SkyWizard

SkyWizard

A lightweight in-game control panel for Subnautica 2 that lets you instantly change the time of day, switch the weather, and freeze time — all without using console commands, meaning your save never gets flagged as cheated.

Press Num 5 in-game to open a compact popup under your cursor.

Cycle presets with a single click, freeze the sky mid-arc, or drag the panel anywhere on screen. Your chosen position is automatically remembered between sessions.

Designed to feel like a natural developer/debug tool built directly into the game.

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Important

Always set your weather and time of day first, then enable Freeze Time afterwards.

Freeze Time locks the sky exactly where it currently is — including sun position, lighting, clouds, fog, and active weather.

If enabled too early, the world will appear static until unfrozen.

Recommended workflow:

• Select your weather preset[/*]

• Select your time-of-day preset[/*]

• Enable Freeze Time if you want the sky locked in place[/*]

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Features

Time of Day Control

Cycle through 7 handcrafted presets:

• Midnight[/*]

• Dawn[/*]

• Morning[/*]

• Noon[/*]

• Afternoon[/*]

• Dusk[/*]

• Night[/*]

Instantly jumps the world lighting and sun position to the selected time.

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Weather Control

Swap between 8 weather presets:

• Clear[/*]

• Cloudy[/*]

• Cloudy B[/*]

• Misty[/*]

• Sparse Clouds[/*]

• Distant Storm[/*]

• Storm[/*]

• Storm B[/*]

Perfect for screenshots, ambience, exploration, or cinematic videos.

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Freeze Time

Freeze the entire sky state exactly where it currently is.

• Stop the sun mid-sky[/*]

• Create permanent sunsets/sunrises[/*]

• Lock storm lighting in place[/*]

• Freeze weather movement[/*]

• Change time presets while frozen[/*]

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Draggable Popup

The panel can be freely moved anywhere on screen.

• Click the title bar once to grab it[/*]

• Click again to drop it[/*]

• Position is saved automatically between sessions[/*]

Popup location is stored in:

ue4ss Mods SkyWizard popup_pos.luaDelete this file at any time to reset the popup back to centered.

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Save-Safe Design

SkyWizard never uses console commands.

Instead, it writes directly to Subnautica 2’s own internal time/weather systems through UE4SS reflection, meaning:

• No cheat flag[/*]

• No console usage[/*]

• No modified save state[/*]

• Safe for normal gameplay saves[/*]

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Automatic Safety Recovery

If you save while time is frozen, SkyWizard automatically unfreezes time when that world loads again.

This prevents permanently broken “frozen sky” saves.

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Requirements

• UE4SS installed and functioning for Subnautica 2[/*]

If your other UE4SS Lua mods work, SkyWizard will too.

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Installation

• Download and extract the archive[/*]

• Place the

SkyWizardfolder into:[/*]

<SteamLibrary> steamapps common Subnautica2 Subnautica2 Binaries Win64 ue4ss Mods

• Open:[/*]

ue4ss Mods mods.txt

• Add the following line:[/*]

SkyWizard : 1

• Launch the game[/*]

You should see:

[SkyWizard] loaded | Num 5 toggles popup ...inside

UE4SS.log.

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Usage

Press Num 5 to open or close the popup.

While open:

• Mouse control is captured by the UI[/*]

• Camera mouselook is temporarily disabled[/*]

• Closing the panel instantly returns normal gameplay control[/*]

The panel opens centered the first time it is used.

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Changing the Hotkey

Open:

Scripts main.luaNear the bottom you’ll find:

RegisterKeyBind(Key.NUM_FIVE, function()

    ExecuteInGameThread(function() panel:toggle() end)

end)Replace

Key.NUM_FIVEwith any valid UE4SS key name:

Key.F8

Key.NUM_ZERO

Key.Oetc.

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Compatibility

Singleplayer

Fully tested and working.

Multiplayer / Dedicated Servers

Untested.

Reflection writes occur locally on the client, so behavior on remote servers is currently unknown.

Other UE4SS Mods

No known conflicts.

SkyWizard only uses:

• One hotkey registration[/*]

• One global hook on:[/*]

CommonButtonBase:HandleButtonClickedThis is a standard UE Common UI engine function used solely for SkyWizard’s own popup buttons.

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Uninstall

Simply:

• Delete the

SkyWizardfolder[/*]

• Remove:[/*]

SkyWizard : 1from

mods.txtNo game files are modified.

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Credits

Author: Casper

Built using:

• UE4SS Lua scripting[/*]

• Subnautica 2 reflection access[/*]

Created to provide a fast, clean, immersive alternative to console commands.