Skins: |

NWN SCRIPTS

- Jump to comments -

Title

Season Global Weather System v3.50

Author

Submitted / Updated

12-13-2004 / 04-01-2011

Category

Area

Expansions

NWN-1.65

View Code

====================================
Seasonal Global Weather System v3.50
====================================

---------------
Version History
---------------

v3.50 - 
- Fixed problem with weather conditions surpassing the nWEMax factor.
- System will no longer lower a players CON below 2.
- Players ARE now allowed to die from the system. However, deaths occur from damage, NOT constitution reduction to 0. 
- Added Newbie Friendly toggle to allow system to NOT cause element damage to newbies. Newbies are specified in NEWB_LVL constant.
- Corrected minor spelling problems in some messages.
- Added some scripting debug lines to help scriptors see what is going on. Default: commented out.
- Added Storm System Damage constants. Damage from Storm Systems can now be adjusted via a constant at the top of the script. Allows for easier adjustment of this damage.
- Added nWindDelay constant. Allows the wind delay to be adjusted separate from other systems.
- Fixed error in Calendar calculation.

v3.00 - 
- Fixed problem with campfire not working correctly.
- Redid weather effects to work better.
- Added a configurable constant to let builders specify the max level that the elements can get to.
- Players can no longer die from weather effects, but they can be reduced to 1hp.

v2.75 - 
- Added campfire item. Players can now use the campfire item to create a campfire that will keep them warm if they are close enough to it.
- Campfires are on a delay and will burn themselves out.
- Campfires should also increase the effects of heat if they are started in the Desert, or during the summer, etc.

v2.50 - 
- Removed damage caused by heat/cold. Replaced with progressive system:
- The longer a PC stays out in the elements the more the weather affects them.
- Decreased abilities at first, then blindness, dizziness, paralization, or other such effects take hold if the PC does not seek shelter.
- PCs who seek shelter must then take time to "recover" (warm up/cool down) to remove the effects of Mother Nature.
- Effects are not perm and will wear off over time allowing PCs to seek shelter
- The PC will experience damage if they stay out in the elements way to long. (Should cut down on the newbie death thing.)
- Saving vs the elements is now based on the Season, Climate, and weather conditions, as well as any clothing and immunities, etc. 
- System can be toggled on/off, and the base DC to save vs the system can be changed.
- Wind will also now take into account the PCs reflex's when determining if they should be blown over by a gust of wind.

v2.20 -
- Removed damage caused when PC is knocked down by wind. 
- Added nStrikeTime as a constant number to the top of weather_inc. Use this to set the max time between strikes (lightning, blizzard, sand, etc).

v2.10 - 
- Fixed oversight of not having weather effects & storms use the variable system.
- Cleaned up some string code, and int value usages. - Thanks Forrest for the heads up.

v2.00 -
- Updated system so that it can use either the areas tag, or a variable to determine the climate of the area. The area placeable is still needed to each area - to add the area to the list, but the scriptor can now use a variable instead of the areas tag. See the instalation on how to easily configure the system for this.

v1.95 -
- Storms now occur in random areas instead of across the entire climate zone. This is a little more realistic as storms are now isolated to the area they occur in. Multiple storms can occur at the same time in the same climate zone however; thus storms are now area specific across the climate zone, instead of climate zone specific across the module.
- Commented out all SendMessageToAllDMs commands to cut down on spam. These can simple be commented back in if the scriptor would like DMs to see this information. In modules with a good number of areas, it can amount to a good deal of spam though.


v1.9 - 
- Restructured wind effect system. In testing the movement modifier did not work out. Replaced this with a % chance that the player will be knocked down from a strong gust of wind. Also added wind sound effects.
- Restructured the Lightning effect system. Lightning is now more random throughout the area, and causes damage to players that are close to the strike (instead of having to be hit directly).
- Added Storm system. Current Storms: Thunderstorm, Blizzard, SandStorm.
- All storms are able to be turned on/off, as well as their effects (Lightning, Wind, etc).
- Cleaned up code, added definitions to some constants.
- Added new AreaRandomLocation procedure. Returns a random location within a specified area. Works with any size area, without having to predetermine the area size by hardcode. Max area size is able to be specified as a constant, but will only result in the strikes occuring more often within your area if you lower below the default(32x32). Procedures using this function are called often enough to compensate for locations returned outside of a small areas boundaries. However, the function can be used for longer delayed procedures easily if the max area size is altered.
- Fixed bug in Wind system that knocked resting players to the ground.
- Removed GetRandomNearbyObject. Replaced with AreaRandomLocation.

