Editing time of day and weather?

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STLSF4003

Active member

• Jun 19, 2020

• #1

Having made the jump from Trainz 2012 to 2019, I'ed say I've got just about everything down pat........Save for one thing.

How the Sam Hill do i edit the time of day and weather in 19?!

 

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pware

Trainz Veteran

• Jun 19, 2020

• #2

Time of day is set using any one of the following rules:-

Time and Rate Rule
Startup Options Rule

Weather is set by any of the following rules:-

Startup Options Rule
Weather Rule

 

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STLSF4003

Active member

• Jun 19, 2020

• #3

They've really changed things up since 12!

Thanks!

 

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oknotsen

Holder of a broom

• Jun 19, 2020

• #4

Can this only be changed by rules in TS19?
You can't pre-set it in the session or route?

 

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grazlash

Route Builder

• Jun 19, 2020

• #5

Try environment settings and make sure quickdrive rule is added to "edit Session"
cheers
Graeme

 

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pware

Trainz Veteran

• Jun 19, 2020

• #6

Environment tools will let you set the weather but it will be constant weather e.g. always sunny or always raining, there will be no random variability. You cannot set the starting time in the environment tools.

 

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MP242

TRS2006 PRR Enola-Conway

• Jun 19, 2020

• #7

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pitkin

Well-known member

• Jun 19, 2020

• #8

There are several driver commands that can change the weather. One is something like EW-time and weather.

 

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pware

Trainz Veteran

• Jun 20, 2020

• #9

pitkin said:

One is something like EW-time and weather.

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I am not aware of any driver commands that can change the weather. The one you may be referring to is actually a Session Rule EIRS Weather NE USA

 

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p-dehnert

Well-known member

• Jun 20, 2020

• #10

The driver command is <kuid2:185479:60001:4> EW-Time and weather change. It allows to change the weather, its changeability and the time (-1h, +1h, midnight, morning, noon, afternoon).

Peter

 

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llebrez

Active member

• Jun 20, 2020

• #11

There is a shortcoming on all this. When you change the weather, i changes everywhere. If you have a 200 Km long route, going from beaches to mountains, snow will fall at the beaches as well as the high mountains. However, long ago on 04 times somebody made a rule controlled by triggers that would change the weather by sections. That was obsoleted for the sake of progress, never to be seen again.

 

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pware

Trainz Veteran

• Jun 20, 2020

• #12

p-dehnert said:

The driver command is <kuid2:185479:60001:4> EW-Time and weather change

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Thank you, I will add that to my list.

ADDENDUM:

I was unable to get it to work in TANE SP4 or TRS19 Platinum. In Platinum it would appear greyed out in the drop down list of commands to be inserted into a driver schedule but could not be added. In TANE SP4 it would not even appear in that same drop down list. In both cases the command was successfully downloaded, installed and added to the Driver Command Rule.

So I won't be adding it to my list after all.

 

Last edited: Jun 20, 2020

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pware

Trainz Veteran

• Jun 20, 2020

• #13

llebrez said:

However, long ago on 04 times somebody made a rule controlled by triggers that would change the weather by sections. That was obsoleted for the sake of progress, never to be seen again.

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The Weather Rule can be activated and changed by triggers, as far as I know (I only set a weather rule once and let it run).