Housing Lighting Bug, Please Fix

SickleCider · July 2021

Observed in: Hunter's Glade
May be happening in other houses.

When I enter my Hunter's Glade, I find that many of my light-emitting objects no longer emit light. Sometimes picking them up and putting them back fixes them temporarily.

Items affected so far (I can't remember exact names):
Blackreach Geode, Iridescent
Luminous Lantern Flower
Hist Bulb
Flower, Coda
Blackreach Cabbages
Dwarven Crystal Sconce, Mirror
Colovian Crystal
Glowbush, Purple
Hearthfire (cooking station)

Additionally, mounts and pets seem affected.

This is really ruining the look of my build.

SickleCider · July 2021

Update: this isn't happening client side! I had some friends come to check the house and they don't see the lights, either.

PS4

katanagirl1 · July 2021

I think I recall problems with enchanted lights in that house before.

I was able to fond this:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/6466878#Comment_6466878

SickleCider · July 2021

katanagirl1 wrote: »

I think I recall problems with enchanted lights in that house before.

I was able to fond this:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/6466878#Comment_6466878

Thanks for the insight. Aw, geez, now I have buyer's remorse.

katanagirl1 · July 2021

I see all sorts of problems with lighting elements in the game. I have been trying to take snapshots of them:

Runestones that don’t emit the cone of orange light on both sides
Soul gems at enchanting stations that are dark
Dig sites that lack the glowing swirl of gold light

I see that as the game being stressed and it can’t handle all that it used to, for whatever reason. This is in overland areas and not instanced ones.

I also do not know why only certain houses seem to affected, unless they are ones that are using more enchanted lights than others. I can only speculate.

SickleCider · July 2021

katanagirl1 wrote: »

I see all sorts of problems with lighting elements in the game. I have been trying to take snapshots of them:

Runestones that don’t emit the cone of orange light on both sides
Soul gems at enchanting stations that are dark
Dig sites that lack the glowing swirl of gold light

I see that as the game being stressed and it can’t handle all that it used to, for whatever reason. This is in overland areas and not instanced ones.

I also do not know why only certain houses seem to affected, unless they are ones that are using more enchanted lights than others. I can only speculate.

Yes, I've seen all those! Also:

Monster arms packs' glow disappearing

Glow and particle effects disappearing from mounts and pets (Gloam wolves are especially bad for this)

Treasure chests no longer lit up with keen eye

Thank goodness I can still see all kinds of superfluous combat VFX though. My eyes aren't unhappy or anything. 🤣

katanagirl1 · July 2021

How could I forget those antiquity dig sites that don’t have the glowing gold swirls above them?

I was using the surround sound speakers and listening for the harp music to find one just today, lol!

SickleCider · July 2021

katanagirl1 wrote: »

How could I forget those antiquity dig sites that don’t have the glowing gold swirls above them?

I was using the surround sound speakers and listening for the harp music to find one just today, lol!

???

Oh, no, girl, you're good! It's in your list. 🤣

I'm glad you have the technology for the task at hand!

katanagirl1 · July 2021

Duh, senior moment...a little early

SickleCider · July 2021

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Duh, senior moment...a little early

Hey, I've been saying for days that I haven't had my head screwed on right. You're in good company. 👍

Today, the amber mushrooms stopped working in Hunter's Glade. The mushrooms that came with the house. Incredible!

Soulshine · November 2021

This bug is still an issue so reporting here since there was zero response to the thread I posted with a picture.

It is also happening in all houses I have visited, even ones I don't own. On both PC NA and PC EU. I tried previewing several homes and used the preview with furnishings, and this is going on with many of them. Light sources such as candles in particular, have flames visible but zero light.

We spend a LOT of time and gold on making our houses the way we like, the least someone at ZoS could do here is acknowledge the issue and indicate they will look into it. It is incredibly annoying to have to reset all the lights every time you port into a house.

Soulshine · November 2021

Literally every day in all houses this issue persists. Can we please get some acknowledgement this will be looked into?

SickleCider · November 2021

Yeah, this is ridiculous. I've noticed since switching to ps5 that various lighting VFX disappear LESS OFTEN, but it still happens, and there are still particular culprits. The Hunter's Glade and the Gloam Wolves stick out to me.

Lnin0 · November 2021

Been noticing this on XSX lately as well after purchasing Hundings Palacial Hall.

Sometimes when I enter it’s very dark. It’s a normally dark house to begin with (thread for another day) but I have ample lights everywhere so it should not be dark.

What I’ve noticed is that even though lights will be glowing like they are on, they are not actually emitting any light to the surrounding surfaces.

By turning them off and back on it will fix the issue. This is a problem with over 100 lights spread across this huge palace and outdoor area. Also an issue for lights hidden or unreachable and items that don’t have on/off, such as the verdant crystal, has to be put away and then replaced to emit light again.

Sometimes leaving and returning will resolve the issue and sometimes not. A friend who also has XSX but not HDR saw same issue in my house once as well.

ElderOfTamriel · February 27

Anyone got some of those glowing plants replaced from support on PC-EU?