From 855b236ee89eed5362a47deb3049f276040fd276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Fieber <fallchildren@disroot.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:00:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] direction of the sun light != direction to the sun

---
 apps/openmw/mwlua/weatherbindings.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/weatherbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/weatherbindings.cpp
index 624382b293..0024cbdfa1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/weatherbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/weatherbindings.cpp
@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         api["getCurrentSunLightDirection"] = []() {
             osg::Vec4f sunPos = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getSunLightPosition();
+            // normalize to get the direction towards the sun
             sunPos.normalize();
 
-            return sunPos;
+            // and invert it to get the direction of the sun light
+            return -sunPos;
         };
         api["getCurrentSunVisibility"] = []() { return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getSunVisibility(); };
         api["getCurrentSunPercentage"] = []() { return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getSunPercentage(); };