Tweaked AWS Weather Much Brighter or Pitch Black Nights
⚪ Last updated 2008⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #108 of 124 Miscellaneous mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
NEW VERSION, COMPATIBLE WITH ATMOSPHERIC WEATHER SYSTEM 2. 1 (NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AWS 1.x, IF YOU STILL USE AN OLDER VERSION OF AWS DOWNLOAD THE OLDER VERSION OF THIS MOD) WHAT THIS MOD DOES: This mod is based on the great Atmospheric Weather System mod by HTF. You need to have AWS installed to use my mod. I love AWS but there are some things I like from Natural Environments and other things I like from Vanilla Oblivion. This mod is more or less an heavily revamped version of the Brighter Nights-NE colors modification for AWS. I like clear weather and I like to have good ambient light by night also, since my character doesn\'t need to sleep and does many things by night. But many of you would rather have very dark nights, so I also made a pitch black version for 2. 0. The plugin is also modular, so you will be able to choose what to keep among the tweaks I did. To be precise, I: 1) Changed nights, much brighter or much darker. The brighter part was done basically using vanilla ambient light which I like a lot. Unrealistic? Maybe, but this isn\'t the Earth, there are two moons with their own cycles so ambient light on clear weather is not so wrong in my opinion. The darker part is totally tweaked by me, I did all I could to make nights really really really dark. 2) Made nights shorter. Here is a comparison with AWS and Vanilla: Dawn 5. 30-8. 30 (AWS 6-8, Vanilla 6-10) Daylight 8. 30-18. 30 (AWS 8-19, Vanilla 10-16) Dusk 18. 30-21. 30 (AWS 19-21, Vanilla 16-20) Night 21. 30-5. 30 (AWS 21-6, Vanilla 20-6) Dawn and dusk are slightly longer compared to the latest AWS. The values were carefully chosen to strike a good balance and to NOT change the efficiency of any interior light mods (such as \"Illumination Within\" and \"Interior Light\"). 3) Edited weather probability tables for all regions and tweaked seasonal scripts, so that clear weather is quite more likely. What can I say, I don\'t like cloudy or rainy weather in real life, but in the game I can change it to my liking. Anyway the balance is kept, you have frequent snowy weather in chorrol and so on. You\'ll just have sunny days more often. 5) Added much more color variation to all the clear weather types, while keeping Natural Environments\' wonderful color effects for dusk and dawn. ----------- The mod now comes with an installer, you\'ll have to choose which parts to use and after installing you\'ll get up to 3 esp files in your data folder. There is also an omod version and a nice simple zip file. ----------- INSTALLATION: 1) First of all, if you\'ve not done so already, download the AWS mod by HTF, copy the data files and activate the .esm file. 2) If you have previously installed and used Brighter Nights for AWS and/or NE colors for AWS or other AWS addons, disable all the corresponding esp files using OBMM or the Oblivion Launcher. These files conflict with mine. 3) Install the mod using the setup file and making your choices,
Tweaked AWS Weather modifies night brightness in Oblivion, offering much brighter or pitch black nights. It requires Atmospheric Weather System 2.1 and is incompatible with AWS 1.x. With 98 endorsements and 5,100 downloads, it's a niche weather tweak for players wanting extreme night visibility changes.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Simple choice: crank up night visibility or go full darkness.
- Decent track record with 98 endorsements and 5,100 downloads.
- Directly addresses a common complaint about default night brightness.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires Atmospheric Weather System 2.1, so you must have that mod installed.
- Last updated in 2008 — may have compatibility issues with modern Oblivion setups.
For Oblivion players who already use Atmospheric Weather System and want to tweak night darkness to their preference. If you want pitch-black nights for immersion or brighter nights for visibility, this is a quick fix. Skip if you don't use AWS or want more comprehensive weather changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have AWS 2.1 installed first, or this mod won't work.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid overwriting issues.
- Test the brightness change in-game during night time to see if it matches your preference.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivion Mods
- Author
- Deathless Aphrodite
- Version
- 2.5
- Downloads
- 5,100
- Endorsements
- 98
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Created
- 12/21/2006
- Updated
- 1/7/2008
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