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Wanda Rich
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Join date: 22 Apr 2006
Posts: 320
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05-24-2006 04:01
I'm still quite new to SL and I think it is great entertainment. There is only one thing that bugs me and that is the day/night cycle.
I don't know if I am missing something obvious - I used the search tool here but didnt find anything about this but...
Because I am based in the UK it means I log in around 1am Linden time and spend most of the day in darkness. Aside from being depressing and somewhat anti-social, it causes issues with content creation.
Now before everyone jumps in and says "use force daylight" I would like to say that using this does not give the same result visually on my computer as "natural" light does. Natual light is even, smooth and appealing where "forced light" is harsh and un-natural.
This becomes an even bigger problem for me when trying to make products and also nice looking product shots as I find it extremely difficult to get good images and colour reproduction without having to wait until 10-11pm my time.
Is there any way to simulate other times? Will forced lighting be improved? Am I the only one with this problem?
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Blakar Ogre
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Join date: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 209
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05-24-2006 04:52
You have 4 options to force light to. Indeed noon (just like RL) light is too harsh. If you pick the morning light you should be happier. It's like RL photography, the light at the start and the end of the day is a lot more pleasing and fun.
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Joannah Cramer
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Join date: 12 Apr 2006
Posts: 1,539
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05-24-2006 05:01
From: Wanda Rich Is there any way to simulate other times? You can press ctrl + alt + shift + D to enable debug menu (iirc) Then, in this new menu enable option World -> Mouse moves sun Now, when you enter the 1st person/mouselook (M key) the sun will move directly to the place where you place the cursor ... this way you can put it at any height you wish. When you hit M again to leave the mouselook, the Sun will stay where you put it. |
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Jessica Elytis
Goddess
Join date: 7 Oct 2005
Posts: 1,783
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05-24-2006 05:08
And if you spend most of your day in darkness, you're staying in the wrong sims.
Days are 5 hours long and nights are 1 hour long, amking for a 6 hour day.
I believe estate owners (those who own the whole sim) can change that, but the above is standard and works that way at the sim I'm at.
Not sure if there may be a prefernece setting you adjusted by accident (or got addjusted auto by your system). Someone else might know that.
~Jessy
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Richie Waves
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Join date: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1,424
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05-24-2006 05:09
From: Joannah Cramer You can press ctrl + alt + shift + D to enable debug menu (iirc)
Then, in this new menu enable option World -> Mouse moves sun
Now, when you enter the 1st person/mouselook (M key) the sun will move directly to the place where you place the cursor ... this way you can put it at any height you wish. When you hit M again to leave the mouselook, the Sun will stay where you put it. Im in love with this option!
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Wanda Rich
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Join date: 22 Apr 2006
Posts: 320
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05-24-2006 05:27
From: Joannah Cramer You can press ctrl + alt + shift + D to enable debug menu (iirc)
Then, in this new menu enable option World -> Mouse moves sun
Now, when you enter the 1st person/mouselook (M key) the sun will move directly to the place where you place the cursor ... this way you can put it at any height you wish. When you hit M again to leave the mouselook, the Sun will stay where you put it. Thats what i needed! Thank you so much  the options in sl always amaze me. what I have learned from this is that I get a much nicer lighting effect on my avatar when the sun is behind me and fairly low in the sky. |