Day / Night Cycle continues while game is paused

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Hi there, I have been using this asset for a while now from the market, Good Sky, specifically for it’s gorgeous and easy to use day/night cycle.

My problem is that using the built in UE5 pause node (Set Game Paused) seems to indeed freeze the cycle when the game pauses, just like I want it to, but when I unpause the sun/moon instantly jumps to where It would be if it kept rotating while the game was paused.

I have looked over the way the code is done (the asset is a single BP), like most day/night cycles it controls things through a rotation on the level’s direction light, but I can’t seem to figure out why the sun/moon would keep rotating “invisibly” while the game is paused.

I already made a system to save the time of day and resume on load from where it was so I would really like to not have to find an alternative, has anyone else had this problem and/or would you be willing to help?

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The main problem, is that GS uses real time. So when you unpause, it carries on from where the real time is.

You need to change this in the code

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Use game time instead of realtime.

Just use your normal pause code :slight_smile:

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Hey there @Stalker.1! Welcome to the community! Sounds like the plugin is using your system time, you’ll have to find out where that is in the BP and change it.

Edit: Just as Clockwork get’s in hahaha good work.

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