History Main / EternalEquinox

* Averted in ''{{DontStarve}}''. Day/night times changes according to the season. In summer days are longer than nights and nights are longer than days in winter.

* Averted in ''{{Don'tStarve}}''. Day/night times changes according to the season. In summer days are longer than nights and nights are longer than days in winter.

* Averted in ''{{Don't Starve}}''. Day/night times changes according to the season. In summer days are longer than nights and nights are longer than days in winter.

* In every one of the ''HarvestMoon'' games, sunrise is 6 AM and sunset is 6 PM, regardless of season.
** Not so in [=IoH=]/[=SI=]. In those, the times of sunset vary depending on the season. Sunrise is less clear-cut.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', given that it uses a day/night cycle, but takes place over only a few days, so there wouldn't be as much noticeable variation in times for sunset and sunrise.
** Played straight, however, in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', which also have day and night. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' has both day and night, but you never see the transition from one to the other, so we don't know if this is happening or not. The rest of the series takes place exclusively in daylight.

So, you're playing your favourite game. A rather addictive game. But you notice something weird. Even though you've been playing this game for months now (and you know that a similar amount of time has passed in-game), the day night cycles always trigger at the exact same time or, in other words, the length of night and day doesn't change. It's convenient certainly but this obviously doesn't happen in real life - there's a certain thing called seasons.

Can be best explained by the LawOfConservationOfDetail. It doesn't have anything to do with the game so [[BellisariosMaxim you shouldn't think too much about it.]]

* CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest: "The morning sun has vanquished the horrible night." Even stranger, there is no twilight period. It goes straight from day to night or vice versa.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has day and night changing at the same time (corresponding with the real time based on the server's time zone), regardless of longitude or latitude. That is to say, the days are equally long in every part of the world regardless of the time of the year, and the sun rises all over the world simultaneously.

* ''TheSims'' games, despite being taking place over a fairly long time in in-game days, uses a fixed day/night cycle throughout.

** Not so in [=IoH=]/[=SI=]. In those, the times of sunset vary depending on the season. Sunrise is less clear-cut.

* Almost-but-not-subverted in ''HeartsOfIron II''. Day and night does vary with latitude, so days are shorter in the Northern Hemisphere. But they're always shorter in the North - apparently it's always winter there.

* The ''[[GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' games run on this trope - Every Real Life second is 1 in-game minute, night/day are always the same length.

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* In ''{{Avernum}}[=/=]{{Exile}}'', it's justified. I mean, for the most part you're underground. When you aren't, in the third game, days and nights do happen.

* ''TheTrumanShow'' was implied to have a constant, instant day/night cycle.

** Played straight, however, in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', which also have day and night. ''SkywardSword'' has both day and night, but you never see the transition from one to the other, so we don't know if this is happening or not. The rest of the series takes place exclusively in daylight.

* Averted in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask The Legend Of Zelda : Majoras Mask]]'', given that it uses a day/night cycle, but takes place over only a few days, so there wouldn't be as much noticeable variation in times for sunset and sunrise.
** Played straight, however, in ''OcarinaOfTime'', ''TheWindWaker'' and ''TwilightPrincess'', which also have day and night. ''SkywardSword'' has both day and night, but you never see the transition from one to the other, so we don't know if this is happening or not. The rest of the series takes place exclusively in daylight.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' G/S/C introduced a built-in clock that had mornings start at 4am and night start at 6pm.
** This is changed in Black/White. The different times of day start and end at times dependent on the season. For example, daytime lasts from 9 am to 7 pm in the summer, but in the winter it lasts from 11 am to 4 pm.

** Played straight, however, in ''OcarinaOfTime'', ''TheWindWaker'' and ''TwilightPrincess'', which also have day and night. The rest of the series takes place exclusively in daylight.

So, you're playing your favourite game. [[JustOneMoreLevel A rather addictive game.]] But you notice something weird. Even though you've been playing this game for months now (and you know that a similar amount of time has passed in-game), the day night cycles always trigger at the exact same time or, in other words, the length of night and day doesn't change. It's convenient certainly but this obviously doesn't happen in real life - there's a certain thing called seasons.

* ''{{Castlevania}}'' II: Simon's Quest. Even stranger, there is no twilight period. It goes straight from day to night or vice versa.

* ''[[Castlevania]]'' II: Simon's Quest. Even stranger, there is no twilight period. It goes straight from day to night or vice versa.

* ''Castlevania'' II: Simon's Quest. Even stranger, there is no twilight period. It goes straight from day to night or vice versa.

[[AC:MMORPGs]]

* In the In-development versions of ''{{Minecraft}}''

** However, at 10am, morning ends and ''daytime'' begins as its own separate time slot, making morning last from 4am to 10am, which causes some problems for late-rising trainers.

** Played straight, however, in ''OcarinaOfTime'' and ''TwilightPrincess'', which also have day and night. The rest of the series takes place exclusively in daylight.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has day and night changing at the same time (not quite sure what time it is, around 8 o'clock if I recall correctly), regardless of longitude or latitude (that is to say, the days are equally long in every part of the world regardless of the time of the year, and the sun rises all over the world simultaneously).
** If this troper recalls correctly, its based on the local time of the server.

* TruthInTelevision for places on the equator, were days are always the same length and seasons don't really exist.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' G/S/C introduced a built-in clock that had mornings start at 4am and night start at 6pm.
** However, at 10am, morning ends and ''daytime'' begins as its own separate time slot, making morning last from 4am to 10am, which causes some problems for late-rising trainers.
* ''AnimalCrossing'' has sunset and sunrise always occuring at a set time, regardless of latitude or time of year.
* The ''[[GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' games run on this trope - Every Real Life second is 1 in-game minute, night/day are always the same length.

* The ''BattleForWesnoth'' does this. On the associated fora, it was first justified as the result of the granularity of the turns, but then pointed out that at it's apparent lattitude and granularity, there should still be noticeable change, but kept as an Acceptable Break From Reality.
* The ''JakAndDaxter'' series doesn't actually have clocks, but the sun rises and sets in pretty much the same interval no matter where you are.
* ''TheSims'' games, despite being taking place over a fairly long time in in-game days, uses a fixed day/night cycle throughout.
** This happens even in The Sims 2 Seasons. Even when in this expansion the seasons changes -and player can choose the seasons desired- with heat, rain and snow, the Earth position doesn't seem to affect the fixed day/night cycle duration.

* Almost-but-not-subverted in ''HeartsOfIron II''. Day and night does vary with latitude, so days are shorter in the Northern Hemisphere. But they're always shorter in the North - apparently it's always winter there.
* Non-game example: ''TheTrumanShow'' was implied to have a constant, instant day/night cycle.
* In every one of the ''HarvestMoon'' games, sunrise is 6 AM and sunset is 6 PM, regardless of season.
** Not so in [=IoH=]/[=SI=]. In those, the times of sunset vary depending on the season. Sunrise is less clear-cut.
* In ''{{Avernum}}[=/=]{{Exile}}'', it's justified. I mean, for the most part you're underground. When you aren't, in the third game, days and nights do happen.

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* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' has day and night changing at the same time (not quite sure what time it is, around 8 o'clock if I recall correctly), regardless of longitude or latitude (that is to say, the days are equally long in every part of the world regardless of the time of the year, and the sun rises all over the world simultaneously).