The sun, the moon, stars or meteors can’t be seen properly on the sky while playing on a lot if Seasons, any newer expansion pack, or Mansion and Garden Stuff is installed. This mod fixes it. Additionally, it provides better support for displaying neighborhood skyboxes and horizons on lots.
This mod does not restore base game clouds but there is another mod which achieves that: the clouds controller made by Lowedeus. There’s also a global version of it made by Lazy Duchess – it makes clouds show automatically, without having to put a controller on a lot.
Updates
15 Apr 2017: Added a fixed version for Mac. The snow texture outside the lot borders doesn’t flash purple anymore.
7 Apr 2017: The previous version made terrain paints and floors on other lots invisible. It’s fixed in the SkyFix 2.1.
12 Mar 2017: Released the SkyFix 2 that makes it possible to create skyboxes that blend properly with edges of the visible terrain.
Choosing the right version
If you have an old version of this mod (simNopke-skyFix-### or simNopke-skyFix2-###), delete it first. Go to 2.
If you’re playing on Mac and have Super Collection or Bon Voyage installed, choose simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP6-Mac. If not, go to 3.
If you’re playing on PC and have Ultimate Collection, or at least one of the following packs installed: Bon Voyage, Free Time, Apartment Life, Mansion and Garden Stuff – choose simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP6. If not, go to 4.
If you have Seasons installed, choose simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP5. If not, go to 5.
If you have at least one of the following packs installed: Nightlife, Open for Business, Pets, any stuff pack (except of M&G Stuff) – choose simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP2. If not, choose simNopke-skyFix2_1-base.
EP5, EP2 and base versions work fine on both PC and Mac.
None caused by this mod, but there is a bug you can’t see without the SkyFix in Seasons, a newer expansion pack, or M&G Stuff: double sun and double moon.
TS2CustomPostEffect by Pineapple5050
Gunmod’s Radiance Lighting System 2.5 by DudeRocks
Seasoned Lot Skirt Road Fix (part of Rural Charm Terrain & Road Default Replacement) by Criquette
If you want to use one of those mods, use it instead of this mod – they have the SkyFix incorporated.
To create a properly layered neighborhood skybox compatible with the SkyFix, you have to use the following values for the stdMatLayer parameter in the material file of your skybox:
-5 – something between the sky and the horizon, for example clouds
Unfortunately, Maxis sun, moon, stars and meteors won’t be covered by clouds or horizons.
Ajay
Ciastko
Liv
Lowedeus (The Great Sky of Totalitarianism)
Voeille
Zena-Dew-Drop
Creators of SimPE
simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP6
simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP6-Mac
simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP5
simNopke-skyFix2_1-EP2
simNopke-skyFix2_1-base