DynamicWeather 1.3.0

DynamicWeather

By ApparentlyRohan

This mod gives GTA its own realistic weather system! Weathers transition (maybe?) as the day continues in game giving more variety in the sky. Read below to see what this mod has to offer:

Features:

• Weather Sync to a real life location(Requires API key: API is free but setup required..DO NOT SHARE YOUR API KEY) 

  • *The forecast UI will not popup if weather sync is enabled*

• Custom realistic forecast

  • Temperature and weather condition included

  • Predicted (in game) time when the weather will occur

  • Varied weather durations with a configurable chance of extended conditions

  • Configurable thunderstorm chance

  • Optional snow mode replaces rain, and thunderstorms with snow and blizzards

• On screen UI

  • Forecast

  • Current Weather 

    • For real life weather sync and forecast 

  • Ability to customize the position and scale of UI

•  Customizable temperature for different weather conditions

  • yes there is a way to switch to Celsius but default is Fahrenheit cuz 'Murica!

APIs:

bool IsRealLifeWeatherSyncRunning();
void PauseWeatherSystem();
void ResumeWeatherSystem();
List<Weather> GetCurrentForecast(out int currentWeatherIndex) # returns an empty list if real life weather sync is running

Events:

OnWeatherChanged

Installation:

Drag and drop Plugins folder into main game directory. Install OIV by dragging and dropping into OpenIV. The OIV file is mandatory. 

A conversion from in game time to real life time was kindly made by Krazy Manuel and is provided down below. This will be helpful when reading the INI.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:

• The Severe Weather Event from ImmersiveAmbientEvents by @Echooo is not compatible yet with DynamicWeather. Please disable that event if you want to use DynamicWeather.

• When using forecast generated by DynamicWeather, you cannot have freeze time OR force weather enabled in any trainer. Otherwise, DynamicWeather will not transition between weather. In IRL weather mode, you can have freeze time on but not force weather.

   

• Some graphic mods consider weather differently. Thus, the graphic shown for different weather settings in GTA may not represent the weather accurately. You are welcome to edit the image names yourself to fit your graphic mods.

• I do not log the location from the ini in the RagePluginHook.log. However, if you have trouble with the api working, I will need to know what the location is so please choose something more generic so any identifying information is not revealed while I am trying to debug.

• Some graphics mods have bugs with how the sky looks when the weather is transitioning. It makes the sky green which is not exactly the most realistic. Due to these issues and no real fix, the weather switches instantly by default. You can change this in the ini. If you have the green sky, the fix is to turn off the transitions.

Customization:

All textures can be customized. Just make sure the weather textures is optimized for 96x96 and the notification texture is optimized for 64x64.

Console Commands:

• PauseForecast 

• ResumeForecast

• RegenerateForecast

• RefreshWeather - Fetches from API again to get updated real life weather

• SwitchToIRLWeather

• SwitchToForecast

• ReloadDynamicWeatherINISettings - Reloads INI settings without needing to load and unload plugin numerous times

Credits:

• @Haze Studio for the notification texture

• @Scorpionfam for the thumbnail

• @HeyPalu for the on screen textures

• @Lepoisson for the photos & beta testing

• @dstickman for beta testing

• Some guy on the discord that doesn't have an lspdfr account but helped beta test and gave me moral support...you know who you are :)

• Krazy Manuel for the conversion chart

• @BlueLine Vibes for making a showcase video of the new update and providing the discord as a platform to help beta test(Thank you all the beta testers in the discord!).

• @khorio for the coding help with time and API integration

• @Echooo for weather transition code