A more realistic night

Fahnenbohn · 11-06-14, 09:56 AM

Hello to all Subsimers.

At first, i would like to say that I've never been satisfied with the appearance of the night in sh3 : too clear !! So, I have reworked EnvColors.dat and SkyColors.dat to have a darker night. OK.

But now, I don't like the fact that the night becomes dark so quickly... So I'm going to create another sky in order to have a clear sky, then a dark sky when the sun goes lower (it is possible to add one or two another skies in the picture in SkyColors.dat file (see below)).

Pictures of the result in a few days...

padi · 11-06-14, 11:09 AM

Right click on Sky and add Array Item.

I think the Numbers are refered from the top left to the bottom right so you (I think) have to paint the new images on the .tga.

Then add the items and refer to the images.

Fahnenbohn · 11-07-14, 04:54 PM

Here is the result with a new sky at slot no 6 (in SkyColors.dat), from dusk to night :

11-06-14, 09:56 AM	#1
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	A more realistic night Hello to all Subsimers. At first, i would like to say that I've never been satisfied with the appearance of the night in sh3 : too clear !! So, I have reworked EnvColors.dat and SkyColors.dat to have a darker night. OK. But now, I don't like the fact that the night becomes dark so quickly... So I'm going to create another sky in order to have a clear sky, then a dark sky when the sun goes lower (it is possible to add one or two another skies in the picture in SkyColors.dat file (see below)). Pictures of the result in a few days... Last edited by Fahnenbohn; 11-06-14 at 08:08 PM.

11-06-14, 11:09 AM	#2
padi Officer Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 249 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Right click on Sky and add Array Item. I think the Numbers are refered from the top left to the bottom right so you (I think) have to paint the new images on the .tga. Then add the items and refer to the images.

11-07-14, 04:54 PM	#3
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	Here is the result with a new sky at slot no 6 (in SkyColors.dat), from dusk to night :