Enabling Aurora Borealis

It is possible to enable Aurora Borealis for custom missions by manually editing the .blk file of your custom mission.

• Finish your mission completely and make sure the sky is functioning properly and how you want it. It is important that you edit the file last or else the CDK will overwrite your edits;
• Open the .blk mission file in Notepad or any applicable text editor;
  
• Scroll down to the mission{ block;
  
• Add the code bellow under the stars{ block, if you already have the customWeather{ block add only the aurora_borealis{ block within it.
  

    customWeather{
      aurora_borealis{
        enabled:b=yes
        top_height:r=10.0
        top_color:p3=0.1, 0.1, 1.4
        bottom_height:r=5.0
        bottom_color:p3=0.1, 1.3, 0.1
        brightness:r=1.74
        speed:r=0.02
        luminance:r=8.0
        ripples_scale:r=13.3
        ripples_speed:r=0.08
        ripples_strength:r=0.34
      }
    }

An example mission{ block of a multiplayer Night mission on the Arctic map set to the correct longitude and latitude of the supposed real life location of the map.

  mission{
    type:t="domination"
    level:t="levels/avg_arctic.bin"
    environment:t="Night"
    weather:t="clear"
    locName:t=""
    locDesc:t=""
    scoreLimit:i=50000
    deathPenaltyMul:r=0
    allowEmptyTeams:b=yes
    showTacticalMapCellSize:b=yes

    stars{
      latitude:r=70
      longitude:r=16
      year:i=2024
      month:i=10
      day:i=15
      localTime:r=22
    }
    customWeather{
      aurora_borealis{
        enabled:b=yes
        top_height:r=10.0
        top_color:p3=0.1, 0.1, 1.4
        bottom_height:r=5.0
        bottom_color:p3=0.1, 1.3, 0.1
        brightness:r=1.74
        speed:r=0.02
        luminance:r=8.0
        ripples_scale:r=13.3
        ripples_speed:r=0.08
        ripples_strength:r=0.34
      }
    }
 }

End Result

It is possible to add the Aurora to any map, any weather and time of day. It is not limited to winter maps, nighttime, or specific latitude and longitude.

• Link to a WT Live post with a mission that already has Aurora enabled