How to have the weather change during an activity

[ATSFMAN]

Are there any tutorials on how to have the weather change within an activity? Thanks in advance!
ATSFMAN

[adreid]

I am not aware of any tutorials that may exist, but I can provide a working example -- paste these events into an activity with winter clear conditions, and watch a snow storm develop slowly into blizzard conditions. WEATHER-CHANGE-EXAMPLE.txt

My advice is to read the Open Rails manual section 11.16.9 and experiment -- include a time event (00:00:00) that takes effect immediately; start the activity, observe the effect; then close the activity; adjust the parameters and repeat; make note of the settings that give the desired effects.

Rain and snow intensity are noticeably reduced in recent versions of Open Rails -- for the best effect, I recommend v1.5.1.

Regards,
Dan Reid

[ATSFMAN]

What ever you uploaded all I got was "Invalid File Specified".

ATSFMAN

[derekmorton]

The txt file downloads ok here?

[ATSFMAN]

I have been able to download the file now. Thanks!!!

[bnsfsd40-2]

Hello,

This event is time-based, but can you explain how I can trigger a weather change at a specific location? How do I define the position and link it to the weather change?
For the PTLAF task on the Shasta route, the following information is provided:

EventCategoryLocation (
EventTypeLocation ( )
ID ( 48 )
Activation_Level ( 1 )
Outcomes ( )
Name ( "Weather Change Macdoel" )
Location ( -12937 14420 535.486 -869.002 10 )
ORTSContinue ( 0 )
ORTSWeatherChange (
ORTSOvercast ( 0.4 600 )
ORTSFog ( 2000 600 )
ORTSPrecipitationIntensity ( 0.01 600 )
ORTSPrecipitationLiquidity ( 0 600 )
)
)


The Open Rails 11.16.9 manual does not provide a detailed explanation of how to set a weather change at a specific location. I find it difficult to understand some of the ORTS functions since I am not a programmer.

[adreid]

Hi Daniel,
I have discovered recently, that TSRE can assist with inserting weather events, eliminating the need for manually editing the .act file. To use this feature, you must create a file in your ROUTE directory, and name the file weathertransitions.dat (here is an example):

weathertransitions.dat

This file can be created with Notepad, and may contain several weather definitions, each named. TSRE can add a "weather change" outcome to any time event, location event, or action event. TSRE will display a drop-down list -- just select the name of the definition you desire.

Regards,
Dan