SkyClouds
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Fields
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
preset | CloudPreset | no | clear, fair, broken, overcast, storm | Named cloud layer: clear (a few small cumulus), fair (the default: fair-weather cumulus over about a third of the sky), broken (cumulus and stratocumulus over most of it), overcast (a low grey deck) or storm (low, towering, dense cloud everywhere). | |
coverage | number | no | Share of the sky the clouds cover, within 0..1. Fair is 0.4, overcast 0.95. | ||
altitudeM | number | no | Height of the layer's base above the ground, metres, within 0..20000. Fair is 1500. | ||
thicknessM | number | no | Thickness of the layer, metres, within 100..10000. Fair is 2000; storm 6000. | ||
density | number | no | Scale on the preset's cloud density, within 0..10. 1 is the preset's; higher is darker undersides and deeper shadows. | ||
windSpeedMps | number | no | Wind speed at the layer, metres per second, within 0..100. The clouds drift with the simulation's clock (a paused or recorded game keeps them exact). Fair is about 8.5. | ||
windDirectionRad | number | no | Compass bearing the wind blows toward, radians, as sun.azimuth: 0 toward -Z, increasing toward +X. Absolute: sky.rotation does not turn it. | ||
shadowStrength | number | no | How much of the layer's shadow reaches the sun's light, within 0..1. 1 is the default, the physical shadow; lower it to keep ground under thick cloud from going nearly black; 0 is no cloud shadow. The clouds themselves look the same. | ||
style | CloudStyle | no | noise, sculpted | How the layer is drawn: noise (the default: clouds cut out of drifting noise) or sculpted (built forms: a rolling deck with breaks, cumulus heaps and towers, their surfaces roughened by noise). Sculpted holds up when flown over and beside; the layer's other fields mean the same in both. The quality knobs clouds.* set how finely either is drawn. | |
forms | CloudForms | no | What a sculpted layer is built of (style: sculpted only): deck, cumulus, towers, anvils, towerHeight, lumps and seed. Absent fields take the preset's. The noise style does not read it. |