This mod requires Simple Mod Framework

*** If you play Freelancer then it's probably best not to use this mod for now until a new update comes out that redoes the system. And if you want different times of day in Freelancer then use Freelancer Variations ***

Ever wanted to infiltrate the Swedish Embassy at night? Have a bright sunny day while you kill Erich Soders? How about kill The Prince in the evening? Or see Chongqing in the middle of the day? Well now you can do these things and more! Simply load up the mod, pick which maps you want to experience at a different time of day, and hit Deploy!

This is a visual only mod, no NPC paths or anything have been changed as they replace the original missions and work in online mode, meaning they use the vanilla leaderboards still, so everything must remain functionally the same.

Changes on some maps only apply to Story mode and Contracts, may not affect ETs and escalations

The Variations

• Paris - Midday (R), Night (M + R)
• Sapienza (World of Tomorrow) - Night (R), Sunset (Ported by K)
• Marrakesh (A Gilded Cage) - Night (R), Sunset (R - Upcoming)
• Bangkok (Club 27) - Night, Midday (R)
• Colorado (Freedom Fighters) - Midday, Night (M, tweaks by R)
• Hokkaido (Situs Inversus) - Midday, Blue Night (R)
• Hokkaido (Patient Zero) - Winter Twilight (aka Situs Inversus' lighting)
• Hawke's Bay  - Midday (R), Sunset (R)
• Miami - Night (R, tweaks by K), Sunset (R)
• Mumbai (Chasing A Ghost) - Midday (Ported by K), Night (K, R)
• Whittleton Creek - Night (R)
• Isle of Sgail - Daytime (R)
• Haven Island - Night (K)
• Dubai - Midday (R - Upcoming)
• Dartmoor (Death In A Family) - Midday (Ported by K), Night (K, R)
• Dartmoor Garden Show - Night (K)
• Berlin (Apex Predator) - Sunset (R), Midday (Tony Stark, tweaks by R)
• Chongqing (End Of An Era) - Midday (R, tweaks by K), Hitman: Contracts lighting (R), Cloudy Day/Morning (R)
• Ambrose Island - Daytime (R), Rainy night (2kpr, with Rain sound by R), Sunset (R)
  

K = KercyxR = Kevin RuddM = musicalmushr00m
Compatibility

Works with all known Simple Mod Framework mods. Applies to The Sarajevo Six. Lighting Ultimate 2.0 changes apply to Season 1 maps (Except Paris), LU 2.0 changes do not apply to Season 2/3 ToD-affected maps. Unlikely to be compatible with old-style RPKG mods, please uninstall them first if you have any issues.

Future updates?
- Get the ToD changes to apply to all escalations and ETs
- Daytime Romania

Changelog

Version 2.0 - (21 April '23)
- Adds new times of day from Freelancer Variations (Night Dartmoor/DGS/Colorado/Hokkaido, Midday Bangkok/Mendoza/Berlin, Sunset Miami/World of Tomorrow, Cloudy Day Chongqing)
- Applies improvements/fixes to ToDs from Freelancer Variations as well as not (Mumbai Night, Midday Sgail, A Gilded Cage Night)
- Overhauls format of most ToDs to be external bricks, allowing better compatibility with mods like Freelancer Variations (Some paid escalations may be missed)

Version 1.6/.1/.2 - (30 July '22)
- Ambrose Island (Day)
- Ambrose Island (Sunset)
- Ambrose Island (Rainy Night); Rain visuals by 2kpr, rain audio by KRudd
- Mod name officially changed to 'Time of Day Mod' from "Time of Day Changes"
- Mod now loads before Lighting Ultimate (This will only help with Ambrose rainy night atm, I think)

Version 1.5.2 - Grass Hotfix (7 July '22)
- Miami (Night): Fixes weird glowing grass (fix by Notex)

