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The Tower's day is longer than 1 hour (reply)

Hoovaloov — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:18:09 +0000

I'm not exactly sure how long the day is when at the Tower, but when I recorded some footage for my timelapse starting at sunset:

...50 minutes (real time) later, the sun still hadn't risen:

So I don't exactly know how long a day is while at the Tower, but it's definitely more than an hour. I seem to remember the sun rising pretty soon after I finished recording, so I figured ~1 hour from sunset to sunrise = 2 hour full day.

More observation needed, I guess.

Cosmo Time Lapse (reply)

Hoovaloov — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:41:32 +0000

Hmm, I'll have to double check tonight, I was basing this off of timelapses in the Tower.

I love the sky and day-night cycles (reply)

Yapok — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:07:38 +0000

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Love this! (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:38:50 +0000

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Cosmo Time Lapse (reply)

marmot 1333 — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:08:24 +0000

Very cool!

So 1hr = 24hrs (reply)

DaDerga — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:34:19 +0000

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You're quite welcome ;-) (reply)

Beorn — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:34:13 +0000

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Cosmo Time Lapse (reply)

Cody Miller — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:31:57 +0000

Thanks for just sitting on your ass during those public events :-p

Cosmo Time Lapse (reply)

Beorn — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:27:18 +0000

A full day in the world of Destiny lasts one hour in real time

I've also been recording timelapses, and this is not true in my experience. From what I've seen, it takes 2 hours to complete a "24 hour" day in Destiny. I believe Digital Foundry was referencing the time it takes to go from day to night (1 hour), not the time it takes to go sunrise to sunrise (2 hours).

You must be right. They were obviously talking a 12 hour "day".

At least in Cosmo, a full sunset-to-sunset day takes 1 hour in real time. Here's a 40x speed up that I recorded this morning in the Mothyards:

Time lapse thread (reply)

DaDerga — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:26:49 +0000

A full day in the world of Destiny lasts one hour in real time

I've also been recording timelapses, and this is not true in my experience. From what I've seen, it takes 2 hours to complete a "24 hour" day in Destiny. I believe Digital Foundry was referencing the time it takes to go from day to night (1 hour), not the time it takes to go sunrise to sunrise (2 hours).

You must be right. They were obviously talking a 12 hour "day".

Time lapse thread (reply)

Hoovaloov — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:49:47 +0000

A full day in the world of Destiny lasts one hour in real time

I've also been recording timelapses, and this is not true in my experience. From what I've seen, it takes 2 hours to complete a "24 hour" day in Destiny. I believe Digital Foundry was referencing the time it takes to go from day to night (1 hour), not the time it takes to go sunrise to sunrise (2 hours).

Time lapse thread (reply)

Malagate — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:19:08 +0000

Awesome stuff. Thanks for that.

Is this the complete cycle? Seems like by the end of it there's still a good bit of light.

It does... (reply)

TTL Demag0gue — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:04:41 +0000

...but I'm not sure what it is off the top of my head.

Time lapse thread (reply)

Korny — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:38:34 +0000

Watching the sun rise over the plane yard was a real treat, and one of my favorite moments in the Alpha... Also the aurora at night...

Great vid!

Does Control have a time limit? (reply)

ZackDark — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:28:11 +0000

'Cuz if not, I'd love to see if the Earth rotates as well up in the skybox.

Time lapse thread (reply)

DaDerga — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:27:35 +0000

The day / night cycle in this game is sweet. Doing a few from out down on Earth, but here's one from the tower in the meantime. This is about 45 minutes realtime, so it looks like the day night cycle will take about 2 hrs total.

A full day in the world of Destiny lasts one hour in real time, giving us a great opportunity to bathe in the glorious world they've created. As a result we've decided it would be an excellent choice for the next instalment our irregular series of time-lapse videos.

From this article. Video here.

Time lapse thread (reply)

INSANEdrive — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:08:03 +0000

The day / night cycle in this game is sweet. Doing a few from out down on Earth, but here's one from the tower in the meantime. This is about 45 minutes realtime, so it looks like the day night cycle will take about 2 hrs total.

Really? Is that all? Felt alot faster to me. (I would rather have it be abit slower)

Edit:

A full day in the world of Destiny lasts one hour in real time, giving us a great opportunity to bathe in the glorious world they've created. As a result we've decided it would be an excellent choice for the next instalment our irregular series of time-lapse videos.

From this article. Video here.

Technically slower then what Cody mentioned. Still too fast. Three and a half hours. One hour for day one hour for night, and 45 min of the fade in and out for each. Something of that jest. Just as I was getting used to the day cycle it would change to night and vise versa. Its not to the point of being annoying, but I found it to be unpleasant. Not sure why. /nitpic

Time lapse thread

Cody Miller — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:02:44 +0000

The day / night cycle in this game is sweet. Doing a few from out down on Earth, but here's one from the tower in the meantime. This is about 45 minutes realtime, so it looks like the day night cycle will take about 2 hrs total.

1080p QT movie here:

http://destiny.isnotcanon.net/movies/timelapse_traveler.mov