will this mod have a graphicle impct on low-end machines ?

Also, places where there are natural light need to be lit up, as well as the Eye of Magnus. That kinda killed the quest when that wasnt lit up.

Ya what he said, keep those dwaarven lights on

Well I wish Dwemer lights didn't get turned out; their machines are still working so the lights made sense.

i hope the khajiit night eye works. it is the main reason i install it for. i finely want to have a use for it.

after unsubscribing to this mod (it was just too dark for me) all of my dungeons are still incredibly dark, what can i do to fix this?

This is mostly a great mod, but I hate the fact that Khajit's racial ability Night Eye doesn't work.

this would be much better if it was at all possible to re-light candles or torches, making it less of a lost-in-the-dark

I cannot enter any dungeon of the same type as Bleakfalls Barrow. I assume that means all nordic ruins. So far all those I've entered (up to five now) CTD.

@BERTISgaming you have to click on the 'subscribe' button and then open your Skyrim launcher and it will download the mod

I had some load order issues, so if it's not working try working on the load order. Thanks for your comments it truly helps.. necropolis dark crypt sounds fun... I have noticed that where some 'abandon' dungeons have had multiple spawn 'types' including those that need to see so Ill see what I can do about manipulating those with some light with those inhabitants. Im trying to make it as basic as possible to it can mesh with all other mods easily.

Where is the download link ? Sorry but I'm new in steam

Fantastic mod, really makes the game that much more immersive. When you see draugr eyes barely visible past the reach of your torch, it's just cool. Also makes the Khajiit racial something actually useful.

marabus have you made a necropolis dark crypt and some dark altar

Right, so! Been using the mod for a while, and I like it...for the most part. A few complaints I have:
1) I know of at least one "abandoned" dungeon that isn't actually abandoned, and yet there's still light sources removed. That'd be the upper floor of Sarthaal, where the mages are doing an excavation, and, also, the lowest floor with the orb, I seem to remember that not actually lighting up the room like it should.
2) I like that the light sources are removed, but there were light sources there at some point (when the places were built, for example). Is it possible you could add in wall sconces that could be activated with a torch so we could effectively re-light the dungeons?

dosent work......
but looks nice

Amazing Mod you got there, the only problems I've experienced are:
Crashing when trying to enter the Underkeep in markarth.,
and sometimes the hand-held torch doesn't light up anything.

sorry to triple comment... but does this effect ALL crypts, mines, ruins and so forth or only ones with no humaniods?

night eye needs to be able to work. i use vampire night eye with a toggle, things dont even look right anymore without night eye

i love the idea, fix the two issues mentioned below. fav'd for now

This is something I'd like to try out, because I often wonder who on earth is lighting all of these braziers and torches and candles and whatnot. And I really like stumbling around in the dark, it makes the entire experience more memorable. But from the various comments I'm a little puzzled as to how the effect was achieved, it seems like the mod is doing some unexpected things. A more detailed description of what the mod actually does would be appreciated!

You know what would be the best companion to this mod ever? A "plantless lightless dungeons" mod, since it's terribly annoying to see green plants thriving underground in areas where there is absolutely no sunlight.

Also, I second what Kingpin said.

I really like this mod, though I find there are two problems. 1) legitimate light sources [jets of flame shooting out of broken pipes, torches that are supposed to be on, etc] are unrealistically dimmed. 2) Night Eye abilities don't seem to be much use. it doesn't enhance the visibility, but instead enhances the 'low-res, low contrast' state of the dungeon. So rather than improving vision, it actually makes it worse.

These are my only problems with the mod thus far. I have it saved to my favourites, and will install it in the future, but until those two problems are fixed, I'm going ro make due with other darkness mods [ones that unfortunately do not put out the illogical light torches and general lights in ancient ruins, but instead just dim everything a bit].

Keep up the good work Marbaus. I look forward to seeing the update when it comes.

Wow, this really works! Does it make it so the NPC's inside the dungeon don't see you from the darkened areas, or is the AI OP still and able to see from far distances... ?

Thanks for the feedback!
I cant say how the other mods affect the ones I have out; there are just soo many and Im glad for any imput that might enlighten any mod conflicts. That way I can dl those mods and see what the issue and adjust mine to compensate.

Ill check the wall mounted torches etc..
For those very very dark dungeons the 'Rings of Light' work pretty good.

