It's a greenhouse... There's literally nothing but plants in the room, they were placed without moo. I use moo very selectively, for some specific interior design areas only ( like the kitchen counter decor because of the terrible waste of space that occurs placing clutter and such into counters\tables etc).
The ceiling of the greenhouse room is purposefully removed, and it has a glass roof.
I just tested and perfectly recreated the issue on an empty lot.
Here are the specifics. No cheats enabled. Built 6x18 rectangle room with custom room tool. Built a 6x6 room attached to one end, lined out all 4 walls with custom room tool. Placed "Classy Glass Doors" ( medium door) in the middle of both the greenhouse wall sections (i.e. The two smaller 6 square walls of the original 6x18 rectangle). Placed " Le Magnifique Window" (medium window) on every 2 square section of the 6x18 rectangle remaining for a total of the 2 doors and 22 windows. Removed the floor and ceiling of the 6x18 rectangle room. Placed a hipped roof stretched to fit the 6x18 room size with no other adjustments. Placed a square roof trim on it. Added "Ornamental -Scrollwork Glass Roof" pattern.
At this point the nearly 3x6 section of ground on the inside of the 6x18 window covered rectangle room that is against the 6 square walls section that separates off the secondary 6x6 room, is pitch black, with light set to "Afternoon". Placed as many lights of varying types and styles as would fit in that section and it makes absolutely no change in the just solid pitch black ground.
And ye, on PS4 so no mods or cc, just to be clear. 🙂
@Graywhispers Since you were so wonderfully kind and added all of your details, I wanted to thank you so I went way out of my comfort zone and made a video with audio (! - I don't like doing audio, and it's very rough - ! ). 🙂 So... in this video I recreated your issue per your specifications. In doing so you can see at about halfway through the video your issue has been reproduces. I believe the shadows you are seeing are examples of the severe shadows that seem to be appearing in the game, and sometimes in intensity, directions and patterns that defy reason given the surroundings.
I followed this part of the video with a way to seal the room and remove that shadow, then plant directly into the ground and add sprinklers (super handy for lower maintenance - one of my favorite gardening tricks). I assumed you wanted to plant directly into the ground since you asked me to delete the flooring. I hope this is of some use, and if nothing else hopefully it demonstrates on video the issue you are experiencing for this post. https://youtu.be/6ngR906BiCs
Thank you for the vid, the audio was fine no worries! 🙂
I appreciate the alternative design, especially if I do a larger greenhouse.
I actually prefer patchy to sprinklers, just seem to get more overall use and benefit with less hassle hehe.
I continued fiddling with things after I posted and found that when I removed the floor of the adjacent shack the issue would vanish along with it, which combined with the tar pit shadows in the middle section you address in your video, seems to point at it being a problem with anywhere that room with floor is up against room section without. Considering the depth differences its accurate to have shadows, they just shouldn't be of the light eating black hole variety! 🙂
Ty again for recreating and demonstrating the problem in a video!
@Graywhispers You are very welcome! Yes, I'm also not a fan of the harsh & illogical shadowing as of late in certain circumstances. Perhaps we will be lucky and find adjustments in this in today's 🤞 or future updates. Btw... I love gardens, greenhouses, and Patchy!! :eahigh_file: Agree 100% with you! In almost every build I slip some form of them in, even if it's just adding several of my live plants in the yard so they can bake/cook properly. Have fun with your new home and let us know if you need anything else! 🙂
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