Gradual transition between day and night

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The Man of the Moon
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Gradual transition between day and night

Post by The Man of the Moon »

Is there posible to make 1 IG hour between daylight and night darkness with twilight?

Being at day and suddenly at night is a bit annoying to me (always was)

I don't know if that could be encoded, but if it was posible... Like perhaps giving the first and last hour of night a slightly clearest ilumination, that could be awesome...

As an option if this couldn't be done or was so complex to do or not interest about...

Let the server display a message text announcing something like "the day is falling, surrended by the night shadows"... and opposite when the down is coming.

This way, this may also add some RP sometimes, like when someone suspects he was cursed by the licanthropy so he may prevent his felows when they notice the night is coming... Etc.

Also, either, the gradual change or the text message, will add a bit of immersion (I think).

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Mithreas
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Re: Gradual transition between day and night

Post by Mithreas »

The change is gradual if you stay in one area. If you're moving, then when you enter a new area during the dusk or dawn hours, you start the gradual lightening/darkening all over again in each new area, and it's not finished by the time the next hour rolls around.
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