Horizons Sunset & Sundown

dree

dree
Hi,

I read somewhere from Frontier that there are no sunsets or sundown’s.
That came to me when I was landed and saw a piece of sun on the horizon.
I pointed the debug camera at it and went away for a few hours.
Indeed they were right, when I came back that sun was still at the same place,
only my camera had turned, so something is happening but not the right thing.

Wil there be ever sunsets and sundown’s?

Dree
 

Commander_Tin

Commander_Tin
There are sunsets and sunrises. However, a lot of planets are tidally locked. These planets always show the same side to their star and from the surface it will appear fixed in the sky. Check rotational period in the system map.
 

Zenith

Zenith
It's only fixed if it is tidally locked to the planet or star.
I've deliberately landed in a half shadowed crater and watched the shadow creeping towards me while the star sets over the lip of the crater. Celestial motion is visible in-game, but not all worlds move quickly enough to see it.
 

Some1else

Some1else
I'd go with OP was on tidally locked system body. Enjoy.

sunrise1.jpgsunrise2.jpg
sunrise3.jpgsunrise4.jpg
sunrise5.jpg

LLaP
S1E
 

Shorn

Shorn
I think you may be referring to the fact there is no twilight period before sunrise and after sunset, as on the bodies we can land on there is no atmosphere. There have been some comments to this affect (I think by Frontier personnel, but my memory may be incorrect). This shouldn't be confused with actual sunrise and sunset occurring - as has already been stated in this thread, these do take place in game.

Hope that helps,

Shorn
 

dree

dree
Ah, tidally locked, I didn't think of that, thanks.
No I did not mean the twilight and sorry for my typo, yes I meant sunset and sunrise.
I think I must check out a moon like ours, it's tidally locked with Earth but not with the sun zo there are
sunsets and downs.
Thanks for the nice pictures!

Groet Dree
 
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