# StormSignal 2.0.0 — What’s new

Finally thought of stuff for a 2.0.0 version so here we go!

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS!! THERE MAY BE FUNCTIONS THAT MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY! (THE MAIN ISSUE AS OF NOW IS THE CALLOUTS AND MAKING THEM SMOOTHLY BUT THEY DO OPERATE!) PLEASE ADDRESS ANY AND ALL ISSUES HERE UNTIL I CAN SET UP A DISCORD!!!

- A proper San Andreas weather map. The radar now shows the real coastline, roads, Alamo Sea, and regional labels. North is at the top, and the storm direction matches the map.

- Your live location on the map. A ring marks your actual position, turns with your heading, and the dashboard shows your current street and area.

- Rain follows your position. When the game reports rain, a purple ring appears at your live map position. The separate storm shape remains a labeled forecast simulation.

- More room for the useful stuff. The radar is larger, regional forecasts sit beside it, and the next weather change gets its own clear card. Scenario and audio test controls are in a separate Tools view.

- The next weather change makes sense. If three forecast cards all show rain, the dashboard skips those repeats and tells you when a different weather type starts. It also tells you if that change is tomorrow.

- Advisory times follow persistent weather. A thunderstorm warning now remains active through every consecutive thunder slot and ends when the next weather type actually begins.

- Regional forecasts. Rain, thunderstorms, fog, and smog are more or less likely depending on where you patrol. Moving into another region updates the upcoming forecast without interrupting the current weather.

- Storm progress on the dashboard. You can see whether a weather event is building, approaching, active, easing, or clearing.

- Fixed weather call startup. Weather calls now wait until you are on duty before joining the dispatch list.

- Four weather callouts. Respond to a disabled vehicle, a single-car crash, a motorist stranded during rain, or a two-car collision in fog or smog. Calls are offered when the weather fits.

- Believable roadside scenes. Disabled and rain-stranded cars stop near the roadside with hazards on and a seated driver. Crash drivers stay with their vehicles, witnesses stay nearby, and damaged engines no longer start below the fire threshold.

- Persistent storms create more dispatch work. Two consecutive hazardous forecast slots allow two StormSignal callout opportunities; three or more allow three. Offers are spaced apart, wait until the officer is available, and never interrupt an active call.

- NPCI support. Drivers and witnesses get their own role, location, account of what happened, and mood. Use your usual NPCI voice key to speak with them. Their statements leave you to assess the cause, fault, and injuries.

- Simple callout controls. Press E near an involved person for a short account. Hold End for one second to clear the call. You can change those keys or switch weather callouts off in StormSignal.ini.

- Patrol weather information. The dashboard highlights poor visibility, wet roads, snow, and other weather hazards. Optional notifications and extra dashboard incident reports are available too.

- Fixed which WebView version the game loads. The new dashboard now replaces the old plugin in the correct folder.

- Fixed missing dashboard files in the ZIP. The files needed to open the weather dashboard and compact display are now included in the correct place.

- Your existing features stay included. The movable compact weather display, alerts, blackouts, and existing weather transitions are still there.

- One complete package. The weather system, dashboard, and weather callouts come together in the same ZIP, with instructions and the optional texture installer and uninstaller.

The radar is a forecast simulation. GTA still uses one weather condition across the whole map.

StormSignal 1.1.2

The Hotfix Patch!

- Added configurable precipitation persistence: the percentage controls both the roll chance and run length. At 40%, the selected rain, thunder, or snow type has a 40% chance to continue for three following forecast slots; no slot-count INI option is needed.

- Removed the spoken simulation disclaimer from the severe thunderstorm warning clip while preserving its existing voice and warning text. Other alert clips remain unchanged.

- Kept the nine-second smooth weather-front duration and consistent real-time transition clock.

- Fixed the release package by including WebView2Loader.dll in the dependency folder required by the dashboard at runtime.

- Rebuilt the StormSignal OpenIV texture installer and matching uninstaller using OpenIV package format 2.2.

StormSignal 1.1.1

- Weather transitions now track the native game weather and continue enforcing the active target through the configured smooth transition window.

- Random forecasts avoid abrupt jumps by favoring coherent weather progression and reducing immediate repeats.

- Added a local forecast cache with age and stale/unavailable status reporting when the provider cannot be reached.

- Added WebView2 scenario tools to preview a weather for five minutes, set the next random forecast slot, and test supported advisories.

