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Top Secret Researcher
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#1 Old 3rd Jun 2018 at 5:54 PM
Default Lots don't light up in neighborhood night view.
Is this a feature? I remember that I had this working when I installed nightlife for the first time. I haven't noticed that it's gone in my game till recently. I have installed UC at the time when promotional code was available. Maybe it has something to do with that? Or is this normal game behaviour?

Seing some of the night images of the sims 2 hoods, I can see how better it looks with lot lights, and I kinda grow jealous
I would apreciate if there is a fix, any fix for this. But I also can live without it if there really isn't anything like that.

Thanks in advance :D
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#2 Old 3rd Jun 2018 at 11:18 PM Last edited by RoxEllen1965 : 21st Oct 2020 at 1:51 AM. Reason: updated the list
I'll try to keep this list of links up to date. Please PM me if I missed something.

Vanilla Maxis lot lighting isn't terribly impressive and the only lighting I remember before adding mods and stuff to my game was a few street lights that looked like little white dots. Lots didn't (and still don't) light up on their own except for that annoying bug in BV where the vacation hood lots are always day-lit even at night.

Until recently, the only lighted hood deco building in the game was that cylindrical condo tower that came with NL. Lighted hood deco buildings made by community members came out a year or so ago and there have been mods released recently that improve the lighting at night.

Here's some stuff by Criquette to get you started.

"Better Nightlife" mod - REQUIRED for the working streetlights and several hood deco buildings to work properly.
http://criquette-was-here.tumblr.co...ustom-hood-deco

Working streetlights - these are new lights, NOT default replacements
http://criquette-was-here.tumblr.co...s-hood-deco-set

Neighborhood lighting fix
(fixes shadows - nothing to do with lights at night but still nice to have)
http://criquette-was-here.tumblr.co...lighting-always

Lowedeus - Criquette's streetlights above made into default replacements for the Maxis lot imposter streetlights.
http://lowedeus.tumblr.com/post/158...lights-as-lod90

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Here are some lighted decorative neighborhood buildings. I'm sure there are a lot that I've missed. Thanks for asking about this - I found some cool stuff to put in my game!

Ethan McGregor has added reflective shininess to the daytime textures of some of the city buildings listed below and added a few more that I had not seen before.
https://ethanmcgregor.tumblr.com/po..._related_post=1

midgethetree made Ousmeo's lit buildings into default replacements for the Maxis NL and AL buildings. You don't need to download Ousmeo's buildings anymore. Just put this mod in your game and the Maxis city buildings will now light up!
http://midgethetree.tumblr.com/tagged/neighborhood-deco

Lighted buildings from Sims 3: Roaring Heights
https://ousmeo.tumblr.com/post/1540...-deco-buildings

Lit versions of CuriousB's "Ghost Town" buildings
https://ousmeo.tumblr.com/tagged/hood-deco

Ousmeo's blog is gone, but Dulcinean-Alien seems to have collected a lot of their stuff. You can get the "Roaring Heights" and "Ghost Town" sets as well as lots of other stuff here:
https://dulcinean-alien.tumblr.com/...o-cc-collection

Dulcinean-Alien's day/night updates of 19 hood deco city buildings by deeleestuff.
https://dulcinean-alien.tumblr.com/...-deco-buildings

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Emerald City by Lowedeus. Buildings extracted from Cities In Motion and Cities: Skylines. Requires Criquette's "Better Nightlife" mod above.
https://lowedeus.tumblr.com/post/18...kyscrapers-from

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DeeDee's Stuff - various lighted conversions of Sims 4: City Living buildings
http://deeleesstuff.tumblr.com/post...ldings-uptown-4

http://deeleesstuff.tumblr.com/post...o-buildings-art

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Doowydoog - various lighted neighbohood deco versions of houses from Sims 4
(every link on this page is a lighted neighborhood deco object except for the link to the flowers & bushes)
https://doowydoog.tumblr.com/downloads

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Beautifulnerdkitty
Lighted row houses converted from Sims 4.
http://beautifulnerdkitty.tumblr.co...ded-three-color

Lighted versions of Criquette's embankments
http://beautifulnerdkitty.tumblr.co...2-street-lights

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Criquette - lighted French farm houses converted from another game
http://criquette-was-here.tumblr.co...gs-set-of-eight

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iCad's lighted Sims 3 base game rabbitholes
http://gardenofshadows.org.uk/garde...40781#msg740781

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"Shells" - these are BUY MODE objects (effectively giant lamps) that are visible from neighborhood view and light up at night.

Early Pleasantview's Bridgeport buildings from Sims 3: Late Night and Sims 4: City Living
http://earlypleasantview.tumblr.com...uffs-bridgeport

Conversions of buildings from Sims 3: University Life
http://earlypleasantview.tumblr.com...fe-required-3t2

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Honeywell's lighted windows for lot imposters. Your sims' houses can now have lighted windows in neighborhood view!
http://www.modthesims.info/d/624485...dow-lights.html
Screenshots
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