Skybox and Lights setup

Elements contributing to day / night cycle

• DirectionalLight, actor in the Persistent Level (Yliakum). Casting light globally in a certain direction. Set to Stationary.
  • Intensity
  • Light Color
• SkyLight, actor in the Persistent Level. Stores the color of the skybox and influence all items in the game with indirect light based on the skybox color. Set to Stationary.
  • Intensity
• bp_sky, actor in the Persistent Level, which contains all the logic for rain/snow/fog/... , clouds, time of the day, the actual skybox which is a static mesh (dome).
  • Light, scalar parameter on the Material applied to the skybox mesh
• ExponentialHeightFog, actor in the Persistent Level, managing the fog. Careful to change its color at night, or the skydome will stay lit.
  • Light color

up to 0.7.7 release values

At noon:

• Fog Inscattering Color: (R=0.313989,G=0.467784,B=0.887923,A=1.000000)
• Skybox Light: 2.0
• Skylight Intensity: 1.5
• Skylight Color: (R=0.853051,G=0.958179,B=1.000000,A=1.000000)
• DirectionalLight Intensity: 4.965001

At night:

• Fog Inscattering Color: (R=0.023549,G=0.035084,B=0.066594,A=0.075000)
• Skybox Light: 0.15
• Skylight Intensity: 0.1125
• Skylight Color: (R=0.988979,G=0.996863,B=1.000000,A=1.000000)
• DirectionalLight Intensity: 0.3

values from 0.7.8 release

At noon:

• Skybox Light: 1.0
• Skylight Intensity: 1
• DirectionalLight Intensity: 2

At night:

• Fog Inscattering Color: 0
• Skybox Light: 0.05
• Skylight Intensity: 0.1
• DirectionalLight Intensity: 0.1