Lyralei's Snow but better! - Snow replacement modĮver noticed the shadows look pixelated even on high settings? You can increase the resolution further. Ouerbacker’s Cloud Replacements by potato-ballad-sims on Tumblr Wasset-aseskara's Enchanted Environment on Tumblr - replaces the sun, moon, clouds, stars, and snow.īrntwaffles's Skyrim Star Field Texture Replacement on Tumblr It's probably best to place them in Mods/Overrides if your lighting mod already changes one of its aspects. Gelina's lighting tweaks on Tumblr - can be used with other lighting mods. URANESIAN WEATHER was created by Nilxis on Tumblr, featuring 'intense blue skies and water, white clouds, orange/reddish sunsets, green sunrises and dark nights.' Take a look through their lighting mod tag.ĭDefinder created Outdoor Lighting Tweaks v2.2 on Mod the Sims: it 'Realistically improves outdoor lighting,' with dynamic shadows, less blue, and different options for night. They also have many more, including lighting suitable for dystopian worlds, alien worlds, and even berry-sim themed. My personal favorite! It makes sims look so much better and gives them a nice glow.īlue Skies and Sunshine Lighting Mod is also bright and comes with many different options for water, fog, and auroras. If you're having issues, try placing the file into the Mods/Overrides folder.īrntwaffles has many lighting mods available on Tumblr.įrozen Lighting Mod 1.0 greatly improves the lighting in-game, in my opinion. You can switch them out whenever you want. You can only have one in at a time! They also affect the color of the water, which means you may want to download multiple to use in different worlds (Isla Paradiso water would look odd in Twinbrook!). Lighting mods replace the lighting in every world. This is a part of my Comprehensive Guide to The Sims 3: Performance and Custom Content for FAQ: 'I don't like the look of the game/the sims.' The majority of these can affect performance of the game! If your computer is already struggling to run The Sims 3, even after trying many suggestions, I would only recommend non-default skin and eyes for your sims and maybe a lighting mod and a few custom sliders. With many of the recommendations in this post, this is what my game looks like, and I'm happy with it. I personally think The Sims 3 has a lot of potential. But if you fundamentally dislike the style, there's only so much that can be changed. There are many mods that can improve the appearance of sims and the environment.

The graphics of The Sims 3 now look dated to some - even when it was new many people disliked the style.

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