2024-03-27 Ringworld Seasons, Potted Plants, Atmosphere Density, Survey Info — Hazeron Starship Steam update #1129963

Ringworld Seasons "It is always summer on ringworlds but the plants have their flowers. Think of it as early summer." I could not be satisfied with this. After mulling over several possible ways to induce seasons on a ringworld, I settled for modulating the day length as follows. Shadow panels now modulate the width of the sunlight gap, down to half the normal day length in winter. This is done continuously around the ringworld so all four seasons are present all the time, each in a different quadrant of the ringworld. When a stargate is opened the shadow panels retract to their summer configuration, with maximum aperture. This means you can no longer look up to see when the shadow panels are in position to open a stargate. Instead the obelisks at the corners now show a light at the top when the shadow panels are in position to open a stargate. The Control Center story chapter was update...