skip time problem

[anusmangler 1]

ok so how does one use skip time without the weather changing. I have a addaction hooked up with a skip time thing and it works great. however if i "skip" a few days in it gets REALLY foggy or rains and thunders all the time and it never goes back to being sunny? how do i stop this?

[kylania 567]

Of course the Heavens unleash their fury when man dabbles in the dark arts of advancing time unaturally! What did you expect from your hubris?!

[anusmangler 1]

although I would agree with you, this is cridical to the mission. you are "sleeping" so you can decide what time to strike the base. you can either do a early morning thing. I night thing, mid day all out assault, or late evening. its up to the player......so any way of fixing this problem?

[kylania 567]

Does the same thing happen if you just change the hour and not the day? I've never really played time skipping missions so haven't seen this happen.

[Zenophon 110]

You could save the current weather state before skipping time, and then restore it using commands like:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/overcast

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setOvercast

Also applies to fog, waves, rain, wind, and gusts.

[anusmangler 1]

example please...on my tent I have " this addAction ["Rest for 1 hours","skiptime 1"]; this addAction ["Rest for 3 hours","skiptime 3"]; this addAction ["Rest for 5 hours","skiptime 5"]; "

[dr_strangepete 5]

//setOvercast uses seconds for time, so make sure you: seconds = hours * 60 * 60
this addAction ["skip 24 hours","86400 setOvercast overcast;skipTime 24;_nil = [] spawn {0 setFog 0;}"];

or for a quicker code change, with less chance of screwups:

//only change _hours = 24;
this addAction ["skip 24 hours","_hours = 24;(_hours * 3600) setOvercast overcast;skipTime _hours;_nil = [] spawn {0 setFog 0;}"];

I had to throw in the _nil = [] spawn {0 setFog 0} because setOvercast wouldn't effect Fog on my computer (would properly set the overcast, but fog would seem random) and the wiki states that you cannot run both setOvercast & setFog at the same time or the latter will halt the formers change...

p.s, if you weren't already aware, spawn launches the code in the {} in a separate game thread, so it will run independent of the other code in your addAction

[anusmangler 1]

awesome man thank you....now i hate to sound like a ass, but how about dynamic weather? I really didnt mind the fog and the rain but it just seemed to stay like that forever now if it could change back.....anyone have a addon/script/ idea?

[meatball 25]

I've been trying to figure out that exact same thing myself without any luck so far. :)

[dale0404 5]

Quick question about this, how would you remove the addAction command once you have chose 1?

I now have this in the truck I am travelling in at the start of my mission. I have the option of advancing time by 3, 6, 12 and 18 hours. Once a player has chosen 1 of those how do I stop the player choosing another 1?

[kylania 567]

Just remove it with the script.

_this select 0 is the object that had the action and _this select 2 is the action ID.

So within your script just put:

_obj = _this select 0;
_act = _this select 2;

_obj removeAction _act;

For multiplayer it gets more complicated since you'd need to run that on all clients.

[dale0404 5]

Hi mate,

I am not using a script at all. I have put this into the init of the truck:

this addAction ["Rest for 3 hours","skipTime 3"]; this addAction ["Rest for 6 hours","skipTime 6"]; this addAction ["Rest for 12 hours","skipTime 12"]; this addAction ["Rest for 18 hours","skipTime 18"];

Once a player has chosen 1 of those options how do I stop the player choosing another 1?

[kylania 567]

clearTimes = {
{_this removeAction _x} forEach [time3, time6, time12, time18]
}; 
time3 = this addAction ["Rest for 3 hours",{skipTime 3; (_this select 0) call clearTimes}]; 
time6 = this addAction ["Rest for 6 hours",{skipTime 6; (_this select 0) call clearTimes}]; 
time12 = this addAction ["Rest for 12 hours",{skipTime 12; (_this select 0) call clearTimes}]; 
time18 = this addAction ["Rest for 18 hours",{skipTime 18; (_this select 0) call clearTimes}]; 

To make it more MP friendly, place a trigger down:

Condition:

!isNil "timeSkipValue"

onAct:

skipTime timeSkipValue;
{truck removeAction _x} forEach [time1, time2, time3, time4];

Truck (named truck) init:

time1 = this addAction ["Rest for 3 hours",{timeSkipValue = 3; publicVariable "timeSkipValue";}]; 
time2 = this addAction ["Rest for 6 hours",{timeSkipValue = 6; publicVariable "timeSkipValue";}]; 
time3 = this addAction ["Rest for 12 hours",{timeSkipValue = 12; publicVariable "timeSkipValue";}]; 
time4 = this addAction ["Rest for 18 hours",{timeSkipValue = 18; publicVariable "timeSkipValue";}]; 

Edited September 17, 2013 by kylania

[dale0404 5]

Cheers buddy.