External Lights and Generators

[AbsynthMinded]

I have fiddled around with various options and there does not appear to be a way to have external lights operate at all once Grid Power goes out. Is there a Mod for that or am I missing a trick?

Before the power went out I salvaged External lights from surrounding houses setting up nice lighting in the back yard Garden, driveway and the Sides. All a waste now it seems.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Check if the light bulbs are intact, and if they are switched on.
(Because i used to have such exterior lightings in one of my bases, and most of the time it was the light bulbs that were the issue, sadly if you remove an exterior lighting they become VERY bulb consuming.)

[AbsynthMinded]

When i right click upon them I do not get a remove or change light bulb option. Nor is there a Turn On/Off.

[Yosuf]

To get the option available you need to have a bulb and the lights need to be at range from a generator. Then remember to turn them on too.

The thing is that might consume a lot of fuel to keep them on, and have to turn them on/off one by one is a little annoying: ofc it depends on how many do you have.

[AbsynthMinded]

Before power went out I had on/off or remove bulb options on the right click context menus. Thanks for the help yall, I'll tinker with it more after work tonight. At least one of the lights I am sure is within range of a Generator.the other 2 may not be. of the 4 total I only really desire 2. Over the garden and over the driveway.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Yosuf:

To get the option available you need to have a bulb and the lights need to be at range from a generator. Then remember to turn them on too.

The thing is that might consume a lot of fuel to keep them on, and have to turn them on/off one by one is a little annoying: ofc it depends on how many do you have.

Yeah i recall that back in 41. thirtysomething or forty something, i had a similar issue as the OP describes, and i was just dismantling radios, tv-s etc, and got a light bulb out of it, had it in hand and then i was able to replace the bulb of a lamp that was not working, and thereafter it did. (I placed two exterior light sources on one of the trailers in Rosewood's construction site, to light up my car blocked gate:D)