im not sure if this is the place to post this sorry,but its information for the whole of the simcity community gizmo is in the process of finishing a night and day mod and i watched the flash today its awesome very realistic here is the link to his site you have to register i think to watch it not sure really but heres the link.
http://gizmo.lunarpages.com/index.php
that is amazing!
I didn't know he was even up to things anymore
steve aint it something else to think one thing then get blown away by something waaaaaay out there.... Jacky thank you very much for sharing this very goood news - pat
Jacky,
Thanks for posting the link. It sounds very kool indeed. For some reason I can't view the flash. Oh well. I'm glad you posted the link any way. It had been sooooooo long since I had dropped by Gizmo's my profile had disappreared and I had to reregister. Gizmo has made some nice changes. I love the new look over there. Thanks again.
---Gaston
Attention everyone! "$Deal"$
Gizmo's new night/ day mod is out at his site here: http://gizmo.lunarpages.com/index.php?action=downloads&d=Effect+Mods You have to register there first. ;)
This mod adjusts the day/night schedule, so the sun doesn't rise at 3AM anymore. $%Grinno$%
It also makes nights darker. $%#Ninj2
Before...
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And after...
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()stsfd()
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I could post more pics if you like. :thumbsup:
Travis wow that is stunning shot and the contrast as it is wow!!!
Very sweet! Just downloaded this. I'll give it a try later.
---Gaston
Amazing! Thanx, Jackie. I gotta check this one out.
its very nice
Quote from: Travis on September 17, 2007, 04:16:22 PM
Attention everyone! "$Deal"$
Gizmo's new night/ day mod is out at his site here: http://gizmo.lunarpages.com/index.php?action=downloads&d=Effect+Mods You have to register there first. ;)
This mod adjusts the day/night schedule, so the sun doesn't rise at 3AM anymore. $%Grinno$%
Awesom mod! &apls
However, at 5pm it starts to turn dark wich is fine by me but the first lights turn on at 8pm wich is to late in my opinion.
At 1am the first lights turn off and at 4am the whole city is dark.
For residential that's fine I guess but it seems a little unrealistic to have no lights at all from 4am till 8am. [when it's almost light again]
It prolly has nothing to do with Gizmo's amazing mod but is there a way to alter the time light's go on and off?
It would make this absolutly amazing when lights start at 6pm and start to turn off at 6am.
It takes 3 game hours to completly light the city and also 3 game hours to turn all off. [game hours as in the little clock down left] ;)
Quote from: LoneRanger on September 27, 2007, 05:32:22 AM
It prolly has nothing to do with Gizmo's amazing mod but is there a way to alter the time light's go on and off?
That should be possible by tweaking two properties in the
Main Simulator exemplar (TGI 0x6534284A, 0xE7E2C2DB, 0xE9590E52):
k24HourClockNightBeginProperty k24HourClockNightEndPropertyThey are set to 20 and 01 in Rush Hour.
Enclosed to this post is a modified version of the Main Simulator, with these proeprties changed to 18 and 06.
Place the file
RJ_LongerNights_Alpha1.dat in your plugins and see if it works.
Tell me if you want any of the values put earlier or later...
I'm still at work and haven't got the game installed here... $%Grinno$%
However, I do have the file simcity_1.dat and Reader... ::)
EDIT:
This mod is now available on the
LEX instead:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1603
Talk about devoted, or, just plain obsessed! :P $%Grinno$% :D
Quote from: M4346 on September 27, 2007, 06:30:40 AM
Talk about devoted, or, just plain obsessed! :P $%Grinno$% :D
Or just enjoying my birthday! :P
Also true! ;D
Quote from: RippleJet on September 27, 2007, 06:29:09 AM
That should be possible by tweaking two properties in the Main Simulator exemplar (TGI 0x6534284A, 0xE7E2C2DB, 0xE9590E52):
k24HourClockNightBeginProperty
k24HourClockNightEndProperty
They are set to 20 and 01 in Rush Hour.
Enclosed to this post is a modified version of the Main Simulator, with these proeprties changed to 18 and 06.
Place the file RJ_LongerNights_Alpha1.dat in your plugins and see if it works.
Tell me if you want any of the values put earlier or later...
I'm still at work and haven't got the game installed here... $%Grinno$%
However, I do have the file simcity_1.dat and Reader... ::)
First ,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Second,
Thanks for creating this. I'll see if it works right.
---Gaston
RippleJet: Thanks for the file, gonna test it straight away and let you know.
Oh and a belated Happy Birthday. ;)
[edit]
Evenings are simply perfect now, lights turn on when the sun sets.
Mornings, lights turn off one hour to early to my taste.
Excellent job though, thanks. :thumbsup:
Gizmo: Great work.
I would love a version with the light only turned half way down. Somewhere in between the game settings and the new mod.
The new mod is a bit too dark for me.
