--- title: "Skymax: API" package: "@phaser-ae/skymax" tier: Pro version: 3.0.0-4 released: 2026-10-14 updated: 2026-10-19 description: "A physically based atmosphere with volumetric clouds, god rays, cloud shadows, a day clock and weather presets, for 3D skies and 2D backgrounds on WebGPU." url: https://phaser.io/packs/skymax/api site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- # Skymax: API `@phaser-ae/skymax` — A physically based atmosphere and volumetric clouds for 3D skies and 2D backgrounds, with shared weather and lighting presets. ## The pack ### `skymax` ```ts function skymax(opts: SkymaxOptions = {}): Pack<{ skymax: SkymaxApi }> ``` A physically based sky and volumetric clouds, with a day clock, presets and a baked env map. ## Functions ### `applySkyPatch` ```ts function applySkyPatch(target: SkyParams, patch: SkyParamsPatch): void ``` Merges a patch into live params in place, group by group. Unknown keys are ignored. ### `bakeAmbientRadiance` ```ts function bakeAmbientRadiance(view: readonly number[], sun: readonly number[], turbidity: number, ms: number, rayleigh: number): [number, number, number] ``` Single-scatter sky radiance toward `view` for a sun at `sun`, isotropic phases, per unit solar irradiance. ### `bakeAmbientSky` ```ts function bakeAmbientSky(sun: readonly number[], sunIntensity: number, turbidity: number, ms: number, rayleigh: number, groundBounceAlbedo: Rgb): AmbientSky ``` Bakes the ambient terms for the cloud lighting: zenith and horizon fill, sun tint, and the ground bounce (Lambertian re-emission of direct sun plus cosine-weighted diffuse skylight, tinted by the cloud's own ground albedo). ### `bakeSunTransmittance` ```ts function bakeSunTransmittance(sun: readonly number[], turbidity: number, rayleigh: number): [number, number, number] ``` Per-channel atmospheric transmittance at ground level along the sun direction; zero once the sun is under the horizon. ### `bayerCells` ```ts function bayerCells(size: number): Array<{ x: number; y: number }> ``` The Bayer visiting order for a square lattice: index i is the cell refreshed on frame i. ### `cloneSkyParams` ```ts function cloneSkyParams(p: SkyParams): SkyParams ``` Deep-copies a preset so a live sky can be edited without touching the bundled table. ### `createSkyNoise` ```ts function createSkyNoise(device: GPUDevice, opts: SkyNoiseOptions = {}): SkyNoise ``` Create the cloud-noise textures on `device`. The base-shape volume and its mips are built by compute passes submitted before this returns, so the views are safe to bind straight away; the weather map and blue noise are generated on the CPU and uploaded. Throws a RangeError for a baseRes other than 16, 32 or 64, or a weatherRes that is not a positive integer. ### `generateBaseShapeMips` ```ts function generateBaseShapeMips(res: number, profile: BaseShapeProfile = BASE_SHAPE_PROFILE): Uint8Array[] ``` The full CPU mip chain of a base-shape volume, mip 0 first, each level built from the one above with {@link downsampleVolume} until the edge reaches 1 texel. ### `generateBlueNoise` ```ts function generateBlueNoise(size = 64, seed = 0): Uint8Array ``` Void-and-cluster blue noise: `size` squared bytes holding (rank + 0.5) / size squared quantised to 256 even levels, so every byte value appears equally often. The tile is toroidal and repeats seamlessly. Sample it with nearest filtering: interpolating between texels destroys the blue spectrum. `seed` = 0 reproduces the reference tile; other seeds give a different but equally well-spread tile. Serial by nature, about 30 ms at 64. ### `generateWeatherMap` ```ts function generateWeatherMap(size: number, params: Readonly = DEFAULT_WEATHER): Uint8Array ``` The