v1.7 -
- Added Execptions. Areas can now be specified by tag to be excluded from the system and set to a default weather patern
- Added Wind effect system. There is a % chance of wind -based on season, climate, and weather- that will either hinder or help the PC. If they are facing into the wind, their movement will be slower, and if they are facing with the wind at their back than their movement will be increased.
- Added Lightning effect system. There is a % chance that a PC will be struck by lightning if it is raining. There is also a % chance that a random object in the area will be struck by lightning. Only works if PC is in area to cut down on process load.
- Moved all effect system calls to one procedure.
- Added cloaks to heat/cold damage system. Wearing a cloak will keep you warm in the winter and make you hot in the summer, etc.
- Added on/off toggles at the top of the main include file to make all systems easily configurable.
- Cleaned up code, and added some definitions to the constants.

v1.5 -
- Climate zones added. Currently only 5 have been implimented: Moderate, Jungle, Polar, Desert, & Highlands.
- Any area can be designated to a climate zone by adding a prefix to the area tag.
- Areas not designated as belonging to a particular climate, default to the Moderate climate.
- Climate region weather is changed uniformly over the entire climate region.
- Added Fog for weather changes, as well as morning, evening, and night time. (configurable amounts)
- Added changing skyboxes. Skyboxes change with weather changes.
- Fog/Skyboxes are able to be toggled off/on.
- Heat/Chill element damage updated to occur randomly when in climates with extream temperatures, or when weather/seasons elicit such penalties.
- Wearing armor can keep you warm in the cold, and make you hotter in the heat.
- No special items are needed, as the script regonizes the fact that a player is wearing armor and applies element damage accordingly. Armor weighint less then 25lbs (default) are considered to light to keep you warm or cause overheating.
- Demo module with 4 climate regions created.
- Added GetArea(), and GetFirstArea() functions.
- Removed ablility to exclude areas from the system - did not see a reason to keep it. Can easily add back in if needed.

V1.0 -
- Global weather implimented and working in all outdoor areas.
- Seasons change weather in accordance with game calendar.

Select All Text | View Code in separate window

Format

Module and Code

Type

Type - Other

Includes

BioWare Standard

Description

The purpose of this system is to create a global weather system which takes into account the current season of the module based upon the month of the year. The system is also global in that all outside areas will be affected by the weather, making weather the same throughout the module. Features: - Global weather accross all outdoor areas. - Four Seasons run off default (or your custom calendar). - 5 Default Climate Zones: Moderate, Desert, Polar, Jungle, & Highland. Areas are able to be specified as belonging to any climate. - Random Storm System: Thunderstorms, Blizzards, and Sandstorms can pop up at anytime. - Heat/Chill damage from weather/climate. - All systems customizable & able to be toggled on/off. - Misc other features.

Files

Name	Type	Size	Downloads
MJWeather350.zipMJWeather350.zip Submitted: 12-13-2004 / Last Updated: 03-19-2005	zip	68.98Kb	2454
--

SCORE OUT OF 10

9.26
25 votes
View Stats
Cast Your Vote!

AWARDS

PORTFOLIO

Add this entry to your portfolio so you can track it

Manage your existing portfolios or create a new one.

SCREENS

You Must Be Logged In to Participate.

Comments (82):

1 2 3 Next>

Posted by Eurinome at 2011-03-13 11:36:07 Voted 9.50 on 03/13/11

Absolutely cool, I'll use it for sure in my next jobs! :D

Posted by Bozat, The Laughing Prophet at 2011-02-06 12:18:14 Voted 9.00 on 02/06/11

Good global weather scripting... prefer Olander's ORS
_________________________
-------------------------------------------
"Repent, Harlequin!" said the TickTock Man.

