The Day-Night Cycle Toolkit is a versatile asset designed for creating immersive day-night cycles in your Unity projects. This toolkit is easy to implement and suitable for both beginners and experienced developers. With this asset, you can set up a day-night cycle that seamlessly transitions between different times of the day.
Key Features:
- Trigger events at specific times using Unity Events
- Full control over lighting parameters: directional light color, ambient color, and fog color
- Simple gradient controls for adjusting atmosphere and mood throughout the day
- Compatibility with all render pipelines, with an exclusive skybox shader for Universal Render Pipeline (URP) testing
The toolkit includes a detailed documentation package with step-by-step guidance, clear explanations of the Lighting Manager script's functionality, and best practices for creating captivating skyboxes.
The Lighting Manager script provides a straightforward implementation for a day-night cycle system. It references the DirectionalLight object, allowing you to rotate and adjust its color based on the time of day. The script supports dynamic changes to ambient light and fog color based on the time of day, ensuring a visually coherent environment. You can integrate custom skybox materials to enhance the sky appearance during different times of the day. The script includes the ability to modify a specific custom property of the skybox material. The Events feature allows you to define time-specific events using the EventInfo class. The Lighting Manager script includes a ResetEvents function to reset events every day at a specific time.
