After lots of fiddling around, I finally got to achieve my TS2 modding dream: to update the Radiance Lighting System to get rid of the annoying blue cast that plagued Sims games since time immemorial.
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Included criquette-was-here Better Nightlife and Seasoned Lot Skirt Road Fix in the snow fix shader file. Changed morning lighting to default Radiance 2.4 values. Changed unlit room darkness to a value between the brighter rooms and the default Radiance 2.4 value. Tweaked the lot skirt shader to try to match the lot view. Unfortunately, its still not that close a match, but I tried. Changes from RLS 2.5.1 to 2.5.2: Made the nights and unlit rooms darker. An alternate version for the Lighting.txt and LightingNN.txt is included if you prefer the brighter nights. Sims 2 Colored Lights Zip File ButBlue snow fixed Both UC and Non-UC versions are in one zip file but in separate folders within the compressed file. Snow Fix included in the zip file Integrated Nopkes skyFix to the snow shader fix as the two files conflict. Changes from RLS 2.5 to 2.5.1 Neighborhood Lighting Remedy by criquette-was-here included (with permission) Sunrises and Sunsets from bugjartimedecayoff (included with permission). Greenishreddish casts were made more subtle, while Summers were made warmer. Winter lighting is from bugjartimedecayoff Made the soft blue light colors softer to compensate for the less blue in the overall lighting. Sims 2 Colored Lights Full Compatibility WithGeneral Changes from RLS 2.4 to 2.5: Full compatibility with Sims 2 Ultimate Collection Remove blue cast off outdoor night lighting Replacement texture for neighborhood lighting map Brighter unlit rooms and light balance enabled by default Here are the instructions to install this mod. If you are a UC user, copy ALL THE CONTENTS of folder 1.0 to your game installation folder (usually found in Origin GamesThe Sims 2 Ultimate Collection) and skip to STEP 4 STEP 2. If you installed TS2 from disk, your next step depends on what folder your base game is stored: 2.1. IF the Base Game, Nightlife, and Celebrations Stuff are in separate folders, copy the CONTENTS of the folder labeled 2.1 to your game installation folder (usually found in Program Files or Program Files (x86)EA Games) 2.2 ELSE IF you have a folder named The Sims 2 Deluxe, copy the CONTENTS of the folder labeled 2.2 instead 2.3 ELSE IF you have a folder named The Sims 2 Double Deluxe, copy the CONTENTS of the folder labeled 2.3 instead STEP 3. Copy the CONTENTS of the folder labeled 3.0 to your game installation folder (usually found in Program Files or Program Files (x86)EA Games) STEP 4. Sims 2 Colored Lights Plus One FileCopy the main shader file (dreadpirateshaderfixesmain), plus one file from EACH of the other subfolders in the folder labeled 4.0 to your Downloads folder STEP 5. If you use the Niol Roof Shader version of the shader fixes (dreadpirateshaderfixniolroofshader), copy the contents of the folder labeled 5.0 to your Downloads folder. STEP 6: Copy the following lines to your userStartup.cheat GUNMOD RLS 2.3 beta ignoreErrors true boolProp UseShaders true boolProp specHighlights true boolProp floorAndWallNormalMapping true boolProp bumpMapping true boolProp skipTangentsInVertexData false false for bumpmapping uintProp optionLightingQuality 3 These two lines set the lighting option and uintProp LightingQuality 3 the lighting level to MAX (as required) alias slc setlotlightingfile clear Default Lighting alias slw setlotlightingfile LightingWLBF.txt A World Lit by Fire END These cheats change the overall lighting color: slc - Default RLS Lighting slw - A World Lit by Fire by Almighty Hat Additional Downloads Recommended: Smarter Lights by Numenor: Automatically turn the light on and off, depending of the type of the lot, the time of the day and what the Sims is doing. Courtesy Lights by Numenor: The Courtesy Lights will automatically light up whenever the room is dark, when the standard lamps are off during nighttime, or in windowless rooms. To Uninstall: For UC games, simply do a Repair Game on Origin. CREDITS: bugjartimedecayoff for the sunrises and sunsets winter lighting nightracer for the base for the seasonal and morning lighting criquette-was-here for the neighborhood lighting fixes simnopke for the very helpful feedback on seasonal lighting and skyboxes.
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