Updating GunMod's Radiance Lighting System

[Brynne]

I don't think you'd survive that many lights!

[Motoki]

I had a while ago and took it out. I just put it back in with the new CEP and was building a house and had to throw in a whole mess of lights just to be able to see. The basement was pitch black and I couldn't see to level the terrain without throwing lights all over and then I had to keep moving the lights to lower the terrain since it wouldn't let me lower a square with something on it.

You'd at least think they would exclude build mode from the lighting effects but I guess that would be too difficult to do.

I will say it makes some lots look really nice though. That new water park beach lot that Nengi posted over MTS2 looks awesome at night with the light mod in and all the torches.

[Brynne]

Well, I'll say that while I was actually playing the game, it looked gorgeous. It was frustrating how windows and lights would not lighten up a room, though. I was always surprised at how dark the pictures turned out, because it didn't seem *that* bad while I took them.

[SIMplyLisa]

I wish they would have included a flash for the darn in game camera.

[Inge]

I definitely agree that a no-shadow build mode would be very helpful - with or without the mod.

[PlaidSquirrel]

Is there anyway to get the sunrise/sunset effect without having to have the indoor lighting changes? I used to use this mod and since I have taken it out the only thing I miss is the morning/evening light change.

[Qwiggles]

If you use this with Numenor's Smarter Lights as updated from Dizzy's, it's actually not that bad.  I've had to take out some of the lights in some rooms because they were too bright.

[Weaver]

[Piratey Translation]

I be really considerin' usin' th' RLS again especially since me earlier game experience be wi' lackin' graphics.
Th' whole `red atmosphere` early mornings be very very nice.. hmmm, but be 't worth th' lightin' electricity bill?

(That kid looks spooky in that picture.... "Come into th' liiiight!")

[Original Post]

I'm really considering using the RLS again especially since my earlier game experience was with lacking graphics.
The whole 'red atmosphere' early mornings is very very nice.. hmmm, but is it worth the lighting electricity bill?


(That kid looks spooky in that picture.... "Come into the liiiight!")

[Inge]

What is all this pirate stuff all over the place lately?

[J. M. Pescado]

Yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day, apparently. Next week we'll have Swear Like A Sailor Day.

[jsalemi]

I had an interesting result taking this out of my game.  I use the Omega ATI drivers with the ATI Tray tool, and it has an option to monitor the frame rate.  With this in my game, I was getting a frame rate of between 35 - 40.  With it out, the frame rate jumped up to around 50, and has even hit 60 on occasion. And any lag I'd get with a lot of sims on the lot has pretty much gone away.

So for me, anyway, taking it out is worth the trade-off of performance for not having fancy lighting...

[Jelenedra]

Performance trumps lighting. In my book anyways.

[KevinTMC]

Yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day, apparently. Next week we'll have Swear Like A Sailor Day.

I thought that on the Internet, every day is Swear Like A Sailor Day.

[Inge]

Well who decided it was talk like a pirate day?   Was it one of those official days or just a sims community joke?

[Venusy]

Well who decided it was talk like a pirate day?   Was it one of those official days or just a sims community joke?

Wikipedia knows.

[Inge]

Lol!  I see

[Standardliving]

Ah, I get it, although I never noticed a lag when I was testing months back. But then again, it was a while ago.
Now that it has been mentioned, I'm surprised no one created a lighting system soley based on different shades of light during different times.
Like sunset, sunrise (all of which can be found in this mod) and for the hell of it, add the waves to the pool too. That would be amazing eyecandy without the darkness holding you back. Know?

If I knew how to mess around with the nitty gritty parts of the game, that would be one of the first things I would try to figure, despite lacking a good attention span.

[jennydeenyc]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I've been away from the game a while & didn't know it existed! I've long been a user of GunMod's 2.1 RLS, and recently installed 2.2. I had a house all set up with strategically-placed invisible ceiling lights that helped dispel the daytime interior gloom, but having moved my sims to a new lot, I was unable to come to an arrangement I could live (and play) with. After installing the native version of RLS from this thread, I have to say I prefer it to Chocolate Pi's 2.2 beta version, and again using some well-placed invisible lights I achieved some beautiful lighting effects that made my sims look awesome. At night. Daytime is a completely other story. I wish (but know it is impossible) that we could use the RLS during night hours only, and have the Maxis lights take over during the day! Or figure a way to automatically turn on certain lights in a room during 7am-6pm, and have them either be totally inactive or "auto-lights-enabled" from 6pm-7am. That kind of fixture-specific control (especially in conjunction with the invisible fixtures) would allow for setting one lighting scheme for day & another for night, which could definitely come in handy. For now, I'm going to have to go back to the Maxis lights, much as it pains me to see my lovely shading go bye-bye.