Light beautification of East Asian characters (original + EPE compatible)

by LinPlus·v1.0.0·Updated 2026-06-20

东亚人物光线美化(原版+EPE兼容)

About this mod Machine translation

[Should be compatible with most mods]

  • Improved the lighting of East Asian empires and hegemony holders to make them brighter

The original's shading was kind of terrible

  • Improved the lighting of East Asian female characters. The lighting is set differently from that of male characters. Personal aesthetics
  • Improved the lighting in Tianchao Manor, the original version is simply scary
  • When a character of Greek heritage seizes the Celestial Empire, there will be a unique background to show the Hellenistic influence (actually I think the original version is not good looking 😉 )

If you are not interested, just choose a character with non-Greek heritage.

The above changes must comply with p agency's determination of East Asian culture/Greek heritage characters and East Asian geographical regions.

Question 1: When the spouse of a Celestial Dynasty holder is landless but holds a title, it will become the background and lighting of the Celestial Dynasty manor, for example, the spouse is the prime minister.

Semi-resolved: Now after modification, the lighting of this one is pretty good-looking, and the prime minister-like character has also received new lighting, because it seems to meet the definition of a landless manor.

Question 2: The Song Dynasty in 1066 will use the manor background inexplicably. I haven’t looked into the reason yet. There is no problem in 1178. It seems that there will be no problem if there is a new emperor in 1066.

Play EPE and put this mod below.

If you are interested in the cover, this is the mod used

Beautiful Portraits

Congenital Beauty

If you have any ideas, feel free to leave a message

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
3738529290_Optimizing lighting for East Asian character (EPE compatibility).zip
File size
999.8 KiB