Scripted Time of Day

[Xengeance]

I was curious if it is possible to script a fixed time into the game, i.e: it's nth o'clock indefinitely, and then resume the normal passage of time from a point before time was frozen. That said, it would only be a cosmetic change, since I don't want to actually freeze time, just make it the same time of day for a short amount of time.

 

My methodology would go something like this:

 

Get the current game world time and store it in a variable.

 

Set the current time to be whatever I chose the fixed time to be set at

 

Time of day is essentially fixed in place until whatever conditions that are in place are fulfilled.

 

Time is restored to it's original value and resumes normally.

[cscottydont]

you could try using FOSE to temporarily alter the GMST that controls how fast time passes

[TGBlank]

there should be a "timescale" setting. (controls how many game minutes is a normal minute). set it to 0 and that should do it.

[Xengeance]

there should be a "timescale" setting. (controls how many game minutes is a normal minute). set it to 0 and that should do it.

 

What about setting the actual time? My goal is to have a scripted event that occurs at sunset in a separate worldspace, regardless of what the 'actual' time is in-game. What about the Climate settings? Is it possible to just have a climate designed to have a perpetual sunset?

[Cipscis]

As mentioned by TGBlank, you can change the "Timescale" Global to prevent the regular passage of time. The "GameHour" Global can be used to check and change the time of day, although you might want to update the "GameDaysPassed" Global as well if you change "GameHour" via script.

 

For more information on Globals used for in-game time, see this page - Global variables for In-Game Time

 

Cipscis