A new mod for Fallout 4 tweaks the lighting in the game through DirectX 11 with an aim to create more realistic, and less washed-out colors during the day and darker nights for a true wasteland experience.
Developed by SirGreenThumb, the TrueLighting mod, which can be found on the Fallout 4 Nexus, also lengthens the duration of the night so dusks and dawns don’t last quite as long.
He writes:
” I tried to keep daytime looking its original brightness without being washed out, while darkening and lengthening the night to create a more realistic night time. Similar to an ENB preset but this plugin utilizes the Fallout 4 DirectX 11. “
Here’s what the mod does:
- It tones down bloom and eye adapt overall to more reasonable levels.
- It calibrates certain lights for more realism.
- It calibrates image space settings for indoor areas for a less washed out look. (still under development, some areas have not been calibrated).
- It calibrates the image space settings for an unprecedented night time look, as well as less washed out look for daytime while keeping daytime bright.
- It calibrates night time directional ambient to achieve a realistically dark night without darkening other lights.
- It calibrates image space settings for dawn and dusk transitions for a seamless day/night transitions.
- It calibrates image space settings for all time frames, weather patterns and areas for more realism.
- It alters brightness for sun, moon, stars, upper sky, lower sky, horizon, clouds, and effects lighting for more realism.
- It alters cloud layers, clouds transparency, fog, mist, sun glare, and moon glare for more realism.
You can check out the before-and-after comparisons between vanilla Fallout 4 and the modded version.
