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HTFDayNight
A full day and night cycle: real sunsets, a galaxy night with a glowing moon, and an ocean that mirrors the sky.HTF Day and Night
A full day and night cycle for How to Fish.
The endless noon becomes a living sky: the sun arcs overhead and sinks into the sea through a burning sunset, stars and a galaxy wheel across the night with a glowing moon, and dawn brings the sun back out of the water. Shadows, golden-hour light, moonlight, clouds, fog and even the ocean's reflections all follow the cycle - and everything returns to normal the moment you quit.
Features
- Sun that rises, crosses the sky and truly sets - with golden hour light and moving shadows on everything in the world
- Night: a painted galaxy (stars, milky band, dust rift, nebulae), a glowing detailed moon that rises as the sun sets, moon-shadows, darkened clouds
- Smooth dusk and dawn transitions - sunset burns over the sun's grave and cools on the opposite horizon
- The ocean mirrors the live sky: molten at sunset, ink at night
- Works everywhere in the world, on every island, while sailing
- Time controls: hold Right Arrow to fast-forward time, Left Arrow to rewind (configurable)
- Day length configurable (default: one full day = 20 real minutes)
- Menus stay untouched; everything restores on quit
Installation
With a mod manager (easiest)
- Install r2modman or the Thunderstore Mod Manager.
- Select How to Fish, search for HTFDayNight, click Install (BepInEx is installed automatically as a dependency).
- Press Start modded.
Manual
- Install BepInEx 5 x64 into
the game folder - the one with
How to Fish.exe(Steam: right-click the game, Manage, Browse local files). - Run the game once and quit, so BepInEx creates its folders.
- Copy HTFDayNight.dll and htfsky.bundle into
How to Fish/BepInEx/plugins/. Both files must sit side by side.
Then just play. You spawn at noon; sunset begins after a few minutes (or hold Right Arrow to see it now). Nothing needs enabling in-game.
Configuration
After the first run, edit BepInEx/config/yoxi.htf.daynight.cfg:
| Setting | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| MinutesPerDay | 20 | Real minutes per full day |
| TimeBackKey | LeftArrow | Hold to rewind time (None to disable) |
| TimeForwardKey | RightArrow | Hold to fast-forward (None to disable) |
| TimeScrubSeconds | 8 | Holding a key crosses one day in this many seconds |
Compatibility
- Works with the HTF custom-map loader: maps that carry their own sky automatically defer to this mod.
- Contains no game assets: the entire sky (meshes, textures, shaders) is generated content shipped in htfsky.bundle.
Credits
Built by Yoxi.