Day & Night: Sky Editor (Dynamic Day/Night Cycle)

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Author: AeroMatix

Last revision: 10 Apr at 19:25 UTC

File size: 1.73 MB

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Description:
Day & Night: Sky Editor (Time Cycle, Dynamic Lighting, Sun, Moon, Stars, Clouds, & Fog)

Bring your maps to life with a fully customizable day and night system. Smooth transitions, complete sky control, and designed to be as lightweight as possible.

Brought to you by the creator of the original Day & Night System, completely rewritten with many more features!

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Core Features

  • Dynamic Day & Night Cycle

    Smooth progression through all times of day
    Optional real-time sync with system clock

  • Full System Control

    Enable or disable the system at any time
    Pause progression
    Adjust day and night lengths
    Jump to presets (sunrise, noon, sunset, night)
    Save and reset settings

  • Complete Sky Editor

    Dynamically updates lighting, sky, sun, moon, and stars
    Fully customizable visual environment

Sun Settings

  • Enable or disable the sun
  • Adjust sun scale
  • Override sun colour

Moon Settings

  • Enable or disable the moon
  • Adjust moon size
  • Set brightness
  • Enable or disable moon glow
  • Adjust glow strength

Stars Settings

  • Enable or disable stars
  • Adjust scale
  • Set number of layers
  • Control movement speed

Sky Colour Control

  • Override sky colours completely
  • Use two custom colours
  • Adjust blend/fade between colours

Cloud System

  • Enable or disable clouds
  • Optional dynamic colour changes based on time of day
  • Adjust brightness
  • Control movement speed
  • Set cloud height

Fog System

  • Enable or disable fog
  • Adjust density
  • Set start and end distance
  • Customize fog colour

Performance

  • Highly optimized for minimal FPS impact
  • Designed to run smoothly even with all features enabled
  • Suitable for both servers and singleplayer

Overview
This is a full sky editor system with a dynamic day and night cycle. Every element is controllable, allowing you to fine-tune the atmosphere of your map exactly how you want it.

Built with performance in mind, it runs efficiently while still delivering a noticeable visual upgrade.

Installation

  • Subscribe to the addon
  • Restart your game/server
  • Configure settings if needed
  • Do NOT use with other systems like: My original Day & Night System, Atmos, StormFox 1/2, & In-game sky editors

Console Commands / ConVars

Note:
– 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled
– Time uses 24 hour format (0–24)
– Most commands are intended for admin/server use

Commands

daynight_pause – Toggles time progression on/off daynight_settime <value> – Sets the current time manually – Range: 0 – 24 daynight_setpreset <preset> – Sets the time to a preset Available presets: DAWN, AFTERNOON, DUSK, NIGHT, NOON, THREE_PM, SIX_PM, NINE_PM, MIDNIGHT, THREE_AM, SIX_AM, NINE_AM daynight_time – Prints the current in-game time daynight_reset – Resets all settings to default

Main System

daynight_enabled – Enables/disables the entire system – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_paused – Pauses time progression – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_realtime – Syncs time with system/server clock – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_log – Enables console logging/debug output – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_length_day – Duration of daytime (seconds) – Range: 1 – very high (no hard limit, practical range 60–86400+) daynight_length_night – Duration of nighttime (seconds) – Range: 1 – very high (no hard limit, practical range 60–86400+)

Sun

daynight_sun_enabled – Enables/disables the sun – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_sun_scale – Controls size of the sun – Range: ~0.1 – 10+ daynight_sun_color_override – Enables manual sun colour override – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_sun_color_r – Red channel of sun colour – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sun_color_g – Green channel of sun colour – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sun_color_b – Blue channel of sun colour – Range: 0 – 255

Moon

daynight_moon_enabled – Enables/disables the moon – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_moon_size – Controls size of the moon – Range: ~100 – 5000+ daynight_moon_brightness – Controls moon brightness – Range: 0 – 10+ daynight_moon_glow_enabled – Enables/disables moon glow – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_moon_glow_strength – Controls intensity of moon glow – Range: 0 – 5+

Stars

daynight_stars_enabled – Enables/disables stars – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_star_scale – Controls size of stars – Range: ~0.1 – 5+ daynight_star_speed_scale – Controls movement speed of stars – Range: 0 – 10+ daynight_star_layers – Number of star layers rendered – Range: 1 – 10+

Clouds

daynight_clouds_enabled – Enables/disables clouds – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_cloud_windspeed – Controls cloud movement speed – Range: 0 – 50+ daynight_cloud_colorchange – Enables automatic cloud colour changes over time – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_cloud_height – Controls height of cloud layer – Range: ~1000 – 50000+ daynight_cloud_brightness – Controls cloud brightness – Range: 0 – 5+

Fog

daynight_fog_enabled – Enables/disables custom fog – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_fog_density – Controls fog density – Range: 0 – 1+ daynight_fog_start – Distance where fog begins – Range: 0 – very high daynight_fog_end – Distance where fog fully fades in – Range: 0 – very high (must be greater than start) daynight_fog_r – Red channel of fog colour – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_fog_g – Green channel of fog colour – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_fog_b – Blue channel of fog colour – Range: 0 – 255

Sky Colours

daynight_sky_top_override – Enables override for top sky colour – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_sky_top_r – Top sky red value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sky_top_g – Top sky green value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sky_top_b – Top sky blue value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sky_bottom_override – Enables override for bottom sky colour – Range: 0 / 1 daynight_sky_bottom_r – Bottom sky red value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sky_bottom_g – Bottom sky green value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_sky_bottom_b – Bottom sky blue value – Range: 0 – 255 daynight_fade_bias_scale – Controls blend between top and bottom sky colours – Range: 0 – 5+

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