Very Dark Nights and Warm and Bright Fires: What mod am I looking for?

[cowgirl1776]

I have a problem. the last time I actually played Skyrim was at least five years ago. I am on a quest to recreate the experience I had from mods such as PureVision and ELFX in which the night was impassible without a torch, yet fires illuminated the surrounding area. A cave without a source of light was pitch-black and interior, such as the little nook between the staircase and the bedroom of the Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun, was impossible to see. The obvious answer would be to reinstall ELFX - the hazardous and darkest. I tried this, of course, and many times. Unfortunately, the degree of darkness isn't near as close as it used to be, or rather perhaps, I'm no longer able to replicate it. I can still see quite easily in interiors and exteriors feel illuminated. I've tried RLO, CoT, Vivid, and while all are excellent mods, none have been quite what I'm searching for. RLO was even brighter while CoT and Vivid use the "sunglasses" effect.

 

I am not using any mods other than lighting and my monitor is the PG27UQ, which is calibrated and handles blacks perfectly. I sorted the few plugins that these mod(s) generate via LOOT and have read the descriptions multiple times to ensure the correct installation. I also have a clean uninstall and reinstall of all files. I couldn't fathom messing something up with so little that I could screw up to lead to this issue, so I'm left thinking that perhaps they have changed since 2013 - 2015 or there is something I have not set within a .ini.

 

 

Unless someone might be able to shine light (haha) on my dilemma, would anyone happen to know light-changing mods that may offer the experience I'm seeking?

 

 

 

 

tl;dr: Can anyone recommend ENBs, lighting, weather mods that make nights as dark as possible while keeping light sources bright and illuminating?

[anjenthedog]

For really bright fires? My game has Lanterns II, which introduces (optional I *think) increased nighttime firelight control. I've found that night time fires are much brighter since I updated Lanterns to Lanterns II (it also introduces a slightly more contrasty visual environment at night in general, so idk, maybe it'd be enough, but I suspect it might not.

 

For darker nights? idk, maybe Obsidian Weathers. I don't have it enabled right now, but I do remember it had much darker nights. (and as I recall a boatload of fog)

[Gorsha]

Climates of Tamriel and Realistic Lightning overhaul