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Ciaran Laval
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 7,951
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08-23-2007 13:44
I was on my island earlier and the sun was sort of rising, the stars were still out, the only thing was that SL time was 11.55am.
Is this normal? I tried the different world settings, forcing noon time brought bright sunshine, going back to default time zone brought the stars back out, less than five minutes from noon.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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Warda Kawabata
Amityville Horror
Join date: 4 Nov 2005
Posts: 1,300
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08-23-2007 13:54
SLT is basically California time.
The stars moon and sun go through one "virtual day" every 4 hours.
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
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08-23-2007 14:16
Somebody posted the schedule a while back. An "SL Day" is 3 hours of daylight and one hour of darkness, real time. The 24 hour clock of SL Time has nothing to do with the sun's cyclical position in the sky. It's just a reference point for all to use, so we know when to meet in-world, and it's locked to USA West Coast time, where LL has their home office.
I think one reason for the fast day cycle is so that anyhwere on the globe, if it isn't daylight now, it will be soon. How would you like it if during the time period when you had the most time to play, it was always night in SL? While other parts of the world it was always daytime in their prime access hours. This way, we all get to watch sunsets and sunrises, no matter when or where we access SL.
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Cristalle Karami
Lady of the House
Join date: 4 Dec 2006
Posts: 6,222
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08-23-2007 14:22
Also, some regions can be permanent night or day - can't they? The region may override what the SL day is.
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Ciaran Laval
Mostly Harmless
Join date: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 7,951
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08-23-2007 14:26
Cheers guys, that explains it!
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
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08-23-2007 14:33
From: Cristalle Karami Also, some regions can be permanent night or day - can't they? The region may override what the SL day is. Yes. Any private island owner or their estate manager can lock the sun at any position in the sky that they choose. I know one sim owner who always locks his at twilight.
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
Join date: 2 Aug 2006
Posts: 3,676
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08-23-2007 18:21
From: Ceera Murakami
How would you like it if during the time period when you had the most time to play, it was always night in SL? .
This was exactly the situation with World of Warcraft. It sucked.
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