Hidden Lights are Back!

[justproud2b]

In order to find the hidden lights (testingcheats does not need to be enabled to use this)

- Press Ctrl Shift C (to open up the chat box)
- Type bb.showhiddenobjects
- In build/buy mode go to objects by function
- From the drop down choose lights
- Choose Misc (the square with 3 dots)



Names / Sizes
Ambient Ceiling Light / 1x1, 2x1, 2x2, 3x1, 4x1, 4x4
Ambient Wall Light / 1x1, 2x1, 3x1, 3x3, 4x1

[Playalot]

Just remember that they don't save to the gallery... yet. Simguru's say their working on this aspect of them and that's why they left them off the patch list! 

"Graham Nardone @SimGuruGraham
FYI we didn't mention the invisible lights in today's patch notes because we don't consider them final yet."

and

"Graham Nardone @SimGuruGraham
We're going to tweak their light output in a future update, and they don't persist when shared via the Gallery currently."

[Stormi71]

 Okay, excuse my ignorance, but what are hidden lights? Are they invisible lights so you can have the house bright without one hundred wall lights? I noticed after the patch today that it seemed to be a lot darker in my house than normal. I don't know if it was something to do with the update or some of my lights had stopped working or something. Wish they'd patch the lighting problem, even with a ton of full length windows, it's still dark in the houses.

[justproud2b]

Okay, excuse my ignorance, but what are hidden lights? Are they invisible lights so you can have the house bright without one hundred wall lights? I noticed after the patch today that it seemed to be a lot darker in my house than normal. I don't know if it was something to do with the update or some of my lights had stopped working or something. Wish they'd patch the lighting problem, even with a ton of full length windows, it's still dark in the houses.

The strips of lighting you see aren't visible in live mode but still give off light. Allowing you to decorate light wise for appearance only and use them (which are free) to make it as lighted in your house as needed

[grimsoul]

It's nice to see these in The Sims 4. I used them often in The Sims 3.

[Dellena]

I used them alot too.  Was a nice way to reduce costs on a build.  I'll be watching for when they persist through upload to the gallery.

[imayu94]

Finally! The lighting is bad on screenshots especially during the night.

[ladybug53]

Very happy to see these invisible lights in TS4 . I've used them a lot in my builds in TS3 especially to help with the cost while building for the contests . 

[imayu94]

They seem to not adjust to the room height though... the lights kinda cut to the lowest wall setting since the "lights" are placed on the floor, not the ceiling.

[ManiSims]

This is great! I was wondering where these went, used them all the time in TS3. Until now I've had to stick to using "Kid's Ceiling Light" or whatever it's called.

[Joria]

I used them a lot in TS3 until I could afford visible lights I liked.  Otherwise I really disliked them because they often blocked the view, (when in build/buy mode), of the area I wanted to decorate.  It definitely helped keep down costs though and really, since you can't see them in live mode, they can really brighten up a room.  TS4 houses are so dark!  I'm glad to see them back.

[lindsaysoderberg]

I AM SO HAPPY!!!

I missed these so very much. I hate having to look at the lights in general while playing, especially when they obstruct my view. And I need my house to be very bright and well-lit!

Thanks for sharing!!

[Dellena]

Just be sure to keep at least one light in the house you can click on to set Auto Lights.  New lights stay on all the time.  You need to set Auto Lights again after placing any new light.  Keeping lights on all the time will defintiely effect your bills.  Also, play around with the colour of the light.  I find the default colour a bit dark and too yellow.  So I usually change all my lights to a brighter blue tinged light.

[imayu94]

Do the hidden lights also add to bills? I never thought of asking before...

The wall lights also stick to the floor, which is great. I use it to light the faces of my sims for screenshots (as if they were in an actual TV shoot)

[lindsaysoderberg]

@Dellena, I didn't even know that light usage was factored into the family bills. Interesting.

@imayu94, I discovered what you mean about the height of the lights. I have my walls set at the highest setting, but these ceiling lights stay only at one setting so they cast odd shadows above them in my houses. I'm hoping they will update them and make them officially part of The Sims 4 soon.