- Added transition and local forecast status to the dashboard for troubleshooting.

- INI remains the home for core options; WebView2 retains its own sync and scenario controls.

- INI loading now logs unknown or retired option names for easier cleanup, without logging configured values.

- Smooth mode now drives GTA weather blend progress continuously in real time and only locks the target after the blend completes, preventing enforcement from snapping the transition.

- Restored the compact persistent weather panel and its move-position control in WebView2.

- Smooth transitions now pass through gradual cloud and overcast stages when moving between dry and wet weather; rain and snow intensity ease toward the destination during the front.

- Addressed a bug where the game would freeze and/or crash when a NWS tone was played while driving for some users.

STORMSIGNAL 1.1.0 CHANGELOG

THE BIG STUFF

- GTA-native weather is now the default. StormSignal reads the weather already active in GTA and takes over its schedule; external weather providers stay optional.

- The WebView forecast follows the live GTA weather and game clock. The timeline shows the current slot plus six upcoming StormSignal slots.

- The compact weather panel now supports screen-edge positions and a custom drag-to-place option in WebView settings.

- The WebView settings now call out city/ZIP/postal-code input and clearly show when a WeatherAPI key is required. Open-Meteo remains key-free.

- WeatherAPI hourly forecast timestamps now use the provider's Unix time and per-hour resolved location offset, including daylight-saving changes; the WebView identifies the provider's resolved time zone.

- Local-sync diagnostics now log the resolved location, provider time zone, provider-local current time, and next wet forecast hour without logging the API key.

- Fixed provider-mode WebView temperatures: current temperature and today's high/low now come from the selected location's API response instead of GTA-weather mock estimates.

- Added a visible in-page mouse pointer for menu interaction, plus Escape to close the full-screen WebView. The tilde key still toggles it.

- StormSignal waits for the player to spawn before taking over weather or showing the overlay, instead of photobombing the loading screen.

MORE WEATHER DESK

- The advisories page now has fictional San Andreas weather bulletins and illustrations for roleplay flavor. These are simulated notices, not live NWS alerts.

- Added varied alert audio for rain, thunderstorms, fog, snow, and blizzard conditions. New clips use the male Microsoft David voice to match the original alert set; the original recordings remain included.

- Combined the weather controller and WebView dashboard into one RPH plugin DLL. Load only StormSignal.dll; no startup.rphs edits or batch-file ritual required.

- Removed the legacy native-drawn compact HUD and its settings controls; the WebView compact panel is the only persistent StormSignal display.

- Corrected zone-to-area labels so Los Santos neighborhoods, including Vinewood Hills, report Los Santos instead of Blaine County.

- Removed the compact-display visibility toggle while its child-window behavior is under investigation; the compact panel remains visible and can still be repositioned.

- Fixed the compact-display off state to park the WebView child outside the game client instead of hiding the child window, avoiding a black Direct3D surface.

- Added the optional GTA V Legacy notification-texture install and uninstall OIV packages beside the Plugins folder.

- Updated the first in-game notification with the correct controls: F3 for settings, tilde to toggle the WebView, and Escape to close it.

- Included the supplied DisableCheatCodeInput.dll under scripts for one-step package installation. It remains a separate ScriptHookVDotNet 3 add-on and cannot be merged into an RPH plugin.

SETTINGS AND LIMITS

- External live weather sync is off by default. Open-Meteo can be selected without a key; WeatherAPI requires the player's own key.

- GTA uses one global weather state. Area names can update as the player moves, but separate simultaneous county weather is not supported by GTA's standard weather system.

- The in-game alert bulletins are fictional roleplay content. Supporting temperature and atmospheric values are estimates.

TEST STATUS

- Package contents and alert WAV formats were checked. A fresh in-game RPH session is still needed to verify runtime behavior on a player's setup. Because of course the one machine we can't borrow is everybody else's GTA install.

StormSignal 1.0.1 Update:

• StormSignal now grabs the weather-cycle steering wheel and tells stray rain to quit squatting in the forecast. It applies the selected conditions after you spawn, then periodically reminds GTA what the weather is supposed to be. Sunny and Clear are separate forecast states, because apparently even the sky enjoys making things complicated.

The tilde forecast display now waits for a steady key press or release, so it’s less likely to go full strobe-light mode. Hold tilde for the fullscreen forecast; release it to return to the compact HUD. F3 opens the settings menu.

• Addressed a bug where the OIV texture caused a crash in game!