#REALISTIC COLORS AND REAL NIGHTS MOD#
#REALISTIC COLORS AND REAL NIGHTS MODS#

It includes dynamic weathers, FXAA, and HDR as well. Like CoT, RCRN is more than just a lighting mod. Cold provides a slightly darken vanilla interior where as Warm provides a similar darken interior but with warmer lighting. Finally, the two interior options are Cold and Warm.

Hardcore is recommended for the darkest dungeon experience and Hazardous for slightly darker dungeons than from the default. Dungeons and cave have the presets, Hardcore and Hazardous.

Default is the darkest and most natural night lighting each level up the nights get slightly brighter. The night options start at the default level and goes to up level 3. You can customize nights with 4 different options, dungeons and caves with 2 different options, and interiors with 2 different options as well. CoT provides many options for customization using presets. Use these at your own discretion for your own personal tastes.Д¬oT is not just a lighting overhaul but also a complete weather overhaul as well.

#REALISTIC COLORS AND REAL NIGHTS MODS#

Some mods contain optional presets such as darker dungeons, warmer interiors, brighter nights, etc. There are limited ways in which to customize a lighting mod. Note: All screen shots were taken with no AA and default game settings in order to generalize performance across all mods. The Vision version is lighter and closer to RCRN lighting, but still providing most of the lighting present in the Hardcore version such as darker nights. The Hardcore version provides vibrant colors and lighting with very dark nights. RLwC - Hardcore is a brilliant piece of art as is it's lighter version, Vision. Standing right next to RCRN on popularity is RLwC (now Realistic Lighting Overhaul). RCRN is easily one of the most popular lighting mods for this reason. RCRN livens up the colors and lighting to a more realistic tone. The rest of the lighting remains very similar to Vanilla. These screen shots were taken inside a cave environment at the same location and time.ДЄs you can see there is very little difference between Vanilla and CoT unless the optional presets are used for dungeons and interiors. These screen shots were taken inside an interior at the same location and time.ДЄdditional Lighting Comparison - Fire Glow These screen shots were taken in a semi-dungeon environment at the same location and time. These screen shots were taken during the night at the same location and time. These screen shots were taking at dusk (sun setting) at the same location and time. These screen shots were taken during the day at the same location and time. With only a variation of 1 FPS or none at all, these lighting mods provide no noticeable impact on performance. The same results can been see at the other eight areas tested around Skyrim. Realistic Lighting Overhaul will most likely cause some performance loss. (Realistic Lighting Overhaul and COT will be compatible with the release of COT v3.0) They are not however, compatible with each other at this time. The above mods are overhauls but are compatible with most other mods including ENBs to further enhance the ENB effects which is covered in the ENB Guide.

#REALISTIC COLORS AND REAL NIGHTS MOD#

Without getting technical, a lighting mod changes either individual lighting aspects of a game, such as interiors and dungeons, or the the overall lighting of a game often called overhauls.

Realistic Lighting with Customization (RLwC) (Now Realistic Lighting Overhaul).

Realistic Colors and Real Nights (RCRN).

Project Reality - Climates Of Tamriel (CoT).

The mods that will be covered by this guide are: When seeking answers related to a particular mod please contact the mod's author.

Please note this guide is only provided as a general overview of these mods. This guide is designed to provide information about different lighting mods that are safe to use with STEP and will provide more realistic lighting for a more immersive gaming experience.

Realistic colors and real nights