[REL] Environmental MOD for Silent Hunter 5

[Krauter]

It's all good, thanks for the help

Question: W_clear (or Steel) Could the fact that I am in the Carribean be affecting how light my nights are?

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by Krauter

It's all good, thanks for the help

Question: W_clear (or Steel) Could the fact that I am in the Carribean be affecting how light my nights are?

Yes, that could be a big part of the brightness you are seeing. The Caribbean is zoned as tropical in the ClimateZones.tga file. And, the zone you are in has a big impact on a lot of stuff: water color, lighting, sky color, weather, etc. So, a tropical zone would naturally have more light than an arctic zone for instance. It would be especially bright if it was summer also.

[M4XDmG]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

Yes, that could be a big part of the brightness you are seeing. The Caribbean is zoned as tropical in the ClimateZones.tga file. And, the zone you are in has a big impact on a lot of stuff: water color, lighting, sky color, weather, etc. So, a tropical zone would naturally have more light than an arctic zone for instance. It would be especially bright if it was summer also.

The fact that Carribean is in "tropical zone" has nothing to do with nights being light. Actually the more north or south from the equator you go, the more lighter the nights are in the summer time. And the closer you get to the equator, the darker the nights are (also the brighter the DAYS), almost the same throughout the year. Nights are longer near the poles in the winter time, and in mid winter, above the arctic circle, sun won't rise at all so in winter here is truly dark. But this is from real life, I don't know how mod handles this.

And yes, i have also the bright night broblem, but maybe it is just that I happen to have extremely light night right now at the game , need to play more...

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by M4XDmG

The fact that Carribean is in "tropical zone" has nothing to do with nights being light. Actually the more north or south from the equator you go, the more lighter the nights are in the summer time. And the closer you get to the equator, the darker the nights are (also the brighter the DAYS), almost the same throughout the year. Nights are longer near the poles in the winter time, and in mid winter, above the arctic circle, sun won't rise at all so in winter here is truly dark. But this is from real life, I don't know how mod handles this.

And yes, i have also the bright night broblem, but maybe it is just that I happen to have extremely light night right now at the game , need to play more...

I don't claim to be a climatologist (or even your local weatherman), but I am pretty sure W_clears setup has overall brighter light in the tropics. I am not saying that just the nights are brighter, I mean that there is a controller for light, and it is set higher in the tropical zones than in colder zones. And in summer, that controller is set even higher. I could be wrong.......

In winter in the med the nights are pitch black.

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by MattDizzle

In winter in the med the nights are pitch black.

The Med is one zone colder than the Caribbean in the ClimateZones.tga. And in the summer in the Med(which is when it is in my campaign and where I am at, the nights are relatively bright). So it would seem that the seasons are acting the way I thought they were. Of course, a lot depends on other variables like (fog, clouds, whether or not the moon is out, etc.)

[Salvadoreno]

which file do i mess with the fix the fog problem?? I forgot

[Shiplord]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

but I am pretty sure W_clears setup has overall brighter light in the tropics.

What makes this mod completely unrealistic, not to mention of the overall wrong color of the water in the whole area of the Atlantic and Med. I am a marine biologist and have now been worked on almost every ocean and the colors in this mod are only right for the Asian region.

[schurem]

Please dear shiplord dude, dont just yell 'wrong!' but provide input as to how it should be fixed to be better.
maybe even ask what values to tinker with in order to get a result you would deem more realistic? i look forward to your version of what the atlantic and med should look like.

on a different node, i cant use w_clear's environment mod because i get CTD's when i sail the north sea by day (it's winter) meh

[W_clear]

Environmental 2.3 MOD for SH5_1.2

Environmental 2.3 MOD replace the Environmental 2.1 MOD and 2.2



1.In addition to a line to the horizon at night in good weather.

2.Adjusting the wrong color of the various climate