Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Mod Takes Global Illumination to the Next Level

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 modders are at it again—this time, making the game’s lighting so good you might need sunglasses indoors.

Warhorse Studios is gearing up to roll out official mod support for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 soon, but let’s be honest—modders don’t wait for permission. While the game just flexed its muscles by selling two million copies in two weeks, the real MVPs are the community members who keep pushing its visuals to the next level.

A Game-Changing Lighting Fix

Enter Nexus user nimbul, who released a utility mod that ensures configuration (CFG) variables actually stick around after level loading. Before this, the game had the memory of a goldfish—constantly reverting to default settings. Thanks to this fix, modder vktrfly saw an opportunity to crank up the global illumination and make Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 look even more stunning.

The result? A lighting upgrade so realistic that you might start questioning whether you’re playing a game or watching a medieval documentary. The screenshots and footage speak for themselves—Henry’s world has never looked this good.

Tinkering with Global Illumination

According to vktrfly, two key variables can further enhance indirect lighting:

• e_svoTI_SSAOAmount
• e_svoTI_PropagationBooster

The latter can be pushed up to 3, but unless you’re rocking a GeForce RTX 5090 Super Duper Ultimate Edition, you might take a hit in performance. However, if you’re a proud member of PureDark’s Patreon (aka, the VIP club for frame-rate enthusiasts), you can pair this mod with DLSS Multi Frame Generation for some silky smooth visuals.

The One Drawback—No Async Compute

Before you go full medieval with these lighting tweaks, there’s one tiny catch: this mod and the Async Compute mod go together about as well as oil and water. If you notice strobing, flickering, or lighting that looks like it belongs in a 90s rave, make sure you’re not running AsyncCompute Enabler or using e_svoTI_AsyncCompute = 1 in your user.cfg.

The modder made it clear:

“If you see lighting glitches, it’s not my mod—it’s Async Compute throwing a tantrum.”

What’s Next for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2?

While modders are busy making the game even more beautiful, Warhorse Studios is preparing to drop the first free content update this Spring. Here’s what’s coming:

• Barbers – Because Henry deserves a fresh cut too.
• Horse Racing – Time to find out if your noble steed is more of a racehorse or a potato on legs.
• Hardcore Mode – Because some players think medieval life wasn’t hard enough already.

And that’s not all—three premium DLCs are set to launch later this year, adding even more content to Henry’s adventure.

The Bottom Line

Until Warhorse officially opens the modding floodgates, the community isn’t waiting around. With tweaks like this improved global illumination mod, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 keeps getting better and better. If your PC can handle it, it’s definitely worth a try—just don’t forget to disable Async Compute unless you enjoy psychedelic lighting effects in medieval Bohemia.