#lighting mod

So I've been using the Uranesia Lighting Mod and all it's versions since it was first released and I love it! But then I saw this post floating around by someone who tested a bunch of lighting mods accompanied with pics. And I was drawn to Pudding's Sims 3 Lighting Mod mainly because I liked the shadows and how the Sims' faces looked with it. So I've been trying it out and I like a lot. Here is Vesper on the first day of summer in the morning and afternoon. It's not as crisp and bright as Uranesia, it's more subtle and subdued. I'm gonna keep playing with it and test out more weather and seasons.

Mount Estellea(Mount Estelle 2.0) by@pxelblobs

I had a lot of fun playing the previous version, "Mount Estelle," and this is the upgraded version.

Mount Estellea comes with a public area and three houses pre-built, but one of them has stairs that cannot be used due to interference from the toddler mod, so the stairs will need to be replaced.(Or recommend deleting the whole house, but this is not the responsibility of pxelblobs. If you have the same mod, there is no problem.) The bridge was not usable in Mount Estelle, but this has been fixed in Mount Estellea.

I couldn't edit the plots in "Edit Town" so I did a little editing in CAW.I placed my favorite houses from the towns I've played in so far. It has a great atmosphere (I'm praising myself).

I chose daycare again this time because the toddlers are super cute.

I wonder if there's a way to make it "toddler-only." Hmm, around 10 people would be ideal.

I changed the lighting mod to BB-TS3Beta-Lighting Mod V2 @boringbones

It became very three-dimensional and had a realistic feel to it. Amazing.

An anon was asking about my CAS BG so here it is, with more options plus extra CAS lighting mods. Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD (pick & choose*)

SimFileShare / Patreon

📌Small update: fixed the mesh so it covers the whole screen for those with 16:9 monitors. No need to re-download if the previous file is working fine 😊

Additional info & TOU

Don't re-upload & claim as yours! Just link back here :)

You can recolor the CAS BG and include the mesh. Tag me if you do ^^

Credit to @littledica & @simplyanjuta for their CAS BG and lighting mod respectively! I'll be using theirs as a base for all of my CAS replacements.

*no reshade previews under cut ✂️

A couple of unedited pics of the Twinbrook swamp on a stormy early morning, which I took when I was taking pics for the lighting mod post.

I present to you my edit of @boringbones amazing lighting mod! After months of trial and error, mostly because I was saving the files in the wrong format, I have edited this amazing mod to have a dark night sky on clear nights!! A huge thank you to Boring Bones for his help editing is mod! And to @technicallyswagpizza for the tutorial on how to edit an existing Lighting Mod!! I hope you enjoy it!

I also use several other mods to get this effect. Links below!!

My Edit of Boring Bones Beta Lighting Mod: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/5558078/

TS3 HD Textures Series - Terrain Pack [UPDATE: Fixed road tiling] by Lyralei: https://modthesims.info/d/666599/ts3-hd-textures-series-terrain-pack-update-fixed-road-tiling.html

REALISTIC CLOUDS for TS3 by Nilxis: https://nilxis.tumblr.com/post/146276673296/realistic-clouds-for-ts3-i-already-made-some

Enchanted Environment by wasset-aseskara. I use the moon from this file. : https://www.mediafire.com/file/3wy9deupi1te7h9/Wassett_Enchanted_Environment.7z/file

MILKY WAY night sky - for TS3 and CAW by Nilxis: https://nilxis.tumblr.com/post/164572117716/milky-way-night-sky-for-ts3-and-caw-add-some

[TS3] [WIP] Pixel Shader Modding Framework by Lazy Duchess: https://lazyduchess.tumblr.com/post/659682513795563520/ts3-wip-pixel-shader-modding-framework

Higher trees - default replacements + non default [update 1.5.] by lolalule: https://modthesims.info/d/553317/higher-trees-default-replacements-non-default-update-1-5.html

BOTANIKA - PLANT AND FLORA REPLACEMENT FOR THE SIMS 3 by Boring Bones: https://boringbones.blogspot.com/2023/08/botanika-substituicao-de-plantas-e.html

And lastly, shout out to @thesweetsimmer111 for her amazing More Romantic Interactions mod!! I am in love with it!! https://modthesims.info/d/691427/more-romantic-interactions.html

My YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@GoldenEnninasSims3

My favorite CC and Mods updated for 2025

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