SPH/VAB Scenery Synchronization

[qzgy]

Very simple idea. When it is "night" as measured by the game clock, have the scenery from inside the VAB/SPH also be night, like the outside.

Images to illustrate point: http://imgur.com/a/23XvK

This would be a small thing, but I think it would be nice.

[foamyesque]

Since the VAB and the SPH use just as much computer juice as flight does, why not just go whole hog and have the background include everything, such as, for example, the smoking wreck reason you're back in the VAB :v

[Alshain]

I fully agree this should be in stock.

Just in case you were not aware though.  There is a mod for that.

 

[mattinoz]

VAB/SPH is a magic land were time has no meaning that is why I think it's always day time.

[cubinator]

3 hours ago, mattinoz said:

VAB/SPH is a magic land were time has no meaning that is why I think it's always day time.

Then shouldn't it be raining 5D bookshelves outside?

[mattinoz]

1 hour ago, cubinator said:

Then shouldn't it be raining 5D bookshelves outside?

You mean you can't see them?

[pandaman]

Even though game time stops in the VAB/SPH (and, in contrast, REAL time passes very quickly) it would be a nice touch if the 'view of outside from inside' matched the 'view of outside from outside' at the time you go inside. 

In short, yes I agree with the OP.

[Rocket In My Pocket]

From a game play perspective I'm not a huge fan of having to build in the dark.

The lights inside the VAB at night would have to be bright enough to give similar illumination as you would see in day time.

If you look at the images of the day/night mod mentioned earlier in this thread, it looks way too dark in the VAB at night to be practical.

[qzgy]

7 minutes ago, Rocket In My Pocket said:

From a game play perspective I'm not a huge fan of having to build in the dark.

The lights inside the VAB at night would have to be bright enough to give similar illumination as you would see in day time.

If you look at the images of the day/night mod mentioned earlier in this thread, it looks way too dark in the VAB at night to be practical.

You do raise a good point. If good illumination was used, I think this might not be a big problem then.

[swjr-swis]

The idea in principle is good, but seeing as lights in the VAB/SPH are one of the direct causes of CPU/GPU being pushed harder than in flight mode, I'd rather not have a day/night cycle that would force me to have lights on while editing a craft.

A day/night toggle to do a quick check of what our craft looks like in the dark, like the mentioned mod does, now that I would be ok with being stock.

[Rocket In My Pocket]

14 minutes ago, swjr-swis said:

A day/night toggle to do a quick check of what our craft looks like in the dark, like the mentioned mod does, now that I would be ok with being stock.

I'm all for this.

Options are always better than changes.

Give us a button in the VAB that toggles day/night mode for purely testing lighting setups on crafts. Then give us a toggle option in the game play menu for "auto day/night switch in VAB/SPH" so those that want it to match the time of day.

[TwinKerbal]

If you use hangar extension you get to whack a kerbal the buildings outside and they show up at the space center as destroyed. I don't see why it would be too hard, since you can destroy buildings. 

[qzgy]

On 8/2/2016 at 7:26 PM, TwinKerbal said:

If you use hangar extension you get to whack a kerbal the buildings outside and they show up at the space center as destroyed. I don't see why it would be too hard, since you can destroy buildings. 

I think that is also stock, no?

[TwinKerbal]

It might be.  I don't know, it's been a while since I played stock in general.