TimeOfDay

Environmental object that triggers a day/night cycle in level.

Inherit:

SceneObject

Description

Environmental object that triggers a day/night cycle in level.

Example:

newTimeOfDay(tod)
{
   axisTilt = "23.44";
   dayLength = "120";
   startTime = "0.15";
   time = "0.15";
   play = "0";
   azimuthOverride = "572.958";
   dayScale = "1";
   nightScale = "1.5";
   position = "598.399 550.652 196.297";
   rotation = "1 0 0 0";
   scale = "1 1 1";
   canSave = "1";
   canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
};

Methods

void TimeOfDay::addTimeOfDayEvent(float elevation, string identifier)

void TimeOfDay::animate(float elevation, float degreesPerSecond)

void TimeOfDay::setDayLength(float seconds)

void TimeOfDay::setPlay(bool enabled)

void TimeOfDay::setTimeOfDay(float time)

Fields

float TimeOfDay::axisTilt

The angle in degrees between global equator and tropic.

float TimeOfDay::azimuthOverride

float TimeOfDay::dayLength

The length of a virtual day in real world seconds.

float TimeOfDay::dayScale

Scalar applied to time that elapses while the sun is up.

float TimeOfDay::nightScale

Scalar applied to time that elapses while the sun is down.

bool TimeOfDay::play

True when the TimeOfDay object is operating.

float TimeOfDay::startTime

float TimeOfDay::time

Current time of day.