weather map on the CPU: `size` squared coverage bytes, row-major (row 0 is v = 0), one byte per texel. Coverage = clamp((mainMass - 0.5) * amplitude + 0.5) + (detail * 2 - 1) * strength + (coverage - 0.5), clamped to [0, 1]. Tileable in both axes. Deterministic for the same size and parameters. ### `packLightCone` ```ts function packLightCone(dir: readonly number[], stepSize: number, coneSpread: number, taps: number, out: Float32Array, o: number): void ``` Packs the light-cone taps for one light: tap 0 stays at the shaded point, later taps grow geometrically along the light and spiral out across a widening cone on a golden-angle pattern. Writes `taps - 1` vec4s of (offset.xyz, stepLength) into `out` at `o`. ### `skyArc` ```ts function skyArc(time: number, latitude: number, azimuthDeg: number): SkyArc ``` The equinoctial diurnal circle for an observer at `latitude`: the sun rises due east at time 0.25, culminates due south at (90 - latitude) degrees, and the whole sky spins about the celestial pole. The moon rides the anti-solar point and the star panorama is spun by the same rotation. ### `sunFromAngles` ```ts function sunFromAngles(elevationDeg: number, azimuthDeg: number): [number, number, number] ``` Points a direction at the given angles in degrees: 0 elevation = horizon, azimuth 0 = +Z, 90 = +X. ## Constants ### `ATMOSPHERE` ```ts const ATMOSPHERE: { readonly EARTH_R: 6371; readonly ATMO_R: 6471; readonly HR: 8; readonly HM: 1.2; readonly BETA_R: readonly [0.005802, 0.013558, 0.0331]; readonly BETA_M: 0.021; readonly MIE_EXT: 1.1; } ``` Rayleigh and Mie medium constants shared by the CPU bake and the shaders. Lengths km, coefficients per km. ### `CLOUD_MARCH` ```ts const CLOUD_MARCH: { readonly baseStepSize: 25; readonly stepConeFactor: 1.5; readonly maxOpticalDepthPerStep: 0.5; readonly maxSteps: 256; readonly lightMarchTaps: 6; readonly lightStepSize: 25; readonly lightConeSpread: 0.05; } ``` The on-screen cloud march budget: not tier-scaled. ### `DEFAULT_WEATHER` ```ts const DEFAULT_WEATHER: Readonly ``` The weather-map defaults the cloud march was tuned against. ### `FLUFFY` ```ts const FLUFFY: SkyParams ``` High midday sun over soft, low-density cumulus with a broad, airy cloud field. ### `HAZY` ```ts const HAZY: SkyParams ``` Thick haze under a high sun, a muted washed-out horizon. ### `HIT` ```ts const HIT: { readonly MISS: 65000; readonly MISS_THRESHOLD: 64000; readonly MAX: 60000; readonly SAMPLE_MIN_ALPHA: 0.002; readonly ALPHA_FULL_DEPTH: 0.05; } ``` Hit-distance encoding shared by the march, the temporal resolve and the composite. Metres, finite in f16. ### `MOONLIT_NIGHT` ```ts const MOONLIT_NIGHT: SkyParams ``` Deep predawn sky with a bright moon, sparse high clouds, and a visible star field. ### `PARTLY_CLOUDY` ```ts const PARTLY_CLOUDY: SkyParams ``` Scattered fair-weather cumulus under a high midday sun. The default sky. ### `PIXAR` ```ts const PIXAR: SkyParams ``` Rounded storybook puffs against a clear blue sky: tall, dense, bright-white cumulus with soft edges. ### `PLANET_RADIUS` ```ts const PLANET_RADIUS: number ``` Planet radius in metres, the frame the cloud shell curves in. ### `SKY_PRESETS` ```ts const SKY_PRESETS: Readonly> ``` The bundled presets by name. ### `SKY_QUALITY` ```ts const SKY_QUALITY: Readonly> ``` The built-in quality tiers. ### `STORMY_EVENING` ```ts const STORMY_EVENING: SkyParams ``` Tall storm deck under a low warm sun, with thick horizon-banked coverage and dense grey haze. ### `STUNNING_SUNSET` ```ts const STUNNING_SUNSET: SkyParams ``` Low warm sun reddening over a tall, softly-eroded convective deck. ### `THUNDERSTORM` ```ts const THUNDERSTORM: SkyParams ``` Deep cumulonimbus under heavy