Day-Night Cycle in Region View

[Silentjacob98 6]

I know the game does not already have this feature, but I was wondering and hoping that someone has already made a mod for this, or that someone COULD make a mod for this. What I'm talking about is the Day-Night Cycle in Region View. (It doesn't even need to be a cycle, but rather just an option to see it at night) I would really love to see the lights of my cities at night time from region view. Imagne viewing your cities like they are a nighttime satellite image.

I know I can't possibly be the first person to come up with this idea. x) Unfortunately I have no clue how to make mods. Does anyone else think this can be done?

[Silentjacob98 6]

BTW, I apologize if I posted this in the wrong category. I realize I should have put it in the modding request forum.

[Cyclone Boom 16,829]

Sounds like a nice idea. One problem though is how the game creates the appearance of the region view. As you may know, each city tile is based on a snapshot image which is captured upon save. The limitation is this will always take a day image, even though a city may be in night mode. To create a night effect, it'd require modifying how the game takes the snapshots. It'd obviously need some investigating, but you'd think this kind of thing would be locked within the exe.

[eugenio1982 6]

i'm looking for a light related problem too , maybe u can give me an advice  of where to search in order to tweak light's parameters controlling day/night cycle ....

 

 

 

thx

eugenio