Day/Night Cycle. How do this work now in 8.0+

[SpaceCowboy7]

i have a planet stuck on time "24" i can find anywhere in .static .dynamic or gameoptions files that relates to day/night timers or planet rotation speeds.
My planet to have a day/night cycle just the timer is stuck.

Anyone knows how this works?

[gpcstargate]

First I have heard of this .. you might have a bugged planet system.

[Shame on you]

near a pole ?

[AlienSymbiosis]

Originally posted by 77nameless:

near a pole ?

exactly what I was going to ask.

[LordPunisher]

There is something going on alright, I had a base at the edge of a pole too and its was almost constant day. And for a long time my solar panels were delivering a huge surplus. Then at some point the days were still long, but the panels delivered far less power.

My guess is that next to a day/night cycle related to distance near the pole, there is also a season effect at work as that would explain the change in power output.

[Anthony]

Creative, or Survival mode?

[rphillips1986]

Originally posted by LordPunisher:

There is something going on alright, I had a base at the edge of a pole too and its was almost constant day. And for a long time my solar panels were delivering a huge surplus. Then at some point the days were still long, but the panels delivered far less power.

My guess is that next to a day/night cycle related to distance near the pole, there is also a season effect at work as that would explain the change in power output.

Pretty much. Planets are tiled on their axis so near the poles you will have longer days/nights.

[Shame on you]

I mean in the stable patchnotes i read something about allways night/day near the poles.
But i am unsure

[SpaceCowboy7]

Originally posted by 77nameless:

near a pole ?

Nope equatorial.

[SpaceCowboy7]

Originally posted by Anthony:

Creative, or Survival mode?

Survival, MP

[SpaceCowboy7]

The issue for me is not that it is either day or night, just that the timer to day or night do not progress.

[Anthony]

If it is MP might not be much you can do about it. I am not too familliar with that aspect of the game, wish I could help more. :(

[rphillips1986]

Originally posted by SpaceCowboy7:

The issue for me is not that it is either day or night, just that the timer to day or night do not progress.

In that case I would make a bug report

[ravien_ff]

Open console. Type in debugmenu.
Hit ESC. You should have a new icon in the upper left to access the debugmenu. There you can change the time scale. I believe 6 is the default. You might have somehow changed it to 0.

[Avarice]

I think its because the planet time calculation is screwed. They said they changed it for angular tilt.

[rphillips1986]

Originally posted by ravien_ff:

Open console. Type in debugmenu.
Hit ESC. You should have a new icon in the upper left to access the debugmenu. There you can change the time scale. I believe 6 is the default. You might have somehow changed it to 0.

But he still has a day and night cycle, but the counter that indicates how long till sunrise/sunset doesn't work. If the time scale were at 0 then there would be no day night cycle. I think he stubled upon a minor bug.