PC Help with Lighting

[Aranwyn]

Hi all. I'm looking for some help with making lights, in creative mode, to light up for me. Right now they don't.

Not player crafted lighs.

PC players obviously get a lot more options but I prefer console. Just don't know if we can actually do all of what they do or we're simply limited. Hoping not.

We love building so after working the first map pretty hard, we created a second save on a new, huge map with creative mode enabled...since you can't toggle it on, if you started without it. (I love how you can still play normal, but add only a few extra cosmetics like lights out of the Creative screen! Without enabling God mode or any real gameplay cheats simply by enabling Creative on your new map.)
Anyway, we built a base by the trader. I'm amused that some of the neon signs turn on when he opens shop. They go off when he shuts down for the day.

I can also get light with burning barrels successfully but I want lamps and more.
I found I could go into Fly mode with a keyboard attached but I don't want that. 
Do I want to be able to use the Prefab editor for this? How?
POI editing?

Prefab?

All new terms to me for this game but I'm learning 
I don't know what yields what I want
Hoping somebody has figured this out who would share some tips.

 

[thatguybeard]

Hi all. I'm looking for some help with making lights, in creative mode, to light up for me. Right now they don't.

Not player crafted lighs.

PC players obviously get a lot more options but I prefer console. Just don't know if we can actually do all of what they do or we're simply limited. Hoping not.

We love building so after working the first map pretty hard, we created a second save on a new, huge map with creative mode enabled...since you can't toggle it on, if you started without it. (I love how you can still play normal, but add only a few extra cosmetics like lights out of the Creative screen! Without enabling God mode or any real gameplay cheats simply by enabling Creative on your new map.)
Anyway, we built a base by the trader. I'm amused that some of the neon signs turn on when he opens shop. They go off when he shuts down for the day.

I can also get light with burning barrels successfully but I want lamps and more.
I found I could go into Fly mode with a keyboard attached but I don't want that. 
Do I want to be able to use the Prefab editor for this? How?
POI editing?

Prefab?

All new terms to me for this game but I'm learning 
I don't know what yields what I want
Hoping somebody has figured this out who would share some tips.

In order to power lights you first need a generator or battery bank. Load the generator with engines, the battery bank uses batteries. Then you need to use a wire tool to run wires from the bank to what you want to power. Use gas to refill the generator bank the battery bank can be recharged with a solar bank filled with solar cells.

So basically set up bank, set up light, put wire tool in hand, click L2(PS5) on bank to start wire, drag wire to light, and then L2 on light to attach wire.