is it so hard to implement time of day?

[Jaaaade]

seriously, im very disappointed that an OPEN WORLD RPG, let alone a STEALTH one, in 2025 has no way to change the time of day.
what an incredibly simple, and stupid oversight.

[Harris]

They thought giving this option to the player would make Naoe too powerful.

Problem is, Naoe is too powerful even without it, to the point shadows becomes a "win more" thing. Between kunai to the head to kusarigama teleport to now chain assassination engraving working properly you can slaughter camps in broad daylight.

A lazy way to address this would be to add an "night lasts 100% longer" trinket for Naoe in the DLC.

[Acpolax]

I am mostly ok with this but I ran into a quest, it was actually one of the bester quests my target was something like an assassin himself and we knew that he would come at night to kill the quest NPC so I had to wait till night
and I didnt have anything else to do cause it was one of the very last contracts I didnt do till then and I am not even joking but it took so long to become night that it even changed from fall to winter before that happened.
I was like come on that cant be true.

[Coffee Addict]

https://www.nexusmods.com/assassinscreedshadows/mods/52

[beluga25]

thanks for the link. i should've looked there earlier. hope it still works after today's patch,
my HUD toggle mod no longer does.

guess I'll d/l it and see , but either way UBI's reasoning is dumb. if a player is concerned about day/nite cycle OPing Naoe or whatever , then the player can just not use it.

to me it has nothing to do with that, it's a simple QoL issues, e.g., one time i wanted to see how some foliage i'd just gotten looked at the hideout but it was night when i went there and i had to sit around for quite some time w/o it changing to daylight so i could see how things looked much better. finally just went and did something else. there's endless stuff like this plus for RP purposes i feel like i should sleep once in a while. i may be OP, but i have to get SOME rest

just dumb, UBI. just put the OPTION in for us who want it and move on to other more important problems.

[Coffee Addict]

yea i dont like that they removed the day/night cycle i like playing in the day so i can actually see what iam doin, i also hate that they removed torches or any type of player light its really annoying having to explore the kofuns in total darkness

[DVerde]

Originally posted by Coffee Addict:

yea i dont like that they removed the day/night cycle i like playing in the day so i can actually see what iam doin, i also hate that they removed torches or any type of player light its really annoying having to explore the kofuns in total darkness

There is a day/night cycle, bro...and you can use Eagle Vision on Naoe to better navigate her kofuns.

[beluga25]

Originally posted by DVerde:

Originally posted by Coffee Addict:

yea i dont like that they removed the day/night cycle i like playing in the day so i can actually see what iam doin, i also hate that they removed torches or any type of player light its really annoying having to explore the kofuns in total darkness

There is a day/night cycle, bro...and you can use Eagle Vision on Naoe to better navigate her kofuns.

I'm guessing he meant the ability to change the day/night cycle by sleeping.

I do use Eagle Vision, which you have to keep on pushing back on so if it's a long segment i just set my monitor contrast and brightness so i can see, a workaround that's dumb because it shouldn't be necessary and because they fixed something that wasn't broken by removing torches.

i love this game but things like removing torches and sleeping just seem jaw-droppingly dumb.

[Shin Happens]

I can also recommend the Cheat Engine table available for the game (the free one, not the paid for Wemod option). This is not a mod and you just load the table into Cheat Engine. No need to change any game files or add files to the game. This has a fast forward / rewind time hotkey function for the game, so you can effortlessly change the time of day anytime you like. Works like a charm.

This way if a mission is time of day dependent you no longer need to waste your time and you are no longer forced to do free roam in the dark. I do not play these games to experience the otherwise very pretty game world at night where everything lacks colour and exploration becomes a hassle at times.

[Acpolax]

Originally posted by beluga25:

one time i wanted to see how some foliage i'd just gotten looked at the hideout but it was night when i went there and i had to sit around for quite some time w/o it changing to daylight so i could see how things looked much better.

I am not totaly sure but couldnt you just use photo mode for that. I am not familiar with the photo mode in this game cause it changes the aspect ratio to 16:9 with black bars on either side for me but usually photo modes give you the option to change almost everything about lighting.

[sh3riff]

It is not hard to make a GREAT game .. its all about if they just want to.

You are crying on the wrong forum. You must accept that ubisoft has lost its way and no longer cares about money, products, gamers etc.

The monetization in this game is insane, like a mobile game. They made mobile game for pc :)

[joridiculous]

just watch the sun. if you ever been outside you'd know.
Really don't need any sleep function. But i wish the day/night cycle was longer. And give is DARK nights already! Only place dark(ish) is the Kofuns.

[JKDos]

Originally posted by Harris:

They thought giving this option to the player would make Naoe too powerful.
....
A lazy way to address this would be to add an "night lasts 100% longer" trinket for Naoe in the DLC.

On the contrary, I want it to be day forever. I can't see at night.

[Axel]

Also, change the seasons, why is it locked to at least half the season have to pass before you can change it....its nonsense. Open world is actively worse in the winter.

[andressergio]

Originally posted by Coffee Addict:

https://www.nexusmods.com/assassinscreedshadows/mods/52

not working on 1.0.2 bro i already posted

[Coffee Addict]

the mod has been updated, though it doesnt seem to work with the uplay+ version