Darker Nights GTA 5 mod Version 1.2

Essentially, the Darker Nights mod significantly enhances the darkness of nighttime in the game (screenshots appear slightly darker than in-game). I’ve also made an effort to intensify the brightness of lights, encouraging players to utilize flashlights on their weapons, along with vehicle headlights and runway lights. Thunderstorms will appear exceptionally striking, and you could find yourself gazing at the city lights for hours on end.

You can adjust your in-game brightness settings to suit your personal preferences; personally, I prefer to set it to the lowest level. If you wish to apply the darker nights to another preset, simply copy the settings from the “levels” and “liftgammagain” (and perhaps “bloom” if desired).

Update: Many users have requested increased brightness, so that’s exactly what I’ve done. It’s still relatively dark, but you’ll be able to see more without relying heavily on your lights. However, during rain or while flying, the game will remain quite dark. Additionally, I’ve made further adjustments to minimize the FPS drop.

Installation Guide:

1: Go to ReShade’s website (reshade.me) and download the latest version of ReShade
2: Then, put the Dem2161’s Darker Nights.ini file in your GTA V folder.
3: Now open the Setup you downloaded from the reshade.me website. It will ask you where your GTA V folder is.Find your folder, and select the exe. of your GTA V.
4: The setup will ask the game’s Rendering API, select DirectX 10/11/12.
5: When the “Select preset to install:” title comes, go to your GTA V folder again, and select the Dem2161’s Darker Nights.ini you put in the folder.
6: Setup will ask again, about the effects that you want select. Don’t change anything, simply click “Next”.
7: This is the most easy part of the installation, it will install the ReShade. Enjoy your coffee while it downloads 🙂
The ReShade is installed! I hope you enjoy! 🙂

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BEWARE: This mod is for Singleplayer only! DO NOT USE MODS ONLINE OR YOU WILL GET BANNED!!!

KNOWN BUGS: I haven’t experienced this by myself but it is reported that it comes to graphic display bugs if you choose “cloudy” as weather option via trainer. I highly recommend to avoid this option until I have fixed that issue! fixed in V1.2

V 1.1 : edited all timecycle files for a better immersion and to fit better to daytime.

simply overwrite all my old timecycle files with the new ones.

V1.2: reattached a missing line in clouds.xml (thanks to wakandamuzik) so the cloudy weather issue belongs to the past.

simply overwrite my old CLOUDS.XML with the new version.

PC specs :

CPU : AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
Motherbord : GA-A320M-S2H
SSD : Kingston A400 120G
Hard Drive : WD 250GB
PSU : Cooler Master MWE 450 Bronze
Graphics Card : ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 4GB Gaming OC
RAM : 8GB Dual RAM stick 16GB RAM