haze and a high, dim overcast sun. ## Types ### `AmbientSky` ```ts interface AmbientSky ``` The four ambient terms the cloud shader reads, baked on the CPU whenever the sun or the medium moves. - `zenith: [number, number, number]` — Zenith diffuse-fill radiance, linear RGB, pre-multiplied by the sun intensity. - `horizon: [number, number, number]` — Toward-sun horizon diffuse-fill radiance, pre-multiplied by the sun intensity. - `groundBounce: [number, number, number]` — Ground-bounce upwelling fill on the cloud base, pre-multiplied by the sun intensity. - `sunTransmittance: [number, number, number]` — Per-channel sun tint at ground level, 0..1, NOT pre-multiplied. ### `CloudShadow3dBag` ```ts interface CloudShadow3dBag ``` What `skymax` publishes under `ctx.backend['cloudShadow3d']`: sun transmittance through the clouds over a box around the camera. - `view: GPUTextureView` — r16float, 1 = full sun, 0 = fully shadowed. - `sampler: GPUSampler` — Clamp, linear. - `centerX: number` — World x the map is centred on. - `centerZ: number` — World z the map is centred on. - `extent: number` — Half-width of the box in metres; u = (x - centerX) / extent * 0.5 + 0.5, v likewise on z. - `strength: number` — How much of the shadow to apply, 0..1. ### `Env3dBag` ```ts interface Env3dBag ``` What `skymax` publishes each frame under `ctx.backend['env3d']`: the sky baked to a mipped equirect, for anything reflective. - `view: GPUTextureView` — The equirect texture: u = atan2(z, x) / 2pi + 0.5, v = 0.5 - asin(y) / pi. Linearised display values. - `sampler: GPUSampler` — Repeat across, clamp down, trilinear. - `strength: number` — Reflection strength multiplier. - `mips: number` — How many mips the texture carries; roughness picks a level. ### `Rgb` ```ts type Rgb = readonly [number, number, number] ``` A linear-RGB colour as three numbers in 0..1 (or above, for radiance). ### `SkyArc` ```ts interface SkyArc ``` Where the sun and moon are and how bright the day is, for one instant of the clock. - `sun: [number, number, number]` — Unit vector toward the sun. - `moon: [number, number, number]` — Unit vector toward the moon (the sun's antipode). - `daylight: number` — 0 = full night, 1 = full day, eased across the twilight band at plus or minus 6 degrees. - `starRotation: Float32Array` — World-to-panorama rotation for the stars, row-major 3x3. ### `SkyAtmosphereParams` ```ts interface SkyAtmosphereParams ``` Atmospheric scattering and distance fog. Lengths in metres where a length is asked for. - `rayleigh: number` — Rayleigh scattering multiplier. 1 = physical Earth; higher deepens the blue and reddens a low sun. Default 1. - `turbidity: number` — Aerosol haze amount. 1 = very clear, 10 = heavy haze. Default 3.3. - `mieDirectionalG: number` — Mie forward-scattering asymmetry, 0..0.99. 0 = isotropic, 0.99 = strongly forward. Default 0.7. - `mieScatteringStrength: number` — Multiplier on the sun's forward aureole. 1 = consistent with turbidity. Default 1. - `multipleScattering: number` — Multi-scatter fill for the sky light reaching the clouds. 0 = single-scatter. Default 0.2. - `skyMultipleScattering: number` — Sky-dome multi-scatter strength. 