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Biome Lighting Adjustments

Hello everyone,

I made this mod to address the lighting in some of the biomes of the Exiled Lands, particularly to remove the sickly white glow of the Swamp / Jungle, as well as whatever is going on with the Green Highlands. As well, I removed the orangey-red filter over Sepermeru and the western oasis.


The sources of the offending atmospheres are post-processing volumes set up over those biomes which govern many different lighting effects. As it turns out, disabling these volumes causes those biomes to revert to the default lighting of 'Desert', which can be seen while along the western Noob River or the central desert region.

Additionally, there are biome-specific settings governed by the dynamic sky, and those for the Highlands and Swamp were also largely changed to reflect the default lighting.

The end result should be a brighter, clearer Highlands and Swamp. And Sepermeru.


Unfortunately, the only way I myself have devised to make these changes are direct edits to the map file (ConanSandbox.umap). Thus, it will have compatibility issues with other mods that affect that file.

Placing this mod before others which affect the map will negate the lighting changes. Placing this after will preserve the lighting changes but will prevent travel beyond the original bounds of the map. Other mods which change the existing territory or simply add dungeons might be okay.


* Can this mod be added to or removed from an existing playthrough?
- Yes, as far as I'm aware the mod can be enabled or disabled at will without any issue. Well, I've done that many times and haven't noticed any problems, at least.

* Does this mod affect the weather in those biomes?
- No, weather (as in clear, rainy, thunderstorm, etc.) is unaffected by the mod. It will still be a coinflip as to whether it will rain. The reason why is that there are already a multitude of weather mods which exist on the Workshop. However, if that's something people would want, I could adjust the weather.

* Do the Highland changes affect the Foggy Forest or the Snow Highlands?
- I believe they are affected to a small degree. Those biomes use their own post-processing volumes and sky settings, so they will largely stay the same.

* Can you make changes to (insert biome here)?
- If I think it should be, and I think most other people would appreciate it, sure I would.

* Would you make a similar mod for Isle of Siptah?
- I would if I could, Siptah could really use it, but the Siptah assets are not included in the DevKit. There may be a way to if I were more clever.


Questions, comments, critiques, and complaints are welcome.

Hope you enjoy,


Dread Swoop


Mod ID: 3539687496


Images provided were taken at 4K on Ultra Settings, Medium Effect Quality. Images are generally in clear weather (0 on Weather Severity), usually at 8:30 AM or 4:00 PM in-game.