Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

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11 Mar, 2016 @ 6:57pm
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Softer Shadows

Description
One problem of the game is that the shadows on 3D objects are too dark. Of your you can use a LUT to make the shadows brighter, but that will also remove the contrast of all textures.

This mod simply brightens the shadows of 3D objects, independent from the applied LUT.

Other Recommended Mods:
Daylight Classic

Source Code[gist.github.com]

130 Comments
FairyKomet 16 Dec, 2024 @ 7:01am 
For people wanting to simulate this effect with Render it! and Theme mixer, 1. Go to light tab and reduce the intensity of sunlight to 0, this will get rid of the diferential brightness between faces of the buildings completely. 2. Go to theme mixer and adjust the exposure of sunlight until brightness fits. You could also try adjust the sliders in Render It! color tab equator colors according to the render it guide linked in the mod page. If pursuing 1 and 2, rule of thumb is total brightness = intensity + exposure, adjust intensity to achieve softer shadows
darcula2000 30 Nov, 2024 @ 6:45pm 
Daylight Classic + Softer Shadows + Dynamic Resolution + Real Neutral LUT,Thank you, these four mods are still valid until December 2024.

I respect and thank every mod creator, but I have to admit that after 9 years, the simplest and most effective mods in terms of light and shadow effects are still those from 8 years ago.

this 4 mods combination still cannot be replaced, such as' Render It! ',' Lumina ', and' Relight '. Although these complex mods are more flexible and free, they require patience to adjust the values. Most players just want to achieve a simple and beautiful light and shadow effect.

What I most want to adjust is the part of the building that faces away from the light. The latest Mod [Natural Lighting] can replace [Daylight Classic], but still cannot fully replace [Softer Shadows]
Aharo 19 Jul, 2023 @ 8:21am 
A gamechanger for me, thx!!
dungbeetle goes davaj 28 Jun, 2023 @ 9:34pm 
Render It! has this covered
Saplaiceen 13 May, 2023 @ 9:53am 
of all the cool things you can adjust in this game, making shadows not a void of darkness never seems to be a thing you can do...
boulossami584 12 Mar, 2023 @ 3:33am 
It doesn't work for me
mranderson 15 Feb, 2023 @ 1:46pm 
I don't think I lost resolution. This mod was making my colors shift while I moved the camera. I;m still having an issue with flickering lines on the ground, if anyone knows what might be causing that.
jeffnaugh 9 Feb, 2023 @ 12:46am 
did this make anyone elses city lose resolution
雌雏陆之鸟 16 Apr, 2022 @ 1:11am 
gmrsb
Elivenya 8 Feb, 2022 @ 12:32pm 
It also does not work with with daylight classic. But it kind of works without DC, but just with the vanilla LUT.