0 = single-scatter dome, 1 = nominal. Default 0.5. - `exposure: number` — Scalar multiply on linear radiance before the tone map. Default 1. - `groundAlbedo: Rgb` — Ground albedo, linear RGB, tinting the sky's multiple-scatter bounce. Default (0.18, 0.17, 0.15). - `fogDensity: number` — Distance-fog fade rate. 1 puts the half-fogged point near 23 km; 0 disables the fog. Default 1.25. - `fogFarFadeStart: number` — Distance in metres where the far-fade band starts pulling geometry toward sky. Default 1,000,000. - `fogFarFadeEnd: number` — Distance in metres where geometry is fully sky. Default 1,100,000. ### `SkyBackgroundView` ```ts interface SkyBackgroundView ``` Independent sky camera for a 2D world; angles are degrees, altitude is metres. - `yaw: number` — Compass heading, 0 toward +Z. Default 180. - `pitch: number` — Elevation above the horizon. Default 15. - `fov: number` — Vertical field of view. Default 55. - `altitude: number` — Observer altitude. Default 60. ### `SkyCloudCirrusParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudCirrusParams ``` The high cirrus deck. - `scale: number` — World metres per cirrus-texture tile. Default 30,000. - `strength: number` — Opacity multiplier on the cirrus mask. 0 = off. Default 0. ### `SkyCloudFadeParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudFadeParams ``` Aerial perspective on the clouds and the far-field melt into sky. - `hazeDensityScale: number` — Aerial-perspective density multiplier. 1 = physical, higher = hazier, 0 = off. Default 1. - `horizonMeltStart: number` — Hit distance in metres where the horizon melt begins. Default 25,000. - `horizonMeltEnd: number` — Hit distance in metres where the horizon melt completes. Default 40,000. ### `SkyCloudHazeParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudHazeParams ``` The storm-haze deck, driven by the weather map on the cirrus plane. - `scale: number` — World metres per weather-map tile sampled for the haze deck. Default 40,000. - `density: number` — Opacity multiplier on the weather coverage. 0 = off. Default 0. ### `SkyCloudLightingParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudLightingParams ``` Cloud lighting: scattering albedo, powder, ambient fill, base shadow and the moon key. - `scatteringAlbedo: number` — Single-scattering albedo 0..1: 0 = black, 1 = lossless. Default 0.9. - `powderStrength: number` — Strength of the powder dark-edge term on direct sun light. Default 1. - `ambientIntensity: number` — Multiplier on the ground-tinted ambient fill. Default 0.6. - `groundBounceAlbedo: Rgb` — Albedo of the ground under the clouds, linear RGB. Default (0.18, 0.17, 0.15). - `baseShadowStrength: number` — Cloud-base darkening 0..1: 0 = lit bases, 1 = full shading. Default 0. - `baseShadowHeight: number` — Shell height fraction over which the base shadow eases off. Default 0.6. - `moonGain: number` — Gain on the moon-key lighting term. Default 1. ### `SkyCloudParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudParams ``` Every cloud group together. - `shape: SkyCloudShapeParams` — Shell geometry. - `lighting: SkyCloudLightingParams` — Scattering and phase. - `wind: SkyCloudWindParams` — Drift and evolution. - `cirrus: SkyCloudCirrusParams` — High cirrus deck. - `haze: SkyCloudHazeParams` — Storm-haze deck. - `fade: SkyCloudFadeParams` — Aerial perspective and horizon melt. ### `SkyCloudShapeParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudShapeParams ``` Cloud shell geometry: altitude, thickness, coverage and the noise that shapes it. - `altitude: number` — Altitude of the cloud base in metres. Default 1400. - `thickness: number` — Vertical thickness of the shell in metres. Default 2800. - `density: number` — Extinction coefficient per metre; higher reads more opaque. Default 0.048. - `coverage: number` — Coverage 0..1: 0 = clear sky, 1 = the full weather map. Default 1. - `horizonCoverageStart: number` — Distance from the camera in metres where the horizon coverage lift begins. Default 10,000. - `horizonCoverageRamp: number` — Distance in metres over which the lift ramps in past the start. Default 20,000. - `horizonCoverageAmount: number` — Extra coverage added at full ramp; may exceed 1 to fill gaps. 0 = off. Default 