Configurable dynamic lighting for Garry's Mod.
Better Lights adds extra dynamic lighting to weapons, NPCs, items, projectiles, fires, explosions, and other effects. Most features can be adjusted or turned off from the Better Lights tab in the spawn menu.
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Important
I strongly recommend using the 64-bit branch of Garry's Mod. The addon is tested there, and the game is usually more stable on it.
Better Lights currently maintains an English Garry's Mod .properties localization file here:
resource/localization/en/betterlights.properties
To add a community translation, copy the English file into the language folder you want to work on, then translate the player-facing text.
Please keep these details unchanged:
- Every key before
= - The blank first line
- Format placeholders such as
%s - The existing file name and folder format
Before opening a pull request, run the localization validator:
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\validate_localization.ps1Community translation corrections from native speakers are welcome.
Better Lights is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.md.
