Turbine Games Q&A/Landscape/Q-21

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Are colors of sky predetermined or generated randomly?

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Asked:	2000.11.10
Name:	Mithoron of Harvestgain
Question Title:	Are colors of sky predetermined or generated randomly?
Category:	Landscape
Question:	I'm a SS fanatic. I'll just sit and take screenshot after another of sunrises and sunsets...some are quite breath-taking and the colors extraordinary. Are these generated randomly by the engine or are there only set colors you put in with varying degrees of shade? There seems to be too much variety for it to be hard-coded, but if so...kudos to whomever put in the time!

Answered:	2000.11.10
Name:	Sean.
Answer:	Each day has specific colors of light associated with it. There is a set number of days that AC chooses from at random at midnight. The day color can be different for each of those days. So while the day it chooses is random, it is random from a defined set of days. The colors are not random. Sean.