Michiko's Timed Timescaler

Timed Timescaler

Requires OBSE!

This is a fairly simple mod that changes your TimeScale (the speed at which time passes in the game) dynamically according to the time of day.

The settings can be customized via the included .ini file (located in the data\ini folder). It is highly recommended that you customize these settings in fact, as the default settings are based on my own preferences.

Why use this mod? In my case it's because I like roaming around the world during the day time, but night is nothing but an inconvenience to me, since I'd need torches or light spells, night eye or whatever. So by my default settings, daytime lasts very long (1 real world minute = 3 in-game minutes), while nighttime is as fast as vanilla (1 real world minute = 30 in-game minutes).

I can imagine this mod can be useful with an adjusted .ini file for vampires or thieves who need more time to play at night, or simply want the day time to be over quickly.

There are other mods that do similar things, but most of them do not allow customization, or are actually simple adjustments to the TimeScale directly, which you could've done via the console anyway without wasting a mod slot. My mod is my own take on it.

Install via mod manager (Wrye Bash or OBMM is preferred). If you prefer to install it manually for some reason, extract the contents of the archive into your Oblivion data folder.

Activate and play!

To uninstall, just deactivate and delete the .esp file (and the .ini if you want; the game won't read it anyway without the .esp). If in case your timescale hasn't reverted to normal after removing this mod, open the console and type:

set timescale to 30

to revert back to vanilla timescale speed.

The mod has two modes: a day & night mode (default) and an hourly timescaler mode.

Day & Night mode:

There are 2 main time frames that the mod looks for, and 2 short transition periods in between:

Daytime - from 6 AM to 8 PM

Twilight - from 8 PM to 9 PM

Nighttime - from 9 PM to 5:30 AM the next day

Daybreak - from 5:30 AM to 6 AM

These are, of course, only the default values, and you're allowed to change them. The .ini file is very detailed on explaining how to change them, though I recommend using sensible numbers (for example, don't try to tell the game that 11 AM is nighttime then 11:05 AM is daytime).

For reference, vampires are supposed to be safe outside from 8 PM to 6 AM.

The transition periods (Twilight and Day