StaticPlanet

class

Celestial body with its own day cycle in world ticks

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

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)

Generated for every class of this kind by the game's codegen, not written for StaticPlanet.

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)	Register a new StaticPlanet static object

Inherited from Prototype (2)

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

Inherited from Object (1)