Vester: I belive only Gizmo is capable of doing that. ;)
The darkness suits me fine. It's very realistic, in my opinion.
Quote from: Travis on September 29, 2007, 05:27:17 PM
Vester: I belive only Gizmo is capable of doing that. ;)
Indeed, and I am more than sure that Gizmo will not even consider changing this mod.
Editing the Effect Dirs isn't something you'd do just to fulfill individual requests...
Quote from: LoneRanger on September 29, 2007, 03:12:35 AM
Evenings are simply perfect now, lights turn on when the sun sets.
Mornings, lights turn off one hour to early to my taste.
Enclosed is LongerNights, Alpha version 2, with the night cycle from 20.00 till 07.00.
Let me know if it's better! ;)
EDIT:
This mod is now available on the
LEX instead:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1603
A big &apls for the R.J_LongerNights_Alpha2. Enjoying the night lights with gizmo's new tool was just a brief teeze. Now one can get a whole nights worth of night viewing. I haven't seen a spike in crime activity with the added darkness so I guess the sim police are keeping up the night patrols. Thanks for this added treat. :thumbsup:
The only problem that I have incurred with the mod is that the cones for the streetlights are extremly dim...Gizmo is aware of this and said he was going to look into it.
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This is from a post on Simtropolis forum
[q]Originally posted by: gizmo28 Wow, I don't think I can outdo my self with another mod. I didn't think it would look so good with all the custom stuff that was out, becuase I don't play the game at all, except to check how mods work with the default stuff. There are a few things that I see I missed which I'll be fixing shortly dealing with lamp posts, I missed making new light cones for some lamp posts, because I forgot to check the EP.dat file.[/q]
WoW stunning pic sithlord and thank you for the update....
RippleJett: it's absolutly perfect for my tast now, thanks! :thumbsup:
I can realy enoy the sun comming up and lights going down now. ()stsfd()
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Quotehttp://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x262/sithlrd98/Alterrawithmod2.jpg
I wouldn't want to be a lady walking along that street. It's too dark. :P
Wowie. Although I hardly ever turn the night modus on, I must say this mod is superb...
This is just so cool, a small comparison
with the mod
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without
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:o :o :o :thumbsup:
Ah, I forgot to mention this will actually mean slightly less work for me when I photoshop my night images so they look more realistic. :P
cool that looks great!
Just stopped in to see what everyone thinks of the mod, been seeing lots of nice screenshot's posted around, hope you all like the mod.
Quote from: gizmo28 on October 12, 2007, 01:11:29 AM
Just stopped in to see what everyone thinks of the mod, been seeing lots of nice screenshot's posted around, hope you all like the mod.
What do we think? We think it's superb. Makes nightlighting a building much more rewarding. Can you give us 3DS Max people an RGB value that we can use to simulate the night for preview purposes?
Quote from: callagrafx on October 12, 2007, 01:21:53 AM
What do we think? We think it's superb. Makes nightlighting a building much more rewarding. Can you give us 3DS Max people an RGB value that we can use to simulate the night for preview purposes?
Yep, I can. The final night color in the cycle is: R=41, G=41, B=59. Please take note the game might fudge that value a bit, not by much though, it was originally 0,0,0, but the exe must do something weird for light cones, cause no matter how much less transparent I made the light cones, they would never get bright enough, which was why I changed to the RGB value above.
Good to see you here, Gizmo! :)
And thank you for a great mod (in addition to all other great ones you've made earlier)! :thumbsup:
QuoteThe final night color in the cycle is: R=41, G=41, B=59. Please take note the game might fudge that value a bit, not by much though
Perfect! Thanks for this and thanks again for a great MOD :thumbsup:
I registered on Gizmo's site but I can't recieve an activation email even though my Email address is correct, and I pressed the resend button so many times. I desperately need this mod. Help me out of here!
RippleJet, does your mod enhance gizmo's, or should it be used by itself?
gizmo, by the way, AWESOME! I had some doubts if I wanted to use the mod when you first released it, but after seeing the shots in this thread, it's a must have!
Quote from: kassarc16 on April 13, 2008, 04:17:55 AM
RippleJet, does your mod enhance gizmo's, or should it be used by itself?
It enhances Gizmo's mod by keeping the lights on till dawn at 7 am.
It wouldn't really make sense using it without Gizmo's mod.
In that case daybreak would still be at 3 am, but the lights would stay on for another 4 hours.
The Longer Night Lights Mod is now available on the LEX:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1603
I've also uploaded the Brighter $$$ Street Lights Mod:
http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1604
Both these mods enhance the night lights when using Gizmo's Day-Night Mode v2.0. :thumbsup:
I've been very sick lately (please don't ask as its personal), and haven't had much time to do any modding, I have another version of the mod almost done, and if its ok RippleJet im going include the addons you made into it. I actually did change lighting time, but yours I like better. Also anyone who doesn't get a activation email at my site, please be patient as I manually activate account every few days, I'm to tired to get up on some days to do anything due to be sick.
