In order to make use of all the changes i recommend to read the Compatibility article and take some minutes to inject all the useful INI commands below.
The interior images in the media section ensemble version 016+ of the Dark Commonwealth modification and show the current progress. Once image counter is 300+ next version release is close. The exterior images are version 015-.
Next update will add darker weather, if you cannot wait use Biome, it is the pre-version to 016 and mostly focuses on realistic weather and sqeezes the engine as much as possible in this regard.
Date of release for version 016 is planned in 2025.
● INI Settings Place the entries below into your fallout4custom.ini
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[Archive] bInvalidateOlderFiles=1 ; sResourceDataDirsFinal= ; [Controls] fEnterWorkshopDelay=0.1 ; [Display] bVolumetricLightingDisableInterior=0 ; [General] uMainMenuDelayBeforeAllowSkip=100 ; uMainMenuMusicAttnmB=0 ; uMainMenuMusicFadeTimeMS=0 ; sStartingConsoleCommand=bat name ; name = name of your bat, then put these into your text file cl off; gr Grid 12; gr Scale 1; Maxcascade 1 [Interface] fCrosshairAlphaPercent=0 ; fWorkshopAnimTime=100.0000 ; [PipBoy] bPipboyDisableFX=1 ; fPAEffectColorR=1 ; fPAEffectColorG=1 ; fPAEffectColorB=1 ; [Workshop] bWorkshopShaderOutlineByDefault=1 ;
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Create a text file and rename .txt to .bat. Then add the following commands:
cl off
If your using godrays these are recommended to keep GR quality high but performance load low:
gr grid 12 gr scale 1 maxcascade 1
Make sure to force the .bat to load via the following commands added into you Fallout4Custom.ini:
[General] sStartingConsoleCommand=bat-file-name
Reference, settings are mostly based on reflect and search scenarios, mostly done via www. Some mods also helped and or are not needed alongside this mod but referenced:
● Bug Reports Make a screenshot and upload it to this mod page (Click the Add Media button). Once the issue is fixed image will be removed. For a full list of interiors, for testing or as reference refer to Interior Cell Overview. ●
An interesting concept but I think a version that doesn't disable fire lights would be even more immersive because candles/lit lanterns should have light even if it's in a lower radius to maintain the dark feel.
Also for some of the lights that will glow I think it's the glow map, if you can retexture the glow map to have the static to no longer glow, the issue of certain light's not having off variants would be able to be fixed.
I recommend to download the plugin first before your giving any advice!
Then you can see i already did modify the glowmap. Its also not so easy like you say and probably think ..
You cant disable the glowmap globally without ruining the candle. You can disable the candle but it will not disable the glowmap. If you want to disable the candle you also must disable the glowmap. If the glowmap however is disabled the candle and overall feeling is lost. All of this is to blame and thanks to PreVis and PreCombination - The biggest 5#!7 in gaming history. Therefore i removed most of the lighting and build it all from scratch.
Unfortunately the windows at night are still very bright and for some reason my game still "thinks" it's daytime outside. I'm in a hospital right now with very bright windows with very bright (moon?)light seeping in and everything is bright. I am very disappointed.
I was expecting pitch black but everything is even brighter in here than I was able to make it outdoors, here at 1:30 am game time. :*(
To be fair, I'm not sure there's much a mod like yours can do about this. The light is coming from outside, not from any powered light source.
It's either from windows (I was able to greatly reduce this with a window retexture mod, choosing the darkest option available), or in a couple other cases from literal holes in the ceiling. But the game's engine still "thinks" it's bright outside even though my ENB settings have modded the "environment" settings to make everything dark.
Yeah, by the time i did version 015 i was experimenting with the lighting from exteriors. Its very hard to setup good in FO4. Now, almost a year later all of this is fixed. But im not done with all the changes to release v016.
Not sure if its the ENB too which can interfer. I also dont recommend to use it since you can do all without ENB.
ENB definitely exacerbates the issue, but I can't *not* use ENB, I'm addicted to it. I use ENB and reshade to get the looks I want.
I uploaded a very short video (0:37 seconds) so you can see exactly what I mean. Hope that can help you.
On a final note I do want to add, however, that I love the idea of this mod and one thousand percent agree with your design philosophy. The developer quote in the description fits exactly how I feel about RPGs. Why are they so terrified of making dark, scary caves? It drives me nuts seeing lit candles and torches in an old ruin that's been supposedly abandoned for centuries.
Also, just throwing this out there as a crazy (probably worthless) idea:
Maybe you could just cover up those holes with giant black walls blocking out the sky? Make them large/wide enough so the player can't see the edges. It would get tricky activating them only at night or something, not sure if you can put conditions in the GECK for time of day.
Now i know what you mean, the SKY ... lol! Of course this is fixed. The weather for the fake interior exterior illusion is not setup properly in this version. YOu can be sure its super dark next version ;) ;) thanks for sharing your pov.
Hey, what exactly is the problem with VR? The FormID max ID count and/or the version which is set to 1.00 and probably should be 0.95 for VR to work???! It really shows how stupid the NG update of BGS is, it does not fix the VR problems still. Lazy.
So, as of now, while the night is still under calibration, what mods are people succesfully using to have dark nights compatible with these mods interiors? Im thinking places like arcjet and the freedom museum which have holes in the roof, showing clear night in the interiors but other weather when exiting the interior into the worldspace.
While a dark night mod that's vanilla+ still would look somewhat different from the night in this mod's interior cells, it would be a closer representation of what's going on in the exterior.
