OR "local time"

[ossie]

This is a minor issue, but I'm wondering if there is any way to change sunrise/sunset times or if not, if there is any way it could be added to future releases?

On Australian summer routes for instance, sunrise is around 8am and sunset around 6pm, whereas in reality, we get another 4 or 5 hours of daylight at that time of year.

It is a minor issue, but if there is (or could be) a way to edit sunrise/sunset times, a little extra reality never hurts.

[crstagg]

This is a minor issue, but I'm wondering if there is any way to change sunrise/sunset times or if not, if there is any way it could be added to future releases?

On Australian summer routes for instance, sunrise is around 8am and sunset around 6pm, whereas in reality, we get another 4 or 5 hours of daylight at that time of year.

It is a minor issue, but if there is (or could be) a way to edit sunrise/sunset times, a little extra reality never hurts.

I think those things would be adjusted in the ENV files that are route specific not a function of the Sim EXE.

[ossie]

Ok, thanks Charles. I'll check that out.

[baldwin]

OR does not read the MSTS env files unless the box is ticked in Options. However, it does not seem to use any time settings, these appear to be hard coded thus far.

[ossie]

Thanks Baldwin. I did make the changes in the .env folder Charles mentioned & was wondering why it hadn't worked. In the overall scheme of things in a train sim, it is a pretty small issue I guess. Thanks for your input!

Peter

[longiron]

They are calculated from the season used in the activity (which is turned in to 1 of 4 fixed dates) and the latitude/longitude of the route. Whether those calculations are correct is another question entirely. In addition, there seems to be some issues with routes in the southern hemisphere rising/setting times. Don't know if this was ever addressed.

[rdamurphy]

Not yet. Work is proceeding slowly on integrating the .env files. Right now, KOSMOs environments will display, albeit with only one cloud layer, the first one listed.

Robert

[ossie]

Thanks Robert and Chris for the responses. Much appreciated!
Peter