Performance Controls

Setting	Higher Value Does	Lower Value Does
Visual Update Frequency	Updates visuals less often for better performance.	Smoother transitions.
Min Time Change Threshold	Skips very small visual changes.	Updates more subtle time changes.
Sky Light Recapture Interval	Recaptures skylight less frequently.	More responsive ambient lighting changes.
Aggressive Optimization	Reduces material parameter updates further.	Keeps the most responsive visual updates.
Sky Light Cubemap Resolution	Sharper captured lighting, more cost.	Lower cost, softer captured lighting.

Common Fixes

Issue	What To Check
Sky does not move during Play	Enable Time Of Day Cycle and raise Time Speed above 0.
Stars visible during day	Lower Star Brightness Min, check SkyOpacity behavior on your custom material, and use the actor-driven parameters listed in this guide.
Clouds too strong at night	Lower Cloud Opacity Night, Cloud Opacity Max, or the material's CloudOpacity value.
Clouds look blocky or pixelated	Raise Panning Cloud Quality and lower Panning Cloud Global Tiling on the SkyBox Time of Day Actor.
Moon is not visible	Enable Moon, check Time Of Day, make sure the moon is above the horizon, and verify Moon Scale and Moon Brightness are not too low.
Moon path looks clipped or jittery	Raise Max Visual Elevation in Moon Parameters. Low values can flatten the moon arc near transit.
Moon craters overlap or look stretched	Use the actor's Moon Parameters crater controls. The default shader uses evenly distributed view-disc craters to avoid random cluster overlap; lower crater count or radius if you want a cleaner moon.
Moon glow is not visible	Raise the moon material Brightness and enable post process Bloom. Bloom should glow from the moon surface, not from a separate circular halo mesh.
Scene is too dark at night	Raise Moon Intensity, Sky Light Intensity, Auto Exposure Min Brightness, or Ambient Fill on the moon material.
Sun glow looks too harsh	Lower Lens Flare settings or prefer Bloom for a smoother glow.
Sky light feels delayed	Lower Sky Light Recapture Interval or call Recapture Sky Light after a large time jump.