Day and night

[Knightpawn]

Elementary question warning:

When does daytime begins and ends in the game? This is relevant for some aircrafts that they cannot operated during night time, but I did not find anything specific in the manual

[tylerblakebrandon]

Elementary question warning:

When does daytime begins and ends in the game? This is relevant for some aircrafts that they cannot operated during night time, but I did not find anything specific in the manual

My experience in historical scenarios is that the sim is generally in line with historical data I can look up. So if I'm planning to, let's say strike Lagos on August 20, 1985 at dawn, I just google sunrise time in Lagos on that date.

[Nikel]

Just noticed there is a bug in B1706 in the day/night text of the data block, is there not?

[Knightpawn]

Just noticed there is a bug in B1706 in the day/night text of the data block, is there not?

I don't even know what the text you are referring to is

I am just playing Baltic Fury 2 and I have some Russian bombers that are not night capable. And I just want to set the take off time correctly.

[Nikel]

The text of the data block with latitude/longitude, elevation/depth, terrain and weather.

Also has an indication of the local time with day/night and dusk/dawn.

Do you see this bug in the last build?

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[Knightpawn]

Thanks for helping noticing this on the data block. 1706 seems to work just fine.

[Nikel]

The video is using B1706.

Notice the difference in B1662. Night all the way as you move eastward, local time is 01:xx. While in B1706 you may see night and day changing several times as the cursor is moved.

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[thewood1]

I wonder if you overlay time zones across the map, you might find a correlation. It doesn't change night/day, but might screw up CMO's interpretation of it as time zone exceptions are not considered.

[Nikel]

I do not know, will create a bug report.

Edit: it is already in the tech support subforum, no bug report needed?

[Correcaminos]

I think this is the solution :

Place the cursor on your base or CAP point near Baghdad and check the data block: local time and Day/Dusk/Night.

Move the cursor to a nearby area that is already Night and note the local time.

Subtract the time at your point from the time in the night zone → approximate remaining daylight.


Example 1 – Base: 16:00 Day in Baghdad, nearby zone Night 20:00 → ~4 h of daylight.
Example 2 – CAP: arrival at CAP at 18:00 Day, nearby zone Night 22:00 → ~4 h of daylight to patrol before nightfall.

Useful for planning takeoffs, landings, or daytime CAPs without advancing the time..

[Knightpawn]

The video is using B1706.

Notice the difference in B1662. Night all the way as you move eastward, local time is 01:xx. While in B1706 you may see night and day changing several times as the cursor is moved.

You are right after all. In B1706 it is indeed inconsistent

[DWReese]

While in B1706 you may see night and day changing several times as the cursor is moved.

I noticed this today. It goes from day at 1am to night, and back to day, in Al's "Vengeance" scenario. I believe that it does it in all/most of the scenarios.

[Uzabit]

For me, the day/night text of the data block updates correctly on Build 1706 as long as the simulation is running. The strange errors occur when the simulation is paused.

[thewood1]

I just started the Aegean Live DLC and after an hour, the datablock was still toggling periodically between night/day as I scrolled across the map. Zooming in seems to reduce the toggling slightly.

[DWReese]

For me, the day/night text of the data block updates correctly on Build 1706 as long as the simulation is running.

I just tested it again, and the "day/night/day/night" thing occurs every time I swipe the mouse across the screen, even at short distances.