[ROSOBORONEXPORTCORP]

I was thinking along the lines of including all phases of the moon.

So was Oleg it seems! Theres a full 27 day cycle of tga's in the maps.sfs, but all we ever see is waning gibbous. If I can actually discover which one is applied in game maybe something can be done.

Odd because map load.ini files do give different moon0000.tga - moon0018.tga etc.

Oleg actually claims that there is a "date" section in the mission editor/mission file.
This may also control the strength of ice (but I haven't tested this second piece of information).