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{{LSL_Function
|func_id=177|func_sleep=0.0|func_energy=10.0
|func=llGetSunDirection|return_type=vector
|func=llGetSunDirection|return_type=vector
|func_footnote=The sun position can be dynamic or static depending upon the wishes of the sim owner.
|func_desc=Returns a normalized vector to the current sun position at the location of object containing the script. [[llGetSunDirection]] is the vector to the parcel's sun, [[llGetRegionSunDirection]] is the vector to region's sun. If there is no custom environment set for the current parcel [[llGetSunDirection]] returns the direction to the region's sun. These functions are altitude aware.
|func_desc
|return_text=that is a normalized vector of the direction of the sun in the region.  
|spec
|caveats
|constants
|examples=This can be used to quickly determine whether it is day or night (in shortened SL days) as the script runs: if the returned vector's Z element is positive, then the sun is above the horizon.


<source lang="lsl2">integer lightsOn = -1;//not TRUE or FALSE
CheckSun()
{
    vector sun = llGetSunDirection();
    integer turnLightsOn = (sun.z < 0);
    if(turnLightsOn != lightsOn)
    {
        lightsOn = turnLightsOn;
        llSetPrimitiveParams([ PRIM_FULLBRIGHT, ALL_SIDES, lightsOn ]);
    }
}</source>
This is a simple script to detect if its day or not.
<source lang="lsl2">
//Added by To-mos Codewarrior(tomos.halsey)
default
{
    state_entry()
    {llSetTimerEvent(1.0);}
    timer()
    {
        vector sun=llGetSunDirection();
        integer day=llRound(sun.z);
        llSetText("Sun Pos: "+(string)sun+"Day: "+(string)day,<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0);
        llSetPrimitiveParams([ PRIM_FULLBRIGHT, ALL_SIDES,  !day]);
    }
}</source>
This script may have some inaccuracy to it. For more information see the Deep Notes below.
|helpers
|also_functions=
|also_functions=
{{LSL DefineRow||[[llGetTimeOfDay]]|}}
* [[llGetDayLength]]
|also_events
* [[llGetDayOffset]]
|also_tests=
* [[llGetMoonDirection]]
{{LSL_DefineRow||[[User:Dora_Gustafson/sundirection_and_time_of_day|Visual illustration]]|How good is this function?}}
* [[llGetMoonRotation]]
|also_articles
* [[llGetSunDirection]]
|notes=
* [[llGetSunRotation]]
<pre>AVERAGE_SUN_TILT = -.25 * pi
* [[llGetRegionDayLength]]
SEASONAL_SUN_TILT = .03 * pi
* [[llGetRegionDayOffset]]
SUN_NORMALIZED_OFFSET = .45
* [[llGetRegionMoonDirection]]
</pre>
* [[llGetRegionMoonRotation]]
This is how mSunOffset is calculated:
* [[llGetRegionSunDirection]]
<source lang="cpp">F64 daily_phase  = DAILY_OMEGA * U64_to_F64(local_time / USEC_PER_SEC);
* [[llGetRegionSunRotation]]
F32 sun_phase = (F32)fmod(daily_phase, 2.0*F_PI);
}}
sun_hour -= 6.0f;
mSunOffset = HOURS_TO_RADIANS * sun_hour - (0.25f * F_PI) * cosf(HOURS_TO_RADIANS * sun_hour) - sun_phase;
 
//And here's how sun direction is calculated:
 
void LLRegion::calculateSunInfo(
      U64 current_time,
      LLVector3& directionp,
      LLVector3& ang_velocityp,
      F32& sun_phase)
{
  U64 local_time = current_time;
  if(getSunFixed())
  {
      local_time = 0;
  }
    // Sun moves (once a day) about a circle that lies on a tilted plane.
    // The angle of the plane cycles (once a year) a few radians about
    // some average.
    // These are F64's, otherwise we get rounding errors over time
  F64 daily_phase  = DAILY_OMEGA * U64_to_F64(local_time / USEC_PER_SEC) + mSunOffset;
  F64 yearly_phase = YEARLY_OMEGA * U64_to_F64(local_time / USEC_PER_SEC);
  F32 tilt = AVERAGE_SUN_TILT + SEASONAL_SUN_TILT_AMPLITUDE * (F32)sin(yearly_phase);
 
  sun_phase = (F32)fmod(daily_phase, 2.0*F_PI);
    // move sun around a circle
  directionp.setVec((F32)cos(-daily_phase), (F32)sin(-daily_phase), 0.0f);
    //tilt the circle about X-axis (due east) 
  directionp.rotVec(tilt, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
    // calculate angular velocity (radians per second)
  ang_velocityp.setVec(0.0f, 0.0f, (F32)DAILY_OMEGA);
  ang_velocityp.rotVec((F32)tilt, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
    // James wanted the night to be shorter than the day.
    // We can do this by offsetting the center of the sun's orbit in the positive
    // z-direction and normalizing the new vector.
  directionp.mV[VZ] += SUN_NORMALIZED_OFFSET;
  F32 R = directionp.normVec();
 
    // We also need to correct the angular velocity
    //
    // V = W % R
    // V has constant magnitude
    // As R goes up, W must go down
    // W and R are always perpendicular
    // ===>
    // W *= 1 / |R|
  ang_velocityp *= 1.0f / R;
}</source>
Source: [https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/secondlifescripters/2007-July/001288.html Zyzzy Zarf]
|permission
|negative_index
|source
|sort=GetSunDirection
|cat1=Region
|cat2=Time
|cat3=Light
|cat4=Weather
|cat5
|cat6
}}<div style="display:none;"><source lang="lsl2"></source></div>

Revision as of 16:21, 1 February 2019

Summary

Function: vector llGetSunDirection( );

Returns a normalized vector to the current sun position at the location of object containing the script. llGetSunDirection is the vector to the parcel's sun, llGetRegionSunDirection is the vector to region's sun. If there is no custom environment set for the current parcel llGetSunDirection returns the direction to the region's sun. These functions are altitude aware.
Returns a vector

Examples

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function vector llGetSunDirection();
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