Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25565811-20170120101550/@comment-26119768-20170122001047

LOTRMod wrote: I think Tolkien would have intended the moon cycle to be the same as in our world. 'Moon' is the basis for the word 'month' after all.

To make it work with the 8 different phase textures, the cycle would need to be a multiple of 8, probably either 24 or 32 since they are closest to the real-world cycle. But I would base the cycle length more on 'gameplay' than 'realism'. I'm not sure if players like seeing the phase change every night, and it might be less exciting having to wait 24 or 32 ingame days to see a full moon come around again. Personally I think that having the cycle closer in length to a month would be nice, since it can be disconcerting to have a full/new moon so often.