How to make night time darker? (day/time cycle)

See how awful this looks. Yes, this is actually supposed to be night time (look at the stars). When it’s day time it looks perfect, but what’s the problem with this? Why isn’t the sky dark? Here’s the blueprint:

I noticed that lighting is weird only when the sun is under the map and that’s night. I have the same problem in different projects too.

Thanks in advance.

did you set the sun location in the sky sphere and set the directional lights rotation? both need modifying for a good night look.

i know dean ashford did a day night cycle video recently maybe it will help you out

I’ll try that instead, thanks!

I did exactly what that guy did in the video, but I have the exact same issue. The blueprint is great and simple, much better than what I did. Also, I don’t know how to convert the value of “speed” into seconds. I did this on a new blank blueprint project.

what do you mean convert speed? in the video all he did was use the speed variable as a modifier basically he used it to control how fast everything happened. without the speed variable you would have 1 constant speed that everything happens and no way to affect the speed, but if you have a variable that you multiple by then you now have a way to change the rate at which things happen. think of it like a car that can only go 15mph no faster no slower, kinda sucks right, so you add in a gas pedal so you can vary the speed.