looking for lighting mods

"Ziristha;c-17677320" wrote:


https://i.imgur.com/fOjIhUj.jpg

Thank you so much for going to all that trouble, I appreciate that :) It was, in particular, this picture or one like it, that really caught my eye in the other thread, I thought it was incredibly lovely,
I might take a look at that mod myself. I like different lighting for different worlds or moods.

@Ziristha

your pictures are beautiful and I recognized perfect day immediately as I have used/use it myself with several different world water color variants of it in my own worlds because it's just so fresh and clean looking (if that makes sense-) and it does not overwhelm the sky with any really deep looking colors. Thank you for taking the time to post your pics :)

@Sharonia

I haven't played in sunset valley for a long time so I cannot personally recommend any lighting mods for the world however if you take a look at page 4 from the link I posted earlier in this thread of various player tests of lighting mods they use and scroll down to petalbot's post you can see a pic tests between Buhudain's v5.655 GOLD, Brntwaffles St. Clair, Perfect Day and Dream Dimension sky mods in sunset valley in pictures posted at various time frames throughout the day so you can clearly see the comparisons. I think the sky mods used look nice and maybe as the pictures are taken in sunset valley you might be able to choose something to try out as a first try?

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/912853/show-me-your-lighting-mods/p4

Buhudain's v5.655 gold sky mod on following link there is further information and more pics to look at. Also just a heads up some of the cc on this site is considered a d u l t so you will have to agree to that before clicking into the site. I just downloaded the mod again through the mega download link and it downloaded fine.

http://mahamudosim3.blogspot.com/2013/01/environment-lighting-tweaks-v50-gold.html


Brntwaffles perfect day (choose whichever world water from various worlds you would like to try with the mod) as shown/described by @Ziristha in the above post in the pics posted.

https://brntwaffles.tumblr.com/tagged/lighting-mod

on the same link as above just below the blue skies and sunshine mod after it states a request by JettSchae in the following paragraph you will see the Downloads listed for St. Claire’s weather lighting mod again with different world water choices.

dream dimension sky mod is on page 2 scroll down and you will see further pics and water variants to choose from.

https://brntwaffles.tumblr.com/tagged/lighting+mod/page/2

All the mods on the Brntwaffles site downloaded fine for me.

If you are wondering about choosing a sky mod with water choices it just means you can use the same sky mod but choose the water color you would like to go with it based on different sims 3 worlds.

I hope you manage to find something you like then you can come back and post some pics as we all like looking at those :)

@Pary you're most welcome! :smile: it wasn't trouble at all, I just felt the need to clarify since I didn't like the idea of being vague and unsure when it came to mods that might be installed on someone elses game :grimace: . I too, use different lighting mods for different saves, sometimes I go with EA default lighting, specially with the worlds that came after Bridgeport, of course I always left installed the clouds, moon and star field replacements :grimace:

@SPARKY1922 Thank you! honestly I really like Perfect Day for the same reasons you mentioned, I believe I played with that lighting mod installed the most, it really makes everything prettier and brighter without overwhelming the overall feel of the world... well unless you're playing in Midnight Hollow, but that's the odd one out of the bunch :lol:

@Ziristha

it is one of my favorites as it looks good in almost any world and as far as Midnight hollow is concerned I use another specific lighting mod for that world that looks awesome :)

Do the lighting mods alter how time works? I’m currently playing with the burntwaffles perfect day lighting mod and it seems to give me more daylight which I like a lot. Without the mod it seems to go dark really early like around 6.30pm ish but with the mod it can still be kind of light even at 9pm.

"Sharonia;c-17682792" wrote:
Do the lighting mods alter how time works? I’m currently playing with the burntwaffles perfect day lighting mod and it seems to give me more daylight which I like a lot. Without the mod it seems to go dark really early like around 6.30pm ish but with the mod it can still be kind of light even at 9pm.

Some of them do, yes. Burntwaffles' mods list on them if they lengthen days. I like the longer days, too.

"suzses;c-17682804" wrote:

"Sharonia;c-17682792" wrote:
Do the lighting mods alter how time works? I’m currently playing with the burntwaffles perfect day lighting mod and it seems to give me more daylight which I like a lot. Without the mod it seems to go dark really early like around 6.30pm ish but with the mod it can still be kind of light even at 9pm.

Some of them do, yes. Burntwaffles' mods list on them if they lengthen days. I like the longer days, too.

Yeah I’m much preferring the longer days. Where I live we only have such short days in autumn and winter and I prefer more light.

"Sharonia;c-17682792" wrote:
Do the lighting mods alter how time works? I’m currently playing with the burntwaffles perfect day lighting mod and it seems to give me more daylight which I like a lot. Without the mod it seems to go dark really early like around 6.30pm ish but with the mod it can still be kind of light even at 9pm.

Lighting mods can be brighter than other lighting mods... but it won't extend time. For that, you would need NRaas: Relativity.

I use Uranesian weather because I like how bright daytime can be. (almost blinding sometimes) You might also be interested in More Light Coming Through Windows (not a lighting mod) to let more light into your sims homes. It can be used with a lighting mod.