Threadline – Alpha v0.62 Patch Notes

🌅 Dynamic Lighting Overhaul - The entire day–night cycle has been rebuilt for smoother transitions and more atmospheric depth. - The Directional Light now animates across the sky, creating natural shadow movement and a true sunset effect. - Lighting blends have been refined to ensure neon, ambient, and shadow tones remain consistent throughout the cycle. - Red Alert lighting now integrates seamlessly with the new system, avoiding abrupt jumps or intensity mismatches. 💡 Neon Blend Improvements - Neon elements now respond more naturally to global lighting changes. - Improved emissive balancing ensures rings, spheres, and UI elements remain readable without overpowering the scene. - Subtle glow adjustments enhance clarity during both bright daytime and deep nighttime conditions. 🌫️ Fog & Atmosphere Pass - Updated fog settings to create smoother depth falloff and more cinematic silhouettes. - Fog now reacts more subtly to time‑of‑day changes, improving mood and readability. - Enhanced volumetric behaviour during sunsets for added visual richness. 🌃 Night Mode Polish - Night lighting has been refined for clarity and contrast. - Neon elements now stand out more cleanly without losing detail. - Ambient tones have been adjusted to avoid overly dark or washed‑out visuals. 🏙️ Skyline Added - A new skyline silhouette has been added as the first environment backdrop. - Displays behind the play space on a toggleable horizon plane. - Serves as the default skyline, with more cities planned as unlockables in future updates. 🛠️ General Visual Polish - Improved shadow softness and consistency across all lighting states. - Minor tweaks to emissive materials for better colour accuracy. - Cleaned up several lighting manager transitions to prevent flicker or mismatched values.