Also, I've noticed that some times when entering an area, it appears normally lit at first (as in, not like your mod has it set to be like) and then dims after a few seconds. I think it is your mod doing this and it is the only thing that is really bothering me at this point. Other than that, this mod is frikkin' sweet. This should have been done in the game from the get-go!

This mod is awesome and really makes things more fun! But is there any way to make it so that the wall-mounted torches, chandeliers, and other light sources in the dungeons where they are supposed to be on don't fade in brightness as you increase your distance from them?

Will this work without the "Darker Skyrim Lighting" plugin file activated?

when you said the dungeons would be darker I thought I knew what to expect but dear god! dungeons are pitch plack! my night eye may not even be able to help me.

my problem with Crash To Desktop is cause by the mod: deadric museum of artifact i don't know why but when i turn it off Lightless work fine

AWESOME!

this mod is causing me a CTD when i try to zone into (presumably) any dungeon it effects, i only tried it with three though, i have a ton of mods installed, turned them all off but for this and it works fine, went through and turned them all on in alternating groups of 5-8 and had no crashes, turn them all on and get a crash on the load screen zoning into a dungeon (valskygge or w/e the name in this case) went back and did half of them on, half off, no crash, ill keep messing around with it when i have the time to try and see if i can isolate the conflict. when i can get it to work, with the realistic lighting mod turned on it looks amazing

This looks nice dude, I might try it out.

But can you upload this to the nexus if you haven't already? I just hate that the workshop automatically does stuff for you.

I'm really enjoying it so far. It was always kind of jarring to enter a long forgotten tomb and see all the braziers lit... turning them off is great for immersion.

That would be cool... Ill look into it Cashan.

can you make it so, that we can relight the dungeon?, if we find some fireplaces, that we can burn them for more light? like old Zelda style :P

lol my german that bad huh. Ok ill check that out.

sry for double post.

i loaded the your bsa file and opened with creation kit, too look for the problem.
test area ustengrav2(dephts). i locaded the lightning template in the cell editor and disabled the "light fade distance" . test successfully, so i disabled it in every cell where the template are in used. maybe u will tried out:). ruhm und ehre

hi again,
i love that idea to unlight the monster dungeons.
i have that feeling youre update make distance mage and torch light a bit more visible than before,
but my npc friend with his torch in his hand(or mage light), still goes to invisibility if i move away from his position.

please, you need to fix that. Skyrim is not thinkable for me with out that modification.
make my npc friends torch visibe in high distance.
i need that fix.

hope my english is better than youre german. ruhm und ehre

Ok, just improved the distant lighting and fog. Added a pic to show kind of what I mean.

Ya Im working on the fog deal. Im testing out new ways to make it better. On the other hand Im not sure that anything I do will be good for everyones graphic settings. Since Im basing much of the testing on my PC alone its going to be difficult to determine how it might look on others' PCs. Thanks for the feed back.

Das is gut. Ich spreche Deutch(very little). Sehen ploppen einfach auf? Was ist der distans?

My Deutch is very rusty. If Im reading right, you saying that lights are poppin on and off in the distance?

The first dungeon I entered with this was great. But the dungeons with fog look really bad without lights.

gut gedacht schlecht gemacht.
in der distans ist es leider nicht möglich seinen fackeltragenden bedleigeter zu sehen
auch natürliche lichtquellen ploppen einfach auf. hoffe du kriegst das hin.

sorry for spoken my language

Made Rings of Light Enchantment mod. This should help in those dark dungeons.

Im going through and working on the sconces that have equipable torches and 'glowing horn lights' so you might find some of those as well as 'quest' tagged sources.

So I thought that this mod would remove torches from abandoned places but it just made them really really dark. Gimped the torches. Also enemies could see just fine while I was totally blind.
I'm keeping an eye on this one to see if it gets better but I can't use it as of now its just too damn dark.

Didn't know that about the lore, thanks for the info. The light makes sense but then I would like to see some drugar out collecting and choping wood lol....

Sry to hear about the crashing. I have noticed there might be a load order needed here. Some sort of mod manager. If any other mod modifies any dungeon all other effects revert to its base, from what I can tell on testing. Yes I did most of it manually and used a template for an overall tone. I kind of want to step away from the 'mass template' and dig deeper on keeping their original lighting with some limitations.

I applaud your efforts, and would like darker dungeons, however lorewise there is a book that mentions the draugr ritualistically maintain the tombs which contain dragon priests. It is conceivable that they keep the lights lit. The darkness would make sense in the other tombs + abandoned mines etc.