[WIP] The sun has changed More small and bright

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by Webster

i would imagine there is no way to use different images based on the time of year it is.

The sun in SH5 is no longer an image (texture).
The sundisk is hardcoded, the size and color are constant values from the env. cfg passed into the constant registers of the sky shader.

Unlike to SH3/4 the sun_halo texture is no longer rendered over the sun disk, either on purpose or it is one of the many things that were not completed for the release. Therefore, one can see in any camera angle the sun disc and not the sun glow over it like in the predecessors.

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by Webster

since it changes with the time of the year from bigger to smaller (bigger in summer & smaller in winter) i think something right in the middle of the big and small one will be close enough to everyones opinion that they will all like it.

i would imagine there is no way to use different images based on the time of year it is.

Sorry, but you must be thinking about a different solar system. The sun's apparent size does not appreciably change with season, it's always 1/2 degree across.

[tonschk]

Actually this is the BEST SUN

[Sgtmonkeynads]

I know it is more than likely impossible, but how about having it like in real life where it looks big when on the horizon then seems to shrink when getting higher in the sky.
You know the whole curvature of the Earth thing, same with the moon.

Now that would be Awesome.

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by Sgtmonkeynads

I know it is more than likely impossible, but how about having it like in real life where it looks big when on the horizon then seems to shrink when getting higher in the sky.

This is already implemented, open the EnvColor_xxx.cfg 's, and you can change the size of the sun in relation to the viewing angle

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by Sgtmonkeynads

I know it is more than likely impossible, but how about having it like in real life where it looks big when on the horizon then seems to shrink when getting higher in the sky.
You know the whole curvature of the Earth thing, same with the moon.

Now that would be Awesome.

Another myth. See below:

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/que...php?number=230

[furby]

any update on this?

looking forward to it.

[Westbroek]

Wouldn't the size of the sun/moon be largely impacted by the zoom level of any camera taking a picture? These are all gorgeous sun photos, but being that the kaleun isn't 'taking pictures' of the sun/moon, the best idea is to simulate how the sun looks to the naked(drip covered?)eye... The small sun looks gorgeous IMO.

[Decoman]

I am looking forward to this one. The smallest sun looked the best to me.

[ingsoc84]

I like it!

[ncorpuz34]

eta on release?

[furby]

quick bump

[Bill Nichols]

I second your bump

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by Seeadler

The sun in SH5 is no longer an image (texture).
The sundisk is hardcoded, the size and color are constant values from the env. cfg passed into the constant registers of the sky shader.

Unlike to SH3/4 the sun_halo texture is no longer rendered over the sun disk, either on purpose or it is one of the many things that were not completed for the release. Therefore, one can see in any camera angle the sun disc and not the sun glow over it like in the predecessors.

There is a lack of Sun_Halo , this problem sooner or later need to be fixed

[W_clear]

Sun_Halo to do very bad in the SH5,I can only adjust to this result.After the completion of environmental MOD, let me adjust Sun_Halo.