How to fix the Distant Land LOD visual/graphical glitch/bug in Oblivion [SOLVED]

[FinesseAndStyle]

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I'm currently using Intel HD graphics since my GPU died and have to play at poop graphics. I've searched this glitch a lot and no one pointed out the actual solution. The problem is the strange very low resolution invisible ground clipping above the actual ground.

One quick fix you can do is going to the launcher and selecting the Medium option and it will get fixed (at least it did for me). The issue here is that it also ups a few other hidden graphical options making the FPS tank to the ground.

So I investigated the changes between the Very low setting oblivion.ini and compared the changes to the medium one. Tried every single setting that was changed one at a time and narrowed it down to the following option.

To fix this issue you have to go to Oblivion.ini which is in your Documents/My Games/Oblivion folder. Then go to the [Display] section and you should find this option a few lines below that.

bFullBrightLighting=1

Change it to 0:

bFullBrightLighting=0

I know it's 2017 and a lot of people are using decent ish graphics to run Oblivion at max settings but if you ever encounter this issue, just let you know that I felt necessary to help others with this issue.

If the error still persists then maybe you have some other mods which change LOD and other distant land settings.

[twondai]

thanks this helped me, i'm not even using crap hardware and i'm running the game at max settings but i still had this bug.

[General Furry]

Originally posted by glampkoo:

I'm currently using Intel HD graphics since my GPU died and have to play at poop graphics. I've searched this glitch a lot and no one pointed out the actual solution. The problem is the strange very low resolution invisible ground clipping above the actual ground.

One quick fix you can do is going to the launcher and selecting the Medium option and it will get fixed (at least it did for me). The issue here is that it also ups a few other hidden graphical options making the FPS tank to the ground.

So I investigated the changes between the Very low setting oblivion.ini and compared the changes to the medium one. Tried every single setting that was changed one at a time and narrowed it down to the following option.

To fix this issue you have to go to Oblivion.ini which is in your Documents/My Games/Oblivion folder. Then go to the [Display] section and you should find this option a few lines below that.

bFullBrightLighting=1

Change it to 0:

bFullBrightLighting=0

I know it's 2017 and a lot of people are using decent ish graphics to run Oblivion at max settings but if you ever encounter this issue, just let you know that I felt necessary to help others with this issue.

If the error still persists then maybe you have some other mods which change LOD and other distant land settings.

Man you dont know how much I like you. Yes its 2020 but I have a low end pc (I mean a unicore processor of 1ghz, from amd, no video curd, just the one integrated with processor, and 4gb of ram ddr1) u saved my life, thx

[FinesseAndStyle]

Hey no problem man ;)
always glad to help

[Klauss Marcellus]

Thank you very much, this was really helpful
I'm legit using an Intel HD 4000 right now

[FinesseAndStyle]

You're welcome, happy to be of service!

[HackIon]

You're a hero glampkoo, thank you very much for the help.

[sm0j]

Helped me out in 2022, big thanks!

[Fire Truck Man]

You are a CHAMPION. After spending a couple of days trying to figure out this problem, your post cleared it up in no time and has saved my Oblivion replay experience. Take my points

[VOSTOK]

2024 here! Thank you! Worked for me!

[sliccboyslimm]

appreciated