StaticPlanet

class

Celestial body with its own day cycle in world ticks

load-only Usable only while mods load. The game seals these members once loading finishes, so a call or a write from a running world raises an error.

Fields

Name	Type		Description
day_length_ticks		integer	Simulation ticks per full local day
phase_offset_ticks		integer	Added to the phase after day wrap
dawn_phase_ticks		integer	Day phase of the dawn anchor
solar_noon_phase_ticks		integer	Day phase of the solar noon anchor
sunset_phase_ticks		integer	Day phase of the sunset anchor
latitude_deg		number	Observer latitude used by the solar model
day_of_year		integer	Day of the tropical year fixing solar declination
weather_severity_min	load-only	number	Calmest point the weather cycle reaches, from 0 clear sky to 1 full storm
weather_severity_max	load-only	number	Stormiest point the weather cycle reaches, from 0 clear sky to 1 full storm

Cosmetic hours [0, 24) for a tick in local day-phase space

day_phase_tick

integer

Tick within the local day

returns number

Solar hour [0, 24) for a world tick

total_game_ticks

integer

Absolute world tick

returns number

Solar hour honouring a locked time of day

world_time_auto_advance	boolean	False freezes the sky at the locked phase
locked_world_time_of_day_phase_ticks	integer	Phase used while frozen
total_game_ticks	integer	Absolute world tick

returns number

Standard members (5)

Every class of this kind carries these.

StaticPlanet.cast(object)	Trying to cast Object into StaticPlanet
StaticPlanet.get_class()	Return StaticPlanet class object
StaticPlanet.find(name)	Looks StaticPlanet up in db, nil when there is none
StaticPlanet.get(name)	Takes StaticPlanet from db, reports a miss to the log
StaticPlanet.reg(name) load-only	Register a new StaticPlanet static object

Inherited from Prototype (2)

name read-only Object name
Prototype:is_valid() Returns false once the underlying engine object has been destroyed

Inherited from Object (1)