Lighting Improvements for ATS / ETS2 - is designed to enhance the visual experience of the game by improving its lighting system. Developed by contributors like snowymoon, this mod aims to address the limitations of the default lighting in ETS2, offering players a more dynamic and visually appealing experience. It focuses on refining how light interacts with the environment, including streetlights, headlights, and natural sunlight, without necessarily relying on extensive asset changes.
Features Lighting Improvements:
- Compatible with ATS and ETS2
- Improved brightness, color, and distribution of streetlights for a more realistic nighttime driving experience.
- Possible adjustments to light temperature (e.g., warmer halogen or cooler LED tones).
- Upgraded headlight illumination for the player’s truck, with better range and clarity.
- Enhanced visibility of road surfaces and objects in low-light conditions.
- Tweaked sunlight rendering for more natural daytime visuals, potentially adjusting intensity and shadows.
- Smoother transitions between day and night, improving dawn and dusk effects.
- Possible integration of dynamic lighting changes based on time of day, though full dynamic weather/sky systems might still be in development
- Better balance of light and shadow to avoid overexposure or harsh contrasts.
- Designed to maintain or improve frame rates compared to the default game, with minimal performance impact. - Adding custom improved rain/snow - Adding dynamic weather/sky instead of using settings
Changes in v2.5.6: - Fixed a crash issue occurred while attempting to open the plugin menu.
How to Fix Crash Problem - Reset your game config.cfg (go to documents -> ETS2/ATS folder -> delete config.cfg -> restart game) - Try to disable/remove plugins you have - Disable RTX from NVIDIA app and settings you have enabled later
Features - Lighting Improvements - Temporal Anti Aliasing - Clarity - DLAA/DLSS 3.7 - Motion Blur
Installation - Go to ETS2/ATS folder - Go to "bin\win_x64" folder - Copy & paste "dxgi.dll" file and "nvngx_dlss.dll" (for DLSS) - Copy & paste "snowymoon_lighting" folder - Start game with DirectX 11 - Press "END" or "CTRL+P" key to open menu ingame
Using with ReShade - Create a folder named "reshade" in "bin\win_x64\" folder - Put all ReShade (or any other mod/plugin) files to "bin\win_x64\reshade\" folder or select "bin\win_x64\reshade\" folder from ReShade installer
Tested on game version 1.59.x
Last edited by: admin - 11-05-2026, 21:54
Reason: Mod Updated to v2.5.6
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Changes in v2.0.35.5 (1.56.x): - Fixed menu crash issue happening for some people, it should be fixed after first crash, just restart the game Download Link 1 | Download Link 2
Changes in v2.0.17.4 (1.55.x): - If you are from China, put "snowymoon_korea.txt" to same folder as dxgi.dll to solve connection problem
Changes in v2.0.14 (1.55.x): - Black colors adjustments for "Lighting Method B" Download #2 | Download #3
Changes in v2.0.11 (1.55.x): - Fixed lighting and shadows issues; - Fixed mirrors; - Increased sky color impact for skylighting (ex. if sky is blue shadows are going to look bluer).
Changes in v2.0 (1.55.x): - Adapted to the latest game patch; - Beta version for testing. Download Link 1 | Download Link 2
Changes in v1.0.6 (1.53.x): - Fixed weird colors and some problems, improved cabin SSAO Download #2 | Download #3
Changes in v1.0.3 (1.53.x): - Reflection amount lowered
Changes in v1.0.2 (1.53.x): - Fixed important crash issues - Fixed crash problems with plugins like ReShade
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