How to Pause Game Time on a Hytale Server

You can pause the game time so the time of day no longer changes. This is useful for building servers, events, or screenshots with perfect lighting.

Note

Stop your server before making changes to configuration files, otherwise they will be overwritten by the server.

How to Pause Game Time via Configuration

Stop the Server
Stop your server via the management panel.
Open the World Configuration
Connect to your server via SFTP and navigate to:
```
/universe/worlds/<worldname>/config.json
```
```
/universe/worlds/<worldname>/config.json
```
Replace <worldname> with the name of your world (e.g., default).
Pause Game Time
Find the IsGameTimePaused setting and change the value:
json
```
"IsGameTimePaused": true
```
```
"IsGameTimePaused": true
```
- true - Game time is paused
- false - Game time runs normally (default)
Set Time (optional)
You can also set the current time before pausing:
json
```
"GameTime": 12.0
```
```
"GameTime": 12.0
```
(12.0 = noon)
Start the Server
Start your server for the changes to take effect.

json

"IsGameTimePaused": true,
"GameTime": 12.0

"IsGameTimePaused": true,
"GameTime": 12.0

json

"IsGameTimePaused": true,
"GameTime": 0.0

"IsGameTimePaused": true,
"GameTime": 0.0

Even with paused time, you can change the time via command:

time noon

time noon

Note

Console commands are entered without /. In-game with admin rights, you need the / (e.g., /time noon).

For more time commands, see Change Time.