The sky interpolates between roughly five colors vertically across the screen. Always brighter at the horizon, implying that a "sliding window" for colors in the palette is backwards in the AM and forwards in the PM.
Clear sky (DAYTIME.COL)
- 6:00am: very dark blue
- 6:15am: blue at horizon, very dark blue in sky
- 6:45am: mild blue all around, slightly brighter at horizon
- 7:30am: light blue
- 11:00am: bright teal
- 12:00pm: brightest teal
- 4:15pm: horizon is bright teal, sky just starting to be bluish-yellow
- 4:30pm: horizon is bluish-yellow, sky is yellow-ish
- 5:00pm: orange
- 5:15pm: red
- 5:30pm: dim red
- 6:00pm: very dark blue (stays this way all night)
To do: verify whether DREARY.COL is used for overcast/rain/snow.
Ambient light
- Starts increasing at 6:00am
- Completely bright at 6:15am
- Starts decreasing at 5:45pm
- Completely dark at 6:00pm
Distant land
- Roughly half or quarter intensity at night
- Intensity fades at the same time as ambient light
- Drawing order (near to far): mountains, clouds, sun, stars
Distant sky
- Sun is at horizon at 6:00am and 6:00pm
- Stars move as if the earth is rotating on an axis
- Possibly uses quaternion