Parameters: Light and day/night
Day/night cycle
At night vegetables get no energy.
- Default
- no
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
DayNight- Key
opt:33- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- basic and advanced
Half period (cycles)
Each stretch of day or night lasts this value plus 1 cycles.
- Default
- 500
- Usual range
- 1 to 32000
- Variable
CycleLength- Key
opt:34- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- basic and advanced
Random sun (weather)
The lit band wanders at random.
- Default
- no
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
SunOnRnd- Key
opt:40- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Sun ON below a threshold
The sun rises when total energy drops below the threshold.
- Default
- no
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
SunUp- Key
opt:35- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
On threshold
Total energy below which the sun rises.
- Default
- 500000
- Usual range
- 0 to 2147483647
- Variable
SunUpThreshold- Key
opt:36- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Sun OFF above a threshold
The sun sets when total energy exceeds the threshold.
- Default
- no
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
SunDown- Key
opt:37- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Off threshold
Total energy above which the sun sets.
- Default
- 1000000
- Usual range
- 0 to 2147483647
- Variable
SunDownThreshold- Key
opt:38- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Threshold mode
What the threshold does to the day/night cycle.
- Default
- 0
- Values
- 0 = suspend until the next cycle · 1 = suspend for good · 2 = advance the sun
- Variable
SunThresholdMode- Key
opt:39- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Pond mode (light by depth)
Light fades with depth.
- Default
- no
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
Pondmode- Key
opt:30- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Light intensity
Light at the pond surface. At 0 nobody photosynthesizes in pond mode.
- Default
- 0
- Usual range
- 0 to 32000
- Variable
LightIntensity- Key
opt:31- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Depth gradient
How fast light fades with depth.
- Default
- 1.02
- Usual range
- 0 to 10
- Variable
Gradient- Key
opt:32- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only
Daytime
Current state of the cycle (the engine flips it).
- Default
- yes
- Usual range
- yes / no
- Variable
Daytime- Key
opt:41- Live
- can be changed while the simulation runs
- Mode
- advanced only