Time and weather control - Fast Forward Mission and Research Time

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DesertLink Time & Weather Control

Take full control of Crimson Desert's clock and weather directly from a polished in-game menu.

Fast-forward time instead of waiting around.

Use Skip Time to instantly advance the in-game clock by any number of hours — perfect for speeding through waiting periods tied to missions, research, and other time-based activities.

No sleeping.

No standing around waiting for the clock.

No external application.

Just open the menu, choose how many hours you want to skip, and continue playing.

FEATURES

Time of Day Control

• View the current in-game day and time in real time

• Set the clock to any hour

• Fast-forward by a custom number of hours

• Freeze the game clock completely

• Quick time presets:

Morning — 07:00

Noon — 12:00

Evening — 18:00

Night — 00:00

Skip Time is especially useful when you want to advance:

• Mission waiting periods

• Research timers

• Time-based activities

• Day/night requirements

• Anything else that depends on the in-game clock

WEATHER CONTROL

Instantly change the current weather using built-in presets:

You can also manually control individual weather components:

Additional controls include:

• Clear Distant Fog — removes the distance fog layer

• No Wind — stops wind completely

• Reset Weather — restores the default Dynamic weather system

IN-GAME MENU

Everything is controlled directly inside Crimson Desert through the DesertLink menu.

Keyboard

INSERT — Open / Close Menu

Controller

LT + D-pad Up — Open / Close Menu

Both controls can be changed in:

DesertLinkTimeWeather.ini

CONFIGURABLE HOTKEYS

The included INI file lets you change the keyboard and controller shortcuts.

OpenKeyVk

Controls the keyboard key used to open or close the menu.

Common values:

45 = Insert

33 = Page Up

34 = Page Down

OpenKeyVk=45

OpenPadMask

Controls which controller button is used together with LT.

1 = D-pad Up

2 = D-pad Down

4 = D-pad Left

8 = D-pad Right

OpenPadMask=1

FreezeKeyVk

Optional dedicated keyboard shortcut for toggling Freeze Time.

0 = Disabled

GamepadNav

GamepadNav=1

Enables controller navigation inside the menu.

• D-pad — Navigate

• A — Select

INSTALLATION

Requirements

• Crimson Desert 2. 03. 00

• CrimsonDesert.exe 1. 0. 0. 2944

• ASI Loader

Install

1. Close Crimson Desert.

2. Copy both files:

DesertLinkTimeWeather.asi

DesertLinkTimeWeather.ini

...\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Crimson Desert\bin64

3. Launch the game.

4. Load your save.

5. Press INSERT or LT + D-pad Up to open the menu.

HOW TO FAST-FORWARD TIME

1. Open the DesertLink menu.

2. Find the Skip Time control.

3. Enter the number of hours you want to advance.

4. Press Skip Time.

The game clock immediately moves forward by the selected amount.

This makes it extremely useful when you want to move past long in-game waiting periods instead of letting the clock advance naturally.