I've seen some players asking for more brightness in some maps, especially nights and corruption.


Althought I don't think they should be brighter because they would lose their feel, I decided to post a guide on how to make them brighter in a quick and easy way so that everyone can do it and have a customized version of the mod.


There are multiple ways to do it:

First of all we need to locate the files related to what atmosphere need to be changed, I put here example on nights and corruption since they are the most requested

-Open mod with RPFM
-Open "Weather" Folder
-Locate intented files: Nights are in those 3:

wh_night_clear_01.environment_group
wh_night_clear_02.environment_group
wh_night_clear_03.environment_group

(ignore the other files called night, they are not)

-Monogod Corruption in those 4:

wh_wastes_kho_01.environment_group
wh_wastes_sla_01.environment_group
wh_wastes_nur_01.environment_group
wh_wastes_tze_01.environment_group



Now you simply right click in each of them, and click "open with external program", then use any text editor.



That said, let's see the multiple methods.



-The first method simply increase the sky brightness, which would make the whole map brighter as a result since the skybox lighting contribute to map illumination.

To do this you need to locate the line "sky_colour_scale='40000.000000' and increase that value.
So, for example. you can try 50000 or 70000 or 100000 for example.



-Second method is to increase the map overall brightness, which is basically like a generic brightness setting that only work for that weather type.

Locate the line <tone_mapping serialise_version='2' brightness='1.30000' " and change that value. For example, you can try 1.4 or 1.5.


-Third method is to use a post processing lut:

Locate the lines 'lut_texture_file='default' and 'lut_texture_file_2='default'.

Replace "default" with 'character_bright_01'

The first lut is for the environment, the second one is for units specifically.

You can change both or only one, as your preferences.



Let me know if you tried!