Skylight in Blender 4.2?

Support Lighting and Rendering
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Hi

How can I create a skylight in Blender 4.2 in EEVEE GI ?

In Blender 4 we had Dynamic Sky, does it still exist?

Thanks

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Dynamic sky is an addon, in 4.2 preferences, system - allow internet access then in the “Get extensions” tab - search for “Dynamic Sky” and install it.

You can turn off allow internet access once installed.
Most Addons in 4.2 are now in the online extension platform.

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Do you know any way to configure the intensity and color of skylight?
it could be by blender 4.2 features or by addon

Thanks

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With the addon? No idea, I do not use it.

With Blenders world settings and sky texture, one way is like this;

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edit
sorry this is cycles, in Eevee for the sun you would have to use a sun lamp and line it up with the sky.

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I don’t think Eevee support Nishita sky yet. Other modes should work.

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Yes my bad, Eevee next does support the sky but not the sun disk or its intensity and size.
I am a cycles fan and often forget.

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Oh, I didn’t realize it was in. Even in Cycles (I don’t really use Eevee), I prefer a manual sun lamp - but matched to produce the builtin color temperature for any given elevation - in order to have separate controls in comp using light groups.

But yeah, use Nishita for sky. I can’t imagine a reason for using any of the others if Nishita is available, even without a sun disk.

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