nightly (mod) area accessible during day, Is that possible? Options

[jastey]

Hi,
for a cutscene I need a nightly outside area. (The cutscene is kind of a dream so it is night there but not necessarily in the actual game time.)

I wanted to re-use a game area, not make a new one for this purpose.

How does the BGII engine handle the day and night views of the areas? Is it possible to extract a game area in a way that in the "new" area there is always night?

Thanks for any help.

[Avenger_teambg]

You can alter an area to 'dream like' if you set the area flag.
Well, these won't make a night area, just a colourless gray one.
You can do this from script or by the area editor.
From script you do this: AddAreaFlag(8)
Or you could add this line to your areaflag.ids:
4 ANTIMAGIC
8 GRAYSCALE

The first prevents casting in the area
The second makes the area look like dream cutscenes in bg1

To remove the flags, you can use RemoveAreaFlag