Version 1.5.1 - Paris Hotfix (6 July '22)
- Paris (Night): Restores missing trees
- Paris (Night): Re-enables all lights that Holiday Hoarders turns off (incl. the dark locker room)
- Paris (Night): Now applies to Corky Commotion too
- Paris (Day): Postfilters should now be affected by Lighting Ultimate if you have this mod loaded first

Version 1.5 (5 July '22)
- Adds Miami: Nighttime
- Adds Chongqing: Contracts Lighting (aka Noodle Massacre - Night)

Version 1.4 (13 June '22)
- Adds Mumbai: Daytime (by Kercyx)
- Adds Mumbai: Night time (by Kercyx and Kevin Rudd)
- Adds Haven Island: Night time (by Kercyx)
- Adds Dartmoor: Sunny (by Kercyx)
- Replaces Chongqing Daytime with Chongqing Noodle Massacre Daytime version (By Kevin Rudd and Kercyx)
- Mod Manager now displays pictures of each ToD option
- Removes most "contracts mode" pictures added, to save a small bit of space

Chongqing Daytime Mk II (Chongqing Noodle Massacre):

• All puddles manually removed (Removes most electric puddle kills in contracts mode)
• Removes all rain sounds (or close enough)
• Wetness was built into every ground piece’s texture, so had to replace the textures of every piece of ground (resulting in a different look)
• All Lights/Signs were turned off instead of deleted
• Different sun position that actually lights up the main square and restaurant alley
• Removes some ‘fake lights’ IO put in some places like The Block
  

Version 1.3 (8 March '22)
- Adds Isle of Sgail (Daytime)
- Whittleton Creek: No longer crashes on loading screen (lel)
- Hawke's Bay: Nightcall now called "Daycall" when this mod is used (In English)
- Hawke's Bay: Sunset mode now has accurate location and mission images

Version 1.2.1 (4 March '22)
- Garden Lamps in Mendoza are no longer turned on and bright as a result of this mod
- Sapienza: Got rid of the ridiculous brightness of when you look at the lab from the cave area. Enabled a missing a chandelier.
- Hawke's Bay: Adds a new sunset time of day
- Hawke's Bay: Replaces Daytime's unnatural bright blue indoor lighting
- Hawke’s Bay: Time of Day now applies to Escalation and ET

Version 1.2 (18 January '22)
- Whittleton Creek: All versions - Night time
- Hokkaido: Patient Zero - Situs Inversus Lighting (Winter Twilight)
- Gives affected maps location/mission images to reflect their new time of day

Version 1.1 (9 January '22)
- Bangkok: Club 27 night time
- Marrakesh: A Gilded Cage night time
- Sapienza: World of Tomorrow night time
- Paris: Midday
- Slight improvements to Berlin - Sunset (Better indoor + outdoor lighting/filter, unique sky)
- Will now use auto-updates via Simple Framework's Mod Manager going forward

Version 1.0
Only works with Simple Mod Framework from here onward
- Berlin sunset
- Chongqing sunny daytime
- Hawke's Bay sunny daytime (Credit: Notex)
- Colorado sunny daytime
- Hokkaido sunny daytime

Known Issues
- Some people report Sapienza staying in night time despite removing the mod and redeploying. This is an SMF issue and in the meantime can be fixed by going to Runtime folder and deleting chunk26patch300 (This will remove all SMF mods that affect Sapienza)
- Some options may have SMF create a pointless "blobspatch300" RPKG in your runtime folder which won't be removed when undeployed. This file doesn't cause any problems and can be manually deleted.
- There's a random floating lamp in Situs Inversus daytime
- Individual spots of bad lighting in Daytime Paris and Nighttime Sapienza and on the intro cinematics of night maps

Installation
Launch the Simple Mod Framework's Mod Manager and press Import Framework ZIP. Then select the ZIP file you downloaded from this website. Then Click enable and pick the maps you want changed




Thanks
As usual thanks to the people on Modding Discord. In particular Notex, Atampy26 (who makes amazing tools to achieve these results) and anyone else on the Modding Discord who helped me get my head around the weird way IO does things in this game