Darker Nights and Interiors

Darker Nights and Interiors is a UE4SS lighting preset mod for Oblivion Remastered that makes nighttime and interior lighting more atmospheric while preserving the vanilla visual style.

The goal is to make nights feel darker, shadows richer, and low-light areas more immersive. Exterior nights become moodier and less washed out, while torches, fires, windows, magical effects, city lights, and other light sources become even more visually important.

Optional interior presets are also included for players who want darker hostile interiors, darker generic interiors, or both. This allows caves, forts, ruins, sewers, dungeons, homes, inns, shops, and similar spaces to better match the darker lighting style.

The mod includes multiple preset strengths so players can choose between a balanced darker look or a stronger “even darker” experience.

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Installation Instructions

• []Install UE4SS for Oblivion Remastered. [/]

  []Download the mod archive. [/]

  []Extract the mod folder into your UE4SS Mods folder. [/]

  []Open the included config.ini. [/]

  []Set the preset number you want to use[/]

The presets included are as follows:

Preset 1 — Darker Nights Only

For players who only want darker nights.

This preset applies the exterior night lighting changes while leaving interiors mostly vanilla. Nights become darker and less washed out, with smoothed dusk and dawn transitions. Houses, shops, taverns, dungeons, caves, ruins, and other interiors are intentionally not darkened by the interior preset system.

Best for users who want the darker nights setup without changing interior visibility.

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Preset 2 — Darker Nights + Dark Interiors

Recommended default.

This preset enables darker exterior nights and also applies a balanced darker interior treatment. Generic interiors such as houses, shops, taverns, inns, and guild halls are darkened slightly to reduce the overly bright ambient look, while hostile interiors such as caves, forts, ruins, sewers, crypts, mines, and dungeons receive stronger darkness and richer shadows to emulate the lack of light.

This is the intended and balanced version of the mod.

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Preset 3 — Darker Nights + Even Darker Interiors

For players who like the exterior night balance from Preset 2 but want more intense hostile interiors.

Generic interiors still use the balanced darker treatment, but hostile interiors are pushed further, with deeper shadows and stronger reliance on local