Improved Lighting Shaders
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #10 of 131 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
xNVSE plugin that almost completely fixes the exterior lighting bug, and allows up to 4x the number of active lights!
Improved Lighting Shaders is an xNVSE plugin for Fallout: New Vegas that fixes the exterior lighting bug and allows up to 4x the number of active lights. With 12,936 endorsements and 1.5M downloads, it's a highly popular visual enhancement mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust (12,936 endorsements, 1.5M downloads)
- Directly fixes a notorious lighting bug that plagues the Mojave
- Quadruples active light limit for richer night scenes
⚠️ Cons
- Requires xNVSE setup, which might trip up new modders
- Last updated Feb 2025 — check for compatibility with latest patches
For Fallout: New Vegas players who want to fix the ugly exterior lighting without overhauling the whole game. Perfect for modders who already use xNVSE and want a performance-friendly visual upgrade. Skip if you're on a vanilla setup and don't want to mess with script extenders.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the latest xNVSE installed and that your game is set up to load NVSE plugins correctly.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the plugin deployment to avoid manual file placement errors.
- Test the mod in an outdoor area like Goodsprings to see the lighting difference immediately.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- emoose
- Version
- 1.6a
- Downloads
- 1,548,717
- Endorsements
- 12,936
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 9/3/2020
- Updated
- 2/6/2025
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