Why doesnt the time of day change during games?

[scitychamps87]

Quote: Originally Posted by icicle22

How long are your quarters? I only see very mild "Golden sun" style with shadows but I have never noticed the lights come on and become the prominent source making it look more like a night game. I'm playing 9 minute quarters with no accelerated clock. I remember this in PS2 era Madden 08 where it would change drastically by quarter to the point where the 4th quarter just looked like a night game outright.

I'm playing 8 minute quarters with the accelerated clock on its default setting.

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[ehh]

I play 11 minutes with accelerated clock FWIW. I think the lighting transitions are on point.

[scitychamps87]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

I play 11 minutes with accelerated clock FWIW. I think the lighting transitions are on point.

I think they could be slightly more accelerated sometimes but I think they're pretty good. The only game with better real time lighting changes is probably MLB the Show in my view

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[SkeeLo15]

This shouldn’t be happening with west coast games though. Immersion is lost when it’s locally a 1 PM game but it transitions to night, even though it’s technically 3, 4 PM local time

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

The time of day changes for me. 4 PM games are great: from long shadows at kickoff to a full night game by the fourth quarter.

[icicle22]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

The time of day changes for me. 4 PM games are great: from long shadows at kickoff to a full night game by the fourth quarter.

What team are you playing as and what stadiums are you in when this happens? Could be related to location. I remember another previous Madden (i know I am always referencing stuff they no longer do) where they claimed the time of day and position of the sun was based on the day of the year and your coordinates. So the position of the sun would be perfectly accurate in the sky for a 4pm game in Cleveland and at the same time be in a different position in Miami due to tilt of the earth.

Not only does this not happen at all anymore, but I think I sometimes see shadows in CLE coming from the North side of the stadium (lake Erie) when the sun is never north. In the middle of summer it's about straight overhead and in the dead of winter is low in the southern sky. I know it's picking nits but it used to be correct in previous versions.

I'd settle for just seeing afternoon games in November end at night instead of looking like it's about 20 minutes after the game started.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by icicle22

What team are you playing as and what stadiums are you in when this happens?

I'll pay closer attention but in my Jets CFM I relocated to Brooklyn and use the Traditional Deluxe fictional stadium (death to MetLife). I've noticed it on road games too but I'll keep track going forward.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by SkeeLo15

This shouldn’t be happening with west coast games though. Immersion is lost when it’s locally a 1 PM game but it transitions to night, even though it’s technically 3, 4 PM local time

Agreed, that's definitely a problem and seems like pure laziness on EA's part.

[kingkilla56]

What console are you on Ehh? Im on ps4 and light never changes, unless I and resuming a franchise game, then its weird cause you see the game spaz out as the light change comes in a bit late.