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Hello! I just wanted to introduce myself. I've always been aware of TES games through friends, but my real introduction was by playing Skyrim back in January (and continues on hundreds of hours later.) Oblivion is next on the list, and it will be interesting to take a step back and catch all of the references made in Skyrim. I'm a little "late to the game" (har har), but having a long background in software development, product management, and design, I've become pretty obsessed with making mods. I came to TES Alliance for the community, but also to find more technical information, and learn more about the lore and histories. I've really fallen for the detailed universe of TES, especially since I can now interact more with it via modding (if that makes sense?) Anyhow, you can check out my first mod here, "Skygazer Moons - Masser & Secunda Ultra HD 4k", the first in a series of night sky upgrades for Skyrim. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/54349/? This is a beautiful website, and I am continually impressed with how deep the knowledge runs in the community. Cheers!

Thank you SD for tips on lighting! Emitance is far easier than setting scripts for each light!

Actually the game engine does allow reflection of light but only on ice and only through a mod. Let me give you an example of what emmitance does both on a bulb and on a window. I will use screenshots of my own house mod for this. The following is during the day, you can see the time in the plugin to the upper left, and note that there are bulbs up there to highlight the particle effects as well as realistically light that windowed area: Next is the exact same spot, but a different time of day (Evening): Lastly, nighttime: So, that is what the emmitance tab allows you to do. Notice this works with both bulbs and windows? That is what I meant earlier. Notice how much darker it seems up in the vaulted ceiling at night. This is the best you can do with the limitations of the creation kit. As for turning on and off things like light sources and bulbs, you should try Just in Time Lighting. It does exactly that. More later, gotta get back to work.