24 hour day and skies

[PaytonPITA]

Hi everyone.  I have changed my day cycle to 24 hr days and adjusted the time so it is my central time zone.  The skies don't really work well at the shared environment setting.  In the evening its purplish.   Can they be changed to what I would prefer?  morning and throughout the day I like the annan optimal skin, evening i would like sunset blue and night i'd like the night brighter one.  If this is possible, please tell me how.  If I could only have 2 choices I could eliminate sunset blue.  Thanks for any help.  Have a great day.

[Leora Greenwood]

I need to know this too.............  Thanks for asking the question!

[Gabriele Graves]

As far as I'm aware this could be achieved with an Experience and scripting.  The script would have to change the EEP settings for each agent on the land that has accepted the Experience at the time when it is supposed to change.

Edited August 28, 2023 by Gabriele Graves
Removed incorrect statement of belief

[Rowan Amore]

Tutorial: Environment Enhancement Project (EEP) – Page 5 – Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld

[PaytonPITA]

Thank you.  I'll check it out.

[Polenth Yue]

You need to create a new day cycle, rather than a new sky. When you right click an inventory folder, go to new setting, and then new day cycle. Then right click and open the day cycle it creates to get the edit window. You'll see it has a timeline for the day set up. You can add and remove points, change the values for each point, or import a sky to a point. So if there are library skies you like, you can add those where needed. You can have whatever colours you want. It just takes some fiddling.

[PaytonPITA]

10 hours ago, Polenth Yue said:

You need to create a new day cycle, rather than a new sky. When you right click an inventory folder, go to new setting, and then new day cycle. Then right click and open the day cycle it creates to get the edit window. You'll see it has a timeline for the day set up. You can add and remove points, change the values for each point, or import a sky to a point. So if there are library skies you like, you can add those where needed. You can have whatever colours you want. It just takes some fiddling.

Thank you for your response, @Polenth Yue.  What inventory folder should I be clicking that allows me to make these changes? Thank you.

[Quartz Mole]

22 hours ago, Gabriele Graves said:

As far as I'm aware this could be achieved with an Experience and scripting.  The script would have to change the EEP settings for each agent on the land that has accepted the Experience at the time when it is supposed to change.

I don't think you need an Experience to use llSetEnvironment.    According to the Wiki, 

Quote

This function overrides the environmental settings for a region or a parcel. The owner of the script must have permission to modify the environment on the parcel or be an estate manager to change the entire region.

An override for a given parameter can be set at the region scope or parcel scope. It can also be set for a single sky track, all sky tracks, or both. If an override of a given parameter is specified for both an individual track and all tracks, the individual track's override takes priority.

You do, though, need an experience to use llSetAgentEnvironment, which is what you describe, but I don't think you'd need that function for this particular use case.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Quartz Mole

[Rowan Amore]

30 minutes ago, AshleighRiley said:

Thank you for your response, @Polenth Yue.  What inventory folder should I be clicking that allows me to make these changes? Thank you.

The Settings folder is where these EEP's are stored...

[Quartz Mole]

Here's one way to do it

https://i.gyazo.com/2012d25f6cb4d8a2ad29ddbdf7b1e415.mp4

[Rowan Amore]

19 minutes ago, Quartz Mole said:

Here's one way to do it

https://i.gyazo.com/2012d25f6cb4d8a2ad29ddbdf7b1e415.mp4

That will only change it temporarily?  To save one, don't you need to create an asset (setting) from your inventory?

Edited August 29, 2023 by Rowan Amore

[Quartz Mole]

1 minute ago, Rowan Amore said:

That will only change it temporarily?  To save one, don't you need to create an asset (setting) from your inventory?

I'm not an expert, but when I've changed the parcel setting on my alt's Linden Homes parcel it seems to persist.

[Rowan Amore]

13 minutes ago, Quartz Mole said:

I'm not an expert, but when I've changed the parcel setting on my alt's Linden Homes parcel it seems to persist.