0. - `edgeSoftness: number` — Soft-edge half-width at the cloud base, as a shell height fraction. Default 0.05. - `edgeSoftnessFalloff: number` — Per-kilometre division of edgeSoftness above the base. 1 = constant. Default 1. - `weatherScale: number` — World metres per weather-map tile. Default 40,000. - `baseScale: number` — World metres per base-shape-texture tile. Default 8000. - `erosionScaleBaseMultiplier: number` — Erosion tile as a fraction of baseScale, 0..1, lower = finer. Default 0.5. - `baseStrength: number` — Multiplier across all base-shape channels. 1 = unchanged. Default 1. - `erosionStrengthBase: number` — Erosion strength at shell height fraction 0, 0..5. Default 1. - `erosionStrengthPeak: number` — Erosion strength at shell height fraction 1, 0..5. Default 1. - `erosionShape: number` — Erosion shape. 0 = billowy, 1 = wispy. Default 0. - `baseWeatherStrength: number` — Weather-map floor-carve strength. 0 = off. Default 0. - `baseWeatherHeightStart: number` — Shell height fraction where the floor carve is strongest. Default 0.05. - `baseWeatherHeightEnd: number` — Shell height fraction above which the floor carve has fully relaxed. Default 0.1. ### `SkyCloudWindParams` ```ts interface SkyCloudWindParams ``` Cloud wind: drift and noise evolution. - `heading: number` — Drift heading in degrees the clouds move toward. 0 = +Z, 90 = +X. Default 0. - `speed: number` — Horizontal drift speed in metres per second. Default 0. - `evolutionSpeed: number` — Noise-evolution speed in metres per second, churning the shapes in place. Default 0. - `skew: number` — Downwind cloud-top lean: metres of horizontal shift from shell base to top. Default 0. ### `SkyGodRaysParams` ```ts interface SkyGodRaysParams ``` God rays: light shafts marched against the cloud shadow map. - `enabled: boolean` — Whether god rays render. Default true. - `strength: number` — Master brightness on shaft radiance. Default 2. - `sharpness: number` — Contrast on sun visibility. 1 = raw, higher = crisper shafts. Default 2. - `extinction: number` — Haze extinction in 1/metres. Higher = shorter, denser shafts. Default 0.0002. - `maxDistance: number` — Far bound of the march in metres. Default 12,500. - `moonGodRayScale: number` — Shaft brightness multiplier while the moon is the light source. Default 0.4. ### `SkymaxApi` ```ts interface SkymaxApi ``` `game.skymax`. - `setBackgroundView(view: Partial): void` — Update the independent 2D sky camera. Ignored by a 3D world camera. - `readonly params: SkyParams` — The live parameters. Edit fields in place; the sky follows next frame. - `apply(patch: SkyParamsPatch): void` — Merge a partial set of parameters. - `preset(name: SkyPresetName): void` — Replace everything with a bundled preset. - `readonly presets: ReadonlyArray` — The bundled preset names. - `time: number` — Time of day 0..1; 0 midnight, 0.5 noon. Setting it puts the sun on its arc. - `hour: number` — The same clock in hours 0..24. - `daySeconds: number` — Seconds one day takes; 0 holds it. - `sunDirection(): { x: number; y: number; z: number }` — Unit vector toward the sun. - `moonDirection(): { x: number; y: number; z: number }` — Unit vector toward the moon. - `readonly daylight: number` — 0 = full night, 1 = full day. - `readonly sunIntensity: number` — The current sun radiance, after the twilight fade. - `readonly ambient: AmbientSky` — The ambient terms the clouds are lit by, from the last bake. - `readonly exposure: number` — The adapted exposure multiplier in force, 1 when auto exposure is off. - `autoExposure: boolean` — Whether the exposure adapts to the sky. - `quality(tier: SkyQualityName): void` — Switch quality tier. - `readonly qualityLevel: