Parallax Occlusion Mapping
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #57 of 108 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Please report in the posts which preset is the best for you by quality and performance balance.
Parallax decals released.
Terrain complex parallax is released, also with shadows.
Shadows for complex parallax released. They are casted from all lights without limit to 4.
This mod contains several preconfigured files for the new feature of ENBSeries (v0. 481 and newer).
DESCRIPTION
Complex parallax is an effect which made flat textures looks like they are very high poly geometry. Game have own parallax which is fast but very poor quality, gives "melting" look. To reduce it, modders tried to make height maps for parallax blurry. TES Oblivion also have the same effect and it looks nice there with minimal melting just because textures are suitable for it. Now it's time to something truly detailed and good looking and here comes complex parallax.
PERFORMANCE
Complex parallax can be performance heavy and depends from screen resolution mostly, but generally it's fast enough for videocards of last decade. Of course when no objects with parallax are visible on the screen no fps lost. There are three options available for tweaking quality levels and they depends from distance to the object from the camera, feel free to change.
With my videocard cannot setup properly to find balance between performance and quality, because it's too fast, so i hope people here could find out optimal values which will be used in future updates.
Terrain complex parallax is much slower because 6 textures are traced instead of 1 in regular objects complex parallax. Internally quality for it made worse than for regular objects, but still not recommended to set high quality unless you have beast videocard or running at low screen resolution.
INSTALLATION
1 Copy one of enbcomplexparallax.ini file to your game folder.
2 Open enbseries.ini and set there in the category EnableComplexParallax=true. If you have file enbseries.ini inside folder "enbseries", also modify it the same way.
3 Download and install any mod which applies parallax textures and meshes. You do need such mod to see effect.
KNOWN ISSUES
Early version had driver crash when parallax meshes are not valid. Fixed in the most recent binary (d3d11.dll).
Many existing parallax mods have graphical glitches like stretched textures or flipping them depending from camera angles. This means parallax mesh is not valid, missing required vertex data (tangent space vectors) or/and some mesh flags set/unset. Such mods need an update anyway, because with old parallax they still do not work correctly.
"Warping" for some places may occur. To fix that, install SSE Engine fixes.
"Floating" texture without any parallax usually means
Parallax Occlusion Mapping by Boris Vorontsov adds POM to the game, enhancing surface depth and realism. With 7,351 endorsements and 1.7M downloads, it's a popular visual upgrade. Last updated in 2022, it remains a staple for graphics enthusiasts.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (7,351 endorsements).
- Massive adoption (1.7M downloads) — clearly works for most.
- Simple concept, big visual payoff for texture depth.
⚠️ Cons
- No install instructions or compatibility notes from author.
- Last updated 2022 — may need tweaks for newer game versions.
- Requires a GPU that can handle POM — older rigs might struggle.
For graphics modders who want more realistic surfaces without a full overhaul. If you're into texture depth and have a decent GPU, this is a must-try. Skip if you're on low-end hardware or prefer gameplay mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure your GPU supports POM — check your graphics settings.
- Test with a few textures first to see performance impact.
- If you use other texture mods, load POM after them for best results.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Boris Vorontsov
- Version
- 2.0
- Downloads
- 1,680,734
- Endorsements
- 7,351
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 11/18/2022
- Updated
- 11/22/2022
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