[Release] DinoWeather | Dynamic Weather For ALL AREAS of the Map! | Smooth Transitions!

Slavko · August 21, 2019, 8:54pm

Version 1.0.2 Released

I have added command support to allow administrators to set the weather in the current zone they are in. See the original post for details!

Very happy to see extended use of this resource, baffles me that its been 8 months and its still going strong with new users.

If you have any suggestions, please post them here.

OnyxEye · August 23, 2019, 11:48pm

Does this have to use specific “zones” that are part of base GTA, or is it possible to add new “custom” zones. Like if a small area within a larger area should always be foggy, is there a way it can be customized?

Slavko · August 24, 2019, 1:25am

I have not added this functionality, however if you or someone you know would like to add it, go ahead and be my guest. It should be fairly easy given the layout of the code.

The resource uses natives in the game as you can see in the sh_config.lua there are several zones that make up the larger areas of the map. Get the zone you are in and make a new array with just the foggy weather option to accomplish this goal.

Byron_Dewron · August 30, 2019, 4:49am

any solution?

DashieSystems · August 30, 2019, 9:01am

This is really cool and I like it a lot! My only gripe is the hard cut weather changes. They’re rather jarring but if I read up correctly, I believe they weather over time natives are bugged? Any ETA on that being fixed or do we just have to wait?

Qpanther · August 31, 2019, 11:19am

Call me stupid but… Where do I set user permissions to be able to use it?

Gustaf_Abrahamsson · September 1, 2019, 7:53am

I am also wondering on how I set user permssions…

Nathan_Geranis · September 6, 2019, 1:33am

Started having an issue with this resource where it sets the weather on server start, then 5-10 seconds after joining, the weather becomes rainy and never stops. Has anyone else experienced this?

ChieF-TroN · September 19, 2019, 9:36pm

Yes. I’ve even went so far as to removing anything rain related, ie thunderstorm, rain, snow etc. and it still rains! I just updated to the latest resource and at least you can set the zone’s weather now. But still, the rain is overwhelming.

ChieF-TroN · September 20, 2019, 8:55am

Alright I redid the randomizeSystems function and this works well for reducing rain occurances.

So in sh_config.lua you’ll want to replace the whole function randomizeSystems() with:

function randomizeSystems()
  for i, weatherSystem in ipairs(WeatherConfig.weatherSystems) do
    local currentSeason = getCurrentSeason()
    local availableWeathers = weatherSystem[currentSeason + 1]
    local pickedWeather = availableWeathers[math.random(1, #availableWeathers)]
    for _, weatherZone in ipairs(weatherSystem[1]) do
      if os.date("*t").month == 12 and isSnowDay() and WeatherConfig.snowEnabled then
        table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, "XMAS"})
      elseif pickedWeather == "THUNDER" or pickedWeather == "CLEARING" then
        table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, "EXTRASUNNY"})
	  elseif pickedWeather == "RAIN" then
		local chanceofrain = math.random(1,10)
		if chanceofrain == 5 then
			table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, "RAIN"})
		else
			table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, "CLEAR"})
		end
	  else
		table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, pickedWeather})
      end
    end
  end
end

Ronska · January 25, 2020, 4:07pm

@Slavko For me the ressource is “kinda” working. I am able to set the weather (in zones) while I’m ingame. But my script seems not to be working, it doesn’t set up different weather zones like in my config.

WeatherConfig = {}
WeatherConfig = setmetatable(WeatherConfig, {})

activeWeatherSystems = {}

WeatherConfig.snowEnabled = true -- Set to false if you do not want snow enabled.
WeatherConfig.decemberSnowDays = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 } -- Days that snow will appear during the month of December.

WeatherConfig.weatherTypes = {
  "CLEAR",
  "EXTRASUNNY",
  "CLOUDS",
  "OVERCAST",
  "RAIN",
  "CLEARING",
  "THUNDER",
  "SMOG",
  "FOGGY",
  "XMAS",
  "SNOWLIGHT",
  "BLIZZARD"
}

WeatherConfig.randomizeTime = 1800000 -- 1 Hour (TIME TO RANDOMIZE WEATHER SYSTEMS IN MILLISECONDS)

