug where all character lighting except diffuse would break unless you were facing true north in game.

SSE character specular (and more..) lighting fixes

Yes, this does work.

Due to a bug in the game's character lighting shader, all lighting except diffuse is broken unless your character is pointing north, and even then it doesn't necessarily work properly. This mod is a patched shader file that patches all 384 affected shaders, fixing one of the most egregious bugs in SSE.

Engine restoration?

Due to the severity of the bug and the fact that it doesn't involve the SKSE DLL part at all, it's purely a shader patch, I decided to make it a separate mod.

notes

Install like any other mod. It just replaces the file in the Shaders bsa, so the loose file will overwrite it.

Based on my few minutes of testing, compatible with ENB. I haven't had time to test it extensively, but I designed this fix specifically for ENB compatibility. Obviously ENB may need to be adjusted to account for specular reflection issues working everywhere.

It looks like ENB SSS currently cannot patch shaders correctly. This has to be fixed at the end of ENB and there's nothing I can do about it.

If the fix doesn't work and you use ENB, you may have shader caching enabled and need to remove the shader cache; I don't know if ENB caches these specific shaders.

The MO will now appear as shown below, make sure the data folder is set up correctly. It will work. The shadersfx folder is not yet counted in the MO. This will be fixed in the next MO release.

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My cold - makes me crazy thinking "what if"

jonwd7 - A one-minute explanation of lighting that saved us all

Nukem - Normal

The 3Dmigoto Team - makes this much easier than ever

ousnius - thank you

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SSE Character Specular (and more..) Lighting Fix

Yes, this really works.

Due to a bug in the game's character lighting shaders, all lighting other than Diffuse was broken unless your character was pointing straight north, and even then it wasn't necessarily working correctly. This mod is a patched shader file that patches all 384 of the affected shaders, fixing one of the nastiest bugs in SSE.

Engine Fixes??

I decided to make it a separate mod due to the severity of the bug and the fact that it doesn't involve the SKSE DLL part at all, its purely a shader patch.

Notes

Install like any other mod. It just replaces the file that's inside the Shaders bsa, so a loose file will override it.

Compatible with ENB based on my few minutes of testing. I don't really have time to extensively test it but I designed the fix this way specifically to enable ENB compatibility. Obviously ENBs might need to be tweaked to account for specularity working everywhere.

It looks like ENB SSS currently won't patch the shader properly. This has to be fixed on ENB's end, nothing I can do here.

If the fix doesn't work and you use ENB, you might have shader caching enabled and need to delete your shader cache; I don't know if ENB caches these specific shaders or not.

MO will show like this for now, make sure you have the data folder set properly. It will work. The shadersfx folder doesnt count as data in MO yet. This will be fixed next time MO has a release.



Credits

my cold - made me crazy enough to think "what if"

jonwd7 - one minute explanation of lighting that saved us all

Nukem - the usual

3Dmigoto team - made this a hell of a lot easier than it would have been otherwise

ousnius - thanks for nothing