Mod Request: An option to toggle Day and Night for the VAB

[Rabada]

I would like to have the option of turning the lights in the VAB off so that I can see what my craft would look like in the dark. I find it hard to figure out exactly what lights I should put and where I should put them on my craft so that I can see them easily on the dark side of Kerbin. Even with lights from 4 or 5 different mods, the lights never look quite like I want them to. I have no idea how hard this would be. Hopefully it would be very simple.

Thankyou very much in advance for anyone considering this!

[Sampa]

I support this! Although I actually believe that this should be in the stock game

[Beale]

Sadly, I don't think it's realistically possible.

The lighting elements in the VAB and SPH are both pre-baked. Meaning they will not react to a change in light sources.

If you were to straight up switch the sun-light for "mun-light", all the shadows would still appear to be under the full light of the sun.

Source for all this: bac9's blog post on the creation of the VAB.

SQUAD could allow this, as they have access to all the assets, etc. But, it would be a major piece of work, as cool as this feature would be.

[hab136]

Check out Dimmable VAB

[nodrog6]

I've actually been working on a replacement for Dimmable VAB for a while now. It works in the SPH and the VAB at any upgrade level. I'll be releasing a beta version within the next day or so.

Here's a preview of the VAB in the day versus night.