Night Time?

[tribalbeat]

This is a pretty obvious question and my apologies if it has been asked before, but is it possible to have a night/day cycle? If so, are there plans for it already?

[SMST]

Most likely there is going to be no night/day cycle, since a season cycle is planned and having both at the same time would be weird. (unless we had realistic amounts of days until the cycle progresses to the next season, but it would take forever then to see a change in season, so most likely no)

You can already simulate several times of the day through the sun tool in the Atlas editor, but there is no cycle.

Edited May 9, 2011 by SMST

[tribalbeat]

a season cycle is planned

That's even better!

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

I think that perhaps there could be a choice between the two personally for those who don't care so much about weather and more about time.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Likely seasons will not make it into 1.0. In fact, I'm almost positive.

[oshron]

as long as its in there eventually

there SHOULD be a day-night cycle, though, for scenario design.

[Mythos_Ruler]

Of course we'll probably have dynamic lighting changes possible in Atlas (probably with triggers or something) but who knows at this point.

[oshron]

oh! you know what would be good? if in random map mode you could had the option of either seasons or a day-night cycle (the two could be combined in other scenarios) or neither

[satchitb]

Given that there are seasons, we could implement a VERY good time limit system. In AoE, it's just a simple timer. You don't get the FEELING that time is running out. Here, you get that sense of dread with every change in season.