I've done so at my home as well.  I've started with an existing asset as you did.  The difference being, unless you edit the original Setting and Save, if you change to another and go back to that original you chose, the changes aren't there.  It is much easier to start with an existing EEP setting.  Just make sure to Save the edit.  

Creating your very own Day Cycle would require the creation of a new Setting Asset.  

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by Rowan Amore

[Gabriele Graves]

1 hour ago, Quartz Mole said:

I don't think you need an Experience to use llSetEnvironment.    According to the Wiki, 

You do, though, need an experience to use llSetAgentEnvironment, which is what you describe, but I don't think you'd need that function for this particular use case.

Thanks Quartz.  I did consider llSetEnvironment() but it doesn't use an environment asset, it only works from the environment parameters and so while it can be done that way I felt that it would be much more complex to change the environment than just applying various assets at different times.

I was actually thinking of llReplaceAgentEnvironment().

Horses for courses really though.  Thanks again for your reply.

EDIT: And now I see there is an llReplaceEnvironment() too.  That would have been a better choice for me to pick.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Gabriele Graves

[Gabriele Graves]

Here is a script to make EEP transitions based on a RL time of day cycle.  It's just one way of doing it and I'm sure there are improvements that could be made but it does work.
It's all my own work and anyone is free to use this as they desire.

//==============================================
// Don't change
//==============================================
integer WHOLE_REGION = 0;
integer THIS_PARCEL = 1;
//==============================================

//==============================================
// Change these settings according to your needs
//==============================================

// Central US Summer Time (CDT)
integer TimezoneOffset = -5;

// First parameter is the hour, second parameter is the EEP asset name.
// Note: EEP asset must be in object inventory.
list transitions = [
0, "A-12AM",
3, "A-3AM",
6, "A-6AM",
9, "A-9AM",
12, "A-12PM",
15, "A-3PM",
21, "A-9PM"
];

// Determines whether the changes affect the whole region or
// just the parcel the object is on.
integer _applyTo = WHOLE_REGION;
//integer _applyTo = THIS_PARCEL;

//==============================================

// Don't change these
float _hourInSeconds = 3600.0;
integer _active = FALSE;

ChangeEnvironment()
{
    integer lastHour = -1;
    string lastTransitionName;
    integer count = llGetListLength(transitions);
    integer index;
    integer quitLoop = FALSE;
    
    vector applyTo = <-1.0, -1.0, -1.0>;
    if (_applyTo == THIS_PARCEL)
        applyTo = llGetPos();
    
    integer hourOfDay = (integer)((llGetGMTclock() + ((float)TimezoneOffset * _hourInSeconds)) / _hourInSeconds);

    for (index = 0; index < count && !quitLoop; index += 2)
    {
        integer hour = llList2Integer(transitions, index);
        string transitionName = llList2String(transitions, index + 1);
        
        if (lastHour == -1)
        {
            lastHour = hour;
            lastTransitionName = transitionName;
        }

        if (hourOfDay >= lastHour && hourOfDay <= hour)
        {
            string name = lastTransitionName;
            if (hourOfDay >= hour)
                name = transitionName;

            llReplaceEnvironment(applyTo, name, -1, -1, -1);
            quitLoop = TRUE;
        }
        else
        {
            lastHour = hour;
            lastTransitionName = transitionName;
        }
    }
    
    if (!quitLoop)
        llReplaceEnvironment(applyTo, lastTransitionName, -1, -1, -1);
}

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llOwnerSay("Ready, touch to activate.");
    }
    
    touch_start(integer numDetected)
    {
        if (!_active)
        {
            integer minsLeftInHour = 60 - ((integer)llGetGMTclock() % 3600) / 60;

            ChangeEnvironment();
            llSetTimerEvent(minsLeftInHour);
            llOwnerSay("Timed transitions activated.");
        }
        else
        {
            llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
            llOwnerSay("Timed transitions deactivated.");
        }
        
        _active = !_active;
    }
    
    timer()
    {
        ChangeEnvironment();
 
        llSetTimerEvent(_hourInSeconds);
    }
}

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by Gabriele Graves
Slight change to timer to make it wait initially for just the remainder of the hour

[PaytonPITA]

Thanks for all the information.  Someone that had my parcel before me had set the sky to purple.  I reset.  

