Atmosphere

Inherits from: Instance → Object

Fog properties are hidden when Lighting contains an Atmosphere object.

The Atmosphere object pushes Roblox closer toward realistic environments where sunlight scatters in different ways depending on density and other air particle properties. It simulates real-world "aerial perspective" and lets you control light transmission from the background sky through distant objects. Furthermore, it controls haze and glare conditions, letting you tune a perfect sunset, foggy afternoon, and more.

Properties

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Atmosphere.Color	Color3	Changes the `Atmosphere` hue for subtle environmental moods.
Atmosphere.Decay	Color3	When used with increased `Atmosphere.Haze` and `Atmosphere.Glare`, defines the hue of the `Atmosphere` away from the sun, gradually falling off from `Atmosphere.Color` towards this value.
Atmosphere.Density	float	Defines the amount of particles in the `Atmosphere` and essentially controls how much in-game objects/terrain will be obscured by them.
Atmosphere.Glare	float	When used with increased `Atmosphere.Haze`, specifies the glow/glare of the `Atmosphere` around the sun. More glare results in an increased effect of sunlight cast onto the sky and world.
Atmosphere.Haze	float	Defines the haziness of the `Atmosphere` with a visible effect both above the horizon and into the distance.
Atmosphere.Offset	float	Controls how light transmits between the camera and the sky background.

Inherited from Instance

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Instance.Archivable	boolean	Determines if an `Instance` and its descendants can be cloned using `Instance:Clone()`, and can be saved/published.
Instance.archivable	boolean
Instance.Capabilities	SecurityCapabilities	The set of capabilities allowed to be used for scripts inside this container.
Instance.IsInSandbox	boolean	Indicates whether the instance is inside a sandboxed container.
Instance.Name	string	A non-unique identifier of the `Instance`.
Instance.Parent	Instance	Determines the hierarchical parent of the `Instance`.
Instance.PredictionMode	PredictionMode	Reflects the client-side prediction mode applied to the instance under server-authoritative physics.
Instance.RobloxLocked	boolean	A deprecated property that used to protect `CoreGui` objects.
Instance.Sandboxed	boolean	When enabled, the instance can only access abilities in its `Capabilities` list.
Instance.UniqueId	UniqueId	A unique identifier for the instance.

Inherited from Object

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Object.ClassName	string	A read-only string representing the class this `Object` belongs to.
Object.className	string

Atmosphere.Color

A Color3 value which changes the Atmosphere hue for subtle environmental moods. This is best combined with increased Atmosphere.Haze to expand the visible effect.

Field	Value
type	Color3
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	State
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Atmosphere.Decay

Defines the hue of the Atmosphere away from the sun, gradually falling off from Atmosphere.Color towards this value. Must be used with Atmosphere.Haze and Atmosphere.Glare levels higher than 0 to see any effect.

Field	Value
type	Color3
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	State
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Atmosphere.Density

Defines the amount of particles in the air. The higher the density, the more particles and the more in-game objects/terrain will be obscured by them. Note that density does not directly affect the skybox — it merely affects in-game objects/terrain and visibility of the skybox through them.

Field	Value
type	float
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	Appearance
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Atmosphere.Glare

Specifies the glow/glare of the Atmosphere around the sun. More glare results in an increased effect of sunlight cast onto the sky and world. Must be used with a Atmosphere.Haze level higher than 0 to see any effect.

Field	Value
type	float
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	State
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Atmosphere.Haze

Defines the haziness of the Atmosphere with a visible effect both above the horizon and into the distance. This can be combined with Atmosphere.Color to create environmental moods, like a grey tint for a polluted alien planet.

Field	Value
type	float
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	State
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Atmosphere.Offset

Controls how light transmits between the camera and the sky background. Increase this value to create a horizon silhouette against the sky or reduce it to blend distant objects into the sky for an endless and seamless open world.

Offset should be balanced against Atmosphere.Density and carefully tested in your place. A low offset may cause "ghosting" where the skybox can be seen through objects/terrain. This can be corrected by increasing the offset, which more clearly silhouettes distant objects/terrain against the sky, but too much offset may reveal level-of-detail "popping" for far distant terrain and meshes.