Quote from: gizmo28 on May 01, 2008, 02:14:30 PM
I have another version of the mod almost done, and if its ok RippleJet im going include the addons you made into it. I actually did change lighting time, but yours I like better.
Please, feel free to include it in your mod! :thumbsup:
gizmo that sucks man, I do hope you are getting better and I will be praying for you!!!!
Yes Gizmos night mod is a very good mod
Gizmo, I've always been a fan of your stuff. It's really made the game much more enjoyable to play.
Whatever's ailing you, I hope you feel better soon.
I noticed some CJs had darker nights than others, so I started to photoshop my night pics to make them look darker. I wasn't aware at all they were using this great mod. ;D Thanks!
...sweeeeeeet &apls
Hi everyone, I'm back and gonna start working on mods again. I know this thread is old but, didn't want to start a new one. I'm gonna work on this mod again starting with the few changes that were made by Ripplejet. I see quite a few complaints around here and other places about it being to dark, so I'm gonna ask here what you guys think, should I leave it as is or make it a lighter, or make a separate lighter version? The lights are dim on cars and poles due to models, I was working on them before I got sick, then lost them all. I will have to start over on that part, which means I need to make all the lightcone models over, which I'm not looking forward to, but I guess that will be easy though, compared to the installing and setting up 4 of gigs worth of plugins I just did. :)
Excellent to see you back around here. I take it you are feeling better? As far as your night mod goes, it is certainly realistic compared to the bluish glow that comes from the game nights and is a great addition to the game. It does tend to obscure the details of pics when it is used, especially if there is no light. See: this pic (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=34.msg95683#msg95683) by Masochist for an example. The lights in the pic look amazing, but the roads are very hard to see. I'm not sure how easy/possible it would be, but if it is possible to maintain such a darkness while remaining light enough to see roads and things, I think it would be great.
I'm also glad to see you around ! As far as your mod , I still love it!!! I'm not sure what can be done about some of the lights but the redone cones by Tage look great with your mod!
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i also wonder if the monitor quality is a factor as well. ive posted some night pics (with gizmos amazing mod) and a lot of people couldnt see them. and ripplejet said his analog monitor didnt show it very well but his digital monitor did. also, im sure resizing the pics doesnt help either. myself, i have an lcd monitor so it looks great to me as is. its good to hear that youre back.
Quote from: sithlrd98 on September 01, 2008, 12:00:30 AM
I'm also glad to see you around ! As far as your mod , I still love it!!! I'm not sure what can be done about some of the lights but the redone cones by Tage look great with your mod!
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Where can I find those light cones?
Here you go...
Brighter lights (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotDOWNLOAD=1604)
He also did a longer nights mod
Longer Nights (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotDOWNLOAD=1603)
very good mod &apls
Good to hear you're back Giz, let's hope that RLS doesn't hit as hard as it did the next time it hits you.
~~Dragonshardz~~
Welcome back Gizmo. Glad you are feeling a bit better.
---Gaston
Gizmo, I'm glad to see you again! :thumbsup:
Quote from: gizmo28 on September 01, 2008, 12:13:08 AM
Where can I find those light cones?
Thanks
sithlrd98 for providing the links to LEX. ;)
That mod emerged from this
Request: No more $$$ streetlights (http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=4447.0).
I merely replaced the ยงยงยง lightbulbs with the smallest available Maxis lightcones.
Quote from: jmdude1 on September 01, 2008, 12:04:32 AM
i also wonder if the monitor quality is a factor as well. ive posted some night pics (with gizmos amazing mod) and a lot of people couldnt see them. and ripplejet said his analog monitor didnt show it very well but his digital monitor did. also, im sure resizing the pics doesnt help either. myself, i have an lcd monitor so it looks great to me as is. its good to hear that youre back.
That is definitely the case.
On an analog monitor I've always had difficulty seeing anything at all of pictures taken with your mod being used...
On a digital monitor your mod is just perfect, though!
If you make a brighter version, you might want to include a recommendation to use that one instead of the darker one on analog monitors!
/Tage
Thnx for those links, and the welcome backs.
Hello!
I'm sorry to revive such an old thread, but I haven't received an activation email from the Sim City 4 Mods website....been about 24 hours....and looking at the site it doesn't appear to be active anymore!
I really want Gizmo's Day/Night Mod v2.0 (or the latest version) and I can't find it anywhere else.
Does anyone have it that could send it to me? I'm sure it's just a small file. I've spent ages on my game installing the CAM collection and getting the nightlights to work, but I'm not too keen on the in-game day/night cycle and I'd really like to keep the cycle running all the time.
Thanks in advance!
**Update**
Someone recommended the SimFox Day 'n' Night Mod instead and it works great! Thank you!
http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=23089
Two things...
1) Check your spam folder
2) Never ask for people to redistribute other members work...
Glad you found a solution.