Makes the nights darker and more immersive. Darkness levels, time frames, and regional settings are all customizable in the mod menu. Disclaimer
THIS IS NOT ONE OF MY OWN MODS. This is a straightforward transfer and cleanup of the code from shaedhen's Darker Nights and mandelbrot's Smoother Transitions for the Complete Edition.
Since this is not my own mod, I will not be offering support for it beyond updating it as needed to work with the latest game release.
If you've made updates, fixes, or improvements, please add them to nexus yourself. This is strictly the original mod as-is for those of us who've been using it for years without a problem. Anyone who wants to make patches or build on it is welcome to do so without asking as long as you credit shaedhen and mandelbrot. Speaking of which, the wonderful jojolapin102 has been building on the original mod here for a while. I finally suggested he make his own page since he's doing so much additional work, so you can now check out Darker Nights - Enhanced if you prefer his version to shaedhen's original.
Installation
1. Extract the rar file to your W3 game directory.
2. Go to bin\config\r4game\user_config_matrix\pc > open dx12filelist.txt and dx11filelist.txt > add DarkerNights.xml; to the bottom of the list.
3. After loading the game, go to the Darker Nights menu. In the main menu and/or regional settings, click the Default preset at the top, then adjust the sliders from there as you prefer. Credits