Realistic Lighting Overhaul is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, created by The Realistic Lighting Team.
Description:
NOT JUST ANOTHER LIGHTING MOD!
Realistic Lighting Overhaul (RLO) is the fourth iteration of the popular lighting mod, Realistic Lighting without Post-Processing. It is a complete overhaul of the games lighting system and is one of the most comprehensive lighting mods available for Skyrim. The changes number in the thousands and cover many bases. The aim of this mod is to make the lighting as realistic as possible within the confines of the game engine. It makes the lighting more realistic without the use of screen shader injections or other post-processing. This means the changes made to this mod only utilize the game engine and changes are only made via the Creation Kit. So this means there will be no performance decrease at all, in fact, some people might even get an FPS boost from using this mod due to the removal of bloom which takes up considerable processing power from older machines. We are also optimizing RLO so that it may even run FASTER than vanilla Skyrim in some instances.
This mod does not aim to make the game fantasy like, or add lights for the purpose of it looking beautiful on screenshots. This is a hardcore realism mod, that should be used by people who want their game to have an increased immersion level. Sunlight will be realistic and not blue and places which are poorly lit WILL be dark. If a cabin only has a few candles, yes it will be dark, don't blame us, blame Bethesda (haha) because we are trying to keep this lore friendly - and realistic as we can, even with huge engine limitations.
This mod adds a vast amount of sun lighting to cells , more shadow casting lights and bounced lighting (Over 600 new shadow casting lights as of v4.1). The lighting in RLO is very subtle and very balanced and many of its features can be missed if people are looking for a more "in your face" fantasy approach. This is why we only really tell you about a few main features and the rest is up to you to experience.
If you want fantasy lighting with over the top boom and effects, edited meshes etc - I would recommend looking for other mods, such as Climates of Tamriel or Enhanced Lights and Effects, which are mods we also adore and use!
RLO while complex in it's own way - does not edit meshes or textures, it does not use scripts. We do this to lower the chances of bugs or issues to your game.
Realistic Lighting Overhaul does just that - it overhauls Skyrims lighting, and it aims to do it well. RLO comes with dozens of mods, all rolled into one, all custom made for this mod and all integrated for the best possible experience with the less amount of fuss. Yes our team has made each module or mod and intergrated it right into RLO - so you don't need fog removal mods, striping fix mods, weather mods etc - however our mod is modular so you can pick and choose between other mods! (wow I said mod a lot!)
This mod attempts to completely overhaul the lighting system but do everything within the limitations of the game engine, while not trying to go overboard and create annoyances for the user. Our main goal is compatibility, stability and providing an FPS friendly alternative to post processing, while also being ENB friendly. We want to keep performance at the maximum we can keep it, for mid to low end rigs, yet make it balanced enough to look great even on high end rigs. This means you can use an ENB with RLO and not be bogged down by two peformance sucking aspects of the graphics engine.
The aim of this mod is to basically feel as though the Skyrim was ALWAYS released in this manner, and deliver lore friendly lighting which seamlessly integrates with the game, while fixing bugs for the end user - not creating them.
When completed RLO will have over 10,000 edits, including lights, lighting templates, fog settings, light placements, weather templates, bug fixes, imagespaces, saturation levels, eye adaptation, and a whole host more. Our biggest aim is to give this mod balanced lighting, with a strong focus on realism without fake "ambient" lighting.
To install use Nexus Mod Manager.
- Last update: Monday, January 22, 2018
- Genre: RPG
- File size: 11.9 MB