SkyQualityName` — The active tier. - `clouds: boolean` — Whether the clouds render. - `godRays: boolean` — Whether god rays render. - `cloudShadow: boolean` — Whether the cloud shadow bakes. - `driveLighting: boolean` — Whether the sky drives render-3d's lighting. - `refresh(): void` — Ask for the env map and the cloud history to rebuild on the next frame (after a big jump). - `readonly stats: { readonly sourceWidth: number; readonly sourceHeight: number; readonly historyWidth: number; readonly historyHeight: number; readonly envWidth: number; readonly lutBakes: number; readonly envBakes: number }` — Cloud march and reconstruction sizes, for a profiler. ### `SkymaxOptions` ```ts interface SkymaxOptions ``` Manifest options for `skymax`. All optional. - `backgroundView?: Partial` — Sky-only camera used when the world is 2D. Does not move gameplay sprites. - `preset?: SkyPresetName` — Which bundled look to start from. Default 'partlyCloudy'. - `quality?: SkyQualityName` — Quality tier: cloud resolution, shadow map size, env map size, noise size. Default 'medium'. - `time?: number` — Time of day, 0 midnight, 0.5 noon; overrides the preset's clock and puts the sun on its arc. - `daySeconds?: number` — Real seconds one simulated day takes; 0 holds the clock. Overrides the preset. - `latitude?: number` — Observer latitude in degrees. Overrides the preset. - `driveLighting?: boolean` — Write the sun, ambient and fog into render-3d's lighting record. Default true. - `clouds?: boolean` — Render the volumetric clouds at all. Default true. - `godRays?: boolean` — God rays on or off; the preset decides when omitted. - `cloudShadow?: boolean` — Bake the cloud shadow map and hand it to render-3d. Default true. - `cloudShadowStrength?: number` — How dark the cloud shadow goes on the ground, 0..1. Default 0.85. - `cloudShadowExtent?: number` — Half-width of the cloud shadow box in metres. Default 4000. - `envMap?: number | boolean` — Bake and publish the env map. Default true. - `moonUrl?: string` — Lunar surface map URL. Default 'assets/skymax/moon.jpg'. - `starsUrl?: string` — Equirect star panorama URL. Default 'assets/skymax/starmap.jpg'; '' disables the stars. - `cirrusUrl?: string` — Cirrus mask URL. Default 'assets/skymax/cirrus.jpg'; '' disables the deck. - `lattice?: 2 | 4` — Temporal sampling lattice edge: 4 refreshes a sixteenth of the pixels a frame, 2 a quarter (for fast cameras). Default 4. - `sunScale?: number` — Scale from the sky's HDR sun to the lighting record's sun intensity. Default 0.18. - `ambientScale?: number` — Scale from the sky's ambient radiance to the lighting record's ambient. Default 1.2. - `toneMap?: boolean` — Apply the ACES tone map. Default true. - `hitDistanceMode?: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3` — Which depth a cloud pixel stores: 0 nearest, 1 farthest, 2 linear mean, 3 reciprocal mean. Default 1. - `autoExposure?: boolean` — Adapt the exposure to the sky's brightness, so a moonlit night is not black. Default true. - `wind?: Partial` — Cloud wind that OUTLIVES the presets: whatever preset is applied, these fields replace its own wind. Several presets hold their clouds still (`stunningSunset`, `moonlitNight` have a drift speed of 0 and only churn); pass `{ speed: 40 }` to have every sky drift on its own, clock or no clock. Metres per second, heading in degrees (0 = +z, 90 = +x). - `godRaySteps?: number` — Samples along each god-ray march; the quality tier decides when omitted (16–24). Up to 96 for crisp shadows off nearby geometry. ### `SkyMoonParams` ```ts interface SkyMoonParams ``` The moon's appearance. - `phase: number` — Moon phase. 