Location and weather

Found in the Location and Weather category. These settings define where on the simulated planet your level sits, which controls sun path, day length, and weather behavior.

Geographic placement

Setting	What it does
Latitude	Distance from the equator. Drives day length (long summer days near the poles, equal day/night at the equator) and sun height.
Longitude	Affects time-zone calculations. Visual impact is small.
Time Zone	Shifts local clock time relative to longitude.
North Offset	Rotates the world’s “north” direction (degrees). Use this to align the sun’s rising direction with your level’s geometry without rotating the actor.
Altitude	Elevation, in meters. Higher altitude means thinner air, cooler temperatures, and different cloud behavior.
Terrestrial Biome	One of seven biomes (Tropical Rainforest, Savanna, Desert, Mediterranean, Temperate Forest, Boreal Forest, Arctic Tundra). Biases temperature, humidity, and weather frequency.

Weather behavior

Setting	What it does
Dynamic Weather	When on, weather changes over time according to the simulation. When off, weather stays fixed.
Weather Frequency	How often weather changes. Higher means more variety per game-day.
Weather Weight	Bias toward precipitation. `0` is always dry, `1` is strong rain/snow tendency.
Weather Transition Speed	How quickly one state morphs into the next. Higher is sudden weather, lower is slow drifts.

The system can produce ten weather states: Clear Sky, Partially Cloudy, Cloudy, Overcast, Foggy, Light Rain, Moderate Rain, Windy, Light Snow, Moderate Snow. Whether you get rain or snow is decided by the simulated temperature: a cold biome at altitude sees snow where a tropical biome would see rain. See Weather states for the full picture.

Read-only readouts

These show simulated state, useful for HUDs or game logic. Do not set them; the system computes them.

Current Weather on Display, Sunrise, Sunset, Atmospheric Pressure (with Pressure Unit), Temperature (with Temperature Unit), Humidity, Precipitation Chance, Wind Direction, Wind Speed (with Wind Speed Unit).

Sunrise and sunset are written as decimal hours: 6.67 is 06:40, 18.68 is 18:41.

Unit options

Field	Available units
Temperature Unit	°C, K, °F
Pressure Unit	hPa, Psi, Atm
Wind Speed Unit	km/h, mph, m/s, ft/s

The underlying simulation is unit-agnostic. Pick whichever your game’s UI prefers.

Where to next

Weather states: how the ten states transition and what biases them
Time and date: Time-category settings