Ability to set a custom night skybox

Even if this specific request is added, I don’t see it fixing the fundamental problem of Roblox’s skybox systems being extremely limited and practically unchanged for over 15 years. Sure, they could add a few extra properties under Sky, but it’ll just be another hacky solution to make the current system less limiting.

The way Roblox handles the sky has resulted in many issues and limitations such as:

  • No way to have more or less than exactly two planetary bodies in the sky.
  • “Night time” being significantly more limited, having no alternatives to SunraysEffect, and having it’s own separate, forced skybox.
  • A skybox that forces you to manually upload half a dozen images instead of having a decent procedural skybox system like most other engines have nowadays.

Atmosphere and Clouds instances are held back by the legacy skybox systems that have been practically unchanged for the past 15 years.

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