The Super Subtle Saucer Light

"babajayne;c-17589057" wrote:
How do we get them to size down the telescope, cupcake machine, & microscope?

Seriously!! I mod the cupcake machine so it functions from the oven, but the other two I have to waste a public lot for, because there is never any room for them (try having a botanist living in an apartment).

"babajayne;c-17589057" wrote:
How do we get them to size down the telescope, cupcake machine, & microscope?

Great Idea!!!

"babajayne;c-17589057" wrote:
How do we get them to size down the telescope, cupcake machine, & microscope?

This.

"Kita5399;c-17589070" wrote:

"babajayne;c-17589057" wrote:
How do we get them to size down the telescope, cupcake machine, & microscope?

Seriously!! I mod the cupcake machine so it functions from the oven, but the other two I have to waste a public lot for, because there is never any room for them (try having a botanist living in an apartment).

I always put them in basements. But we shouldn’t have to.

Yay for the mini-sized saucer light!

The saucer light emits the best bright white light in the game so that's why everyone uses it (sized down so it doesn't block your view) in each room while they're in the middle of building/decorating. Once I've decorated the rooms to however I want, then I change out the sized-down saucer light to whatever light fixtures I want that will match the decor style... or sometimes I'll keep it if the room is super dark like in basements or rooms with no windows because it does give off an awesome amount of light.

This new mini size saves time in having to size down each one as you're plopping them into each room... but anything that saves a few seconds of my life when I'm building/decorating is always a good thing as far as I'm concerned. So thumbs up for that!

I remember in a previous version (or maybe it was a mod) there was an invisible light - it just gave off the light without some object. It was great...but the the mini-sized new light is very helpful.

"simstr0ng;c-17593792" wrote:
I remember in a previous version (or maybe it was a mod) there was an invisible light - it just gave off the light without some object. It was great...but the the mini-sized new light is very helpful.

@simstr0ng, The Invisible Lights are also available in TS4, for wall, floor and ceiling. Same as in TS3, you should be able to find them in debug mode.

Enable cheats and type: bb.showhiddenobjects
;)

"@simstr0ng;c-17594870" wrote:
@CAPTAIN_NXR7 - thanks but I need more info (technically challenged)

I enable cheats (I know how) and type (can do that)...but then what do I do find the invisible lights? Am I looking in build objects? Is there a name?

Thanks for your help.

No problem! Here’s what you do after entering the cheat command:

Open up Build/ Buy mode.

To the right there’s a ‘Filter Items’ option. Click on the green arrow to expand the window.

Select ‘Debug’.

In the BB categories click on the chair and select ‘Lighting’.

You can find the invisible lights under the Misc. Tab.

There are 11 invisible base game lights. If you have the following packs installed you can also find 4 Jungle Adventure lights and 3 Strangerville lights.


I hope you can find it. Best of luck!

Wow - I did it.... 1 extra step - - I got to #3 - select "debug" - had to go to "content" to select...

From there it was easy but time consuming. I've done one large house - 2 stories. I removed all the saucer lights so I could see where the invisible light should go.

In "build" the invisible light shows up as a square outline but when in live mode the outline disappears and it is truly invisible.

@CAPTAIN_NXR7 you are a genius and very kind to help. Most appreciated. Now on to the next house. I just experimented with 1 invisible light can't wait to do more.

In case it’s helpful to anyone, we also have illuminated floor and wall tiles. I use those a lot when I want light but no obtrusive lighting fixture.