[Polenth Yue]

5 hours ago, AshleighRiley said:

Thank you for your response, @Polenth Yue.  What inventory folder should I be clicking that allows me to make these changes? Thank you.

Doesn't matter where you create a new setting. They're items in your inventory, so you can move them around, take copies, and all the usual things you can do with things in your inventory.

[Teresa Firelight]

20 hours ago, Gabriele Graves said:

Here is a script to make EEP transitions based on a RL time of day cycle.  It's just one way of doing it and I'm sure there are improvements that could be made but it does work.
It's all my own work and anyone is free to use this as they desire.

//==============================================
// Don't change
//==============================================
integer WHOLE_REGION = 0;
integer THIS_PARCEL = 1;
//==============================================

//==============================================
// Change these settings according to your needs
//==============================================

// Central US Summer Time (CDT)
integer TimezoneOffset = -5;

// First parameter is the hour, second parameter is the EEP asset name.
// Note: EEP asset must be in object inventory.
list transitions = [
0, "A-12AM",
3, "A-3AM",
6, "A-6AM",
9, "A-9AM",
12, "A-12PM",
15, "A-3PM",
21, "A-9PM"
];

// Determines whether the changes affect the whole region or
// just the parcel the object is on.
integer _applyTo = WHOLE_REGION;
//integer _applyTo = THIS_PARCEL;

//==============================================

// Don't change these
float _hourInSeconds = 3600.0;
integer _active = FALSE;

ChangeEnvironment()
{
    integer lastHour = -1;
    string lastTransitionName;
    integer count = llGetListLength(transitions);
    integer index;
    integer quitLoop = FALSE;
    
    vector applyTo = <-1.0, -1.0, -1.0>;
    if (_applyTo == THIS_PARCEL)
        applyTo = llGetPos();
    
    integer hourOfDay = (integer)((llGetGMTclock() + ((float)TimezoneOffset * _hourInSeconds)) / _hourInSeconds);

    for (index = 0; index < count && !quitLoop; index += 2)
    {
        integer hour = llList2Integer(transitions, index);
        string transitionName = llList2String(transitions, index + 1);
        
        if (lastHour == -1)
        {
            lastHour = hour;
            lastTransitionName = transitionName;
        }

        if (hourOfDay >= lastHour && hourOfDay <= hour)
        {
            string name = lastTransitionName;
            if (hourOfDay >= hour)
                name = transitionName;

            llReplaceEnvironment(applyTo, name, -1, -1, -1);
            quitLoop = TRUE;
        }
        else
        {
            lastHour = hour;
            lastTransitionName = transitionName;
        }
    }
    
    if (!quitLoop)
        llReplaceEnvironment(applyTo, lastTransitionName, -1, -1, -1);
}

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llOwnerSay("Ready, touch to activate.");
    }
    
    touch_start(integer numDetected)
    {
        if (!_active)
        {
            integer minsLeftInHour = 60 - ((integer)llGetGMTclock() % 3600) / 60;

            ChangeEnvironment();
            llSetTimerEvent(minsLeftInHour);
            llOwnerSay("Timed transitions activated.");
        }
        else
        {
            llSetTimerEvent(0.0);
            llOwnerSay("Timed transitions deactivated.");
        }
        
        _active = !_active;
    }
    
    timer()
    {
        ChangeEnvironment();
 
        llSetTimerEvent(_hourInSeconds);
    }
}

 

Thanks Gabriele. How does one use this script? do we rez a box on the parcel and put the script and the EEP assets in the box?

 

[Gabriele Graves]

1 minute ago, Teresa Firelight said:

Thanks Gabriele. How does one use this script? do we rez a box on the parcel and put the script and the EEP assets in the box?

 

My pleasure.  Yes, that's all you need to do.  You touch the box to start it up and touch again to stop it - should you want to.