-had no idea that random SkyrimPrefs.ini files were located and used by the game- ...But I did hunt down the 2 extras and delete them, which seemed to help some. After that, adding bFloatingPointRenderTarget to the SkyrimPrefs.ini file in addition to the original setting of bFloatPointRenderTartget ...

...Holy carp. You just found the root of my problem: the game fails to use (or just decides to ignore) the "bFloatPointRenderTarget=" section of the SkyrimPrefs.ini file. After I read your reply, I went to double-check that I still had "bFloatPointRenderTarget=1" in the SkyrimPre...

Sorry for the lateness in replying.... was trying out a few other things to see if it would work. I can't run Skyrim with integrated graphics; even the lowest of settings will crash the game. D: BUT (and I have no idea if this is relevant or not-- was certainly an eye-opener for me) I did learn that...

Edit: I did find a visual representation of what the problem is, which is even more confusing... http://cdn.overclock.net/0/0b/0b8e8180_2013-05-02_00016.jpeg --This is what it looks like with the Effects checkbox disabled under Global Settings. http://cdn.overclock.net/b/b4/b438a6d5_2013-05-02_00019...

Yeah... I have no idea why this is happening. I have a problem very similar to this person: http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1251 with the exception being that this issue is affecting the exterior during daytime. At first I thought it was because of the time-of-day settings...

-cough cough- Check this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=142380551 I doubt ENB will work for Fallout 3 since you need to "hack-ify" it with a d3d9.dll file to begin with (as the game is so old it's incompatible with Win. 8- you have to take some extra steps to get it...

Question: how in the bajeezus do I get the time-of-day to register correctly? As in, what numbers/ checkboxes in the TimeOfDay/ NightDay sections need to be present to get it to show the correct lighting for the time of day (and are there other things that need to be set up as well)? I'm a complete ...