Missing shadows/ broken dynamic shadows bug UPDATE: workaround inside

[TheTharsis]

UPDATE:
There`s a workaround: Play the game with English text.
In Steam, right click on the game and go to properties ->language.
Thanks to MaLDo.

UPDATE 2:
See post #11. Thank you, Calhraven!

Original post:
So I noticed that the game doesn`t load dynamic and character shadows properly. Those shadows don`t appear when I enter a new or re-enter an already visited area. This can be fixed by reloading a save game but this is just temporarily because those shadows are gone again after entering a new area. I compared this to the console version:

PC #1
https://abload.de/img/pc31j8f.jpg

PS5 #1
https://abload.de/img/ps5qcj8o.jpg


PC #2
https://abload.de/img/pc24tjqc.jpg

PS5 #2
https://abload.de/img/ps522tkx1.jpg

Anyone else?

[KiRiASU]

Can confirm. Dynamic shadows are sometimes missing in the PC version, regardless of setting. It can be temporarely fixed by reloading a savegame. Furthermore, setting medium and high doesn't semm to have any difference. Shadows ar kind of blobby on both settings. Please fix asap!

[Kassare]

Same.

[KiRiASU]

They disappear after a cutscene and only come back after reloading a savegame.

[MaLDo]

It's a bad port. Performance issues, broken shadows, hitching killing enemies, etc.

[AHTOH]

Shadows dissappearing after every cutscene. Well, there are no shadows in the cutscenes either, like they were not even planned initially in the game, but were added at a later stage of development, this is why there is such a bug I guess.

[TheTharsis]

Originally posted by KiRiASU:

They disappear after a cutscene and only come back after reloading a savegame.

Originally posted by AHTOH:

Shadows dissappearing after every cutscene. Well, there are no shadows in the cutscenes either, like they were not even planned initially in the game, but were added at a later stage of development, this is why there is such a bug I guess.

Yes, I noticed this, too. It´s as if after cutscenes the game runs with the settings from the cutscenes and this means: no shadows.

EDIT: Well, I was wrong, the console versions actually feature dynamic/character shadows in cutscenes:

https://abload.de/img/1ecj46.jpg

https://abload.de/img/238kkq.jpg

I remember those being absent in my playthrough.

[DEVILDICE]

Oh wow. Didn't notice this until you pointed it out. Yeah, same issue for me too..no matter what settings I choose. Seems to just be straight up broken.

[AHTOH]

Originally posted by TheTharsis:

Well, I was wrong, the console versions actually feature dynamic/character shadows in cutscenes

You're absolutely right. From I read[wccftech.com] a couple of months ago an Xbox One X demo version has the same bug which was fixed but not fixed for PC...

[TheTharsis]

Originally posted by AHTOH:

Originally posted by TheTharsis:

Well, I was wrong, the console versions actually feature dynamic/character shadows in cutscenes

You're absolutely right. From I read[wccftech.com] a couple of months ago Xbox One X demo version has the same bug which was fixed but not fixed for PC...

Interesting find!

[TheTharsis]

There`s a walkaround: Play the game with English text.
In Steam, right click on the game and go to properties ->language.
Thanks to MaLDo.

[Calhraven]

Originally posted by TheTharsis:

There`s a walkaround: Play the game with English text.
In Steam, right click on the game and go to properties ->language.
Thanks to MaLDo.

^This.
Plus, if you want working shadows and your preferred subtitle/menu language, add

-culture=de -language=en

under properties -> general -> launch options.
Set culture to your language, e.g. "de", "fr" (I tested these), and so on, leave language at "en".

Reference: UE 4.26 documentation[docs.unrealengine.com]