Is this something that Blizzard is trying to add to WotLK? I imagine there's some bugs with them (I imagine they aren't very efficient yet, and they definitely drop your framerate, I go from 70 FPS to 15-25), but they do look really good.

For anyone who is curious, the command is /console extShadowQuality #

Replace # with 0 (default shadows) to 6.

1 seems to be just player/npc shadows. 2 is both players/npcs and environment.

I honestly hope this feature stays in the final product. Nice way for people with medium-high end PCs to boost graphical quality of the game without messing up the experience for low-end users.

[ Post edited by Kaldara ]

My understanding is that you're not supposed to exceed 4. 5 and 6 are extreme testing measures set up by our engine team to experiment.

Try dropping your setting to 4 or less and provide performance freedback.