Speed up the weather - MXO Forum Archive

#11400012039 02/17/2006 18:15:03 Speed up the weather

This is a modification to your useropts.cfg game option file to achieve a wacky visual effect. For more about the useropts.cfg file, see here.

This option is unsupported. Use at your own risk.

The useropts line is

wr_envdaylength = 3600

At least I think that's the default. The number is the number of seconds a day lasts. If you lower it to, say, 20, you'll see the sun and moon racing through the sky, ambient light changing, your shadow racing circles around you, and so forth. Like what happened at the end of beta, if you were around for that.

Conversely, raising the number slows the weather's time down. So if, for instance, you logged in to the game and found it that nice blue day we get once a game-time week, you could log out, jack up the number (I usually just hold 9 for a while, ie 99999999999999999999999), and then go back in and enjoy the weather for as long as you wanted, until you jacked out again.

This will, of course, get your weather out of sync with everyone else's. The weather will resync every time you rejoin the server.

#11400012041 02/17/2006 18:19:10 Re: Speed up the weather

Sykin says:

"So it's possible to achieve unlimited amounts of rain? Awesome find, Rarebit! You just keep pumping these interesting things out and each topic makes me want to log in and try them... But alas! not yet. Soon, I hope, very soon."

#11400012044 02/17/2006 18:25:42 Re: Speed up the weather

This one was in autoexec or options, so some people know about it... :0 Nevertheless, I'm sure others don't.

These kinds of topics are what I like to see! Keep up the good work Rarebit SMILEY

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#11400012048 02/17/2006 18:32:56 Re: Speed up the weather

Have you been slamming cappucino's all day Rarebit? Your spitting stuff out left and right today! SMILEY

#11400012049 02/17/2006 18:37:42 Re: Speed up the weather

"This will, of course, get your weather out of sync with everyone else's. The weather will resync every time you rejoin the server."

ahh, thats what I was wandering when I started reading this. Because I think it would have been bad if everyone's day/night rotation was off, then that would kill RP! heh, but since it sync's up its great because we can have control over night/day so that we can have our movie shoots last longer without breaks for the lighting change...this helps sooooooooo much!!!!!

Is there a way to pick if its raining or not? cause that would help a ton as well!

#11400012052 02/17/2006 18:43:48 Re: Speed up the weather

Bayamo wrote:
This one was in autoexec or options, so some people know about it... :0 Nevertheless, I'm sure others don't.
These kinds of topics are what I like to see! Keep up the good work Rarebit

Oh yeah, I forgot about the autoexec! SMILEY

#11400012054 02/17/2006 18:51:11 Re: Speed up the weather

in the autoexec.cfg I see these:

CombatText_Enable = 1
*does this take off the damage and text on players? if so this would be nice...

Client_RenderThrottle_Override = 1
*what does this do?

#11400012055 02/17/2006 19:09:28 Re: Speed up the weather

bonopi wrote:
"This will, of course, get your weather out of sync with everyone else's. The weather will resync every time you rejoin the server."

ahh, thats what I was wandering when I started reading this. Because I think it would have been bad if everyone's day/night rotation was off, then that would kill RP! heh, but since it sync's up its great because we can have control over night/day so that we can have our movie shoots last longer without breaks for the lighting change...this helps sooooooooo much!!!!!

Is there a way to pick if its raining or not? cause that would help a ton as well!

I bet this was the secret in FA's Halloween video where the camera watched the moon rise

#11400012057 02/17/2006 19:21:29 Re: Speed up the weather

QforQ wrote:

bonopi wrote:
"This will, of course, get your weather out of sync with everyone else's. The weather will resync every time you rejoin the server."

ahh, thats what I was wandering when I started reading this. Because I think it would have been bad if everyone's day/night rotation was off, then that would kill RP! heh, but since it sync's up its great because we can have control over night/day so that we can have our movie shoots last longer without breaks for the lighting change...this helps sooooooooo much!!!!!

Is there a way to pick if its raining or not? cause that would help a ton as well!

I bet this was the secret in FA's Halloween video where the camera watched the moon rise

I was able to make the same moon rising video during the halloween event, but it was a HUGE file after it was taken. But this would make it 100x easier SMILEY

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#11400012060 02/17/2006 19:50:16 Re: Speed up the weather

For some reason it isn't working for me. I put the day cycle number to 2 from 3000 and it still is not working.

#11400012065 02/17/2006 20:21:43 Re: Speed up the weather

Wow, Rarebit is on a roll.

#11400012068 02/17/2006 20:31:02 Re: Speed up the weather

nice lol

How about you collate all these into 1 post, i know its not "offiical" but a sticky with all would be very useful..

#11400012071 02/17/2006 21:07:09 Re: Speed up the weather

Lol i wish we knew how to do this when we made Betrayl i remember having to sit idle for 20 mins hopeing for the same day cycles....

^VS^

#11400012073 02/17/2006 21:14:59 Re: Speed up the weather

God in Heaven... Rarebit you need a raise!!!!! Whatever they are paying this man is far from enough... You know how crazy it is to try and time things so the lighting is right... I mean come on the lighting even inside the building changes with the time of day and weather conditions outside. You can see lightning flashes inside buildlings. And no Q I didn't use that for the Halloween video That was me sitting there Fraps'n the time and shrinking down in edit... It'll be much easier now

#11400012074 02/17/2006 21:16:45 Re: Speed up the weather

Where have you been all my life? Thankyou... I'm speechless.