Guide 06

Relight the clip without lying to yourself about what changed.

A recorded clip contains more than a clock and weather name. It also carries resolved lighting. LiveTimecycle decides whether RE+ keeps that baked result or lets the game evaluate a new one.

Verified against sourceRE+ scene overrides by CoreFX/crxhvrd

LiveTimecycle is the master decision

LIVE / 1

Evaluate new lighting

The selected time and weather produce a fresh sky, ambient light, fog and related engine values.

Use for exterior relighting.

AS RECORDED / 0

Keep the baked keyframe

The clip retains its recorded lighting and the time and weather override rows become inactive.

Use for interiors and mission grades.

Changing only the clock is not enough.

Without live timecycle evaluation, the sun can move while the recorded afternoon sky and ambient light remain in place.

Time is stored as minutes

Clock	TimeOfDay	Typical use
06:30	`390`	Early low light
12:00	`720`	Hard overhead light
17:45	`1065`	Late afternoon starting point
22:00	`1320`	Night exteriors

The table describes convenient working points, not guaranteed visual results. Location, weather, graphics mods and the game version all affect the final frame.

Weather index

00EXTRASUNNY

01CLEAR

02CLOUDS

03SMOG

04FOGGY

05OVERCAST

06RAIN

07THUNDER

08CLEARING

09NEUTRAL

10SNOW

11BLIZZARD

12SNOWLIGHT

13XMAS

14HALLOWEEN

Blend weather instead of jumping between presets

WeatherType is the primary state. WeatherBlendTo selects the second. WeatherBlend places the scene between them from zero to one.

OverrideWeather=1
WeatherType=1       ; CLEAR
WeatherBlendTo=2    ; CLOUDS
WeatherBlend=0.15
WeatherWetness=0.0

The game evaluates the intermediate weather. It is not a simple image cross-fade.

Wetness is independent

-1 means use the recorded wetness. 0 forces dry surfaces. Values up to 1 increase wet roads and puddles even without rain particles.

Reflection is still a continuity choice.

A wet neon street can look strong, but unexplained puddles in a dry sequence make the grade feel artificial.

Two practical looks

LATE AFTERNOON

LiveTimecycle=1
OverrideTimeOfDay=1
TimeOfDay=1065
OverrideWeather=1
WeatherType=1
WeatherBlendTo=2
WeatherBlend=0.15
WeatherWetness=0.0

WET NIGHT

LiveTimecycle=1
OverrideTimeOfDay=1
TimeOfDay=1320
OverrideWeather=1
WeatherType=1
WeatherBlendTo=3
WeatherBlend=0.20
WeatherWetness=0.45

These are HUEZON.COM starting recipes. They are not official RE+ presets.