0 = new, 0.5 = full, 1 = new again. Default 0.5. - `intensity: number` — Master brightness over disc, cloud key, and sky ambient. Default 1. - `discBrightness: number` — Disc-only brightness, stacking on intensity. Default 9. - `angularSize: number` — Moon angular radius as 1 - cos(theta). Default 0.0003. - `color: Rgb` — Tint for disc, sky ambient, and cloud key, linear RGB. Default (0.7, 0.78, 0.95). - `ambient: number` — Gain on the night-sky ambient lift, 0..1. Default 0.015. ### `SkyNoise` ```ts interface SkyNoise ``` The GPU-resident cloud-noise set. - `readonly baseShape: GPUTextureView` — Base-shape volume: texture_3d of rgba8unorm with the full mip chain, repeat-wrapped. r, g, b = 1 minus Worley fBm at low, mid, high frequency (cells 4/8/16, 8/16/32, 16/32/64); a = 1. Sample at world xyz / baseScale with an explicit mip level. - `readonly weather: GPUTextureView` — Weather map: texture_2d of rgba8unorm, repeat-wrapped, no mips. r = coverage (the cloud-top height in shell-height-fraction units), g = b = 0, a = 1. Sample at world xz / weatherScale at level 0. - `readonly blueNoise: GPUTextureView` — Blue-noise dither tile: texture_2d of r8unorm, 64 by 64, repeat-wrapped. Sample at screen pixel / 64 with nearestSampler. - `readonly sampler: GPUSampler` — Repeat on every axis, linear mag and min, linear between mips: for baseShape and weather. - `readonly nearestSampler: GPUSampler` — Repeat, nearest on every filter: for blueNoise, whose spectrum interpolation would destroy. - `readonly baseRes: number` — Edge of the base-shape volume in texels. Feed it to the cone-footprint mip selection. - `readonly weatherRes: number` — Edge of the weather map in texels. - `readonly weatherParams: Readonly` — The weather parameters currently baked into the map. - `setWeather(p: Partial): void` — Regenerate the weather map with the given overrides merged over the current parameters; deterministic for the same parameters and seed. Re-uploads into the same texture, so bind groups holding {@link weather} stay valid. No-op after {@link destroy}. - `destroy(): void` — Release the three textures. Safe to call more than once; later calls and setWeather are no-ops. ### `SkyNoiseOptions` ```ts interface SkyNoiseOptions ``` Options for {@link createSkyNoise}. - `baseRes?: 16 | 32 | 64` — Base-shape volume edge in texels: 16, 32 or 64. Default 32. - `weatherRes?: number` — Weather-map edge in texels (square), a positive integer. Default 512. - `seed?: number` — Deterministic seed offsetting the weather layer seeds and picking the blue-noise tile. Default 0. ### `SkyParams` ```ts interface SkyParams ``` A whole sky, as a preset stores it. Every field is present; applying one is a full replacement. - `atmosphere: SkyAtmosphereParams` — Scattering and fog. - `sun: SkySunParams` — The sun. - `time: SkyTimeParams` — The clock and moon. - `cloud: SkyCloudParams` — The clouds. - `weather: SkyWeatherParams` — Weather-map generation. - `godRays: SkyGodRaysParams` — God rays. - `nightSky: { intensity: number }` — Star panorama brightness. ### `SkyParamsPatch` ```ts type SkyParamsPatch = { … } ``` A recursive partial of {@link SkyParams}, what `game.skymax.apply` accepts. - `atmosphere?: Partial` - `sun?: Partial` - `time?: Partial> & { moon?: Partial }` - `cloud?: { [K in keyof SkyCloudParams]?: Partial }` - `weather?: Partial` - `godRays?: Partial` - `nightSky?: { intensity?: number }` ### `SkyPresetName` ```ts type SkyPresetName = 'partlyCloudy' | 'stunningSunset' | 'thunderstorm' | 'stormyEvening' | 'moonlitNight' | 'fluffy' | 'hazy' | 'pixar' ``` Names of the bundled presets. ### `SkyQuality` ```ts interface SkyQuality ``` A quality tier: what it costs and what it buys. - `cloudHistoryDiv: 1 | 2 | 4` — Cloud reconstruction divisor