Snow?

[Gray Knight 10]

Just a quick one how can I get it to snow instead of rain in a mission?

Thanks.

[rübe 127]

here is a little script you can study. It's ment for november/december days and consists two particle-sources: one for the ground-fog (as in delaying the bear) and a second for _slight_ snowfall. It really doesn't snow that much, but since the ground isn't all with either, this IMHO works pretty good. Also there's a color filter you might wanna tweak or shut off completely. And finally the particle sources are positioned to the player in a neverending loop. (you might wanna tweak this part to gain control over the weather -> to start or shut if off at a certain point )

And don't forget to have a decent amount of native fog. No or only a light overcast works best, for you don't wanna see any rain :D

give it a try:

- copy the following into a file "weather_winter.sqf"

- call it in your init.sqf: [] EXECVM "weather_winter.sqf";

/*
 Author:
  rübe (inspired by I3_DelayingTheBear.Chernarus)

 Description:
  weather script: winter
  color filter, light snow particles and ground fog around the player (or given obj)

 Parameters:
  _this select 0: particle source center (object; optional, default = player)

*/
private ["_obj", "_pos", "_snow", "_fog"];

"colorCorrections" ppEffectAdjust [1, 1, 0, [0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.01], [0.87, 1.08, 1.196, 0.3], [0.399, 0.287, 0.014, 0.0]]; 
"colorCorrections" ppEffectCommit 0; 
"colorCorrections" ppEffectEnable TRUE;

setWind [2.342, 3.108, true];

_obj = player;
if ((count _this) > 0) then
{
  _obj = _this select 0;
};
_pos = position (vehicle _obj);

// snow
_snow = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _pos; 
_snow setParticleParams [
                                         // GLOBAL PARAMETERS 
  ["\Ca\Data\cl_water.p3d",              // ShapeName
   1,                                    // - Anim Divisor (1 for a 1x1, 8 for a 8x8, etc) 
   1,                                    // - Anim Starting Row
   1],                                   // - Number of Frames to Play (speed controlled by animation phase below)
  "",                                    // AnimationName (obsolete)
  "Billboard",                           // Type ("Billboard" or "SpaceObject")
  1,                                     // TimerPeriod: The period of calling the "OnTimer" event (in sec).
  7,                                     // LifeTime: Life time of the particle (in sec).

                                         // PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
  [0, 0, 20.0],                          // Position: Either 3D coordinate (x, y, z) or name of the selection (Object property!)
  [0, 0, -0.35],                         // MoveVelocity: 3D vector (x, y, z) which describes the velocity vector of the particle direction and speed in m/s.
  1.0,                                  // RotationVelocity: Float number which determines number of rotations in one second.
  0.000001,                                  // Weight: Weight of the particle (kg).
  0.0,                                  // Volume: Volume of the particle (m^3).
  0.4,                                  // Rubbing: Float number without dimension which determines the impact of the density of the environment on this particle. 0 - no impact (vacuum). --> wind/air fraction!

                                         // RENDER PARAMETERS (array -> development in time) 
  [0.17,0.05],                           // Size: Size of the particle in time to render (m).
  [[1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0],                    // Colour of the particle in time to render (RGBA).
   [0.94,0.94,0.96,1.0], 
   [1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0]], 
  [0, 1],                                // AnimationPhase: Phase of the animation in time. (play speed of the selected frames for the Number of Frames to Play; higher == faster)
  0,                                     // RandomDirectionPeriod: Period of change of the velocity vector (s).
  0.01,                                  // RandomdirectionIntensity: Each MoveVelocity component will be changed with random value from interval <0, RandomDirectionIntensity>.
  "",                                    // OnTimer: Name of the script to run every period determined by TimerPeriod property. (this == position)
  "",                                    // BeforeDestroy: Name of the script to run right before destroying the particle. (this == position)
  _obj                                   // object: Object to bind this particle to.
];
_snow setParticleRandom [
  2,                                     // lifeTime      
  [35, 35, 10],                          // position
  [0.0, 0.0, -0.1],                    // moveVelocity
  0.001,                                  // rotationVelocity
  0.05,                                  // size
  [0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.02],              // color
  0.002,                                  // randomDirectionPeriod
  360                                    // angle
];
_snow setParticleCircle [
  0,                                     // radius 
  [0.0, 0.0, -0.1]                     // velocity
];
_snow setDropInterval 0.01;


// ground fog
_fog = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal _pos; 
_fog setParticleParams [
  ["\Ca\Data\ParticleEffects\Universal\universal.p3d" , 16, 12, 13, 0], "", "Billboard", 1, 10, 
  [0, 0, -6], [0, 0, 0], 1, 1.275, 1, 0, 
  [7,6], [[1, 1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 1, 0.04], [1, 1, 1, 0]], [1000], 1, 0, "", "", _obj
];
_fog setParticleRandom [3, [55, 55, 0.2], [0, 0, -0.1], 2, 0.45, [0, 0, 0, 0.1], 0, 0];
_fog setParticleCircle [0.1, [0, 0, -0.12]];
_fog setDropInterval 0.01;


while {true} do 
{
  _pos = position (vehicle _obj);
  _snow setpos _pos;
  _fog setpos _pos;
  sleep 1;
};

[Gray Knight 10]

Ok I'll give it a go thanks :)

[adamdf 10]

there is snow pre sets in units - game logic

[TheConfuzzler 10]

there's a great addon called NIM's weather mod. just search it on google

[callihn 10]

there's a great addon called NIM's weather mod. just search it on google

But then everyone playing the mission is going to need that AddOn?

[Cyborg11 10]

But then everyone playing the mission is going to need that AddOn?

Yes everyone need the Addon ;)

[luckyhendrix 10]

you could extract the snow scipt of nim and use it , so no one needs the addons , but NIM doesn't seem to work in MP anymore.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

does "weather_winter.sqf" script work in MP? and does everyone need it to see the snow?

[rübe 127]

it should work in mp too, though it needs to run on every client (not on the server). For one because particle effects are always local (if I'm not mistaken) and for two: the particles here will spawn around an object as center which is the player. Thus every player needs his own "snow-sphere/bubble" around and following him.

[wiggum2 31]

I want to thank you ruebe for this script, its just perfect for some islands !

Is it correct that if i set "colorCorrections" ppEffectEnable TRUE; to FALSE the color correction of the script is disabled and i can set another ingame (like the modules) ?

[rübe 127]

you may simply delete the three lines including "colorCorrections" alltogether.