Around 2009 pitkin made a fun rule called Regional weather (old version on DLS)
recently I discovered it (he made me aware of it and we have daily mail contact)
I noticed in the last versions it was not usable mainly because the changes in interface
so did some changes to make Pitkins great idea workable again.
What is it?
In Trainz normally you set weather for your entire route/session
With this rule you can make it more Local, based on your train that has the focus
How does it work?
In the main rule screen, you ADD a trackmark, one of the trackmarks you have in your session
in the EDIT trackmark screen, you can set what will change when your train is close
so different weather, or different weather changeability
The main screen, you can set, the range(circle) around the trackmark
the update time(how often it checks)
and a selection of 4 different scenarios, which makes the 4 seasons possible
beside local also "overall" weather can be set
the 4 screens and how they interact
Condensed Manual:
-install it in Tane or TRS19
-In your sessions, Edit Session in Surveyor, add it to the rules
-the main screen pops up and you can set it up
-select a trackmark in your route/session, set the "local" weather in the EDIT screen
-save the session, go out of Trainz
-Restart Trainz, play your session, in Driver you can modify/finetune more
-you can minimize the screen, in TRS19 it is in the window menu, in Tane right side top bar
-beside the "local" weather you can also set overall weather for the entire session
Changelist v6:
-all text made readable and fitting the interfaces
-Design conform Tane/Trs19 style
-made a 4 part browser unity
-defaults added for radius, update time and scenario
-also possible to set in Surveyor (saved in session)
Known issues:
-Using F2 quickdrive, not recommended (specially broken in SP4)
-It might take a few, session saves before all works as designed
-behavior with UDS unknow (for me)
-very long trackmark names mess up the interface
-it takes time before weather changes end, this is Trainz not the rule
-some older functions used can give warnings but it should work
(I tried hours of repair, but it ended up no longer working)
-Only use 1 weather change rule at a time in a session or unpredictable behavior
so Pitkin and me present: Regional Weather v6
have fun with it and give some feedback
Seasons greetings GM
recently I discovered it (he made me aware of it and we have daily mail contact)
I noticed in the last versions it was not usable mainly because the changes in interface
so did some changes to make Pitkins great idea workable again.
What is it?
In Trainz normally you set weather for your entire route/session
With this rule you can make it more Local, based on your train that has the focus
How does it work?
In the main rule screen, you ADD a trackmark, one of the trackmarks you have in your session
in the EDIT trackmark screen, you can set what will change when your train is close
so different weather, or different weather changeability
The main screen, you can set, the range(circle) around the trackmark
the update time(how often it checks)
and a selection of 4 different scenarios, which makes the 4 seasons possible
beside local also "overall" weather can be set
the 4 screens and how they interact
Condensed Manual:
-install it in Tane or TRS19
-In your sessions, Edit Session in Surveyor, add it to the rules
-the main screen pops up and you can set it up
-select a trackmark in your route/session, set the "local" weather in the EDIT screen
-save the session, go out of Trainz
-Restart Trainz, play your session, in Driver you can modify/finetune more
-you can minimize the screen, in TRS19 it is in the window menu, in Tane right side top bar
-beside the "local" weather you can also set overall weather for the entire session
Changelist v6:
-all text made readable and fitting the interfaces
-Design conform Tane/Trs19 style
-made a 4 part browser unity
-defaults added for radius, update time and scenario
-also possible to set in Surveyor (saved in session)
Known issues:
-Using F2 quickdrive, not recommended (specially broken in SP4)
-It might take a few, session saves before all works as designed
-behavior with UDS unknow (for me)
-very long trackmark names mess up the interface
-it takes time before weather changes end, this is Trainz not the rule
-some older functions used can give warnings but it should work
(I tried hours of repair, but it ended up no longer working)
-Only use 1 weather change rule at a time in a session or unpredictable behavior
so Pitkin and me present: Regional Weather v6
have fun with it and give some feedback
Seasons greetings GM
