Any way to change sunrise and sunset time?

[nitishsingh149]

I usually drive the truck at nigh and I noticed that the sunset & sunrise time is not what I want. Is there any way to change the sunrise and sunset time because in my place it rise at 6.12am and set at 7:30pm but in the game it rise at 4:30am and set around 8:30pm or almost 9. I want to change it, it's not looking real.

[SecretOne]

The game "day" is fixed at summer solstice, so it is real for that "day".

[Madkine]

Its stored a a variable in a file and can be modded. The file is env_data.sii in the def folder. Or look for a mod on the workshop.

[MagnusA]

The times for sunrise and sunset are dependent on where you are on the map. Further north -> Longer days, just like in real life.

Maybe not that noticeable in ATS (North America) but it is very noticeable in ETS2 (Europe). The northern part (Scandinavia) has MUCH longer days than the southern part (Iberia, Italy, ...).

If you are able to position yourself to your IRL home location (or at least the same latitude) on the ATS map the sunrise/sunset *should* be roughly the same as is real life.

[Nite69]

I'm surprised that SCS doesn't have an option to tie the game time to real local time of the player, I seen other games do it such as house flipper

[Witchfynder]

Originally posted by Nite69:

I'm surprised that SCS doesn't have an option to tie the game time to real local time of the player, I seen other games do it such as house flipper

The game time in this game doesn't tick at the normal rate. That's why you can make a 10 hour drive in like half an hour of real time.

I also notice there is a timezone setting. It defaults to OFF. I've never turned it on, it seems like it would complicate things. But it probably affects sunrise and sunset times.

[meatballs_21]

This will do what you ask: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1247532088

[Hiro Protagonist]

Originally posted by Witchfynder:

I also notice there is a timezone setting. It defaults to OFF. I've never turned it on, it seems like it would complicate things. But it probably affects sunrise and sunset times.

Timezone just adjusts in-game local time when you cross state borders (since some game states are Pacific and some are Mountain Time)

[Dark & Realistic™ Nessie]

What do you mean by "my place", OP?

The sunrise and sunset times are based on the game place, AKA USA. And like SecretOne posted, game is locked on Summer solstice. So the far north you go, earlier the Sun will rise and later the Sun will set.

You can try the mod meatballs_21 suggested, but I'm pretty sure it's still based on USA timezone and latittude, not your local time.

[Witchfynder]

Originally posted by Hiro Protagonist:

Originally posted by Witchfynder:

I also notice there is a timezone setting. It defaults to OFF. I've never turned it on, it seems like it would complicate things. But it probably affects sunrise and sunset times.

Timezone just adjusts in-game local time when you cross state borders (since some game states are Pacific and some are Mountain Time)

Right, and that will change sunrise and sunset times. If you turn on time zones, and that changes California by 1 hour, then it will shift sunrise and sunset times by 1 hour in California

[nitishsingh149]

okk so there is way to change the time zone that's great, I'll try this setting today. thank you everyone for your replies.