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1. Sphere that is used for rotation disappears when manually set to Sun direction.
2. Sun direction looks different in nodes editor than in tab panels (no sphere).
3. There is extra Int value that does nothing.
4. Sometimes float values make sun go crazy fast. eg 0.01 is 0.1 in standalone. The values are no limited to -1...1 range.

The float and int values correspond to the value nodes in SA. You can use float value as sun direction in this case but there are other choices.
If you don't want to use the "Sun Direction" node, you can just remove it directly and use the "sphere" to operate the direction - the float value node is unnecessary in this case.

Cheers,
DrawFun

Thanks, I got this already.

There is issue with Float Value node. If I plug it to Sun direction input and start to mouse drag over values the sun goes to far compared to values on the node. If I put them manually and then drag they work fine. See attached video, please.

Hello J.C,

Thanks for the video. The float value node is based on Blender's node framework so we cannot change too much in it(e.g. limitation, scope, and accuracy).
As far as I know, the float input in Blender is varying at the step of 0.1. If you want a slower change, try to press SHIFT when dragging, the step will be 0.01. And if you want to change the value faster, press CTRL and the step will be 1.0.
I hope it would help to some extent.

Cheers,
DrawFun

Hello DrawFun,

in 21.7 release the float value node is not working when used for sun position.

DrawFun wrote:Hello J.C,

Thanks for the video. The float value node is based on Blender's node framework so we cannot change too much in it(e.g. limitation, scope, and accuracy).
As far as I know, the float input in Blender is varying at the step of 0.1. If you want a slower change, try to press SHIFT when dragging, the step will be 0.01. And if you want to change the value faster, press CTRL and the step will be 1.0.
I hope it would help to some extent.

Cheers,
DrawFun

J.C wrote:Hello DrawFun,

in 21.7 release the float value node is not working when used for sun position.

DrawFun wrote:Hello J.C,

Thanks for the video. The float value node is based on Blender's node framework so we cannot change too much in it(e.g. limitation, scope, and accuracy).
As far as I know, the float input in Blender is varying at the step of 0.1. If you want a slower change, try to press SHIFT when dragging, the step will be 0.01. And if you want to change the value faster, press CTRL and the step will be 1.0.
I hope it would help to some extent.

Cheers,
DrawFun

It works in the current internal build.