>>718680243
I'm using a modpack ("collection") from the steam workshop called "Vanilla Remastered (for my WIFE)", but I think the main graphics mods are Mood Shadows, Mood Weather, Mood Lighting, Mood Waves and Foliage and Stone Total Rework.
I also have "colorful" turned on in the graphics settings. All the other effects are turned off, I feel like they make the game look a bit worse, some of them were on by default.

But the game isn't that great looking in most areas, the Great Desert has a nice view of the sky and the sand has a nice color, perhaps that's why you remember it being uglier.