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A question about Time!

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HiFlyer:
Today I was thinking about Outerra lighting and terrain coloration. I decided that if I was going to play with settings, it would be best to set the in-game time at twelve noon and then adjust things from ground level until the colors matched as close as I could get it, what my eyes see in real life.

The first thing I noticed was that instead of the sun being directly overhead like I expected, it was more in a position I might expect for 10am or 11am.

This brought up the question: what time zone is Outerra set for?

Will it be possible to set the timezone based on where you are in the world, or from personal preference?

I'll go ahead with my fiddling with colors, but this seemed like an important question.

josem75:

--- Quote from: HiFlyer on March 10, 2016, 10:01:33 am ---Today I was thinking about Outerra lighting and terrain coloration. I decided that if I was going to play with settings, it would be best to set the in-game time at twelve noon and then adjust things from ground level until the colors matched as close as I could get it, what my eyes see in real life.

The first thing I noticed was that instead of the sun being directly overhead like I expected, it was more in a position I might expect for 10am or 11am.

This brought up the question: what time zone is Outerra set for?

Will it be possible to set the timezone based on where you are in the world, or from personal preference?

I'll go ahead with my fiddling with colors, but this seemed like an important question.

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Interesting. 
In fact i do the same in my place for match the colors. I see directly in the real terrain. Well i always do for my job. Taking in account i live in a very clear and sunny place of course.
For match the sun position i usually play with up and down key in my keyboard and also in advanced time settings for put the day/month, etc. 
Maybe the Sun position is not exactly the same as you say. I just try to control where the sun is hiding in the sunset

cameni:
OT doesn't use any time zones, as they are just human invention, not suitable for time keeping when you can quickly change time flow and positions.
Internally OT uses UTC time, but externally you can only set solar time for given location, with 12:00 being at sun zenith. But apparent sun position also depends on the day of year.

aWac9:
Lift one finger in front of you and slowly move it to the left.
then quickly move your head in the same direction.
the effect is that your finger seems to shift to the right. retrogressive effect this projection does not represent reality. That's when you persive apparent that recreated a position. this movement does not exist and if it occurs is only the rotation of the earth.
In 1669 Hooke aberration called it,, but that was because at that time no one had heard of Outerra Anteworld :)

HiFlyer:

--- Quote from: cameni on March 10, 2016, 11:20:02 am ---OT doesn't use any time zones, as they are just human invention, not suitable for time keeping when you can quickly change time flow and positions.
Internally OT uses UTC time, but externally you can only set solar time for given location, with 12:00 being at sun zenith. But apparent sun position also depends on the day of year.

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Want to make sure I understand clearly. Suppose I am on the northeast coast of the US, and I set Outerra time for 10am. Is the sun position I then see that of 10am Eastern standard time or 10am UTC?

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