Realistic Lighting v2.6 + Review
By Realistic Lighting is a fantastic alternative to SCS’s default skybox.
It will add lots of skyboxes with a range of cloud variations, and these clouds also project shadows to the ground realistically.
One of the best characteristics of this mod is how the game looks like at night. The night is much darker than SCS’ “dark blue” nighttime. You may see stars, but they don’t stand out too bright – however that is pretty realistic due to light pollution (it would be cool if the author added regional starry nights for special locations such as the deserts in TSM). At night, you can also see a realistic full moon (the size is more proportional).
Another great feature is the street lamp and led lamp effects. The mod author (Atak) added new effects to the lamps so they would project downwards and spread out in the correct direction, making them a lot more realistic as if you were really driving at night.
The sunsets and sunrises give great opportunities for pictures. One minor thing that might bother you is the green tinge you might see for a few minutes in the sunsets and sunrises. In real life, you can see a slight green tinge in sunsets and sunrises, but this mod overly saturates that effect which isn’t too realistic.
AI Traffic headlights, street lamps and LED lamps also can emit three different lighting colors: xenon, orange, and cold white. This adds a lot to the realism since cars, street + LED lamps do have these variations in real life.
There are also times when you may have gentle fog in the morning which is a cool plus. Many other touches to add to the realism are added to this mod, like having ambient color be calculated from the skybox.
It does appear to rain less often with Realistic Lighting turned on, however when you do get rain there are interesting variations in the heaviness and storminess of the rain.
This mod is definitely worth trying out. It makes your driving more realistic and also interesting because of all the variations.
Working perfect on version 1.18 with Realistic Lighting v2.6!
The order that this mod loads in shouldn’t matter too much, but logically I have the mod order as this:
- Game Fixes Mods
- Skin Mods
- Traffic Mods
- Truck Mods
- Map Mods
- Trailers + Cargo Mods
- Environment/Weather Mods (Realistic Lighting goes in this section)
- Mods that need to overwrite settings from other mods
Features:
- HDR and Bloom tweaked to more realistic values.
- Realistic full moon.
- A lot more different cloud variants at all times.
- Sky has now realistic color and gradient (dawn/midday/sunset/night).
- 3 different types of bad weather:
- Storm with heavy rain and thunders
- Thick clouds but no rain and no thunders.
- Same as above plus medium rain and without thunders.
- Street lamps now generate more common orange/yellow color instead of pure white.
- Led lamps emit cold white.
- Added lamp mask to street lamps and directional glow.
Credits: Atak_Snajpera
Compatibility: ETS2 1.17.x and 1.18.x
Review: DriveSafely
Screenshots:
How to install mod for ETS 2:
- Download this mod.
- Extract it!
- Paste the .scs file(s) into your My Documents/Euro Truck Simulator 2/mod folder.
- Run game ~> Edit profile ~> Enable mod.
- Enjoy!
potter can you give me a link to a mod that will make streetlight make light!?
streetlight make light? well it’s already lighten up in the night…
If you’re a mod maker then you can open up the scs, do something within the lightening and if you’re not satisfied with the streetlight then change it with your own caution. (I’m not a mod maker, I’m a mod tester…. and one day I could be a beta ets2)
… you got it wrong like the light from the streetlight makes light on the road not just do light on its self
Oh I get your point, I have tested this mod and I saw the problem too… could be an issue
difference between high quality and normal?
The normal version has worse quality but uses 6 times less VRAM.
Doe’s it help with the frame rate? cause i’ve been having that issue..with other graphic mods. Thanks for the mod!!! 🙂
I will increase your FPS a bit. Just try!
This mod crashes with Rus Map
I think the link is broken. Am i the only one, who has this problem?
I have updated new links for you!
arguably the best ets 2 modder. You fail to disappoint!
This mod is interesting and it sounds almost similar to weather reload r5 version (not the alpha one r5.5.x) Gotta make the review.
Great. I am looking for your review dude!
Is there not a High Quality version for 2.3?
Yes this is the only one version for 2.3 till now. I will update If there is a new one!
Any idea if this works with Improved Weather Reload?
Is This Better Than Lautus HD 5.1 ?
It depends on your felling. Both them are the best ones!
Is this mod better than Improved Weather Reload? It’s a shame that some mods just can’t be merged that easilly…
I think it depends on your feeling.
Mine is Improved Weather!
Hey Will, do you know if the author of this will make a version of this compatible with 1.17? Also do you know of any compatible physics mods to 1.17? Because those two things were my favourite 2 immersion mods which unfortunately don’t work anymore because of the update :/
This is a perfect mod and I am sure that he will make it for 1.17.
There aren’t physic mods for 1.17 currently mate!
Okay sweet and thanks for the reply man!
Is this working for 1.18?
I posted it yesterday and yes, it is for 1.18.x!
I will try this for 1.18. I sure hope it works. Stock lighting is AWFUL and so far no weather or graphics mod has fixed it, not even Improved Weather Reloaded!
Waiting for your review mate!
I wanted to give this a review! 🙂
Realistic Lighting is a fantastic alternative to SCS’s default skybox.
It will add lots of skyboxes with a range of cloud variations, and these clouds also project shadows to the ground realistically.
One of the best characteristics of this mod is how the game looks like at night. The night is much darker than SCS’ “dark blue” nighttime. You may see stars, but they don’t stand out too bright – however that is pretty realistic due to light pollution (it would be cool if the author added regional starry nights for special locations such as the deserts in TSM). At night, you can also see a realistic full moon (the size is more proportional).
Another great feature is the street lamp and led lamp effects. The mod author (Atak) added new effects to the lamps so they would project downwards and spread out in the correct direction, making them a lot more realistic as if you were really driving at night.
The sunsets and sunrises give great opportunities for pictures. One minor thing that might bother you is the green tinge you might see for a few minutes in the sunsets and sunrises. In real life, you can see a slight green tinge in sunsets and sunrises, but this mod overly saturates that effect which isn’t too realistic.
AI Traffic headlights, street lamps and LED lamps also can emit three different lighting colors: xenon, orange, and cold white. This adds a lot to the realism since cars, street + LED lamps do have these variations in real life.
There are also times when you may have gentle fog in the morning which is a cool plus. Many other touches to add to the realism are added to this mod, like having ambient color be calculated from the skybox.
It does appear to rain less often with Realistic Lighting turned on, however when you do get rain there are interesting variations in the heaviness and storminess of the rain.
This mod is definitely worth trying out. It makes your driving more realistic and also interesting because of all the variations.
Working perfect on version 1.18 with Realistic Lighting v2.6!
The order that this mod loads in shouldn’t matter too much, but logically I have the mod order as this:
1) Game Fixes Mods
2) Skin Mods
3) Traffic Mods
4) Truck Mods
5) Map Mods
6) Trailers + Cargo Mods
7) Environment/Weather Mods (Realistic Lighting goes in this section)
8) Mods that need to overwrite settings from other mods
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you very much.
I love you!
Archive is broken
Please re-download it buddy. It works fine for me!
Seems like Winrar don’t work (it can be an old version) but 7-zip works.