Posted by dunahan at 2010-12-19 03:56:52 Voted 10.00 on 12/19/10

Votet 10 from 10 points, outstanding and configural system ;) thanks!
_________________________
Link

Isladora, an island in the Sea of Swords

Posted by PoisonTheMonkey at 2010-11-02 12:21:31 Voted 9.00 on 11/02/10

We love it! Thank you!
_________________________
Obsidian Shore, a HoF 9.8 heavy roleplaying PW. Dark and gritty fairytale world with the opportunity to do and change the world as you wish. Link

Greycliff, a brand new NWN1 heavy roleplaying PW. A broken kingdom is all that remains from a bloody civil war. Link

Posted by wmb1957 at 2010-03-23 20:16:53 Voted 10.00 on 03/23/10

nice work, adds alot to the fun

Posted by Civious at 2010-01-11 07:37:17 Voted 9.25 on 01/11/10

Very helpful, as wyldhunt said, I have modified it as well but it saved me a bunch of time.

Posted by Builder__Anthony at 2009-08-17 17:29:28 Voted 9.50 on 08/17/09

....

Posted by wyldhunt at 2009-06-01 01:35:43 Voted 9.00 on 06/01/09

This is a great base system. I altered it nearly beyond recognition in my PW, but the template saved many hours of effort, as I'm sure it saved Olander many hours in his ORS.
Thanks for a good system.

Posted by Estelindis at 2009-05-03 05:04:44 Voted 9.75 on 05/03/09

Very nice! The lightning in the storm looks great. :)
_________________________
KotOR Heads
FR Deity and Faction Cloaks
Fall-from-Grace Soundset

Posted by Entropicus at 2008-03-02 12:17:37 Voted 8.00 on 03/02/08

Good standalone weather system, but this included in ORS is somewhat better.

Just fixing missing comment...

Posted by Black-Pyrotechnic at 2007-09-16 04:45:54 Voted 9.50 on 09/16/07

From what I've seen and tried out it looks very good, and its easy to use too. Adds a more realistic feel to the modules, which I love!

Posted by DrowBlade at 2007-06-26 22:33:27

Nice system, but i haven't fully tested it yet.
I noticed some things.

On line 114 and 115 of "area_inc" couldn't this be used
-----
nRanX = Random(GetAreaSize(AREA_WIDTH, oArea));
nRanY = Random(GetAreaSize(AREA_HEIGHT, oArea));
-----
instead of what was there before

Also in "weather_inc" from line 266 to 271 there is no 'if' check, it should be
-----
nClimateZone = GetLocalInt(oArea, "CLIMATEZONE");
if (nClimateZone == 103)
{
nWeatherFactor += 1;
//SendMessageToPC(oPC, "Desert Climate!");
}
-----

Posted by Damned_and_loving_it at 2007-06-08 06:34:40 Voted 9.50 on 06/08/07

Brilliant for the work I am doing & very easy to use. Great addition to the community.

Posted by rikki.o at 2007-04-02 08:56:51 Voted 9.00 on 04/02/07

Will test this as I think this is something for my modules.
rikki.o

Posted by Ubersaint at 2007-02-17 17:21:37 Voted 7.50 on 02/17/07

Great Weather system but i'm having problems with the Lightning and other storm effects hitting the lower corner of the map and not hitting randomly around it. IF there is still support or someone knows what the problem is please email me or post here.
_________________________
Trimaris - Kingdom of the 3 Seas PW Story
Link

Posted by hekt0 at 2007-01-17 15:32:37 Voted 9.75 on 01/17/07

Almost forgotten to vote for such a brilliant idea. Sorry.

Posted by hekt0 at 2007-01-17 15:30:28 Voted 9.75 on 01/17/07

ca1izard:

Indeed, the following line cause the constant stack increase:
-----
DelayCommand(60.0 * IntToFloat(nDuration), SetGlobalWeather());
-----

I changed the code slightly, so it works now via OnHeartbeat event w/o necessity of recursion. Probably not the best solution, but works to me and does not consume 200Mb per day. Sure, the author can do the same or even better.

