Ok so since I installed the new game i've noticed the lighting in the game at night is all weird. It seems like on the objects are lit up but everything else is dark. It just doesn't seem right and I dont think it was like this before the update.
Honestly nothing seems strange about that to me. Do you have seasons? Potentially the lighting due to the weather has affected it.
I've noticed the same thing, though not really outside. A lot of the inside lights have seemed to dim and now only spread a little circle of light instead of creating that lovely homey glow within the entire room. I assumed maybe that it was part of either the new patch or Eco Lifestyle....maybe trying to even out light range to the size or power of the lamp? If it was intentional it will create a little more planning on our part, if it is unintentional I fully expect they will fix it on the next patch. Some of the things they catch are simply too weird to actually be found in normal gameplay.....just too weird lol.
Ok so I repaired the game and yes the lighting is definitely broken. As soon as I went back into the game the lighting worked correctly, but as soon as I traveled to another world it broke all over again. Anyone have any ideas.
@partyloveus101 I'm not 100% sure but that pic from San Myshuno in post #1 looks similar to how my game looks when I change the Eco Footprint to "Green". Did you change the Eco Footprint for that neighborhood in your game? If so, what happens if you change the Eco Footprint back to "Neutral"?
@RandomBuzziness wrote:@partyloveus101 I'm not 100% sure but that pic from San Myshuno in post #1 looks similar to how my game looks when I change the Eco Footprint to "Green". Did you change the Eco Footprint for that neighborhood in your game? If so, what happens if you change the Eco Footprint back to "Neutral"?
No, the eco-footprint hadn't changed it always stayed neutral.
@partyloveus101 I am definitely seeing this same lighting problem in my game. As long as I play a household living in San Myshuno the lighting will stay normal but if I switch to playing in Evergreen Harbor and visit San Myshuno then the lighting is off, just like you described it.
- If my Sim lives in San Myshuno, the lighting in San Myshuno is fine.
- If my Sim lives in Evergreen Harbor (and visits San Myshuno), the lighting in San Myshuno seems broken.
I will look to see if there is a Bug Report on this.
@partyloveus101 Just to follow up: I've tested this in two other worlds so far with the same results. I moved my Sim from Evergreen Harbor to Brindleton Bay and after one night the lighting turned back to normal. I switched to playing a different household in Newcrest and the lighting still looks normal. It seems like the weird lighting issue is only happening in my game when I am playing a household that lives in Evergreen Harbor.
I haven't yet found a bug report on this issue.
Which town in Evergreen? Isn't the industrial one supposed to have smog? Could that be interfering with the lights?
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@Psychotps In my test save I was using the Port Promise neighborhood, but just to clarify my earlier posts, the lighting in Port Promise always looked fine even when it had the Industrial Eco footprint. It was the other worlds like San Myshuno, Newcrest, Brindleton Bay, etc., that had the lighting issues when I would visit them. It looks much like @partyloveus101 describes in post #1, though I cannot say for certain that we are both having the exact same problem.
If I move my Sim or switch to another household in any other world then the lighting issue seems to go away in the other worlds. Evergreen Harbor still looks fine if I go back to visit. I haven't tried using a household in either of the other Evergreen Harbor neighborhoods but I can try this next.
There are so many different causes of lights going out, from City Living to Island Living to Eco Living Remember Eco living jobs the policy of environmental manager effect all worlds in the Sims 4 as they are global policies. If you have Ecco Living the neighborhood could be going through a no power day. Also in City living the Street lights can fail at times, you can sometimes repair them and get handiness if you beat the landlord to it.
Edit: I also forgot to add during the Winter season the Sun sets earlier at night and in the Summer sets later. The light is dimmer as the Suns rays do not shine directly at the location but scatter at a angle giving a dimish glow as Summer returns the Daylight will get brighter.
