How do I toggle day/night with a button press in the default SunSky level?


I’m a big beginner, I tried using the Set Solar time node after a button press input but it doesn’t change the solar time default value. I just would like say:
press “P” and the solar time value = 8
and press “I” and the solar time value = 22
How do I do this in-game?

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you can Copy/Past that but, i change the Sun sky Day night system in Unreal Engine 5 by using the Directional Sun light.
The system is set up on Level Load and synced between players.

The Rotation Yaw =250 is MID day cycle.

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thank you for the reply!
do I delete the existing nodes? I’ve never coded before so my understanding level might be underneath your expectations. i tried this but with the existing nodes still present and it doesn’t change. i might sound dumb asking this but where do i put the code? or is it the output that you are displaying?