This Should’ve Always Been in The Sims 3: Real Reflective Windows!

After completing and delivering Haven Springs as planned, I wanted to show you an idea that came up during the project!

I created a small prototype that worked really well for screenshots, but I’m still running more tests to understand how I can refine it and push the visuals even further.

The idea here is simple: what if windows actually reflected?

With the Glass Shader I released a few years ago, we brought back that reflective look windows used to have before The Sims 3: World Adventures. But those reflections aren’t real. They’re fake. So the next logical step for me is to make them real. That’s what I’ve been working on, as shown in the video.

From one side, the glass reflects. From the other, it allows the player to clearly see everything outside. This isn’t a modification applied to all windows, but rather a separate object that can be added, giving players full control over which windows should be reflective or not.

I’d really love to hear what you think about this process.

Below are some comparison images.

Here we have windows using the Glass Shader. This is how they look from outside looking in...

And this is how they look from inside looking out.

And here we have reflective windows.

Since I built them using my modular set, this also allows for more realistic internal shading.