The reason for this is simple, i had to split the weather into exterior and interior. Interior weather of DC needs a patch though. Which of the mods available has the most immersive "dark" weather possible? NAC or DN ?
tbh I don't even remember which one had darker nights, even though I have tested quite a few over the years. I came here looking for this precise tip. My current setup actually uses polluted climate, which is completely off from what's going on in the interiors, but would revert for a more vanilla+ weather mod with dark nights in order to match your incredible mod (preferably a weather mod with a single plugin for all the dlc as well).
I managed to create the most darkest weather i can imagine, its truely pitch black. So (technically) no need for other weather mods with the release of version 016.
I don't know if you've seen this before, but if you haven't, check it out, maybe it'll help you remove some more stuff. Data\Textures\Effects\LampSprites01_d.DDS
So far only a very few light sources cannot be removed at all and i have to find other techniques. BGS decided to create certain effects in the NIF itself, if these are then precombined, its almost impossible to hide these with an altered material file or blank texture file.
I am guessing this will cause problems with FROST without a patch. Considering FROST is as hardcore as you can get, it would be outstanding to have a patch for it!
The lighting only plugin im working on right now, should be compatible if you load before frost, the cell specific changes should be patched in later in order to make it work fully. Not a big deal. I can make it later.
![[v001] Lighting plays a fundamental role, many warm lighting was replaced by plain raw white (255).](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/1151/images/thumbnails/62338/62338-1700692386-1984694278.png "[v001] Lighting plays a fundamental role, many warm lighting was replaced by plain raw white (255).")
![[v007] Alternative Key meshes have been added which remove the key fob.](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/1151/images/thumbnails/62338/62338-1700727289-1306286168.png "[v007] Alternative Key meshes have been added which remove the key fob.")
![[v001] Dark Commonwealth includes the LOD Light fix plugin which disables super lights in exterior environment.](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/1151/images/thumbnails/62338/62338-1697906739-1824737508.png "[v001] Dark Commonwealth includes the LOD Light fix plugin which disables super lights in exterior environment.")
![[v001] fallout4custom.ini - character lighting off](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/1151/images/thumbnails/62338/62338-1700405356-1861174006.png "[v001] fallout4custom.ini - character lighting off")
![[v016] Take a Light Source and delit the environment.](https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/1151/images/thumbnails/62338/62338-1730242222-2071082857.gif "[v016] Take a Light Source and delit the environment.")
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This mod is hardcore and it will always be.
In order to make use of all the changes i recommend to read the Compatibility article and take some minutes to inject all the useful INI commands below.
The interior images in the media section ensemble version 016+ of the Dark Commonwealth modification and show the current progress. Once image counter is 300+ next version release is close. The exterior images are version 015-.
Next update will add darker weather, if you cannot wait use Biome, it is the pre-version to 016 and mostly focuses on realistic weather and sqeezes the engine as much as possible in this regard.
Date of release for version 016 is planned in 2025.
Endorse if you like and have fun.
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INI Settings
Place the entries below into your fallout4custom.ini
- Disable Character Light by robotgeant
- Ultra Quality God Rays Performance Fix by SloppyPooBag
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Bug Reports
Make a screenshot and upload it to this mod page (Click the Add Media button). Once the issue is fixed image will be removed. For a full list of interiors, for testing or as reference refer to Interior Cell Overview.
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Then you can see i already did modify the glowmap. Its also not so easy like you say and probably think ..
You cant disable the glowmap globally without ruining the candle. You can disable the candle but it will not disable the glowmap. If you want to disable the candle you also must disable the glowmap. If the glowmap however is disabled the candle and overall feeling is lost. All of this is to blame and thanks to PreVis and PreCombination - The biggest 5#!7 in gaming history. Therefore i removed most of the lighting and build it all from scratch.
I was expecting pitch black but everything is even brighter in here than I was able to make it outdoors, here at 1:30 am game time. :*(
It's either from windows (I was able to greatly reduce this with a window retexture mod, choosing the darkest option available), or in a couple other cases from literal holes in the ceiling. But the game's engine still "thinks" it's bright outside even though my ENB settings have modded the "environment" settings to make everything dark.
Not sure if its the ENB too which can interfer. I also dont recommend to use it since you can do all without ENB.
I uploaded a very short video (0:37 seconds) so you can see exactly what I mean. Hope that can help you.
On a final note I do want to add, however, that I love the idea of this mod and one thousand percent agree with your design philosophy. The developer quote in the description fits exactly how I feel about RPGs. Why are they so terrified of making dark, scary caves? It drives me nuts seeing lit candles and torches in an old ruin that's been supposedly abandoned for centuries.
So yeah... good job, and keep it up!
(The video: https://youtu.be/i8etza1lQHw)
Maybe you could just cover up those holes with giant black walls blocking out the sky? Make them large/wide enough so the player can't see the edges. It would get tricky activating them only at night or something, not sure if you can put conditions in the GECK for time of day.
/shrug, just an idea.
for now you can there still should be candles around.
While a dark night mod that's vanilla+ still would look somewhat different from the night in this mod's interior cells, it would be a closer representation of what's going on in the exterior.
Preview:
Data\Textures\Effects\LampSprites01_d.DDS
So far only a very few light sources cannot be removed at all and i have to find other techniques. BGS decided to create certain effects in the NIF itself, if these are then precombined, its almost impossible to hide these with an altered material file or blank texture file.
Considering FROST is as hardcore as you can get, it would be outstanding to have a patch for it!