What time is it in the Lumberyard skybox?

[Trotim]

Well... yeah. What time exactly is it on your map when you use the Lumberyard skybox? There must be mathemagics to determine that based on angle of shadows and the like.

[Seba]

Using this chart (geographic location is close enough for a rough estimate I guess) and knowing that the optimum sun pitch for that skybox is -65 from horizontal, we can say that it's between 11am and 1pm.

Then again I could also be (and most likely am) wrong.

[Godslayer57]

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Originally Posted by Seba

Between 11am and 1pm.

Then again I could also be (and most likely am) wrong.

It is likely that that timeframe is accurate

[Trotim]

Alright... sounds reasonable, thanks

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[ics]

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Originally Posted by yyler

Is this for a roleplay server

DIE you inbreed maggot *waves his sword and casts an invisible spell*

[purequaternion]

This actually sounds like a fun math problem.

There's more than just the angle off from the horizon to consider though, since strictly speaking the sun would only achieve zenith once a year (twice if the location is on the equator). Lumberyard's sky doesn't match anything equatorial, and likely is trying to evoke something like the Pacific northwest. Seattle, for example, is 47 degrees N latitude. A handy solar calculator here gives the elevation and zenith angles: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/. I forget how Source defines its coordinate system, but I think the 65 degrees mentioned before is the elevation angle, not the zenith angle. (zenith angle = 90-elevation angle).

To do this properly, we'd have to decide on the time of year of the skybox, and an approximate latitude of the location. Once those are chosen, we can find the approximate time of day for a 65 degree solar elevation.

Yes, I way over thought this. It beats grading final exams.

[Trotim]

I always thought the Alpine theme was supposed to be in the, you know, Alps

[purequaternion]

Not necessarily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine

[JustAHorrible]

*facepalm* I haven't been educated on time prediction under the conditions of a weather without a digital/wall clock.