And sure, Mount & Blade 2 looks uglier without dynamic shadows, but it's a small price to pay for being able to run the damn game. Every battle, no matter how many soldiers. Moving from 'Static Only' to 'Static & Dynamic' though? I've seen it boost framerate by as much as 25 or even 35% in my tests. Moving from 'Off' to 'Static Only' has almost zero impact. All those immovable objects I mentioned before? Surprise! They also get dynamic shadows, those double-dippers. It also seemingly covers any shadows cast by the sun and moon, as Mount & Blade 2 has a day/night cycle. In big battle scenes, that means up to 1,000 dynamically rendered shadows for each individual soldier-and their horses. Even a 2080 Ti wasn't enough to pull off a 1,000-person siege at a steady 60 fps.ĭynamic shadows, as you might guess, cover everything else.
