[Top 10] Fallout 4 Best Lighting Mods That Are Superb

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09 Jan 2022

Fallout 4 is a game full of secrets and mysteries and contains a vast world for players to explore. With the help of the modding community, the game has been improved in various aspects. This includes improving the graphics, gameplay, content, and user interface. The game has immense replay value because of how different the outcomes can be due to different choices in the stories and side quests. But after a while, the graphics start to feel degraded and you feel like the game needs a visual overhaul. One of the visual aspects is the lighting, that’s why here are the top 10 lighting mods for the game!

10 . Illuminated Billboard Lightings

There are tons and tons of billboards around the Commonwealth and due to the Nuclear War, we can’t witness all of the vividness they provide to the environment. Well, with the help of this mod, the billboards all around the Commonwealth will be illuminated and will make the game look much better at night. While this doesn’t give an immersive experience, the dark and gloomy nature of the Wasteland is somewhat lessened with this awesome mod created by Ceaseless and PDE. It just freshens up the experience of when you’re exploring Downtown Boston

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9 . Improved Lighting Ballistics

This mod by ryanjp89 adds lighting to projectiles like a laser, fusion weapons, bullets, and plasma weapons. It also adds proper lighting effects in terms of explosions by grenades and makes them look more realistic. The brightness of these lightings are greatly adjusted giving them a much more realistic look and making the immersion much more strong.

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8 . Improved Workshop Lights

This mod as the name says improves various aspects of the lights present in the workshop settlements. The mod was created by Ozin and tweaks various kinds of light found on the game. It has increased their radius and the falloff has been made significantly softer. The lights now possess proper lens flare which makes them look much more realistic. The game feels much more lively at night when this mod is installed and will give you a great experience.

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7 . Natural Lighting HD ENB

The Natural Lighting HD ENB by hjh1979 smoothens the shadow and makes the lighting much more realistic. Performance is a key factor with this mod. Installing this will make the gameplay much more smoother. It will give the game a much more cinematic feel if you’re into that. It uses SweetFX Lumasharpening and has a free limit on the depth of field.

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6 . Nuka World Lighting

If you are always into the beauty and craziness of the Nuka World theme park, then this mod by Ceaseless and PDE will definitely enhance your experience. The mod improves the lighting present in the game greatly. The nights are darker, the stars are visible in the night and the billboards present in the game are lit up vividly. This mod greatly enhances the immersion and brings a realistic aspect to this expansion.

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5 . Ultra Exterior Lighting

This amazing mod was made by gargorias adds shadow cast lights to most of the physical lighting sources in the game including the expansions of Far Harbor and Nuka World. The general lighting of the physical light sources has also been greatly improved. The total amount of shadow cast lights that come with this mod ranges around 1500, so you’ll have a completely immersive and realistic experience. This mod also improves the performance and distance lighting in the game.

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4 . Enhanced Lighting for ENB

This mod by JawzENB enhances all aspects of the interior lighting in the game. It uses new image spaces without color restrictions. It also uses new lighting templates and makes them look more natural and realistic than before. With this the directional Ambient colors are now rendered as proper hemispheric lighting. Overall, it just does a great job in improving the lighting especially if you’re intended to run the game on max settings.

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3 . Fr4nnson’s Light Tweaks

This mod by Fr4nnson improves the blown lights in the game, indoor and outdoor. It removes the skylights and blooms in order to give it a much more vibrant feel. The fogs can also be removed with this mod although it does make the game look a bit weird. The Darker Nights mod works extremely well when equipped with this mod.

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2 . Ultra Interior Lighting

This is a comprehensive lighting mod that brings overall improvement to the shadow lights, overall lighting, ambiance, and fog to the game world. This mod also supports the Far Harbor and Nuka World DLC and greatly improves the experience. The mod, also created by gargorias, has increased the percentage of shadow lights in the game which were already lessened by default. Lighting bugs and general adjustments to the ambiance and fog have clearly been done and it makes the game look much nicer.

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1 . Enhanced Lights and FX

The Enhanced Lights and FX mod by Anamorfus makes the lighting of the game more realistic and atmospheric than ever. IT does a complete overhaul for the light effects, ambiance and overall mood of the interiors. It includes more godrays and shadow casting lights. The interiors are much darker and resemble a realistic feel. The mod is also greatly optimized so you won’t notice a single dip in your game performance.

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With these lighting mods, your game will look much better than the vanilla version and will freshen it up once again. Be sure to read the instructions before installing them. Good Luck fellow Survivors!