[RELz] Sunrise and Sunset Season and Latitude Scaling : III

» Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:12 pm

Sunrise and Sunset Season and Latitude Scaling

Download: http://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/44375/?

Video: http://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/managevideos?id=44375&add=1

This mod changes the sunrise and sunset time for longer winter nights in northern latitudes, etc

By default the average mid-winter days and mid-summer nights in northern latitudes will be ~1/3

as long in game hours as normal (equal day and night times) that occurs at mid-spring and fall.

Examples (using default sve_sunriseset_ave and _max values):

Mid-summer in Dagon Fel will have daytime sunrise at ~2am and nighttime sunset at ~10pm

Mid-winter in Dagon Fel will have daytime sunrise at ~10am and nighttime sunset at ~2pm

Mid-spring/fall everywhere will have daytime sunrise at ~6am and nighttime sunset at ~6pm

This mod is an improved version of http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1602260-relz-timescale-seasonandlatitudescaling/ using MGE-XE

xsetsunrisesunset function call to dynamically change the sunrise and sunset time based on

the season and player latitude. Use only one mod or the other.

» Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:03 am

This is pretty neat. I didn't even know this was possible.

Thanks.

» Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:53 am

Sorry I missed this before. Thanks for the positive feedback!

Uploaded v1.1 to nexus (same download link above):

- Modifed the MGE-XE sunset time to deduct the sunset duration so the sun actually reaches the horizon at the

expected game time (meaning at 6:00pm at spring/autumn solstice)

- Added global variables to work properly with SkyDiversity v1.11 shader rainbows

» Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:18 am

Oh neat! How does this work? Does it actually change when the sun sets/rises or does it just modify the timescale value? If it's the former I'll be very happy to try this out.

» Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:29 am

Yep, it works by changing the time when the sun sets/rises using MGE-XE xsetsunrisesunset function calls. An earlier attempt changed the time scale but I like this way much better.