Originally Posted by
Acquiesce of Telara
I've either never had any issues with shadows, or never paid enough attention. Like Azuri, I only use Environmental shadows, anything more and quality suffers for it.
You explained your shadows issue well enough, but I honestly can't picture the type of visuals you're experiencing. Rift has a lot of ambient lighting, but not so much as to distort your perception of how your shadow should be reacting, so it's not just some common-sense virtual physics thing you're misinterpreting.
Only two things I can suggest is that 1. you completely uninstall your video drivers, reboot and install the newest one, and 2. Load Rift, turn every single setting down to minimum and then manually raise everything up to absolute top settings (don't choose 'ultra', you want custom, well beyond 'ultra'.
Your framerate will suck, but see if your shadows behave properly. If they do, start turning down your other settings until you find the right blend that suits you.