#+mod

I've updated my Expanded Active Households mod to a new edition, adding in lots of new features such as stayovers, a new interactive daycare system, custom babysitters and separated bills! More info in the download link 😊

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Overview

Heya!

These days I spent lots of time fixing lot skirt shader - and it turned into something more. I was to rewrite many game shaders to get consistent look of terrain and snow, and now, it's ready to be published! Attempted to fix inconsistent lighting, implemented transparent lot skirt roads - so that they match the rest of lot skirt terrain, more and more!

Improvements

Consistent lighting - lot skirt, lot terrain and roads now match.

All lighting states compatible - dusk, dawn, seasonal changes work well.

Every lighting mod compatible - works even with maxis lighting.

New snow shaders (lot skirt, lot terrain and roofs) - fixed ugly shading, proper reaction to every lighting state.

Fixed lot imposters - now their terrain is rendered as well as possible.

Transparent lot skirt roads - now it's possible to use road textures with transparent cuts so that it matches lot skirt terrain.

Now reflective pond water doesn't require pools - its reflections work by reflective plane placed in lot corner.

Neighborhood roads have light snow pass.

Included

Lot skirt shaders

Lot imposter shaders

Lot terrain shaders

Lot lighting fixes (requires RPC)

Roof shaders

Bright CAS fix

Extended Standard and SimStandard shaders

Neighborhood road shader

Pond Water Overhaul

NOT Included BUT Compatible

Better Nightlife

Sea Water Overhaul

Accurate Neighborhood Lighting

Soft Shadows

WIP

Multi-road neighborhoods (I will add it later, sorry!)

Installation

Put the contents into your downloads folder (contains default replacement of maxis roads making them transparent, you may delete these files if you use road default replacements). Remember, my shaders must be loaded last to prevent conflicts!

Snow Lighting

Light snow:

Heavy snow:

Neighborhood roads

Vanilla:

Mod:

Fixed lot imposters

Before:

After:

Lot skirt roads

Default texture:

Transparent texture:

Consistent lighting

Radiance (maxis shaders):

Radiance (my shaders):

Reflective Pond Water

First step - choose respective to lot size reflective plane:

Second step - place it in the lot corner so that the plane covers every lot tile:

Third step - enjoy reflective ponds; there's no need to keep pools or something like that in the scene, reflections work independently:

Seasonal lighting

Summer:

Fall:

Winter:

Spring:

Download links

Mediafire

The time has finally come, my console friends! Though I do have the game on PC, I do prefer my nice, comfy console, so this will be great! Thank you, Larian, for everything you've done. And thank you to all the wonderful voice actors and to the modding community as a whole!