Posted by ca1izard at 2006-10-04 20:14:21 Voted 9.00 on 10/04/06

MJ...I love this weather system, but it appears to be losing memory with 1.68.
I have it on an XP Pro machine, and after it has been running for a few hours, my task manager shows the nwserver memory climb from a starting 11MB to almost 200MB. This is on a test machine with noboby logged in. I delete the weather system, and it stays at 11MB.
I only have 50 areas, 40 outdoor ones.
I really want the weather, but my server runs out of memory after a day and I have to reboot the nwserver.
Any ideas?

Posted by Rami_Ahmed at 2006-03-09 14:25:50 Voted 9.75 on 03/09/06

Not much to say, very nice!
_________________________
NWN2 stuff:
- Persistent Player Owned Shop System

Some stuff made by me for NWN:
- Persistent Player Owned Shop v2.1
- Item Breakage System (Updated)

Posted by FaethX ( 71.96.xxx.xxx ) at 2005-12-29 17:05:30

I only seem to have one problem with the system, and I can't seem to resolve it.

And that is, no matter what, the Lightening Strikes, Blizzards and whatnot ONLY happen in the lower left hand corner area of my areas instead of randomly around the area. :(

Following the install exactly, and for everything else, weather works fine. Delays, effects, etc etc. It's just the actual lightening and blizzards only happen in that one small area of my areas and ONLY there. And these are only 10x10 areas, not large areas.

Posted by Knightstar679 ( 68.61.xxx.xxx ) at 2005-09-10 02:57:37

HI MJ, I love the weather system but i have a small problem. In my server we are in weather and found out that the ice storms lag us like mad. I toogled off the blizzards and ice storms but they still happen, but only in selected areas (3 of my 17 outside areas to be exact). Do you have any suggestions why this would be occuring or how i might be able to fix it.

Thanks,
Knightstar

Posted by MJ at 2005-06-29 06:04:40

It shouldn't crash at all. I have two modules, each with 400+ areas, of which 250-275 of those are outdoor areas. I have no problems at all.

Some things that might be affecting your module though:
- Do you have a lot of 32x32 ares that you have lightning going on in? This isn't really a bug by anymeans, but if you have a large area with a lot of lightning than it lags the server a bit - compounded with a lot of these sized areas, and you might have problems. Try turning the lightning/icestorm off and see what happens.
- As far as the time switch. The code is set for the standard 2 min = 1 game hour. If your running anything shorter than that you will want to adjust the code. Otherwise you can adjust the time it takes to switch in the definitions at the top of the main script.

Let me know if you have any further problems. Thanks!

Posted by Samurai_tbag ( 81.154.xxx.xxx ) at 2005-06-18 10:48:49

It's amazing! but i run Anphillia Modified a, it has over 300 areas and it makes my server lag like hell and even crash, is there any way of stoping this, also it changes from rain to snow and stuff to fast..

Posted by MJ at 2005-05-30 10:45:28

Are you talking about adding additional climate types? Or adding the climate types to a specific area?

MJ

Posted by WrathPhoenix at 2005-05-27 07:47:48

I love it. But how do you add climate types?

Posted by WrathPhoenix at 2005-05-27 07:05:46

I love it. But how do you add climate types?

Posted by Acrodania at 2005-04-06 12:00:15 Voted 9.50 on 04/06/05

Excellent system! Flexible, well written, reliable.
Weather effects adds so much to the atmosphere of a world that I cannot see how you can be without one, and this system is the best available.

Posted by Carlo at 2005-04-03 10:56:51 Voted 8.50 on 04/03/05

Does a good job of providing consistent weather effects across areas and is easily modifiable if you have a bit of basic scripting knowledge. Appreciate the toggle-based settings, which make it easy to pick and choose the effects you want.

Posted by MJ at 2005-03-24 05:45:00

Good suggestion Rob. It's a busy week so far, but i've got some time this weekend. I'll throw it in this weekend and post an update. Thanks!

Thanks for everything all!

MJ

Posted by MJ at 2005-03-19 08:28:00

I have just posted the final 3.50 update.

Thanks! :)

MJMJ

1 2 3 Next>

You must be Logged In to post comments in this section.