Variable Day Length by liquidglitch and miscon.02

Mod to adjust the in-game day/night cycle via the MCM (Mod Configuration Menu).

What’s new (v0.0.2)

• Added two user-selectable methods to set how game time progresses:
  • Time Rate – Literal: Use the exact internal RTV time-rate value.
  • Time Rate – Simple: A user-friendly multiplier mapping directly to "game hours per real hour".
• Cleaned up code to avoid conflicts with other mods

How the two modes work

• Time Rate – Literal

  • This uses the raw value that RTV uses internally to scale game time.
  • Example: RTV's default is 0.2777, which is roughly 10× real time (one in-game hour ≈ 6 real minutes).
  • A value of 0.0277 will make game time nearly match real time.
  • Maximum allowed: 10 (one in-game hour every 10 real seconds).

• Time Rate – Simple

  • A straightforward multiplier: 1 ≈ one game hour per real hour; 2 ≈ two game hours per real hour, etc.
  • RTV default time is approximately 10× real time, so 10 in this setting matches the default.
  • Maximum allowed: 60 (one in-game hour per real minute).

Important: The Use Time Rate - Literal? toggle selects which of the two modes is active. If it is ON, the mod uses Time Rate – Literal; otherwise it uses Time Rate – Simple.

Upgrade notes (from v0.0.1)

• If you had Variable Day Length v0.0.1 installed, the Use Time Rate - Literal? toggle will default to ON and your previously-saved Time Rate value will be copied into Time Rate – Literal to preserve behavior.

Technical / "Nerd" Notes

• In the Final Demo build of Road To Vostok there is a timing quirk (bug or feature) where the displayed in-game minute appears to stall near the top of each hour, then jumps to :05 and proceeds faster in 5-minute increments for the remainder of the hour. This is visible if you monitor the Alarm Clock time in inventory or use a mod such as Oldman's Immersive Overhaul (https://modworkshop.net/mod/50811).

• Because of that behavior, all game-time ↔ real-time calculations in this mod are based on the full hourly cycle to smooth out the differences between the initial ~5-minute period and the subsequent ~55-minute period within an hour.

• Exact results will depend on your machine's performance; timings are most accurate on higher frame rates (example: 144 FPS), but your mileage may vary.

Summary

• Time Rate – Literal: precise internal value (advanced users).
• Time Rate – Simple: easy multiplier (recommended for most users).
• Use Time Rate - Literal?: toggles which mode is active.