Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#11 Post by Unco » 27 Aug 2015 22:29

Uxot wrote:Um i found it very unrealistic when i was up north and that i was looking at time and it said 2:40 AM and the sunrise was there....wtf?
It is based on the 21st of June, so it is realistic.
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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#12 Post by Uxot » 28 Aug 2015 05:24

Dang ok..i guess its just me then...used with Canada times LOL
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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#13 Post by Unco » 28 Aug 2015 05:48

Day length should be the same at the same quadrant. Local time might be slightly different, though.
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#14 Post by davidzoli » 22 Mar 2016 12:18

How come the date "21st of June"?
We have working harvesters, fully growth sunflowers and haystacks. At the end of June? Is that legit?
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#15 Post by plykkegaard » 22 Mar 2016 12:41

I always assumed early august or something
The season is from mid july to mid august depending on when the crop is sowned (winter or spring)

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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#16 Post by Cadde » 23 Mar 2016 00:11

Midsummer, A.K.A, summer solstice.

Midsummer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer

Summer solstice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice

Haystacks happen several times during the late spring, summer to early fall btw. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and possibly 4th and 5th cuts of hay.
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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#17 Post by EvgenKo423 » 20 May 2016 20:09

The sun position in game is now calculated depending on your position on a map and the day of the year which can be set in a config. But the calculation also requires the year for which to calculate the position. And since the update I was wandering which year the SCS actually uses, because it can't be set anywhere. Is it 2015? ;)
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#18 Post by Cadde » 20 May 2016 21:05

What difference does a year make?
I am serious here. Let's not go into the finer details of whether the sun rises 20 minutes sooner or later in your neck of the woods in the year 2035...
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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#19 Post by Max » 20 May 2016 22:50

as sun position is computed in not-that-exact floats, common error can be up to cca 1%. so it doesn't matter if you miss few decades .. :)

if it helps, this is used for base values:

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const float y = 2.0f*Pi / 365.0f * (day_in_year - 81.0f);		//year relative position, 0 = spring equinox
const float declination = v_deg_to_rad(23.45f) * v_sin(y);		//declination, basic sun plane angle (radian)
const float etc = 9.87f * sin(2*y) - 7.53f * cos(y) - 1.5f * sin(y);	//empiric time correction of eliptic orbit (minutes) 
not to mention that this is deviation you simply cannot see .. ;)
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Re: Sun is from North [NOT A BUG]

#20 Post by EvgenKo423 » 21 May 2016 11:07

Well, I don't know the theory that good, but I know that the full date is used in calculation, hence the question. I just thought it means much as it's a relatively big amount of time.
Thanks for the clarification, Max.
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