Field	Value
type	float
security	{"read":"None","write":"None"}
thread safety	ReadSafe
category	Appearance
serialization	{"can_load":true,"can_save":true}
capabilities	["Environment"]

Methods

Inherited from Instance

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Instance:AddTag	()	Applies a tag to the instance.
Instance:children	Instances	Returns an array of the object's children.
Instance:ClearAllChildren	()	This method destroys all of an instance's children.
Instance:Clone	Instance	Create a copy of an instance and all its descendants, ignoring instances that are not `Archivable`.
Instance:clone	Instance
Instance:Destroy	()	Sets the `Instance.Parent` property to `nil`, locks the `Instance.Parent` property, disconnects all connections, and calls `Destroy()` on all children.
Instance:destroy	()
Instance:FindFirstAncestor	Instance?	Returns the first ancestor of the `Instance` whose `Instance.Name` is equal to the given name.
Instance:FindFirstAncestorOfClass	Instance?	Returns the first ancestor of the `Instance` whose `Object.ClassName` is equal to the given className.
Instance:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA	Instance?	Returns the first ancestor of the `Instance` for whom `Object:IsA()` returns true for the given className.
Instance:FindFirstChild	Instance?	Returns the first child of the `Instance` found with the given name.
Instance:findFirstChild	Instance
Instance:FindFirstChildOfClass	Instance?	Returns the first child of the `Instance` whose `ClassName` is equal to the given class name.
Instance:FindFirstChildWhichIsA	Instance?	Returns the first child of the `Instance` for whom `Object:IsA()` returns true for the given className.
Instance:FindFirstDescendant	Instance?	Returns the first descendant found with the given `Instance.Name`.
Instance:GetActor	Actor?	Returns the `Actor` associated with the Instance, if any.
Instance:GetAttribute	Variant	Returns the value which has been assigned to the given attribute name.
Instance:GetAttributeChangedSignal	RBXScriptSignal	Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes.
Instance:GetAttributes	Dictionary	Returns a dictionary of the instance's attributes.
Instance:GetChildren	Instances	Returns an array containing all of the instance's children.
Instance:getChildren	Instances
Instance:GetDebugId	string	Returns a coded string of the debug ID used internally by Roblox.
Instance:GetDescendants	Instances	Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance.
Instance:GetFullName	string	Returns a string describing the instance's ancestry.
Instance:GetStyled	Variant	Returns the styled or explicitly modified value of the specified property, or else the default property value if it hasn't been styled/modified.
Instance:GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal	RBXScriptSignal	Returns an event that fires when the given style property changes on the instance.
Instance:GetTags	Array	Gets an array of all tags applied to the instance.
Instance:HasTag	boolean	Check whether the instance has a given tag.
Instance:IsAncestorOf	boolean	Returns true if an `Instance` is an ancestor of the given descendant.
Instance:IsDescendantOf	boolean	Returns `true` if an `Instance` is a descendant of the given ancestor.
Instance:isDescendantOf	boolean
Instance:IsPropertyModified	boolean	Returns `true` if the value stored in the specified property is not equal to the code-instantiated default.
Instance:QueryDescendants	Instances	Returns an array containing all descendants of the instance that match the `selector` string.
Instance:Remove	()	Sets the object's `Parent` to `nil`, and does the same for all its descendants.
Instance:remove	()
Instance:RemoveTag	()	Removes a tag from the instance.
Instance:ResetPropertyToDefault	()	Resets a property to its default value.
Instance:SetAttribute	()	Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value.
Instance:WaitForChild	Instance	Returns the child of the `Instance` with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does.

Inherited from Object

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Object:GetPropertyChangedSignal	RBXScriptSignal	Get an event that fires when a given property of the object changes.
Object:IsA	boolean	Returns true if an object's class matches or inherits from a given class.
Object:isA	boolean

Events

Inherited from Instance

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Instance.AncestryChanged		Fires when the `Instance.Parent` property of this object or one of its ancestors is changed.
Instance.AttributeChanged		Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the `Instance`.
Instance.ChildAdded		Fires after an object is parented to this `Instance`.
Instance.childAdded
Instance.ChildRemoved		Fires after a child is removed from this `Instance`.
Instance.DescendantAdded		Fires after a descendant is added to the `Instance`.
Instance.DescendantRemoving		Fires immediately before a descendant of the `Instance` is removed.
Instance.Destroying		Fires immediately before (or is deferred until after) the instance is destroyed via `Instance:Destroy()`.
Instance.StyledPropertiesChanged		Fires whenever any style property is changed on the instance, including when a property is set to `nil`.

Inherited from Object

Name	Type / Returns	Description
Object.Changed		Fires immediately after a property of the object changes, with some limitations.