Waiting for 1.5 update...

Can I use it with version 1.3?

I don't mind the colony can or can't see . But I need the basic light to play .So I try the night only mod .

@trumbones154 Yeah, that may be because that's what it does?

i installed this but all time are pitch black

The Bright Flames mod makes fires emit light.. though as stated it can have severe performance impact

@Jdalt40

To be honest, I don't know myself.

"Why no light comes from the fire is a mystery to me."
To provide insight on this, this is an intended feature by the game to cut back on performance costs with fires, it does "glow" with motes, however, it doesn't provide any light.

@Admiral_Anno

Tried to fix what you described but couldn't. Probably, the calculation of energy in the solar panel is done inside the game code, and not in xml files that I can edit. In any weather, solar panels work the same way and depend solely on the time of day.

Why no light comes from the fire is a mystery to me.

The day cycle is similarly tied to the time of day and not to the weather and I could not change this. Sorry I couldn't help :(

@Admiral_Anno
So point by point. The first one I will try to fix within a couple of days, but I'm not sure what I can.
At the expense of solar panels. I'll try to fix it.
At the expense of the third point. I think theoretically you can change the length of the day, but how I do not know yet.

So just a few things.
1. Forrest Fires emit no light.
2. Solar Panels Still work.
3. Day cycle says its still day time for normal hours, so pawns only have the in darkness mood debuff during the night normal night time. and not during nomral day time hours.

Going to try your night time only one, that sounds like it could be interesting.

Do you think you could make a mod where you change how long days go for? If so we could have 14 hours of light and then like 30+ hours of dark. thanks

@Rylinu

Yes, absolute darkness all the time.
If this doesn't suit you, you can use the night-only version.

Wait, sorry this is prob a dumb question, but this makes it so its dark all the time, even if its sunny?

@MagnusCerebrum

The fact is that if you do not do this, the game gives an endless series of errors, alas.

would totally love this if it wasn't for the fact you have to start a new game for it lol

@AmbiguousMonk

The mod significantly reduces the accuracy of shooting along with the darkness.

So does this mod just graphically change darkness, or does it also reintroduce the old beta shooting penalties for low light levels?

@Think3r

I made a patch for the weather. I specifically prescribed the accuracy reduction like this: <accuracyMultiplier> 0.25 </accuracyMultiplier>

Light or darkness do not affect shooting accuracy. They used to do this in one of the beta versions but they don't anymore as of 1.0. https://www.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/f40l44/howdoes_darkness_effect_shooting/

Could be cool for a cave world concept

Side note tip! if your having trouble buidling in the night, like want to build near a river or a rock face, then turn on the visiblity of terrain, as well as the view to see how good the soil is, this will give a rough outline on where to build in the dark !

@Sniper

I'm glad you liked it!

@TropicalRenegade

I don't know, but theoretically there shouldn't be any problems.

What a genius mod!It is compatible with fog of war?

yes! i love this! the realictic darkness mod is alright, but if your in the dark, then ITS DARK! Thank you!

pov, you're the pawn