Settings Reference

intermediate concepts

Procedural Haze

Procedural haze projects animated noise onto the skybox. It can be used alone for a foggy or noise-based cloud sky, or combined with cubemap layers.

Parameter	Description
Procedural Haze (toggle)	Enable or disable the procedural haze layer.
Noise	The noise texture used for the haze. A 256x256 Perlin noise texture is included in `Resources/SkyboxPlus/Textures`. You can assign your own.
Tiling	UV tiling of the noise texture (X, Y).
Offset	UV offset of the noise texture (X, Y).
Color	Tint color applied to the haze.
Scale	Controls the size of the noise pattern. Smaller values produce larger, softer clouds.
Threshold	Noise values below this threshold are discarded. Increase to create more defined, separated clouds.
Intensity	Overall brightness of the haze effect.
Rotation Axis	The axis around which the haze rotates (X, Y, Z, W quaternion).
Rotation Speed	Speed of the haze rotation animation. Set to 0 for a static haze.

Layers (Clouds or Mountains)

Each layer blends a cubemap texture on top of the sky. The Clouds shader supports up to 4 layers and the Landscape shader supports up to 7.

Parameter	Description
Layer N (toggle)	Enable or disable this layer.
Cubemap	The cubemap texture for this layer. The asset includes several hand-painted 4K cubemaps.
Alpha	Opacity of this layer (0 = invisible, 1 = fully opaque).
Horizontal Shift	Rotates the cubemap horizontally. Useful for offsetting layers so they don't overlap identically.
Horizontal Speed	Horizontal drift speed at runtime (Clouds shader only). Set to 0 for static clouds.
Vertical Shift	Shifts the cubemap vertically, moving clouds higher or lower on the horizon.
Vertical Motion	Vertical oscillation speed at runtime (Clouds shader only).

Layer stacking tip - combine 2-3 cloud layers at different horizontal speeds and alpha values to create a parallax depth effect.

Sun Settings

The Sun position is driven by the scene's main directional light rotation.

Parameter	Description
Sun Tint	Color tint applied to the Sun disk and its flare/corona.
Sun Size	Angular size of the Sun disk.
Sun Flare	Intensity of the corona glow around the Sun.

Night Time (Moon + Stars)

Enable the Night Time toggle to add a moon and procedural stars. The skybox transitions between day and night automatically as you rotate the directional light past the horizon.

Parameter	Description
Enable Night Time	Master toggle for all night-time features. Only enable if you need day/night transitions or a night skybox.
Moon Texture	Texture used for the moon (a 256x256 moon texture is included).
Moon Size Factor	Scale of the moon disk.
Moon Flare	Glow intensity around the moon.
Star Size	Size of the procedural star sprites.
Star Density	Number of stars visible in the sky.
Star Brightness	Overall brightness of the stars.
Star Darker Color	Color used for dimmer stars.
Star Brighter Color	Color used for brighter stars.
Star Blinking	Intensity of the star twinkle animation.

Other Settings

Parameter	Description
Sky Tint	Global color tint applied to the entire skybox.
Exposure	Overall brightness multiplier.
Fog Color	Color of the horizon fog.
Fog Amount	How far the horizon fog extends vertically. Higher values push the fog higher into the sky.

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