WeatherConfig.weatherSystems = {
  {
    { "TERMINA", "ELYSIAN", "AIRP", "BANNING", "DELSOL", "RANCHO", "STRAW", "CYPRE", "SANAND" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- South LS
  {
    { "MURRI", "LMESA", "SKID", "LEGSQU", "TEXTI", "PBOX", "KOREAT" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- Central LS
  {
    { "MIRR", "EAST_V", "DTVINE", "ALTA", "HAWICK", "BURTON", "ROCKF", "MOVIE", "DELPE", "MORN", "RICHM", "GOLF", "WVINE", "DTVINE", "HORS", "LACT", "LDAM" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- North LS
  {
    { "BEACH", "VESP", "VCANA", "DELBE", "PBLUFF" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- LS Beaches
  {
    { "EBURO", "PALHIGH", "NOOSE", "TATAMO" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- Eastern Valley
  {
    { "BANHAMC", "BANHAMCA", "CHU", "TONGVAH" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- Coastal Beaches
  {
    { "CHIL", "GREATC", "RGLEN", "TONGVAV" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[9], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[10] }
  }, -- North LS Hills
  {
    { "PALMPOW", "WINDF", "RTRACK", "JAIL", "HARMO", "DESRT", "SANDY", "ZQ_UAR", "HUMLAB", "SANCHIA", "GRAPES", "ALAMO", "SLAB", "CALAFAB" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[6], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[7] } -- Summer
  }, -- Grand Senora Desert
  {
    { "MTGORDO", "ELGORL", "BRADP", "BRADT", "MTCHIL", "GALFISH" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[1], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[12] }
  }, -- Northern Moutains
  {
    { "LAGO", "ARMYB", "NCHU", "CANNY", "MTJOSE", "CCREAK" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[2], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[3] }
  }, -- Zancudo
  {
    { "CMSW", "PALCOV", "OCEANA", "PALFOR", "PALETO", "PROCOB" },
    { WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[1], WeatherConfig.weatherTypes[12] }
  }, -- Palteo
}

WeatherConfig.timesOfYear = {
  { 3, 4, 5 }, --SPRING 1
  { 6, 7, 8 }, --SUMMER 2
  { 9, 10, 11 }, --FALL 3
  { 12, 1, 2 } --WINTER 4
}

function getCurrentSeason()
  for i, timeOfYear in ipairs(WeatherConfig.timesOfYear) do
    for k, month in ipairs(WeatherConfig.timesOfYear[i]) do
      if month == os.date("*t").month then
        return i
      end
    end
  end
end

function isSnowDay()
  for i, decemberSnowDay in ipairs(WeatherConfig.decemberSnowDays) do
    if decemberSnowDay == os.date("*t").day then
      return true
    end
  end
  return false
end

function findZoneBySubZone(zoneName)
  for i, weatherSystem in ipairs(WeatherConfig.weatherSystems) do
    for _, weatherZone in ipairs(weatherSystem[1]) do
      if weatherZone == zoneName then
        return i
      end
    end
  end
end

function randomizeSystems()
  activeWeatherSystems = {}
  for i, weatherSystem in ipairs(WeatherConfig.weatherSystems) do
    local currentSeason = getCurrentSeason()
    local availableWeathers = weatherSystem[currentSeason + 1]
    local pickedWeather = availableWeathers[math.random(1, #availableWeathers)]
    for _, weatherZone in ipairs(weatherSystem[1]) do
      if os.date("*t").month == 12 and isSnowDay() and WeatherConfig.snowEnabled then
        table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, "XMAS"})
      else
        table.insert(activeWeatherSystems, {weatherZone, pickedWeather})
      end
    end
  end
end

Anything wrong on my end?

Edit: I got this error in my console:

SCRIPT ERROR: @DinoWeather/sh_config.lua:141: attempt to get length of a nil value (local 'availableWeathers')e[0m
e[93m> fne[0m (e[36m@DinoWeather/sv_dinoweather.luae[0m:31)

simpler69 · May 1, 2020, 9:14pm

Where do I set user permissions to be able to use it?

Tezract · May 5, 2020, 7:35am

I seem to be having some issues and I’m not sure why.

vSync is disabled and vMenu weather is turned off, though the weather still seems to flicker and the regions don’t seem to have differentiating weather. Any recommendations?

outsider310 · December 23, 2020, 12:42pm

it does not work with vMenu
to add the commando do
add_ace group.name?? dinoweather.cmds allow also when I do the command to set it to clear /setzoneweather CLEAR it won’t change anything.
another thing is when I restart the server it’s always snowing…
wish in a near future we have better weather transitions.
would be cool to add a time to it as well with the month to display.
good job.

Beauflexx · March 5, 2021, 7:30pm

this has been a great addition to my server, been looking for something like this for awhile to pair up with my real time mod. Much thanks <3

Xd_Golden_Tiger · December 2, 2021, 8:24am

This is soooo cool.
I also believe DoJRP is using this, Not entirely sure.

Bugz · February 4, 2022, 4:21am

will there be any updates for this script it looks awesome and i have been wanting to try it

spartan18.official · February 13, 2022, 5:51am

I’m not sure either

RPsouthernjustice · March 12, 2022, 12:24am

We’ve had this in for about a week and have yet to see any rain. Is there a way to slightly increase the chance of it happening?

dkrandall · May 5, 2022, 7:06pm

How do I change weather in the zones? Please someone respond with a dumb down response for me. I know where to find it I just don’t understand how to change the weather