TL:DR - Allows plants and crops to grow under normal light at half speed (50%).
🌱 Normal Light Growth
Tired of needing giant Sun Lamps just to keep your crops alive indoors?
With this mod, plants and crops can grow under normal standing lamps – but only at half the speed compared to full sunlight or a Sun Lamp.
📖 Features
-Normal Lamps now support plant growth
Any crop (rice, corn, potatoes, haygrass, healroot, etc.) will grow under regular light sources.
-Balanced mechanics
Growth rate is 50% under normal lamps, and 100% in full sunlight or under a Sun Lamp.
-Fairer lighting margins
In vanilla, a Sun Lamp’s light is all-or-nothing: inside the bright square plants grow at full speed, but one tile outside they stop growing completely. That sharp cutoff never made sense. With this mod, sun lamps provide some growth to indirect sun light.
-Simple XML patch
No new items, no extra research, no dependencies. Just drop it in and play.
-Compatible with RimWorld 1.6
Works with both soil plots and hydroponics basins.
⚖️ Balance
This mod is intended to add flexibility, not replace Sun Lamps entirely.
Sun Lamps are still the fastest and most efficient option for indoor farming.
Normal lamps are slower but cheaper for early colonies, smaller grow rooms, or decorative farming setups.
💡 Notes
Safe to add to an existing save.
Removing the mod will cause plants under normal lamps to stop growing again.
No conflicts expected unless another mod changes plant glow requirements.
✨ Enjoy smoother colony farming without giant Sun Lamp setups or punishing sun lamps “all-or-nothing” margins!
*If you encounter an error or want to give a suggestion I'm glad to read you down here on comments*
