Time Sun rise and sun set.

[Locomotive]

Anyone noticed how the sun rises at 3 am and set really early in the afternoon in the game? I understand it's set in the far north, but wouldn't that mean more day light than dark? I'm not sure which country the sun rises at 2-3 am and set so early lol. Is it just my game that the time is different?

[Locomotive]

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

Originally posted by Locomotive:

Dude, you keep ignoring the fact that previous games the sun rises at 6 am. This is winter in the North, so it should rise a lot later, not sooner. YOu keep trying to avoid this focus.

So you are saying your world is always the same season?

This is the focus of my argument - if it is summer, it would rise earlier than winter - for instance.

Omg, If you have played the game, it even mentions that it's winter, hence the two armies are camping instead of fighting at each other.

[BoydofZINJ]

Originally posted by Locomotive:

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

So you are saying your world is always the same season?

This is the focus of my argument - if it is summer, it would rise earlier than winter - for instance.

Omg, If you have played the game, it even mentions that it's winter, hence the two armies are camping instead of fighting at each other.

so 120 days into meditation it is still rising at setting at the same time... so I assume one or two things:

First, this is a game and they picked a random time for sun rise and sets.

-or-

Second, this is not our planet earth and it has different rules for sunset and rise than ours does.

either way, it is still a video game..


then I thought, these are people from Poland - when does Poland have a day and night cycle...

For May 29th it is estimated the sun will rise at approx Sunrise: 4:25 AM

Interesting, this is the time it rises in game.

[Lozzle]

All this over a simple observation.

[Locomotive]

Originally posted by Lozzle:

All this over a simple observation.

Lol right? He goes on and start theorizing instead of accepting the fact that it was probably an oversight of how the time doesn't match the meditation settings. And he refuses to acknowledge it's winter in the north...

[BoydofZINJ]

Originally posted by Locomotive:

Originally posted by Lozzle:

All this over a simple observation.

Lol right? He goes on and start theorizing instead of accepting the fact that it was probably an oversight of how the time doesn't match the meditation settings. And he refuses to acknowledge it's winter in the north...

I am saying it is interesting how many people think this planet is the same as ours and how it does not change so... its just a video game afterall, it matches Poland's current sun rise - and for winter, there is allot of snow where I am at, in game.

[Locomotive]

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

Originally posted by Locomotive:

Lol right? He goes on and start theorizing instead of accepting the fact that it was probably an oversight of how the time doesn't match the meditation settings. And he refuses to acknowledge it's winter in the north...

I am saying it is interesting how many people think this planet is the same as ours and how it does not change so... its just a video game afterall, it matches Poland's current sun rise.

You forget that you're the one keep mentioning it's like Earth lol.

[BoydofZINJ]

Originally posted by Locomotive:

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

I am saying it is interesting how many people think this planet is the same as ours and how it does not change so... its just a video game afterall, it matches Poland's current sun rise.

You forget that you're the one keep mentioning it's like Earth lol.

like earth and exactly earth is two different things. Sort of u and exactly u. Likewise, just because a planet is called earth does not make it the same as this one - i still do not remember magic and witchers in ours... so somehow their world is different than ours.

[BattleAxe1980_NL]

Are we sure, it's winter? Cause, Vesimir went back home real early to prepare for winter and to hide Caer Morhen, from nilfgaard.

Taking that into account,....it might be late summer early autumn, and during those seasons, i've seen OUR sky brighten around four.

[DiscoMoose]

In my game the sun sets around 11pm and rises at 5am. What region are you in?

[Reaver]

The game does not take daylight savings time into account

[Reaver]

Originally posted by BoydofZINJ:

Do you believe this planet is earth with the same rotation as earth and the same tilt as earth? Interesting....

You also believe the star is the same distance, size, and heat as ours as well?

Actually it does have the same rotation, and the same 24 hr period

[dresoccer4]

i found this thread by google'ing "witcher 3 what's up with the 3am sunrise?" and i'm LOL'ing at all the attempted scientific explanations.

[Lozzle]

Originally posted by dresoccer4:

i found this thread by google'ing "witcher 3 what's up with the 3am sunrise?" and i'm LOL'ing at all the attempted scientific explanations.

Bless your soul.

[Imperialus]

Originally posted by dresoccer4:

i found this thread by google'ing "witcher 3 what's up with the 3am sunrise?" and i'm LOL'ing at all the attempted scientific explanations.

Especially because science has nothing to do with the arbitrary hour that we (or in this case the game designers) say sunrise happens at.

The hour that the sun comes up with has absolutely nothing to do with axial tilt, season, or anything like that. All that any of that effects is the number of hours of daylight over the course of a day. So, if in TW3 the sun rises at 3am and sets at 6pm then there are 15 hours of daylight in a day. It could just as easily rise at 6 am and set at 9 pm. Hours and minutes human inventions that subdivides the time it takes for the earth to rotate on its axis.

For a real world example of what we see in TW3 look at Tibet and the other Western Chinese provinces. Since the unification of China under the Communists they decided that the entire country would operate on a single timezone. Beijing time, or GMT +8. However from a geographical standpoint the easternmost parts of China should be GMT +5. This means that if the sun is rising in Beijing at 6 AM local time, then it is still pitch black and three hours away from sunrise at six AM in Tibet.

Far more bizarre IMO is how long the day itself is. If it is winter, then the day night cycle itself is bss ackwards. When the hemisphere you happen to be on is pointed towards the sun you get longer days and hotter weather which we call summer. When your hemesphere is pointed away from the sun you get shorter days and colder weather, a phenomenon also known as winter. If you are getting longer days and colder weather then you just broke the basic laws of physics.

Now, how I just to explain this in my mind is based on the fact that the Nilfgardians (not unlike the Communist party in Beijing) are controlling bastards. Upon their invasion they decreed that all Temaria will use the Nilfgardian imperial clock regardless of what time the sun actually happens to rise. I've also decided that since Nilfgard is much further to the south that it is too hot to campaign down there in the summer, so even though in Temeria it is indeed summer the Nilfgardians have (in keeping with tradition) gone to quarters for the summer, claiming it to be winter. This also explains the lack of snow and amount of greenery everywhere.

[Lozzle]

This is some quality trolling.