against the screen; the march also divides by the lattice edge. - `cloudFullLightingAlpha: number` — Accumulated cloud alpha where the light cone switches to the cheap base-shape density. - `cloudShadowResolution: number` — Cloud shadow map edge, texels. - `cloudShadowMipLevel: number` — Mip the shadow bake samples the field at. - `godRays: boolean` — Whether god rays render. - `godRaySteps: number` — God-ray march steps. - `envMap: boolean` — Whether the env map re-bakes as the sky changes. - `envMapClouds: boolean` — Whether the env map bake includes clouds. - `envMapWidth: number` — Equirect env map width; the height is half. - `envMapMarchSteps: number` — Cloud march steps in the env bake. - `envMapMipBase: number` — Noise mip floor in the env bake. - `weatherMapResolution: number` — Weather map edge, texels. - `baseShapeRes: 16 | 32 | 64` — Base-shape volume edge, texels. ### `SkyQualityName` ```ts type SkyQualityName = 'low' | 'medium' | 'high' | 'ultra' ``` Quality tier names. ### `SkySunParams` ```ts interface SkySunParams ``` The sun: where it is when the clock is not driving it, how bright, and its disc. - `elevation: number` — Altitude above the horizon, degrees. 0 = horizon, 90 = zenith. - `azimuth: number` — Compass angle, degrees. 0 = +Z, 90 = +X. - `intensity: number` — Peak daytime sun radiance, calibrated for exposure 1. Default 6.6. - `color: Rgb` — Sunlight tint at full daylight, linear RGB. Default (1, 0.95, 0.85). - `discSize: number` — Sun disc angular radius as 1 - cos(theta). Default 0.0003. ### `SkyTimeParams` ```ts interface SkyTimeParams ``` The day clock and where the observer stands. - `time: number` — Sun clock. 0 = midnight, 0.5 = noon. Wrapped to 0..1. Default 0.5. - `autoAdvanceSecondsPerDay: number` — Real seconds per simulated day. 0 = paused. Default 600. - `latitude: number` — Observer latitude in degrees, -90..90. Default 45. - `azimuth: number` — Compass rotation of the celestial sphere about +Y, degrees. Default 0. - `moon: SkyMoonParams` — Moon appearance. ### `SkyWeatherBand` ```ts interface SkyWeatherBand ``` One octave band of the weather-map noise. - `frequency: number` — Base frequency across the tile. - `octaves: number` — Octave count. - `seed: number` — Seed for this band. ### `SkyWeatherParams` ```ts interface SkyWeatherParams ``` The weather map that decides where cloud columns stand. - `mainMass: SkyWeatherBand & { amplitude: number }` — The main cloud mass. - `detail: SkyWeatherBand & { strength: number }` — Detail carved into the mass. - `coverage: number` — Coverage threshold, 0..1. ### `WeatherParams` ```ts interface WeatherParams ``` Weather-map generation parameters. The map is coverage only: the red channel is the cloud-top height the march compares against the shell height fraction. The two fBm layers are tileable Perlin at distinct seeds; each seed picks a decorrelated z slice of the 3D noise (slice = seed * 13.37 + 0.5). - `coverage: number` — Bake-time coverage baseline, added as (coverage - 0.5); 0.5 is a passthrough. Default 0.55. - `mainMassFrequency: number` — Main-mass Perlin frequency, lattice cells across the map (rounded to an integer). Default 5. - `mainMassOctaves: number` — Main-mass octave count; each doubles frequency and halves weight. Default 6. - `mainMassAmplitude: number` — Main-mass contrast about 0.5: 1 = raw fBm, 0 = flat, above 1 = punchier masses and gaps. Default 3. - `mainMassSeed: number` — Main-mass seed, picks the noise slice. Default 0. - `detailFrequency: number` — Detail Perlin frequency, lattice cells across the map (rounded to an integer). Default 7. - `detailOctaves: number` — Detail octave count. 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