Crispy Lights

This mod adds the following features to placeable lights:

Point at a placeable light that is owned by you or your clan, then hold the interaction key (E by default) and choose from the radial menu the option to enable/disable shadows.

Load order does not matter to this mod, but optional Tot!Sudo integration is planned for a future release, so if you do use Tot!Sudo, put this mod somewhere below it.

The game reads mod configuration settings from the file Engine.ini, typically located in the folder Conan ExilesConanSandboxSavedConfigWindows. The file does not exist by default but can be created with a text editor, e.g. Notepad. After you have created the file, make it read-only so the game will not delete it when shutting down.

Start with the section name /Game/Mods/CrispyLights/Settings.Settings_C between square brackets, followed by any of the following entries:

DynamicShadows=True enables per-light shadowcasting, DynamicShadows=False disables it. This setting can be configured on the client or on the server. If a client-side setting exists, it overrides the server-side setting for that client without affecting other players. If this setting is False, the option to enable/disable shadows per light will be removed from the radial menu. The game will still remember each light’s last state, so nothing is lost.

Default: True

VolumetricShadows=True enables volumetric rendering of shadows, VolumetricShadows=False disables it. Set this to False if you find that volumetric shadows degrade performance too much for you. This setting is client-side only and will not affect other players.

Default: True

A frequently requested feature, ShadowsEverywhere=True will remove the per-light option from the radial menu and simply make all placeable lights cast shadows. This setting is client-side only and will not affect other players. If you combine this with VolumetricShadows=True, expect a massive performance hit when close to multiple lights. You have been warned!

Default: False

This is a server-side option. Set LightSwitch=False to avoid conflicts if you use other mods to control the on/off state of lights, e.g. the lamplighter of Better Thralls.

Default: True

With console commands the above client-side settings can also be temporarily changed while the game is running. The common format of these commands is as follows:

Example: DataCmd CrispyLights DynamicShadows Toggle will turn the shadow feature on or off.

You can assign any of these console commands to hotkeys in the game’s controls settings. Note that the effects of these commands will last only until the game is shut down. For permanent changes you have to edit your Engine.ini.

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