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Phil's Day&Night Cycle - v5.0.0
Bring your world to life with an immersive Clock, Calendar, Weather, and Dynamic Lighting System for Foundry VTT.
Phil's Day&Night Cycle turns your game world into a living, breathing experience. It combines a sleek, drag-and-drop clock and calendar interface with a powerful simulation engine for time, weather, moonlight, and dynamic scene darkness.
What's New in Recent Updates (v5.0.0 & v4.9.x)
- 🧭 v5.0.0 Smart Clock Positioning & 3x3 Selector: The clock face now automatically flips away from screen edges to stay fully visible when dragged. Right-click the clock icon to open a sleek 3x3 diamond popover and manually pin the clock orientation (
Above ⬆️,Below ⬇️,Left ⬅️,Right ➡️, orSmart Auto 🪄). - 🕒 12-Hour (AM/PM) Support: Full toggle between 12-hour AM/PM format and 24-hour display across the clock, tooltips, and weather reports.
- 🌙 Astronomical Moon Visualization: SVG-based moon badges render exact moon phases in real-time on the calendar grid.
- ⚡ Instant Scene Lighting Sync: Scene darkness now synchronizes instantly upon loading any scene or switching active maps.
- 📜 Immersive RPG Climate Overhaul: Completely rewritten weather descriptions for 15 climate zones in English & German, focusing on atmospheric RPG flair instead of dry meteorological jargon.
- 🔄 Built-in Simple Calendar Importer: One-click migration converts active Simple Calendar setups, notes, and events into PDNC while preserving GM permissions and exact dates.
If you're still using Simple Calendar and looking for an actively maintained alternative, this is a great time to switch!
Key Features
- 🕒 Smart & Customizable Clock Widget
A drag-and-drop clock synced to World Time. Features composite clock face themes (Standard Fantasy, Mwangi Jungle, Víkingar), custom image uploads, dynamic day phases, and smart edge-detection positioning. - 📅 Integrated Calendar & Custom Calendar Editor
No external calendar modules required. Easily create custom calendars or use presets (Golarion, Harptos, Gregorian, Norse Víkingar). Manage public events, secret GM notes, and toggle between Year, Month, and List views. - 🔄 1-Click Simple Calendar Migration
Effortlessly import calendar definitions, events, and notes from Simple Calendar into PDNC with full precision and visibility rule preservation. - 🌧️ Living Weather System & Custom Weather Mixer
Simulates weather across 15 climate zones with automated daily weather reports. Includes a Weather Mixer to combine custom particle layers, colors, and shaders with a live canvas preview. - 💡 Dynamic Smart Lighting
Scene darkness updates seamlessly based on time of day, season, weather, cloud cover, and moon cycles across active and GM-viewed scenes. - 🌕 Astronomical Moon Phases & Smart Time Jump
Full moon phase simulation influencing night brightness. Includes a smart Dusk/Dawn Time Jump button (with reverse rewind support via Ctrl). - 🏰 One-Click Dungeon & Interior Mode
Click the Gate Icon directly on the clock widget to immediately freeze automatic weather and lighting updates for dungeons, caves, or indoor scenes. - ⚔️ Pathfinder 2e & Quest Tracker Sync
Natively syncs Golarion calendar dates with PF2e world time and offers two-way event synchronization with Phil's Quest Tracker. - ⚡ Standalone & High Performance
Zero dependencies on third-party calendar or time modules. Lightweight, fully optimized for Foundry v12–v14, and ready to use out of the box.