Mojave Skylines - Lights of Vegas

⭐ ⭐ (324 endorsements) 📥 330,548 downloads 📌 v2.1 📅 8/22/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By FireKahuna · Visuals and Graphics

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods 📅 Updated: 8/31/2025 📅 Created: 8/22/2025
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ NVSE — New Vegas Script Extender Download ↗
2🛠️ 4GB Patcher — FNV 4GB Patcher Download ↗
3🔧 NVAC — New Vegas Anti Crash Download ↗
4🧩 JIP LN — JIP LN NVSE Plugin Download ↗
5🔧 YUP — Yukichigai Unofficial Patch Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #55 of 131 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

The second installment of the Mojave Skylines project, Lights of Vegas redesigns the lighting of New Vegas nights, with a new light pollution setup, numerous distant light stand-ins and extensive additions of key light emitting objects across the Mojave landscape. Provided as three separate modules for customizability, Lights of Vegas is an all-in-one solution for distant lights in the Mojave.

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Included Modules

Lights of Vegas provides three completely independent modules to design your Mojave Lights as per your own preference:

Pollution

Recolors the distant light pollution at night as per the Intro Cinematic, with a more neutral hue matched to that of the Strip's lamp, and more prominent yet lower bearing presence across the city landscape. Furthermore the effect has been reworked, with multiple overlapping planes, multiple additional glows all grounded in the coloring of the core light sources across N The recoloring also applies to all worldspaces, whether its Freeside, the Lucky 38 or the Mojave. Requires hNVSE

Features

  • []Recolors the light pollution's emittance to a cold, blue look as per the Intro Cinematic.

    []Repositions the pollution meshes for a larger overall pollution appearance.

    []Applies to all Mojave worldspaces including the Strip & Freeside.

    []Highly compatible design, independent module with no dependencies.

    Distant Lights

    Replaces the crude and inaccurate imposter lights from vanilla with a 1:1 accurate series of distant lights, each representing a fire barrel, lamp or light post. This concept has been further expanded across the Mojave, with distant lights for Primm, Sloan, Novac, The Fort, Black Mountain and 188 Trading Post. Requires hNVSE.

    Features

    • []Replaces the vanilla Vegas low quality and inaccurate imposter mesh with numerous individual imposter lights across the region, representing fire barrels, lamps and lightposts, and other key lights in specific areas.

      []All new imposter lights are synced to the actual scripts that enable the lights at various intervals after 8pm

      []Extends the concept to further settlements, namely Primm, Sloan, Novac, The Fort, Black Mountain and 188 Trading Post.

      []Highly compatible design, independent module with no dependencies.

      Signage

      Requires Mojave Skylines - Exteriors

      Adds numerous emissive objects as Imposters to new region lists, allowing a variety of objects to be seen from the distance. Most prominently this includes additional signage added by the Exteriors module of Mojave Skylines, but also extends to various emissive windows, floodlights, neon signage, beam effects for lamps, and

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Lights of Vegas overhauls New Vegas night lighting with a new light pollution setup, distant light stand-ins, and added light-emitting objects across the Mojave. A popular visual mod with 324 endorsements and over 330k downloads, last updated August 2025.

✨ Key Features

Redesigns night lighting with a new light pollution setup
Adds numerous distant light stand-ins for improved visibility
Extensively adds key light-emitting objects across the Mojave landscape

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Huge community trust with 330k downloads and 324 endorsements
  • Fresh lighting overhaul that changes the feel of New Vegas nights
  • Actively maintained, last updated August 2025

⚠️ Cons

  • May require compatibility patches with other lighting mods
🎯 Is This For You?
For Fallout: New Vegas players who want a more atmospheric and visually striking night environment. Perfect for those who enjoy overhauling the game's visuals without changing gameplay. Skip if you prefer vanilla lighting or don't want to deal with potential mod conflicts.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Make sure to load this mod after other lighting mods to avoid conflicts.
  • Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 for easy installation and removal.
  • Check the mod's comments section for user reports on compatibility with popular mods like Nevada Skies.

📊 Mod Details

Game
New Vegas Mods
Author
FireKahuna
Version
2.1
Downloads
330,548
Endorsements
324
Category
Visuals and Graphics
Created
8/22/2025
Updated
8/31/2025

🔧 How to Install New Vegas Mods

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