3D Ballpark sky changes to evening and night too early

sutto · 10-27-2021, 07:03 PM

Recently got back into OOTP and have been playing in 3D for the first time. Have been enjoying it generally but one thing has been spoiling my immersion.

I run a fictional Australian League, now in it's 61st season. When playing day games the sky changes to twilight around 4.00 and then night sometime between 4.30 and 5.00. This is summertime, when the sky shouldn't really be getting dark till around 9.00.

I think part of the issue might be that my league runs from October to April, over the Australian summer. Perhaps OOTP can't tell the difference between hemispheres and assumes these are winter months, thus making it get dark earlier.

Is there a place where I can edit the times the backgrounds change?

Sweed · 10-27-2021, 10:36 PM

On your
manager screen > manager options
there is a place to set a default time zone. I think if you set it to whatever time zone your Australian league is in it should fix it. At least I hope so

sutto · 10-27-2021, 11:08 PM

Yep, that setting is as it should be.

10-27-2021, 07:03 PM	#1
sutto Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 122	3D Ballpark sky changes to evening and night too early Recently got back into OOTP and have been playing in 3D for the first time. Have been enjoying it generally but one thing has been spoiling my immersion. I run a fictional Australian League, now in it's 61st season. When playing day games the sky changes to twilight around 4.00 and then night sometime between 4.30 and 5.00. This is summertime, when the sky shouldn't really be getting dark till around 9.00. I think part of the issue might be that my league runs from October to April, over the Australian summer. Perhaps OOTP can't tell the difference between hemispheres and assumes these are winter months, thus making it get dark earlier. Is there a place where I can edit the times the backgrounds change?

10-27-2021, 10:36 PM	#2
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,840	On your manager screen > manager options there is a place to set a default time zone. I think if you set it to whatever time zone your Australian league is in it should fix it. At least I hope so

10-27-2021, 11:08 PM	#3
sutto Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 122	Yep, that setting is as it should be.