Skyrim: SE - White spots on some textures

[SinxarKnights]

Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

My rig:
Acer XB270HU (1440p Gsync)
Intel i7-4790k + Cryorig H7
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline DDR3-1600 (4x 4GB - XMP enabled)
Asus Z97-E (BIOS ver 803)
Asus Strix GTX 1070 Gaming OC
Creative Sound Blaster Z (5.1 mode, no encoder)
EVGA Supernova G2 650W
OCZ Trion 150 (480GB)
2x 500 GB HDDs in RAID 0 (for recording to, not sure what model they are)
Windows 10 Home (version 1607)
Graphics driver version 375.70

I just noticed this today. I am getting some white specks on some textures, it appears to be a snow texture. I have tried waiting around for different lighting conditions but the spots are always the same intensity regardless of light levels.

I am playing on the "Ultra" preset with no mods on a new game start.

A pic with the issue clearly visible.

Graphics card monitoring (GPUTweak II) - look at the Max values as Skyrim won't let me take a full desktop screenshot while it is running.

Anybody else getting this? If it is just me any suggestions on how to fix it?

 

[SammChisnall]

I think its something to do with the Tessellation options. I'm saying this purely because i had issues with white spots in trees on ArmA 2 and that was fixed by adjusting the Tessellation options. Not necessarily the culprit but worth a try.

 

[SinxarKnights]

I think its something to do with the Tessellation options. I'm saying this purely because i had issues with white spots in trees on ArmA 2 and that was fixed by adjusting the Tessellation options. Not necessarily the culprit but worth a try.

Sadly there doesn't appear to be any way to adjust the tessellation settings on Nvidia cards or in the Skyrim config file unless I am missing something.

 

[SinxarKnights]

I tried reinstalling the game and no change. Anybody know what is going on?

 

[SammChisnall]

Try this:
NVIDIA Control Panel > 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings > Preferred graphics processor > High performance Nvidia processor.

 

[SinxarKnights]

Try this:
NVIDIA Control Panel > 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings > Preferred graphics processor > High performance Nvidia processor.

I don't seem to have that option. I think that is for mobile graphics (such as a laptop). I seen that solution as well but never actually looked.

I can't find anyone else complaining about this specific issue. If it wasn't just me I wouldn't feel so bad about it. Other than white speckles on some snow textures the game runs great and I haven't seen any other artifacts.

I have also tried turning off all forms of AA, which surprisingly made it worse. Without AA you can see even smaller specks of white that shimmer when you move the camera.

 

[SammChisnall]

Yeah i was thinking it was for Laptops but it was worth a shot anyways. Most of the texture issues i see are either related too driver issues or FXAA options but im presuming you already have up to date drivers and have played around with the settings so im honestly out of ideas. Hopefully someone on here can help you out. Sorry i didnt have an answer man.

 

[SinxarKnights]

Yeah i was thinking it was for Laptops but it was worth a shot anyways. Most of the texture issues i see are either related too driver issues or FXAA options but im presuming you already have up to date drivers and have played around with the settings so im honestly out of ideas. Hopefully someone on here can help you out. Sorry i didnt have an answer man.

Thank you for your assistance.

 

[SinxarKnights]

I asked in the official forums and turns out it is intended.

This is snow sparkles, it's a new Special Edition feature, not a bug.

You can disable it in the launcher :
Untick : Options > Advanced > Snow Shader

That was it. Turning that off solved it.

 

[SammChisnall]

Ahh good to know man i haven't actually got around to playing the SE yet so i'll have to remember to disable that when i do.