Outside lights broken

@pajwhiteheadI have a few initial questions/thoughts that may or may not be relevant in your case...

• What world and lot is that home on?
• If you go to a different world, and a pre-made Maxis lot and household, then play them in live mode at night, does the lighting/deep darkness seem similar?
• Did you previously have mods &/or cc?
• Can you take a screenshot ot the graphics settings on your game? Main Menu > Options > Game Options > Graphics. For instance, these are my settings in this area:
  
• Are you playing in 'windowed mode'? If not, you may want to try that sand see if it makes any difference.
• You could try running a game repair.
• Are you on PC, Mac, or Console?

Outdoor objects are not getting lit in the evening or at night even if I put lights directly on them (for example, a table stays black even if it has a lamp on it). I tried repairing my game, uninstalling mods but the issue still stands. The only thing that works is disabling the laptop mod but I always had that on and the lighting issue is pretty recent.

@springcoffee 

Try clicking on any outside light and set all lights to auto light.

Hope this helps.

I have the same problem, and it's been a long time since it started (I don't even remember it ever working). The outside lights are on - they used to lit the floor/ground, but never the objects. And right now, I realised they're not even iluminating the floor. Open buildings are a big no because of this bug, and the outside area is very dark at night.