Lighting issues No shadows

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  1. edited Apr 2026 #1
    Matman 645

    Hi everyone,


    I’m experiencing a major graphical issue where the high-quality lighting and dynamic shadows are completely missing in-game, despite having all my graphics settings set to Ultra/Maximum.


    As you can see in the attached screenshots, the environment looks very flat. I checked the Render Stats overlay, and it shows:

    Shadow Maps: 0

    Shadowed Lights: 0

    Unshadowed Lights: 66


    It seems like the engine is refusing to render any shadow maps at all. I have already tried to reset my settings and restart the game, but the problem persists.


    Has anyone encountered this before? Is there a specific console command or a launch option that might be forcing shadows off?


    Thanks for your help!
     

    My Specs:

    GPU: RTX 5070

    CPU: R7 5700X

    OS: Windows 11



     
    edited:
    I add some new screenshot to show the issue  ( no water effect aswell )