[TS3] Split Level Lighting Fix Mod

Heya!

So here it is! A sort of fix/workaround for the missing split level lighting in TS3!

Consider this still in testing - I did a lot of work to make sure it's optimized and it works right, if there are any issues do let me know :)

Currently only works with lights - not windows.

Installation

Extract the .zip file anywhere you like, using a program such as WinRAR or 7z.

Inside, there is a "Bin" folder, a "Packages" folder and a "Packages - CHOOSE ONLY ONE" folder.

Place the content from the Packages folder into your "Documents/Sims 3/Mods/Packages" folder.

The "Packages - CHOOSE ONLY ONE" folder has different pre-tuned flavors for the mod. As the name says, copy only one of them into your "Documents/Sims 3/Mods/Packages" folder.

The available flavors are as follows:

- [ld_SplitLevelLightingFix - Active lot only.package] - Only the active lot will have fixed split level lighting. This might impact performance negatively a little as it will have to generate split level lighting as you move the camera to different lots, but might lessen the memory load on the game and reduce crashing.

- [ld_SplitLevelLightingFix - Inactive lot outdoors only.package] - The active lot will have full split level lighting, while inactive lots will only have outdoor split level lighting. Same as above, this is to reduce the memory load and try to prevent crashes albeit with a small performance cost.

- [ld_SplitLevelLightingFix - Default.package] - Default tuning, all lots get split level lighting.

As for the Bin folder, its contents should be placed into your "(Sims 3 installation folder)/Game/Bin".

Caveats

Split level lighting only shows in live mode, outside of Buy/Build. This is for performance reasons.

Split level lighting for lights you turn on/off or change in any way will update only when the game is unpaused. Chances are I'll fix this eventually, just worried about the performance implications it might have at the moment - will have to test a lot.