Please let us skip night. It's not fun.

[dannyboah]

All that the day/night cycle accomplishes is it makes me just want to give up and stop playing when night arrives.

[Chuckle Nuts]

I see where it can get annoying. Maybe a setting to switch the time of day. For me I think it's useful to see what lights will look like inside the house in order to install the right number of lights to simulate what it will look like if a family were to turn the lights on at night.

[Crusader765]

It's realistic. Just save outdoor work for daytime and use cheap standing lights for working indoors if you need them.

[suspiria_2]

i use night to put up the outdoor lights.

[dannyboah]

Originally posted by Crusader765:

It's realistic. Just save outdoor work for daytime and use cheap standing lights for working indoors if you need them.

Working day and night is realistic? I see a lot of construction around me in real life. They go home when it gets dark. I see zero construction workers using flashlights and flood lights to keep working throughout the night. If realism is what they are going for then we should be able to go home and sleep and come back the next morning. That's how it would really be in real life.

[big fat gerbil]

They should just let you sleep in beds like you can in HF1 to pass the night. It's bizarre that they didn't add that first thing.

[Crusader765]

Originally posted by dannyboah:

Originally posted by Crusader765:

It's realistic. Just save outdoor work for daytime and use cheap standing lights for working indoors if you need them.

Working day and night is realistic? I see a lot of construction around me in real life. They go home when it gets dark. I see zero construction workers using flashlights and flood lights to keep working throughout the night. If realism is what they are going for then we should be able to go home and sleep and come back the next morning. That's how it would really be in real life.

What's realistic is not doing much work at night at all. I'm giving you suggestions if you want to play the game in an unrealistic way.

[dannyboah]

Originally posted by Crusader765:

Originally posted by dannyboah:

Working day and night is realistic? I see a lot of construction around me in real life. They go home when it gets dark. I see zero construction workers using flashlights and flood lights to keep working throughout the night. If realism is what they are going for then we should be able to go home and sleep and come back the next morning. That's how it would really be in real life.

What's realistic is not doing much work at night at all. I'm giving you suggestions if you want to play the game in an unrealistic way.

And I'm just giving the suggestion that they allow us to sleep, just like real life people do after working all day. You're the one who made the argument that it's realistic. Working night and day for days on end doesn't seem very realistic to me.

[CalUKGR]

Originally posted by dannyboah:

Originally posted by Crusader765:

What's realistic is not doing much work at night at all. I'm giving you suggestions if you want to play the game in an unrealistic way.

And I'm just giving the suggestion that they allow us to sleep, just like real life people do after working all day. You're the one who made the argument that it's realistic. Working night and day for days on end doesn't seem very realistic to me.

Agree. Although there is so much to commend about HF2, it seems peppered with daft decisions intended to 'gamify' what (IMO) could have been a sober and very fulfilling (and creative) building application. The gameplay stuff always drags the experience down. I honestly think I'd have preferred HF2 to be a dry, focused 'architectural tool for all' kinda deal. I have zero interest in narratives or gamy gimmicks. Just give me an honest, well-made construction/renovation app.

[Nite69]

doesn't it have a daytime only option like the first game?

[Angel]

Originally posted by Nite69:

doesn't it have a daytime only option like the first game?

Nope, it doesn't, but it definitely should.

[suspiria_2]

in real life workers don't build during night not only for safety but usually because there are noise regulations, especially in residential zones.

in real life, you can bet that an apartment manager somewhere is up all night cleaning and painting a unit for turnover.

[GenXer76]

I'd love to have the option to be able to keep it on daytime. This isn't real life; it's a game. I'm trying to record a walkthrough, take photos, etc. and have to wait for it to get light again. Putting it on real time doesn't seem to switch off game time (even if it's daytime IRL when I'm playing).