Modifying Weather Themes

[OMGBBQ32 12]

This guy found out something and posted it on steam, which I found out today. It sounds like you can actually edit weather themes. However, edit at your own risk.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3120889

 

[meshman 109]

Had a quick look at the thread. Comes across as more difficult than it probably is, due to going into the DOS window and command line instructions. But if it all turns out OK, then it's a good thing!

[Azone 39]

lol.........not going there...

[scotchegg 4,186]

Would be interesting to see if it does work but I'm a tech coward when it comes to playing around with command lines.

 

The OP says we're free to repost anywhere as long as it's not Avsim. What's he got against this site?

[fryerlawrence 7]

lol.........not going there...

 

Meeeeee neither :Shame On You:

 

@ Scotchegg...

 

Dunno... jealousy?

[F50ACE 1]

@fryerlawrence They get kinda touchy about things like this, and they most likely would see it as "hacking". Remember the post about the level 44 server glitch?

[fryerlawrence 7]

@fryerlawrence They get kinda touchy about things like this, and they most likely would see it as "hacking". Remember the post about the level 44 server glitch?

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh..... lol

 

Yeah... I remember now. :Doh:

 

I agree wholeheartedly... hacking is very bad. 

[stonelance 136]

His guide is long and more complicated than it needs to be. The weather theme files in Flight were all left as xml files, so he is basically saying to unzip the pak file, modify a weather theme and then rezip it and replace the old one.

 

Personally I would avoid altering any existing weather themes because it can cause prediction problems in multiplayer when the weather between different players doesn't match. Eventually I should be able to get around to being able to add new weather themes instead of modifying existing ones.

[HiFlyer 9,358]

His guide is long and more complicated than it needs to be. The weather theme files in Flight were all left as xml files, so he is basically saying to unzip the pak file, modify a weather theme and then rezip it and replace the old one.

 

Personally I would avoid altering any existing weather themes because it can cause prediction problems in multiplayer when the weather between different players doesn't match. Eventually I should be able to get around to being able to add new weather themes instead of modifying existing ones.

That would be Amazing. I have always wondered about the weather. Its always felt like flight was especially unfinished in that regard. Where was the lightning? The wet runways.......? I always wondered what happened.

[LuisFelizTirado 33]

The devs had finished the wet runways in time for release, but kept that feature out because it looked too strange - slick, shiny wet runways, but the rest of the ground was dry. :lol:

 

Best regards.

Luis

[scotchegg 4,186]

Personally I would avoid altering any existing weather themes because it can cause prediction problems in multiplayer when the weather between different players doesn't match. Eventually I should be able to get around to being able to add new weather themes instead of modifying existing ones.

 

That would indeed be amazing. Would it also open the door to being able to add new cloud textures, lightning etc. to broaden the type of weather available?

[stonelance 136]

That would indeed be amazing. Would it also open the door to being able to add new cloud textures, lightning etc. to broaden the type of weather available?

 

Textures, probably.  Lightning, no.  That would require new code.

[majuh 14]

Since there's not a single weather theme simulating overcast, I decided to create a custom theme myself with the help of lgrochal's guide:

 

 

 

There's also undercast when you are on top of the world Alaska:

 

 

 

Here's the xml code, you should be able to replace any existing weather theme with it.

  <Weather.Theme>
    <ThemeQMIDLevel>6</ThemeQMIDLevel>
    <ThemeCellQMIDLevel>6</ThemeCellQMIDLevel>
    <Name _id="{E459A1F2-6404-4F66-8A20-1787DFD27A16}">Overcast</Name>
    <Description _id="{5FA33822-D348-4857-AD59-78C5D4F0C637}">Insert Description here</Description>
    <LightingTheme>{97D14601-DD7E-48C5-BA42-617E6A7E9B62}</LightingTheme>
    <Observation>
      <HazeLayer>
        <Visibility>35000.000000</Visibility>
      </HazeLayer>
      <HazeLayer>
        <Altitude>4000.000000</Altitude>
        <Visibility>40000.000000</Visibility>
      </HazeLayer>
      <HazeLayer>
        <Altitude>5000.000000</Altitude>
        <Visibility>100000.000000</Visibility>
      </HazeLayer>
      <CloudLayer>
        <CloudType>CUMULUS</CloudType>
        <Altitude>2000.000000</Altitude>
        <Depth>1000.000000</Depth>
        <CloudCoverage>FEW_1_8</CloudCoverage>
      </CloudLayer>
      <CloudLayer>
        <CloudType>FOG</CloudType>
        <Altitude>3000.000001</Altitude>
        <Depth>1000.000000</Depth>
        <Visibility>1000.000000</Visibility>
      </CloudLayer>
      <CloudLayer>
        <Altitude>15000.000000</Altitude>
        <Depth>100.000000</Depth>
        <CloudType>CIRRUS</CloudType>
        <CloudCoverage>FEW_1_8</CloudCoverage>
        <TurbulenceLevel>LIGHT</TurbulenceLevel>
      </CloudLayer>
      <WindLayer>
        <Speed>6</Speed>
        <Direction>240.000000</Direction>
        <TurbulenceLevel>LIGHT</TurbulenceLevel>
        <Variance>20</Variance>
      </WindLayer>
      <TemperatureLayer>
        <DewPoint>6.000000</DewPoint>
        <Temperature>15</Temperature>
      </TemperatureLayer>
    </Observation>
  </Weather.Theme>

[OMGBBQ32 12]

No offense, but the first picture does not look overcast to me. It just looks like the entire sky is just painted grey. The only reason behind this is because there are fair weather clouds in the picture.

[majuh 14]

No offense, but the first picture does not look overcast to me. It just looks like the entire sky is just painted grey. The only reason behind this is because there are fair weather clouds in the picture.

Yeah, I tried to replicate this sky:

 

 

Cumulus clouds aren't neccessarily fair weather clouds.