Fixing strange blacking out of shadows issue

game/scenes/Levels/level.gd

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 extends Node3D
 
-@export var day_length := 120.0 # seconds for full rotation
+@export var day_length := 120.0 # seconds for full rotation
-@export var start_light_angle := -90.0
+@export var start_light_angle := -35.0
 @export var show_spawn_dialog := true
 @export_multiline var spawn_dialog_text := "Welcome to Promiscuity.\n\nPress E to close this message."
 @export var spawn_dialog_auto_close_seconds := 4.0
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const FIRST_QUEST := {
 }
 
 func _ready() -> void:
+	_apply_sun_state(0.0)
 	_setup_quests()
 	if _should_show_spawn_dialog() and DialogSystem and DialogSystem.has_method("show_text"):
 		await get_tree().process_frame
@@ -46,18 +47,19 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 				DialogSystem.close_if_text(spawn_dialog_text)
 	_show_quest_intro_dialog()
 
-func _process(delta):
+func _process(delta):
-	time = fmod((time + delta), day_length)
+	time = fmod((time + delta), day_length)
-	var t = time / day_length
+	_apply_sun_state(time / day_length)
-
+
-	# Rotate sun around X axis
+
-	var angle = lerp(start_light_angle, end_light_angle, t) # sunrise → sunset → night → sunrise
+func _apply_sun_state(t: float) -> void:
-	sun.rotation_degrees.x = angle
+	# Start in a clear daytime state instead of at the horizon, which created
-
+	# long harsh shadows as soon as the level loaded.
-	# Adjust intensity
+	var angle = lerp(start_light_angle, end_light_angle, t)
-	var curSin = -sin((t * TAU) + start_radians)
+	sun.rotation_degrees.x = angle
-	var energy = clamp((curSin * 1.0) + 0.2, 0.0, 1.2)
+	var cur_sin = -sin((t * TAU) + start_radians)
-	sun.light_energy = energy
+	var energy = clamp((cur_sin * 1.0) + 0.2, 0.0, 1.2)
+	sun.light_energy = energy
 
 
 func _setup_quests() -> void:

game/scenes/Levels/level.tscn

@@ -336,9 +336,11 @@ buffer = PackedFloat32Array(0.87002033, 0, 0.49301583, -5.6112704, 0, 1, 0, 1, -
 sky_material = SubResource("ProceduralSkyMaterial_fi66n")
 
 [sub_resource type="Environment" id="Environment_a4mo8"]
-background_mode = 2
+background_mode = 1
-sky = SubResource("Sky_a4mo8")
+background_color = Color(0.55, 0.72, 0.92, 1)
-ambient_light_source = 3
+ambient_light_source = 2
+ambient_light_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
+ambient_light_energy = 0.8
 
 [node name="Node3D" type="Node3D"]
 script = ExtResource("1_a4mo8")
@@ -449,6 +451,7 @@ mesh = SubResource("BoxMesh_w7c3h")
 [node name="SimpleGrassTextured" type="MultiMeshInstance3D" parent="Ground"]
 multimesh = SubResource("MultiMesh_px5jg")
 script = ExtResource("11_1meta")
+cast_shadow = 0
 texture_albedo = ExtResource("10_loupo")
 sgt_radius = 2.0
 sgt_density = 25
@@ -467,7 +470,7 @@ metadata/_custom_type_script = "uid://2juaclm8gc1n"
 metadata/SimpleGrassTextured = "2.0.5"
 
 [node name="DirectionalLight3D" type="DirectionalLight3D" parent="."]
-transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 0.5, 0.8660253, 0, -0.8660253, 0.5, 0, 34, 0)
+transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 0.819152, 0.573576, 0, -0.573576, 0.819152, 0, 6, 0)
 shadow_enabled = true
 
 [node name="Starter Blocks" type="Node3D" parent="."]