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Mod Type: Terrain
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Real Lighting and Weather

Description
Real Lighting and Weather is an overhaul of lighting and weather on all A3 vanilla maps + some custom ones. .

The mod was originally developed for Second Wind total conversion mod but I decided it's time to share it with everyone.

Includes:
- Mediterrean setup for: Malden, Altis, Stratis, rof_Ammoulliani, Anizay.
- Eastern Setup for Livonia, Ruha.
- Pacific Setup for Tanoa, Archipelago, Isla Nueva, Colombia.
- Subtropic lighting and biome setup for Tembelan.
- Partial setup for: Mull of Kyntire. May also work on some other maps but won't fit them that well without fine tuning.
- Chernarus 2020 (crash reports when in fly mode, not to be fixed).

2 Weather Effects (don't impact perfomance):
- Rendering effect which simulates rain at distance and removes "sky stripes glitch" during foggy weather (known as DirectX bug).
- Raindrops on surfaces when it's raining.

Features:
- Detailed sun, moon and ambient illumination of terrain depending on the weather and time of day.
- Sun and Moon illumination changes depending on weither clouds cover sun/moon or not.
- Brighter nights. Adjustable via moon phase and fog density.
- Dark greyish fog in overcast and at night.
- Advanced Skybox setup
- Custom moon object and halo setup.
- Customized rain and lightnings.
- Custom clutter (grass and debris) on some terrains.

P.S.
- Multiplayer dynamic weather system coupled with lighting of this pack is featured in Second Wind mod. You're welcome to hop in and play.
- My clouds&lighting setup on Unreal Engine: https://youtu.be/0Q8eJSz1h-E
More info in our Discord group[discord.gg]

If you'd like to see more maps with these types of lighting, make sure to thumbs up and write requests either here or in our Discord

License
Content is released under Arma Public License NO DERIVATIVES (APL-ND):
https://www.bohemia.net/community/licenses/arma-public-license-nd
Reuploads will be taken down without prior notice.


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25 Sep @ 3:27am
Bug Report
black_rose
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_mickey_ 28 Nov @ 4:46pm 
@Nommad

The problem is that at night, out from cities the AI ​​without NVG still, like in the vanilla game, stops seeing the player within 30-50 meters, while the player without NVG will see their AI-opponents as if they were during the day, within 300-400 and more meters !

Can you tell me which PBO can minimize this? Maybe you could add settings for the lighting intensity at night?
_mickey_ 28 Nov @ 4:46pm 
@Nommad Good Day dear!

The clouds in your mod look very beautiful, but one detail prevents me from using your mod.

Incredibly bright nights, sometimes bright even without a moon. Sometimes the player sees a bright lighting on the night map (forest or far from urban areas), while in the sky there is no visible moon at all! But, when there is a moon, the lighting almost looks super exaggerated, like day!

Could you please explain - how a player can reduce the excessively bright nights? It looks terribly exaggerated and causes imbalance with AI, which don't have NVG.
Gandalf 8 Nov @ 1:14am 
is this client side?
Nommad 3 Nov @ 4:37am 
Thaaaaaaaanks Malcain
Malcain  [author] 2 Nov @ 7:16am 
@Nommad
Hi, You can upload it but only with dependancy to this mod as a requirement.
Nommad 1 Nov @ 9:09pm 
Hey man, I made a version without night lighting, do you authorize me to post it here?
SillySpaceCat 17 Oct @ 11:13pm 
Please update this broken addon
Ashenfell 18 Sep @ 11:51am 
does nor work with Isla Duala sadly. Pink and green skies. But all in all its awesome.
OksmanTV 12 Sep @ 6:23pm 
Is there a way to fix the error that pops up?

3:18:56 Warning Message: No entry 'bin/config.bin/CfgWorlds/Altis/Lighting.sunSunset'
3:18:56 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
3:18:56 Warning Message: No entry 'bin/config.bin/CfgWorlds/Altis/Lighting.endSunset'
3:18:56 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
3:18:56 Warning Message: No entry 'bin/config.bin/CfgWorlds/Altis/Lighting.nightAngle'
3:18:56 Warning Message: '/' is not a value

Could we get a fix for this? Happens upon loading the game
Aesthetics 12 Sep @ 2:11pm 
Like others have mentioned, night is way too bright. Like playing Minecraft with 100% brightness