Weather Editor


General information

Weather editor allows you to change weather values in real-time. Minute precision

  • The GUI is interactive and easy to use, with ability to modify or create new weather files
  • Edited values are temporary cached for the weathers, hours and minutes you worked on. You can return to them in case you turned off the editor (Avoid exiting or reloading when you have unsaved values)
  • In Viewer mode, you can witness weather changes by the time slider

weather-editor centered

Viewer Mode

Viewer Mode centered

Key binds

  • Up Arrow - select previous parameter
  • Down Arrow - select next parameter
  • Left Arrow - reduce\rotate value of selected parameter
  • Right Arrow - increase\rotate value of selected parameter
  • LShift (hold) - x10 value step
  • LAlt (hold) - x50 value step
  • Q - previous hour
  • A - next hour
  • W - previous minute
  • S - next minute
  • E - increase selected parameter value
  • D - reduce selected parameter value
  • R - increase selected group value (all parameters within)
  • F - reduce selected group value (all parameters within)
  • T - next moment
  • G - previous moment
  • C - copy select parameter value
  • C + CTRL - copy current moment settings
  • V - paste/apply copied parameter value
  • V + CTRL - paste/apply to current moment settings
  • Z - viewer mode
  • Delete - Reset current modified moment
  • Delete + CTRL - Reset all modified moments
  • H - toggle hint window
  • Esc or Home - turn off editor

Buttons

IconDescription
Alt textCopy settings
Alt textPaste settings
Alt textViewer Mode
Alt textPause in Viewer Mode
Alt textAuto play in Viewer Mode
Alt textSave to new file if you indicated the name in box below, otherwise save to current file. Name of custom files must start with “w_”.
Alt textClear cached values
Alt textResume weather, and exit
Alt textExit (weather will still paused in engine)
Alt textAbout

Technical part

The settings of the editor and its parameters can be found in the file “ui_debug_weather.script

NameDescriptionNote
ambientAmbientThe list is taken from the file “ambients.ltx
ambient_colorAmbient Color
clouds_colorClouds Color
clouds_textureClouds Texture
far_plane
fog_colorFog Color
fog_densityFog Density
fog_distanceFog Distance
hemisphere_colorHemisphere Color
rain_densityRain Density
rain_colorRain Color
sky_colorSky Color
sky_rotationSky Rotation
sky_textureSky Texture
sunSunThe list is taken from the file “suns.ltx
sun_color
sun_longitudeSun Longitude
sun_altitudeSun Altitude
sun_shafts_intensitySun Shaft Intensity
thunderbolt_collectionThe list is taken from the file “thunderbolt_collections.ltx
thunderbolt_durationThunderbolt Duration
thunderbolt_periodThunderbolt Period
water_intensityWater Intensity
wind_velocityWind Velocity
tree_amplitude_intensityTree Amplitude Intensity
wind_directionWind Direction