GlobFly on 26/10/2012 at 01:56
Quote Posted by scumble
Yes, I'd agree that the lighting was pretty uninteresting. However I found out after learning some of the CK that the engine can't handle more than four shadow casters in view at one time - possibly the layout of the house causes issues there. I am referring to the
Windstad Manor plot. I could probably whip up a little plugin to improve the lights.
Hopefully the other houses on the other plots aren't identical. Another thing they could have tried was alternative building materials, so you could build a stone house if you wanted.
Or rent out a house for money?
Buying an inn and earning money from that?
Random ideas, but I am sure someone must have tried those. A simple variation on your bored spouse earning money...
Yeah I know about the shadow casting lights limitation, but there isn't a single one in the main part of the house. Like I said the only one is the light coming from the forge in the cellar.
Anyway, I would be your bestest friend if you could make a plugin to enhance the lighting in the house :)
scumble on 26/10/2012 at 10:44
I just need to make that tweak so that the Hearthfire file doesn't crash the editor...
scumble on 27/10/2012 at 13:56
I have to say it's not easy to work with the plugin as all the optional parts are on top of each other, however I can see that the lighting really was minimally implemented. Also it's tricky to see what enables the lights as the object names in the archive were all scrambled so it isn't possible to check the scripts in the editor. I think it might be easier to build a new residence from scratch...
